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.

• In case you were wondering, Neil Patrick Harris is, on a scale of "awesome to awesome" ... "awesometeen". And great news: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is in the can!

• The Sunday Times film section bemoans the death of masculinity in American films, citing the Judd Apatow Schlub Factory as responsible for burying the macho idols of the past. Uh, sorry ... Katherine Hepburn could have taken Cary Grant in a fistfight any day of the week.

• If you'd like to help counteract the AFA's campaign against Luke and Noah, it's best to send emails and letters directly to Procter & Gamble, and not using the AFA's comment generator, as the recipients may not have the bandwidth to read the actual emails and may simply record the AFA-generated emails as a strike against our fellas.

• Happy birthday to short-lived Project Runway designer turned dashing television corpse ... Jack Mackenroth!

• Looks like Rodrigo Santoro's role in the upcoming Jim Carrey gay prison romance comedy I Love You Phillip Morris is just about as flamboyant as his role in 300.

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ICK. That was my initial reaction to the first half of this Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode, called "The Closet". It was tawdry, sleazy, and tasteless (which ordinarily I like), but it was so cliched and obvious, I was groaning before the first "dun-dun" stopped ringing in my ears. The second half of the show more or less redeemed the episode, and there were some bright spots throughout, but there was a lot of...ICK to wade through in the beginning.

The episode starts with a harried gay personal assistant discovering the body of his dead boss, Jeremy, and soon our favorite detectives, Olivia Benson (played by Mariska Hargitay), and Chris Keller Elliot Stabler, (played by Christopher Meloni) are on the case. The corpse is discovered in bed wearing pajamas and with mouth agape, and it's soon discovered why. A bag containing a red leather ball gag, satin restraints, and chaps is discovered. After some interrogation, the assistant admits to finding the body with ball gag attached, and removing it and dressing the body (I hope he got time and a half). Btw, the "corpse" in the show is played, in a strange bit of casting, by one of our favorite reality show stars, Jack Mackenroth from Project Runway!

"Designers...this week's challenge is to DIE for!"

After the break, meet the closeted quarterback, and find out whodunnit!

Project Runway capped off its Gayest! Season! Ever! with the gayest (and, perhaps not entirely coincidentally, most entertaining) reunion show to date. From a "Gay Kevin" montage to Ricky's Ten-Hanky Megamix to shots of Chris March in drag, the show was as zany as one of these pre-finale seat-fillers really has any right to be and offered a few surprises along the way.

Join me on memory lane?

The non-finalist designers were all assembled on their haute bleachers, with a pinstriped Tim Gunn and bangtastic (her hair, perv!) Heidi Klum perched on their director's chairs. The designers looked so well-rested that I didn't even recognize a few of them. Okay, I actually forgot that they existed in the first place. Simone who?

Here's the barometer of how the Designsketeers came across during the reunion:

Carmen: Angry, harboring bunny-boiling resentment for Heidi
Christian: Relaxed, less abrasive than usual, fierce
Jillian: Relaxed, less corpsey than usual
Sweet Pea: I hate to say it, but kinda desperate and starf*cker-y (I love you, girl!)
Jack: Gracious and peppy
Ricky: Tired of being made fun of for the crying thing
Steven: Almost absent, more Voldemorty than ever
Chris March: Drunk
Rami: Humbled/medicated
Kit Pistol: Same old Kit, sensible and fun
Elisa: Same old Elisa, totally cuckoo
Marion: Awkward, not loving being there
Victorya: Stone. Cold. Beeotch.
Kevin: Affable, humble, good-humored
Simone: Who?

The highlights:

Michael Kors' laughing fit

Apparently, orange fashion designer Michael Kors had a total fit of hysterics during the WWE Divas runway show, and it was pretty damn funny to watch, if only because it is a rare reminder that this is indeed a show and that the judges are playing a part, and are actually human when the cameras aren't rolling (or sometimes when they are, as in this case). Even Neeenagarcia laughed, which means that there will be four more weeks of winter.

Kevin's Gay Montage

This guy's just a doll. Mercilessly teased for being the straight guy, he takes it all with great humor, even when they put together a montage of his gayest moments. Tim pointed out that if this experience hasn't turned him gay, nothing will. They also kind of harshed on the prom dress that got him auf'd and he managed to not get the slightest bit defensive or sour, unlike our next guest...

Victorya's Sourpuss

Wow, is this woman a barrel of laughs. Every time they cut to her she looked like she was about to shoot lasers out of her eyes. Why the attitude? Was the reuinion that bad, or did someone just drop a house on her sister? She was so unpleasant that she demands that entirely new metaphors be created to capture her staggering lack of humor. If she were a D&D character she'd have negative Charisma. If she were an ice cream shop she'd be a Cold Stone Creamery. Actually, that whole corner of the room seemed like it needed a hug or a drink or something. Or a sundae!

Carmen's Cojones

Carmen was the big surprise for me here, because I didn't recall her being quite as ... how do I say ... terrifying? From taking Sweet Pea and Kit to the mat for not being suitably crushed after her elimination to lashing out at Heidi when she mentioned the shirtless monstrosity that got her kicked off (thank God Heidi didn't seem to hear her, or she might have sic'd her bangs on her), Carmen had her gloves off.

Ricky's Ten-Hankie Megamix

Okay, it was kind of mean, but it was also really really funny. I like how they followed up the montage of Ricky's crying jags with the montage of Chris's laughing fits, making for the most bipolar five minutes in the history of television. But the fact that Ricky was crying as they asked him to say his name and age to the camera is pretty awesome. He hit the ground running! Er, crying! Also gets extra points for using the word "suck" more times per second than is acceptable in mixed company.

Christian's Win

Yes, I was totally shocked that Christian won the audience favorite. I thought that Jack might win because of the goodwill he banked from his untimely exit, or Chris March might win for being the awesomest contestant the show has ever had. And even Christian seemed shocked that people actually voted for him. Maybe it was the "tranny mess" community that came to his aid? However it worked, it was cute, and great to see Michael Knight again (he won last year and brought in The Big Check for The Little Gay Boy). I wonder what the fragrance that Michael designed smells like? I hope it's not part of his Urban Safari line from last year, because that could get a bit gamey.

Anyway, what were your favorite bits?

Yaargh! Try not to let all this rock-hard wrestler-manliness scare you; it's just the Heidi Chronicles boys dishing on Wednesday's episode of Project Runway - and on those WWE Divas! Along with the usual outfit rundown, John and Colin have got footage from Victorya Hong's NY Fashion Week show!

Everybody was there: Jay McCarrol and Carmen and our buddy Jack Mackenroth ... John even interviews Christian - who swears he's not as bitchy in real life - and chats up kooky, lovable Elisa.

Check it all out below!