AfterElton Briefs: Lourdes bags a book deal?, Happy Birthday Chad Allen!, and more.

Xanadu's Cheyenne Jackson unwinds backstage.

In a continued effort to bring you all that is important in the world of gay entertainment and ensure that you are being spoon-fed images of gorgeous, commoditized manflesh, we present the newly-minted AfterElton Briefs. Following the usual assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.

• Cheyenne Jackson and other Xanadu cast members go shirtless to the exquisite discomfort of Nathan Lane in the web series Cubby Bernstein.

• Happy birthday to Chad Allen! The out gay actor made it to number 56 this year on our annual Hot 100 list!

• RadarOnline posed as Madonna's agent peddling a book about conservation penned by daughter Lourdes. Some of Lourdes' helpful eco tips:

  -- Don’t buy plasma screen tvs.
  -- Plant trees around your homes and estates!

Of course this was all just an elaborate joke - but the publishers were very excited about the project.

• GLAAD is pleased as punch that Jay Leno is finally on the right side of a gay brouhaha.

• The New York Post's Sean Delonas takes on George Takei's impending nuptials. Given that there isn't a sheep or a man in a wedding dress in the cartoon, it's hard to believe Delonas actually drew it. Maybe he had a stroke or something.

• Speaking of which, this time Rosie is going to wait to get married.

• ABC.com asks if there is a double-standard in how Hollywood treats male bisexuality versus female bisexuality when it comes to celebrites. Gee, ya think?

And today's Briefs are brought to you by...

Michael Roberts via Made in Brazil (which always has a gazillion hotties in various states of undress).

I realize these aren't actually "briefs", but I simply couldn't stop looking! It's, um, a fascinating look.