AfterElton Briefs: Kelly Clarkson Neglects To Vett, Gaga's Hunk, and Zooey Deschanel & Joseph Gordon-Levitt Reunite

• Birthday Shoutouts! Diego Luna (above) is 32, Mary Tyler Moore is 75, Yvonne Elliman is 60, Paul Rudnick is 54, Jude Law is 39, Mekhi Phifer is 37, and Marianne Faithfull is 65. What are your favorite Marianne songs? For me it's the classics "As Tears Go By" and "The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan."

• Just a reminder that we will be on a limited schedule this week. Ed will have a Meme in the morning, and I'll have Briefs at night, and we may have a couple of posts during the day.

• The big Twitter news today is Kelly Clarkson endorsing Ron Paul, the backlash that followed, and Kelly trying to explain.

• 21 Of The Queerest Songs Of 2011.

• Sinead O'Connor and the load of crack.

• 500 Days Of Summer stars Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have reunited for the adorable duet What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

• Twenty-three love stories.

• What exactly are Female Tendencies?

• Pandora Boxx Has Some New Year's Resolutions.

• TV Land's newest "original" sitcom is The Exes, and is further proof that TV Land is purposely making terrible shows. The network is all about nostalgia, and what better way to pay tribute than to beat every sitcom cliche into the ground. This time around it's "let's pretend we're a gay couple!"

• Lady Gaga is apparently seeing hunk-a-dunk Vampire Diaries star Taylor Kinney.

• The winner of the special edition of Under The Covers is ... John! His re-title is Five Gay Characters In Search of an Author, a Budget, Acting Ability, Production Values and a TLA Video Distribution Deal. Here is the original:

• Below you can see two more classic 80's album covers. Can you name them?

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