Thursday 20 December 2007

PrefferenceMAG cover boy


Michael Churchill posing on the cover of French gay magazine Pref. Michael is 22-year-old psychology major and a former hockey player, but his goal is "to land a job with a well known magazine or company so everyone can see that I made it..." Dream come true









EXTRA Michaels photos...






Fat Girls, Queers And Jesus


Somewhat fatigued with low-budget gay independent films that mostly rely on supernaturally perfect male bodies to lure us in, I threw in my FAT GIRLS screener expecting to fall asleep or fast forward from gratuitous nudity scene to gratuitous nudity scene. I was mightily disappointed and absolutely engaged. This is a gritty, unforgiving look at authentically damaged and far from perfect real queers struggling through adolescence in some godforsaken corner of Evangelical Land. The film, which opens in New York on November 2 at the Quad Cinema and rolls out nationally through November, is billed a comedy--but it's the kind of comedy that relies on the mess that is our lives. If you can't laugh at yourself, you might have trouble laughing at this movie.

Obeying the spoiler rule, I will say that the movie is full of surprising and very funny and often time disturbing plot twists--again, pretty much like real life. And the ending will not surprise you. It will surprise you. It may offend you. It may please you--depending on your hold on reality as opposed to having a firm belief in traditional and absurd Hollywood endings.

But like much of this flic, the ending will stay with you for days as you ponder it's political correctness vs the way things really and oftentimes work in this imperfect place we call our lives.

What I loved about this film is the lack of romantic rubbish and the veneer of glamor. Adolescence is hard and it is exponentially harder for fat girls and chubby gay boys. Finally we have a movie where the gay boys aren't' pretty and the struggle is real. Go and see this movie. It's refreshing and exciting to see a queer movie that doesn't rely on prostitution, tragedy or abs to draw you in. And no happy endings, just the next step in figuring out the plan--whatever it is.

One warning, the movie's R rating is misleading. I can't quite figure out the reason for the R rating other than to conclude that just showing gay reality is enough to offend the homophobic jerks who rate movies. If Fat Girls had been an entirely straight take on the adolescent struggle it likely would have earned a PG-13. So don't go assuming that an R rating means full frontal or even the occasional moon. There is some discussion of penis but no one is kind enough to show any.

Alan...'Beowulfs' body...

Here's some recent pics of Alan Ritchson, a sexy Aquaman from Smallville. If you have seen 'Beowulf', you may recognise Alan's hot buff body as he was animated as the lead character -Beowulf.



Movie trailer:

Tuesday 18 December 2007

Rendez vous de mois: Levi Poulter


Levi Poulter, a sexy 32 years old model from Miami, Florida started modeling when he was 24. With his lucky charm, he got to begin his career with a well known photographer, Bruce Weber. The 6' 2" model has worked with numerous amazing photographers and has done everything from Abercrombie & Fitch to L'uomo Vogue to Target













Thursday 13 December 2007

ControModa exhibition, Florence
















If you're under the impression that Florence is nothing more than the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance (admittedly, no small claim to fame) then you're somewhat behind the times. James Bradburne, the inspirational director of Palazzo Strozzi is on a singular mission to bring Florence's burgeoning status as an alternative fashion hub to the fore.
His first venture is an exhibition dedicated to the memory of Gianfranco Ferre, the recently deceased fashion supremo, called ControModa. The aim of the exhibition is to highlight how far traditional concepts of style and fashion have changed in the past three decades in four different areas: construction, materials, form and concept.














Click here to see some of the designs on show at ControModa.
Showcasing over 200 fashion creations from Armani to Westwood, Issey Miyake to Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, each outfit is individually captioned showing over the whole exhibition how fashion has relatively recently become such a powerful force for social commentary. Added to these are curatorial texts, displayed on panels throughout the exhibition, in the form of a virtual discussion between six of the world's leading fashion commentators including Suzy Menkes, Franca Sozzani and Holly Brubach. We've been given exclusive access to the panels, which you can download by clicking the links on the right.
In conjunction with this initiative to highlight Florence's culturally progressive status, Bradburne has also masterminded the opening of a new Centre for Contemporary Culture with an exhibition titled Emotional Systems. Exploring the relationship between contemporary art and its effects on the human brain, the exhibition is the first in a series intending to open up a dialogue about contemporary art and culture.






Click here to see installation shots from the new Centre for Contemporary Arts at Palazzo Strozzi.
Speaking about his dynamic vision for Palazzo Strozzi, and the cultural perception of Florence as a whole, Bradburne explains, 'All Palazzo Strozzi exhibitions aim to create a rich experience for a wide variety of audiences - families, children, teenagers. This openness to other voices is a hallmark of the Palazzo Strozzi's approach to exhibitions. We don't want our visitors to come to the exhibition as if they're going to church - we want the exhibition to be a genuine pleasure, on a par with going to a good film.'
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