AfterElton Briefs: We Freakin' Love Rosie Perez, Is Anderson The Next Oprah, Kurt's Boyfriend Status, and More!

Out actor Daniel Robinson attends the 2nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising

• UK actor/singer Adam Rickett isn't gay, but he had a same-sex kiss on Coronation Street, courted the gay audience during his pop music career, and is now hosting the Conservative Party's official gay night. A little help from our UK readers, please. Is your Conservative Party as anti-gay as the U.S. Conservative Party?

• Hopeful Oscar frontrunner The Kids Are All Right will be out on DVD, Blu-Ray, and On-Demand November 16.

• If you're in NYC tonight, stop by gay sports bar Boxers for the official launch party for The A-List: New York, which will feature castmembers bartending, with proceeds going to GMHC. The event begins at 9:30PM EST and concludes at midnight and is open to everyone, with no cover to attend and no reservation needed.

• Below you can see a preview of next week's Top Chef: Just Desserts, with nutty buddy Seth admitting he's a bit crazy, and taking it out on his face. He rocks those red shorts, though.

• E Online chats with Ryan Murphy about this season's Kurt story arc, and his boyfriend status.

• Anderson Cooper is shopping a syndicated talk show that will be pitched to stations to launch in fall 2011.

• Rosie Perez is a treasure. A national freakin' treasure.

• The ratings for last night's Modern Family were down 12% from last week's season premiere, but it was still the highest rated show of the night, beating Law & Order: SVU and the premiere of Law & Order: Enough Already.

• Next week is homecoming week at Taft Union High School in Taft, California. Here's the schedule: "Monday is VH1 day (favorite musical artist), Tuesday is TV Guide (TV character), Wednesday is RuPaul Drag Queen day, Thursday is ESPN day (sports team) and Friday is Jersey Shore day." RuPaul day? How awesome is that? It's just a shame the article has to open with the line "If your high school student is dressed in drag next week, don’t be worried."

• Joe.My.God. has finally received a response from Senator Saxby Chambliss about who wrote "all faggots must die" on Joe's site, and has removed a member of his staff.

• Finally, in sad but inevitable news, a body pulled from the Hudson River has been identified as Rutgers student Tyler Clementi. This story has received major news coverage today. The View opened with it, and it's received hourly coverage on MSNBC. Below you can see an ABC report. This is just the beginning.

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