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Alejandró Fernandez new face?

2009-02-25T11:57:00.000-08:00

I have always been a fan of Alejandro Fernandez, probably the best voice in the Mexican musical scene. From his early beginning, he has amazed us with his great vocal skills and an impeccable repertory. And not only is he talented, he has striking good looks too; appeal that he accentuates by wearing super tight traditional "charro" costumes on stage.

However, when his latest album "Viento a Favor" came out, I couldn't help but noticing that the tough masculine features that he is well know for had changed, perhaps due to one or two adjustments made with the aid of a skilled plastic surgeon?

Alejandro´s nose looks smaller to me, specially around tip. He had it done long time ago to modify his former eagle nose shape, but in this late pictures the full length of it seems reduced. Also, the mid section of his face appears puffed, giving the impression of having a slightly wider face. This is common amongst people who have cheek implants done in order to get a face lift to bring the face a youthful look.

Also, his hair line looks completely different now. In earlier pictures we can see a bit of a recieding line but now we see a new contour and a fuller hair, making his forehead to appear smaller which could have been attained through hair plugs. And last, the wrinkles between his eyebrows seem to have vanished, perhaps thanks to the use of botox and/or restilane?

Anyways, whatever "El Potrillo" mave have done to his face is still a good improvement, though I think he is still young to be undergoing this extreme procedures. In my opinion, he is starting to loose the tough masculine features we all like, but one thing is out of the question: his talent keeps growing!

Disney Hunks, a dream come true!

2008-11-04T10:52:00.000-08:00

How many times have we come across soft-core imagery of tale princesses and other female characters of our childhood, turned into erotic fantasies by great artists for the joy of thousands of horny straight lads in their teens? Well, I think it was just about time for someone to take this idea a step further and offer the same erotic fantasy, but for women and gay men all around the world.

25 year old Israeli artist David Kawena has taken it upon himself to render several Disney's heroes as underwear models. The results are stunning. Disney has never looked so homoerotic or so hot!

Great job David!

For more about David, visit his deviantart page at:
http://d avidkawena.deviantart.com

Edilson Nascimento, guilty pleasure

2008-11-04T05:02:00.000-08:00

Edílson do Nascimento Azevedo was born on April 1, 1986 to a family of modest means in the northeastern state of Paraíba, Brazil. From a very young age he loved sports, particularly the martial arts. It was at a judo competition where Elian Gallardo, owner of Alian Gallardo Model agency in the city of Recife, spotted him and immediately recognized his potential as a model.

At age 16, Edilson took his first steps as a model during Paraíba Fashion Week, earning praise from the media. He competed in the Mr. Brazil 2007 contest winning the title of Mr. Congeniality, a well-deserved tribute to his warm, friendly, easy-going personality. By 2008, Edilson had signed with Major Model Management and is currently working in the United States.

Every single blog out there has dedicated several posts to this strong brasilian model and I thought it was about time to do the same. Hope you enjoy.

Cristiano Ronaldo, sexy as hell

2008-10-30T11:06:00.000-07:00

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on the 5th February 1985, on the small Portuguese island of Madeira. Named after Ronald Reagan, due to his father's respect for the man, Ronaldo plays for English Premier League club Manchester United and the Portuguese National Team. A two-time Premiership winner, Ronaldo won his first UEFA Champions League and was named the FIFPro World Player of the Year in 2008.

Considered by many as one of the sexiest football players in the whole world, his charisma and natural talent have put him on the top of his game and has become an international sex symbol along with his peer David Beckham.

Brad Pitt has no prejudice

2008-10-27T13:30:00.000-07:00

It´s elections time in the United States and because denying marriage rights to same sex partners appears to be a regular political focus, many Hollywood stars have expressed their support to the candidates that best fit their preferences and needs. Some go conservative and others bet on progress, change and evolution.

Actor Brad Pitt and film Director Steven Spielberg are some of the major celebrities that are not afraid of change -nor challenged by their narrowed minds- that have donated important sums of money to groups fighting the initiative of passing Proposition 8 which would overturn the ruling and forever define marriage as between a man and a woman.

Mr. Pitt said, “Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn’t harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8.”

The biggest crimes in history have been committed in the name of God

2008-10-26T12:21:00.000-07:00

Intolerance is the lack of willingness to accept other people´s points of view, beliefs or practices due the contrast with one's own beliefs. We all are a bit intolerant in different levels, but when this refusal to tolerate the other´s beliefs is supported in religious grounds, the problem takes a new dimension.

"Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble". -Joseph Campbell

In recent dates, latin actor based in the US Eduardo Verastegui, started a campaign supporting California's Proposition 8, which would amend California’s constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman and overturn the judicial activist decision approving homosexual "marriage" in the state. Verastegui has also participated in advertisements in favor of California's Proposition 4, which would require parental consent for abortions for minors.

Eduardo has openly admitted his recent conversion to Christianity, and ever since has stood up for the most conservative choices, speaking up whenever possible in favor of christian dogmas, such as celibacy, which he admits to believe in and practice. And this is probably why, blinded by his mystical standpoint, he decides to support politics that limit our progress as a society and push back the fight for equal rights that thousands of people have fought for over the last decades, grounded on his religious interpretation of good and evil.

Before you get confident in your beliefs, maybe you should do some research.

There is a reason why a number of countries worldwide contain provisions within their constitutions expressly forbidding the state from engaging in acts of religious intolerance. Religion must remain apart from the government, and the proof for this can be found throughout history, in every period in which the different churches have been in command. Theologians are people who interpret the vocabulary of scripture as if it were referring to supernatural facts.

Allowing same sex partners to legalize their union as a right that should be common to all civilized human beings is not a threat to the heterosexual marriage institution as we know it and it should´t be interpreted as such.

Preventing the legalization of abortion won´t stop it´s practice, it won´t stop abusers and it won´t stop the irresponsible hormonal teens that get unwillingly pregnant every day. It will only endure its clandestine nature.

I can see where Eduardo is coming from, but fearing change and resisting social evolution is not the way. The social core that is the family must be nourished and protected from within ourselves, encouraged with the example. Children must be protected by speaking the truth, giving them all the information needed, paying attention to their needs, knowing their fears, talking to them, getting to know them, share with them, respect their choices and support their passions, showing them how to protect themselves, helping them develop a strong self esteem.

Social challenges are solved through love and compassion, not with hatred and intolerance. Live and let live.

Rommel Pacheco

2008-08-18T11:46:00.001-07:00

Rommel Agmed Pacheco Manrufo may poses the typical boy next door look, but don't let his 5'3" height fool you. This 22 year old mexican diver's fierce on his sport turns him into one of the most attractive young competitors in this 2008 Summer Olympic Games at Beiging.

Native from Yucatan, Mexico, Rommel was the gold medalist in the 10-meter platform at the 2003 Pan-American Games, and finished in 10th place in the 10-meter platform and 3-meter springboard in the 20o4 Olympics.

Soon to compete against diving legends in Beijing, we are confident that he will be doing a great job.

Rommel's favorite activities besides diving, include watching movies and playing basquet ball.

Good luck, sexy!

David Beckham for Armani

2008-07-05T13:16:00.000-07:00

Born on May 2nd, 1975, in Leytonstone, East London, England, Football Soccer super star David Beckham has become a global advertising brand after a tremendously successful career that includes three different FIFA World Cups and having played midfield for clubs in Manchester, England and Spain.

In 2007, he moved to Los Angeles and it is not to wonder, that way before his arrival, every Hollywood producer and every single brand out there already had an eye on him. Fortunately for us, the winner of his interest was Giorgio Armani, who chose David to be the face (and... ejem... body...) that would represent his new underwear collection.

I think the whole world is speechless... and because one image is worth more than a thousand words, I have nothing left to say than THANK YOU!

Sebastian Rulli

2008-05-23T11:44:00.000-07:00

If you don´t live in Mexico, you are probably unaware of the latest media hip about Argentinian -self claimed Mexican- actor Sebatian Rulli appearing naked on stage for the classic play P.D. tu Gato ha Muerto (P.S. your Cat is Dead).
This latin heartthrob started his career as a runway model in places like Milán, París, Zurich, Tokio, Miami and México. Later on, in year 2000 he got an opportunity to participate in mexican telenovela A Mil por Hora and ever since, he has starred a great deal of this soap operas for Televisa.
Mainly known for his stunning looks and his -rumored- pec implants than for his acting skills, Sebastian is the latest link on a chain of latin actors that bare it all on stage in hopes for recognition. Strangely enough, critics do seem to acknowledge some "skill" to the act of appearing naked in front of an audience, because the long list of beautiful actors that have portrayed the character of Vitto in this play in Mexico, have included some of the worse (but pretty) actors in Televisa´s catalog and yet, they have all been acclaimed for their performance.
People seem to agree on one thing, seeing these cutties wearing their birth suit is well worth the price of the ticket and whatever these people see on that stage, appears to be enough to make them change their perspectives about what good acting is.

Same Old Luis Miguel

2008-05-22T13:01:00.000-07:00

It´s hard to believe that mexican singer Luis Miguel was once a major hottie, dancing at the beach wearing tiny white speedos in the "Cuando Calienta el Sol" (Busca una Mujer, 1988) music video. Back then, Luis Miguel was the trendiest and most arresting young pop singer in all Latin America and Spain.
It´s been almost twenty five years since his debut at age 11, and throughout 22 LP´s recorded, LM consolidated a successful career as the number one record selling artist in the spanish speaking countries.
But despise his success and stunning vocal quality, Mickey (as his friends call him) is anything but an example of progress, creativity or innovation.
Since the release of his album Romance (1991), a recollection of classic songs or "boleros", the singer has relied on covers to sustain his career, but by doing so, he brought back to the new generations the music that their parents and grandparents grew up listening to, creating a sense of nationalism and pride that was beneficial for the traditional mexican songs catalog and reinforced the mexican identity amongst the new generations.
However, as an artist, Luis Miguel is perceived as stagnated. One can easily go through all his discography without distinguishing any evolution. His new album Complices (2008) is as impeccable as all his previous work, with beautiful love songs, precious arrangements and angelical performances, but any of the 12 tracks in this album could be easily exchanged with any track from any of his previous records and no one would even notice the difference. Every Luis Miguel record sounds just the same, feels the same and is essentially the same. And far from this being interpreted as a "style", it reflects the lack of a personal proposal, which in my opinion, is what makes art interesting.
Mickey used to be a gorgeous young man, with a ripped body and always impeccable, but he clearly abandoned himself pretty much at the same time he abandoned his creative passion. If art is the expression of the artist through a specific medium, then it is not surprising to see no evolution in the career of a man who has looked overweighted since 1991. He became conformist with his personal image at the same time he stopped caring about evolving as an artist. He has a beautiful face, so why bother staying in shape, He has a beautiful voice, so why bother taking it further?.
With a permanent fake tan and Armani suits, Luis Miguel seems to be just like his albums, pretty in the outside, impeccable, but unfortunately empty, stagnated and lacking passion, with apparently nothing revolving inside.
Good album, same old artist.

Javier Bardem, a gorgeous talent

2008-03-17T11:58:00.000-07:00

Javier Bardem might be a new face to you, but this sexy Spaniard is not new to the show business. Coming from a lineage of actors, Javier made his film debut at age six in El Pícaro and acted in several TV series as a teenager. In 1992, he played a stud in the black comedy Jamón, jamón, becoming one of the most popular actors in Spain.

Unlike his colleague Antonio Banderas, who also made the crossover into Hollywood film, Bardem has wisely turned down roles that would type cast him as a brawny sex symbol, and in contrast, he has interpreted tough, heavy roles that have gained him recognition from both critic and audience. He plays a homosexual who survived censorship, imprisonment and intolerance for the privilege to write freely in Before the Night Falls (2000), and most recently won an Oscar for his outstanding performance as a freakishly evil psychopath in No Country for old men (2007).

This year we will see Javier starring along girlfriend Penelope Cruz and Woody Allen's new muse Scarlett Johanson in the director's new film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the story of a painter who enters a relationship with two American tourists and conflict begins with the painter's jealous ex-girlfriend.

Justin Timberlake SPEEDO!

2008-03-10T20:15:00.000-07:00

Justin Timberlake plays a hockey player known for his "big stick" in the comedy The Love Guru (2008), opposite Mike Myers and Jessica Alba. In the movie, Pitka (Myers) an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.

In one scene, Timberlake wears a revealing speedo that leaves little to imagination...

Will Chalker

2008-03-09T11:32:00.000-07:00

Will Chalker is one of the most beautiful male models at the time. With dark blond hair, unbelievable green eyes and lionesque features, Will made the right move when he quit his job as a construction worker to give the fashion industry a try.
Born in 1980, this English supermodel has worked on major designer campaigns for YSL, Perry Ellis, Gucci and D&G.

Gael Garcia

2008-03-08T17:54:00.000-08:00

The reason why I like Gael Garcia is because he IS a real actor, with an impeccable resume, who has never played the hollywood game and was a cutie even as a little kid. When he was 14, Gael starred the mexican telenovela"El Abuelo y Yo (1992) and even then you could foresee he was gonna be a big star. In 2007 he was named one of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in the world by Empire Magazine, and we couldn´t agree more.

This sexy mexican stud studied acting in London and in a relatively short career, he has worked with top actors like Brad Pitt and Kate Blanchet in Babel (2006) and directors Alfonso Cuaron and Pedro Almodovar, starring films around the world in his native language spanish, english and french.

His big break through came with the mexican film Amores Perros (2000), but it was the internationally acclaimed Y tu mamá tambien, a road movie about two teenager friends ruled by raging hormones that take their friendship to the limit in a rush into adulthood, that gave him world recognition.

His only downside, in my opinion, is that he tries just too hard to come across as a left winged intellectual every time he opens his mouth in an interview. Ok, we get it... you are not just a pretty face.

In 2009, we will see him starring Pedro Paramo, based on the 1955 novel by Juan Rulfo.

Joseph Sayers

2008-03-06T18:56:00.000-08:00

How may times have we heard the story of actors, singers or models that once becoming famous, their secret past comes up to the surface to haunt them? This happened to model Joseph Sayer, a stunning male beauty who posed nude for a photographer when he was just 18 years old, and who almost saw his reputation tainted when the nasty pictures appeared all over the internet when he reached a certain status as a model for important campaigns such as Abercrombie and Fitch and Polo Underwear.
However, instead of fighting against the skeletons in his closet, it seems like he decided to take that experience and turn it into a good, positive career move. Working with top fashion photographers Joe Oppedisano and Bruce Weber, Sayers has produced some of the finest erotic pictorials of the last years, turning him into a widely recognizable face in today´s fashion world, and successfully making everyone forget about those early bad nude pictures.
Whether he planned it like that or not, and despite the fact that he is straight, this turned Joe Sayers into an international gay icon.

Beckham-mania

2008-03-06T15:48:00.000-08:00

What can I say? I´m just one more fan of David Beckham´s great looks. It´s funny, at first I didn´t fall into the whole football super star thing, but as the years passed and I became more and more exposed to this hottie, I finally fell for him... I guess his Armani underwear ad didn´t help either...

Brothers and Sisters

2008-03-06T13:59:00.000-08:00

Brothers and Sisters is nowadays one of the best drama series on TV. The show depicts the relationships of an unconventional high class family in the United States. Unconventional because the traditional concept of the family in the US is that of a disintegrated, self centered and weakly connected nucleus, and in Brothers and Sisters we see a more old fashioned family, truly bonded and deeply concerned for each other.

Probably the biggest asset of the show is its ensemble of great actors. In every episode, the cast that includes TV stars such as Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal) and Rob Lowe (The West Wing) , surprises us with stunning acting. Matthew Rhys plays a (thank God) non-stereotyped gay lawyer that struggles on finding the true love, and Sally Field (ER) is superb as the widowed mother of 5 young adults that strive in their everyday search for happiness.

The stories in Brothers and Sisters may not be as idealistically romantic as Grey´s Anatomy or as complicated as Desperate Housewives or as crazy as Nip/Tuck. Moreover, it´s technique is certainly not nearly as sophisticated as 24 or Dexter, but the simplicity of Brothers and Sisters is what makes it great. It´s quality relies in it´s heart. Real life situations, real life emotions, real life characters. Here we see the reality of the human nature when it comes to the issues that we experience with our beloved ones.

In addition to all this, Brothers and Sisters is the platform that propelled super hottie Dave Annabel´s career into the major leagues, playing Justin Walker, the troubled little brother in a role that makes you fall in love with him.

If you want to watch a TV show about simple everyday issues with great acting and magnificent direction, this is the show for you.

Marco Dapper

2008-03-06T13:34:00.001-08:00

Geez! What a Beautiful man!
Marco Dapper is an American model turned actor who has quickly become renown all around the world for his stunning looks. His first movie role came with the gay oriented film "Eating Out 2", in which he shows a little bit more than his acting skills... ;)

Eduardo Verastegui and his acting career

2008-03-06T12:28:00.000-08:00

More than 10 years ago, I remember looking at a magazine and being captivated by this gorgeous male model in a fashion segment. About a year after that, a cheesy boy band came out under the name "Kairo". One of the boys in this band was Eduardo Verastegui, the same handsome fellow that called my attention in that magazine.
Since then, Eduardo recorded albums with the band, joined the cast of some teenage oriented "telenovelas", tried out a solo career in the music and even participated as eye candy in a music video for J-Lo. Unfortunately for him, none of his efforts were enough to position Eduardo as a true artist in any discipline. He is just TOO beautiful.

He is not strong enough either vocally nor technically to even be considered as a singer. As a "telenovela" actor he was type casted and limited by this melodramatic genre; and as a model he didn´t really try hard, even though this was his strongest feature.

Now, after some years of not being seen in the Mexican entertainment industry, Eduardo shows up starring the independent film "Bella" (2006), in which he plays the main character, a young man who undergoes a process of self healing after having lost aim in his life because of an unfortunate accident.

The film is a good attempt to touch the audience´s feelings through a heavily emotional plot. Beautifully photographed, the storytelling is ok and in the end you can´t help but be moved by the tenderness of the movie. But director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde's lack of experience is evident trhough several inconsistencies in the psychology of the characters and their reactions.

Eduardo might be able to carry the weight of a light romantic comedy like Chasing Papi (2003) but his limited histrionic skills can't support the weight of this heavy dramatic role. He is not yet able to add dimension to his character, thus resulting in a series of "ok acting" sequences that don´t get to fully relate in the whole, despite of being "convincing", and as a result of that, you don't end up touched as deeply as you could.
But Eduardo has certainly come a long way since his acting debut in "Mi querida Isabel" (1997) and perhaps with more acting lessons and a good career planning he may become the next mexican actor to take over Hollywood. He has the presence and the looks, and we all know you don't have to be the greatest actor to make it big .

"Bella" represents the first step in Eduardo´s real acting career. Good luck!

Mexican Divers

2008-03-06T12:09:00.000-08:00

Ok, now that the Olympics are coming I thought it´d be nice to start promoting our national athletes.

Yahel Castillo and Rommel Pacheco are two young Mexican divers that are starting to become renown for their talent and I´m sure it won´t be long before they catch people´s attention for their hotness as well!

First Post

2008-03-06T11:39:00.001-08:00

Well, it´s hard to decide what to do in your first post, but I think this will do it.

David Chokachi was for me -and I´m sure for many, many more- the first sexual fantasy that was somehow "available" for us to fantasize every week on TV back in the 90´s. Baywatch not only provided straight men with beautiful voluptuous gals running around in bikini (like Pamela Anderson), but also gave women (an mostly gay men, I must say) around the world the chance to see perfect sculpted male bodies in tight spandex.... thanks for Baywatch!