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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.

• Think your mother embarrasses you? Well, even internationally-renowned anchors like Anderson Cooper with internationally-renowned fashion designer mothers like Gloria Vanderbilt find themselves blushing from time to time, as in the hilarious clip above.

• Distribution rights for The Universe of Keith Haring, a documentary on the life and works of the celebrated gay artist, have been picked up. It will be great to see a definitive portrait of the man who created some of the most iconic images in terms of gay political art and AIDS activism.

• Some Castro businesses have been complaining that the filming of Milk is hurting their business. Valid complaint, or crying over spoolt Milk?

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• here ! television has announced that their gay podcast The Ben & Dave Show, starring Ben Harvey and Dave Rubin, will make the jump to a television comedy chat show on March 7th.

• The terrifying, jewel-encrusted host of Millionaire Matchmaker says that next season (if there is one) she'd like to feature a gay millionaire. I think this is the first time in history that I'm actually grateful to be poor.

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