AfterElton Briefs: Big "Glee" news, Rosie Defends Tracy Morgan, Cyndi Lauper Will Be "Home For The Holidays," and More!

Sauli Koskinen and Elvis Adam Lambert have dinner Tuesday night in L.A. (more at Just Jared)

• Birthday shoutouts! A belated happy birthday to AE member acdcguy1991, and happy birthday to AE member Jay (if you'd like a Briefs Birthday Shoutout, PM me!) Also, Hillary Clinton is 64, Jaclyn Smith is 64, B-52's Keith Strickland is 58, Dylan McDermott is 50, Cary Elwes is 49, Anthony Rapp is 46, and Natalie Merchant is 48. Time to name your top five Natalie or 10,000 Maniacs songs. Here are mine: 5. "Like The Weather," 4. "Eat For Two," 3. "Because The Night," "2. "These Are Days," 1. "Carnival"

• The Spurf has a spoiler about Jonathan Groff returning to Glee as the _ o _ _ h of _o_ a _ _d _ _ _l_ _ e.

• Cyndi Lauper is planning an all-star "Home For The Holidays" benefit concert for the True Colors Fund. The Artists participating include Norah Jones, Amy Lee, Rosie O’Donnell, Wanda Sykes, Carson Kressley, Chely Wright, Skylar Grey, Vanessa Carlton, Angelique Kidjo, Harvey Fierstein, Deluka, Debbie Harry, Alan Cumming and Clay Aiken.

• David Mixner has five questions for the incomparable Judith Light.

• Mo'Nique stands up for marriage-equality

• A British coroner is reporting that Amy Winehouse had five times the legal driving limit of alcohol in her body at the time of her death.

• Eleven GLBT Sports Stars

• Speaking of sports, you must head over to Outsports and read about the coming-out of 15-year-old volleyball player Galen Dodd. Yes, it did leave me a little misty-eyed. And I love his name , it's very ... Dungeons & Dragons.

• Huffington Post has an interview with Project Runway finalist Joshua McKinley. It's pretty much what you'd expect an interview with Josh to look like.

• Rosie O'Donnell had Tracy Morgan on her show last night, and completely let him off the hook for the vile things he said. And really Rosie, saying you know he's not homophobic because you're a lesbian is as dumb as when Whoopi said she knows Mel Gibson isn't racist because, "he's been in my house."

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