
Monday, March 31, 2008
Jackson Whole


Previously:
When You're Young, You're Gold
Or so says Bruce Weber's sexy boys-only Abercrombie & Fitch commercial.
Part 2:
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'Girls' Behaving Badly
When last we saw Coco and Evie, Coco was trying to trick an unsuspecting man into being her sperm donor. This time around, Coco's a proud mother -- and her mother (played by Scott Thompson) is in town for a visit with her new grandson. Starring Jack Plotnick as Evie and Clinton Leupp as Coco. Written and directed by Richard Day ("Arrested Development.")
Can't get enough of bad girls Evie and Coco? "Girls Will Be Girls" has its own official site now where you can see all of the latest short films based on the hit cult film..
Friday, March 28, 2008
Move Over, Mr. Miyagi
Forget about that lesbian Ralph Macchio. What if Matthew Shepard or Lawrence King had known how to defend themselves? Diana Lee Inosanto's new film, "The Sensei," examines that question in a tale of a young man who learns to overcome both homophobic hatred -- and self-hatred.

"The Sensei" will be shown at the 24th L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival
Sunday, May 4th, at 4 p.m.
Hosted by Visual Communications
For ticket information visit www.vconline.org or call: (213) 680-4462
Go to the film's official MySpace page here.

Synopsis: "The Sensei" is about a lonely gay teen named McClain Evans (Michael O’Laskey) growing up in a small town in Colorado during the dawn of the AIDS epidemic. Constantly the target of hate and bullying, after a near fatal beating by three school mates, he finds himself the secret student of a woman "sensei" named Karen Nakano -- O’Neil (D. Lee Inosanto) who teaches him the martial ways to protect himself and the path to inner peace. But there are some lessons in life that don’t come easy.
CAST:
Keith David ("Crash," "There’s Something About Mary”)
Louis Mandylor (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "The Quest”)
D. Lee Inosanto (“The Prodigy)
Mike Olaskey (“3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain”)
Tzi Ma (“Rush Hour," "Alpha Dog”)
Sab Shimono (“Southland Tales," "Waterworld”)
Emily Kuroda (“Gilmore Girls”)
and introducing Mark McGraw (son of baseball icon Tug McGraw, and brother of Tim McGraw)
Good Stuff
I've long loved The B-52's. But something about their first new album in 16 years -- and first with all four surviving members in nearly 20 -- just wasn't all that appealing to me. Sure, I still loved listening to their old music (I'm a huge "Mesopotamia" fan!), but every time I'd see photos from their latest concert tour it just made me feel kind of sad. (It didn't help that 1998's Greatest Hits add-on "Hallucinating Pluto" pretty much convinced me they'd run out of new ideas.) So call it a cosmic thing (or was planet Claire aligned just so?), but Michael and I just happened to be walking home from dinner in the East Village on a gorgeous spring evening in Manhattan earlier in the week when we came upon the Virgin Megastore. Staring at me from the window in Union Square was a huge lighted promotional poster for the band's new album, "Funplex." Suddenly, I was 16 again. I ran in to buy it (only 10 bucks -- the price CDs should be!) then raced home to play it. I'm the only person I know who doesn't listen to the radio, so I hadn't even heard the title track -- which my brother had mentioned "picks up exactly where they left off" -- so I didn't really know what to expect.

(That said, if you do wanna feel really old, check out these adorable clips from 1978 of the band performing at the Downtown Cafe in Athens. Kate was already pushing 50 even then, but the rest of 'em are babies -- and you get to see the adorable Ricky Wilson: "Downtown," "Rock Lobster," "52 Girls," "Runnin' Around," "Devil's in My Car," "Hero Worship" and "Dance This Mess Around." (I assure you, they can no longer do all 16 dances -- and neither can I!)
Cry for Help
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Movie Wood: Alessandro Calza



For some strange reason, the post I did earlier in the week about the new film "Ciao" and one of its stars, Alessandro Calza, seems to be the most popular item I've come up with in awhile. The director, Yen Tan, e-mailed me to let me know that the trailer has now been watched nearly 5,000 people via my site and others that linked back to it. On the off chance that this handsome Italian had anything to do with the excitement, I've taken the liberty of posting a few new photos I found of him. And if you happen to wonder what he looks like in a jockstrap, be sure to click here.
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Thursday Ad Watch

Dominic Figlio makes me weak (again) for 2(x)ist, above; former Giants star (and current Oakland safety) Gibril Wilson sure cleans up nicely, in Eredi Pisano; whatever Jack Victor is selling, I'm buying ...
This Tom Ford eyewear ad is hot, minus the foot; That said, it might have worked if it'd been this Dolce & Gabbana's guy's (is that Perry from "Make Me a Supermodel," btw?)
K-Swiss has done a beautiful job of using Tommy Haas in its ads. Keep 'em coming ...
Nordstrom shows off its Rock & Republic look, while Bloomingdale's goes with a classic all-American guy in a Hugo suit ...
And last, but certainly not least, the Brazilian government wants you to "do whatever you want, just do it with a condom."
This week's eye-catching advertisements





Gimme Moore!
I love how glamorous Demi Moore looks just strolling around the city. (It was a gorgeous day in Manhattan yesterday, I must say.) And I love that her fan base is all old queens.
Love it, love it, love it!
21 Days


Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Alan Ritchson Saves the Day!
Uncensored images HERE.
Roddick in Full Bloom
Andy Roddick helped his clothing sponsor Lacoste celebrate its 75th anniversay at Bloomingdale's in Manhattan. As part of the celebration of the days events, 10 percent of Bloomingdale's day's sales will be donated to the Andy Roddick Foundation, a charity that benefits abused, at-risk and terminally ill children. It's great to see Roddick looking fit and happy. He's off to a great start this season, with two titles under his belt and big wins over Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. With Roger Federer not playing up to par lately this could be a huge opportunity for the Omaha native to erase that Single Slam Winner title once and for all.
For those of you who prefer your tennis champions more serious, may I recommend this look via TennisServedFresh:

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