Katherine Heigl and TR Knight shopping. Cute tee, T! 

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.

• Jerri Blank and Chris Keller in a Nickelodeon movie about a gym teacher written and directed by Mr. Jellineck and featuring a cameo by Mango? Someone just peeked into my brain and printed it to tape.

• Here's a new interview with How to Look Good Naked "Fairy God Stylist" Carson Kressley in which he recounts a hilarious harrowing nudist-related prank on the Queer Eye set.

• Antonio Sabato, Jr. can't decide if he'd rather be gay or stupid. Too bad the decision was already made for him.

"Jooooiiiiin uussssssssss!"

• 20 Hot Male Bloggers! Hats off to local fave Chris Leavins (Cute With Chris), Andy Towle (Towleroad) and #1 snagger Rich Juzwiak (FourFour). In addition to Andy and Rich, there were a few other out gay fellas on the list. Wheee! Oh, and we'll be over here with the ugly folk, if you need us.

• If rumored Dancing With the Stars contestant Lance Bass is paired with another man, I think it's only fair that rumored contestant Dan Quayle is, too. (Yes, that Dan Quayle.)

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

Gay-fave Julie Brown brings the "camp" to the premiere of Camp Rock

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.

• You know, it's been faaaaar too long since we checked in with Cute with Chris, the utterly gonzo kittens-and-masochism pie hosted by Chris Leavins (star of the fantastic The Hanging Garden). In recent months Chris hasbeen posting viewer-submitted pics of shirtless men (some with pets, some without), which lends another wonderfully troubling dimension to what is still the most addictive show on the Interwebs.

• Oh, brother: Madonna's gay sibling Christopher Ciccone to write a scathing tell-all about his famous sister. I don't know what's more confusing, the idea that one bitter sibling would do that to another, or the suggestion that there's anything left to tell about the most overexposed person in the history of the universe.

John and Colin from NewNowNext

• Our brother site NewNowNext has been nominated for an HX Award (HX is an NYC gay nightlife mag) and you should totally vote for them. Yay John, Colin, and crew!

• Time has an interesting article about the positive economic impact the gay marriage window (pre-November, when things might change) will have on California, and does everything but urge gay couples from other states to go to Palm Springs, get married, and after their honeymoons, sue for recognition in their home state. Book it!

Ryan Reynolds and Scott Thompson at the Genie Awards a few years back

• Happy birthday to Scott Thompson! The Kids in the Hall star turns 49 today. I wonder if fellow Canadian Ryan Reynolds will give him another kiss on the occasion?

• Reality show laughingstock and pig vagina gourmet Tila Tequila credits herself for the overturn of the same-sex marriage ban in California. I credit her for the overturn of my breakfast.

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

• Cute with Chris is officially the only conduit through which I ever want to hear about Paris Hilton again. Ever. "I need creeeeeeeeeeam!"
• An obscenely fat, dancing cat. Gotta love Japan.
• A great, creepy short film starring gay hottie Cheyenne Jackson called Curiosity
• Kathy Griffin long before she made the D-List, in Julie Brown's Madonna spoof Medusa: Dare to be Truthful

Because it's Friday (and to hastily redirect attention from the last post), here's the latest video from Cute with Chris, in which host Chris Leavins makes a phonecall to rapper T-Pain about his MySpace page and makes a startling revelation about the gay component of his audience. Says Chris:

"4.9 million viewers a week watch Cute with Chris -- did I say week? I mean day -- 4.9 million viewers a day. And do you know how many of those viewers are black? Seven. I have seven black viewers, 32 gay bears, and the rest of my viewers are white teen girls and single ladies in their thirties who have cats and love to knit."

I've never been called a bear before, but I'll take it! Watch the full clip after the jump.

You may remember from a month or so back (yeah, right -- those brain cells were drowned WEEKS ago...) that I have a new Internet fixation that doesn't actually involve shirtless pictures of Ryan Reynolds.

It's called Cute with Chris, and it's a bi-weekly online video show that celebrates faded teen idols, kittens, alcoholic wiener dogs, killer pandas, and pretty much anything else that is (or was) cute. And host Chris Leavins isn't exactly nightmare-making material himself.

Anyway, given the recent hubbub around the most recent episode of America's Next Top Model (missed it? Here's a recap!), I thought it might be nice to lighten the mood with Cute with Chris's recent ANTM-inspired expose of the fickle world of kitten modeling:

For more of this insanity, check out Cute with Chris, or download episodes for free from iTunes. It is Friday, after all. You deserve a little cute.