We're getting agonizingly close to the unveiling of the results of the second annual AfterElton.com Hot 100 poll, and have just a few more sneak peeks with which to tempt your mancandy-hungry tummies.

Today's winner is out singer/songwriter/Judy Garland enthusiast Rufus Wainwright. While the slender Canadian isn't freshly out or new to the scene by any means, this is his first year making the list. We think it may have something to do with his phenomenal 2007 album, Release the Stars, but his pouty good looks may have played a part as well. And who doesn't have a soft spot for a man not afraid to play the talk show circuit in lederhosen?

Enjoy a few more pics of Wainwright after the jump, and be sure to check back Monday for the big reveal of the full AfterElton.com Hot 100 List!

all photos courtesy Getty Images

The 19th annual GLAAD media awards were held in Hollywood on Saturday, and the the event was impressively heavy on star power. Kathy Griffin opened the show — during her act she invited her mother onstage to quiz her about her knowledge of the LGBT community.

The biggest award of the evening, the Vanguard Award, was presented by Ellen DeGeneres and was given to Janet Jackson. Said Jackson in her acceptance speech, "To everyone at GLAAD and everyone in this room, I would just like to say that I hope I can always walk worthy of this award that I have both in my hand and my heart."

Also honored was Rufus Wainwright. He accepted the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which is presented to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for the LGBT community. Said Wainwright, "I'd like to thank GLAAD so much for allowing the world to see us as we are – as human beings – and to fight for us when we are being defamed and maligned," Wainwright said accepting his award. "And also to allow gay people, who think that everything's fine, to actually realize that it's not, and that there is a lot of work to do."

The remaining award winners (including honored television series) as well as red carpet photos after the break!

We spend so much time talking about gay-related entertainment here that sometimes even we forget that we like other stuff too. So in addition to our coverage of all that was gay in television, movies, and the like, here's some of my favorite stuff of the year. Anyone agree, or not? Share your own faves in the comments ... come on, it's not like you're actually doing any work today, right?!

Favorite Movies of 2007 (granted, Sweeney Todd will likely replace all the below once I see it)

• Zodiac
• The Savages
• No Country for Old Men
• The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
• For the Bible Tells Me So
• Juno
• The Host
• The Nines
• Knocked Up
• Eastern Promises 

Favorite Television of 2007

• Top Chef
• Pushing Daisies
• Ugly Betty
• X-Play's Musical Episode
• The Soup
• America's Most Smartest Model
• The Colbert Report
• The Sarah Silverman Program

Favorite Internet Stuffs of 2007

• Cute With Chris, harder and more often
• The WoW Report
• The Dramatic Prairie Dog
• "Always a Bad Girl"

For two nights last June, Rufus Wainwright performed in New York City to sold-out crowds, recreating Judy Garland’s iconic 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall. Critics showered the performance with praise, and seemingly every gay on the planet caught the show at least once. Luckily for the few of us who didn’t get to see the concert in person, it was released on CD and DVD on Tuesday, just in time for the holidays. I opted for the DVD, entitled Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!, over the CD recording, figuring it was the closer of the two in approximating the concert-going experience.

A couple things surprised me right off the bat. First, when I first picked up the DVD, I was mystified to note that the performance filmed was not at Carnegie Hall. Instead, we get one of the following wave of performances, when Rufus took the act on the road. This DVD captures the performance at the London Palladium theater. This isn’t a bad thing, just odd considering that Carnegie Hall is the venue that’s synonymous with the legendary Garland concert.

Second, I was shocked at how bad Rufus is at talking to the audience. The few sections where he stops singing and regales the audience with amusing anecdotes and stories are rather rambling. From interviews, I always had the impression that Wainwright was fairly well-spoken and loquacious, so it’s somewhat jarring to see him fumble his way through some of the stories. Of course, I’ve never seen a live Rufus performance before, so maybe that’s just his way.

But that’s a minor quibble; people came to hear him sing, not chat, and he does put on a fantastic show. At over two hours, the performance must have been exhausting and it’s obvious he’s giving it everything he’s got, stretching his voice to its limits.

(More on the DVD and a video clip of the show can be found after the break!)

Stonewall’s second annual awards ceremony takes place at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum on November 1, 2007.

The awards, to be hosted by television presenter Anthony Crank (pictured at left), are designed to celebrate the positive contributions being made by individuals and organisations to the lives of gay people in Britain.

Nominees include actor and TV presenter Antony Cotton, Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright and lesbian rapper Mz Fontaine for Entertainer of the Year; Hollyoaks and Doctor Who for Broadcast/Broadcaster of the Year; and Russell T Davies and Scottish author Val McDermid for Writer of the Year. Former premiership footballer Graeme Le Saux, an activist for gay rights in football, is nominated in the Sportsperson of the Year category.

Winners from six categories will be chosen by a panel of judges, which includes Matt Lucas, Clare Balding, Nicky Campbell and Paul Gambaccini.

Former professional NBA basketball star John Amaechi and Beth Ditto, lead singer of rock band The Gossip and an advocate of gay equality, are both up for the accolade of Hero of the Year. While Top Gear presenter and journalist, Jeremy Clarkson, who refused to apologize after being reprimanded by BBC bosses for his derogatory gay jibes on prime time television, is one of several nominees up for Bigot of the Year. Both of these accolades are chosen by a vote cast by Stonewall supporters from across Britain.

Stonewall, which was founded in 1989, is renowned for its campaigning and lobbying. Last year’s awards ceremony was hosted by one of the organization's most high-profile founders, stage and screen actor Sir Ian McKellen.

• Soap Opera Digest offers a few witty (and a few groan-inducing) slogans to help boost Nuke interest.
  

• Out musician Rufus Wainwright performed the final of three tribute concerts to Judy Garland last night, this time at the Hollywood Bowl with the help of Lorna Luft, his sister Martha and mother Kate McGarrigle.

• Salon offers a gay voter's guide to the GOP. Our contribution? "Avoid"

• Some guy named Jake is on the cover of the next Interview. (pic above, more at link)
  

• Regis Philbin aficionado Neil Patrick Harris wins the Regis Philbin award at the fifth annual Rellys, beating none other than Regis Philbin for the title.

• The Advocate's next cover subject is Hillary Clinton. Favorite line: "I felt a connection with her in the same way I did with Madonna."

• T.R. Knight on his Grey's Anatomy's character in the next season: "George is a mess." Because the rest of the characters are soooooo balanced.
  

The other night in NYC artist Aaron Young unleashed his live art event "Greeting Card", which involved a screeching cacophony of motorcycles doodling on the floor as celebrities gaged on fumes. (Likely underselling it a bit there, but that's what it looks like to me.)

A few out-and-proud fellas and a few gay-faves were part of the exclusive crowd, and looked pretty for cameras ... and, therefore, you.

Rufus Wainwright and boyfriend Jorn Weisbrodt (isn't that German for "whitebread"?)

Crooner John Legend with out designer Tom Ford

Oh, Rufus Wainwright, how you sparkle.

Oh, audience who went to see Rufus Wainwright at the San Francisco Masonic Auditorium last Friday, what’s wrong with you?

I refer specifically to the absolute flat-boring way the audience was dressed. There were perhaps five of us wearing anything that could remotely be considered sparkly, except, of course, for Rufus and his band, who were appropriately blinding in their shininess.