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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