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NewNowNext music dispatch: Friendly Fires, Sam Sparro, and more!


Friendly Fires

Hey, it's Friday! And our pal Colin from NewNowNext is back to tip us off to what's hot in popular music.

Video of the Week: "Jump In The Pool" by Friendly Fires
The fresh-on-the-scene U.K. group - yes, another one - hosts some lovely underwater acrobatics for its self-titled debut … and the boys eventually join in. We know you want to…


Fall Out Boy “I Don’t Care” Video
The first Folie a Deux video from FOB is genuinely hilarious … but a few terrifying celebrities have cameos. Be warned!

The dashing Mr. Sparro

Sam Sparro Video “Black & Gold”
The out, Australian singer and Attitude cover boy is getting more stateside attention – check his video from his self-titled debut CD.

Lots more after the break!

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Sam Sparro's visa woes, the offensive Mr. Friday, Drake & Josh all grown up, gay teen novels worth checking out, and more!

AfterElton Briefs: Free David Sedaris, Neil Patrick Harris gets political, and more!


David Sedaris

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.

  • Hey David Sedaris fans! Logo's OutFirst Authors series is offering a free download of David reading the short story "Solution to Saturday's Puzzle" from his latest book, When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
  • Nonpartisan Hollywood lobby Creative Coalition will be taking Neil Patrick Harris to the Republican convention (hopefully in-character as Barney?), while Rufus Wainwright and Cyndi Lauper will perform for the Democrats.
  • And speaking of NPH, Comedy Central's Indecision '08 asks which Neil Patrick Harris character would make the best running-mate for Obama. (Hint: It's not the Emcee from Cabaret.)
Margaret Cho vamps it up at the premiere of The Cho Show

  • Arjan Writes interviews rising gay pop star Sam Sparro.
  • And don't ask me to explain why you want to watch this clip of Tori Spelling's husband Dean McDermott demonstrating their new high-tech toilet to their housewarming party guests. You just do.

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

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"Undressed" unearthed, Sam Sparro is a team player, Madison does Playgirl, and how one Angel looks so good, and more!

AfterElton Briefs: Sean Hayes gets "Bi-Coastal", Hogan knows boys, and more!

Sean Hayes (Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)

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.

  • Anyone else curious what this in-development television project that Sean Hayes is cooking up might be all about? This New York Times interview will only say that it's called Bi-Coastal and that it involves "a guy with a wife and kids in California and a boyfriend in New York."
  • The home of gay Boyzoner Stephen Gately was burgled, and some expensive jewelry with sentimental attachments stolen.
  • Good news: In Hogan reality spinoff Brooke Knows Best, Hulk's daughter has a gay roommate and the Hulk's totally cool with that. Bad news: the implication that Brooke knows anything, let alone "Best".
Sam and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(Out musician Sam Sparro performs at the O2 Music Fest in London)

  • The trailer for the sure-to-be-controversial documentary Religulous (in which Bill Maher travels the world trying to get to the bottom of religious absurdities) is up, and in it Maher talks to a couple of gay Muslims. This is gonna get interesting.

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

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