AfterElton Briefs: Steampunk Bieber, Hillary's Historic Speech, and Stripping Steve Jones

• Happy Birthday to Ryan Carnes (above), who turns 29, and Ryan White, who would have turned 40 today.

• A petition is underway to have the British government officially pardon gay mathematician Alan Turing. If the petition reaches 100,000 signatures, the Parliament will be obligated to debate it.

• Sienna Miller and Toby Jones will star as Tippi Hedren and Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl, about Hitch's obsession with Hedren while filming The Birds. I just pray they'll include that infamous moment when he presented Tippi's daughter Melanie Griffith with a miniature doll of Tippi ... in a small pine box.

• Kudos to Bradley Cooper for doing the right thing.

• Awww ... it's cute he thinks he'll ever have the chance to not make that "mistake."

• Santorum Makes Baffling Comments On Gay Sex. ... And?

• Below you can see Hillary Clinton giving her powerful United Nations speech about GLBT rights. You can read the text here.

• Good news! There will be gay apparel at that Michigan elementary school, after all. Fa-la-la-la-la ... la-la ...la ...la.

• I just gained an iota of respect for Mitt Romney. But I'm sure it won't last.

• Below you can see Vulture sit down with the cast of Happy Endings. it's obvious how much they really like each other, and it's worth it just to hear Zachary Knighton's impersonation of Fred Schneider. Part two tomorrow.

• Justin Bieber "reimagines" "Santa Claus is Coming To Town."

• Below you can see Steve Jones talk to Ellen, and he's his usual hot, adorable self, and as a bonus ... he takes his shirt off!

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