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Name: Patrick Ribbsaeter
Height/Weight: 185cm / 76 kg
Orientation: Straight

Where did you grow up as a child?
I was born in Jakobsberg, Sweden (north of Stockholm) with my mother and two sisters. I moved to the west coast(Gothenburg) at the age of 13 to live with my father I'm very close to today.

What language was spoken at home? Did you learn Thai and Swedish? How many languages do you speak now?
My mother tongue is Swedish. My mother wanted me to learn Thai at younger age, but I was never interested because I was always out playing with my friends. Since I started to work as a model I've been able to have the opportunity to learn so many different languages. I was based in Barcelona, Spain, in 2000 (where they, of course, speak Spanish.)This became very useful to me once I started to travel as Spanish is the second most useful language in the world (after English.) I can now speak and understand around 9 languages.

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I always wanted to be a soccer player since I was a child. I was also very involved with ice hockey and wanted to be a professional goalie. In fact I wanted to be pro in both of them if I could. I trained and worked very hard everyday to become better -- I even quit school to pursue my dreams. I was very talented and played with some people who where couple of years older then me. If I would have continued, I sure would have been a pro today in either one of those sports.

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While browsing through some MySpace music, I found Kaden. There are tons of cute guys out there making music. I also see their pictures and secretly think....this is going to sound bad. Not so with Kaden. I actually LOVE the two songs that he has listed on his MySpace Music Page.

I was super happy when he agreed to answer a few of my silly little questions! Enjoy and we will be sure to let you know when more of his music is available.

Kaden's Stats

Age: 21
Current Location: Hollywood
Relationship Status: Single

We love the songs "Live Fearless" & "Alone". You can hear both on your MySpace page. Are there any other songs that we can listen to and if so where are they?
Thank you so much Doug, I'm always excited to hear when someone likes my music. As for other songs, YES! I have about half the album completed. We aren't releasing the other tracks just yet because we are about to shop them to some great A & R reps. I would love to share the music I just want to share it all in a larger way, with distribution.

Your blog states you have been working on an album. How has that process been and when do you think it may be released?
We have been working hard on the album and are shooting a video early this next month for Live Fearless. We have come across many obstacles, but my crew and I continue moving forward. I mean, when you are doing this all out of your own pocket, or out of a lack of funds in your pocket, it takes time and faith from your producers.

I will be signed within three months, I like setting time frames and always work to stay positive about my goals. Once signed I will be releasing ASAP, hopefully before this year is through.

What songs on the radio right now are you a big fan of?
I'm not really sure what's out there right now. You see, I'm in writing mode currently and when I'm writing I try not to listen to anything because I want to say things that are on my mind without influence from other artists.

Do you think being a good looking guy will hurt or help your career?

Well, if someone thinks I'm good looking, I'm first of all thankful and I don't really think it will hurt. Beauty can get a person noticed but if that's all there is, then that person won't keep me, or most people interested.

What do you think of life in Hollywood?
Hollywood is a great city that is so full of opportunities. Here you see every type of person, culture, every sort of dream. When I moved here I literally had nothing. Now I'm stable and pursuing music, this is the American dream.

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Yesterday I dealt with the returning Seattle clouds in the only way I knew possible -- I decided to cozy up with a drink and a cocktail and watch a DVD. I popped in a preview disc of Dante's Cove 2 -- thinking it'd be a quick pass and I'd move on to old episodes of Arrested Development.

Dante's Cove is a gay-themed drama series on here! tv. Episodes swing somewhere between supernatural and gay softcore flicks, and follow the supernatural goings-on in this beach community. Taking up residence in the resort town are a dueling witch and warlock, as well as others just discovering their powers and the events going on around them.

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Now, it's not something that I'd sit down and watch with Mom (Sorry Mom, you can borrow the disc if you really want to see this stuff) but seems like great fodder for our Boy's Night gatherings. Normally I'd keep such guilty pleasures to myself, but the eye candy in this series can't be denied.

The bevy of starring hunks are toned up and tanned, and not afraid of shucking their shirts at a whim. (Their pants come off with an almost equal frequency.) And the (almost entirely) straight hunky actors aren't afraid of playing gay.

Chalk this one up in the guilty pleasure column... Dante's Cove Season 2 is on DVD today, pick that up with Season 1 and then prompty hide it away until your better half goes out of town for work.

I made a few small changes to the site this afternoon... do you think things are loading much faster now?

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We knew our friend Alek over at Oh La La Paris was a world traveler and photographer, but we found out this week that his photography was going to be featured on the cover of reFRESH Magazine over in the UK.

Offering a sneak peak over on their blog, Steph & Alek shared these two preview photos from the magazine. Pictured is sexy Sebastien Moura, a former policeman turned model. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see the rest! This is another time when I have magazine jealousy of the UK...

Stay tuned over at Oh La La Paris, they've promised to share more images and a behind-the-scenes video.

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The announcement came last night, naming the next two finalists in the 2007 Adonis competition over at the Shrine to the Soap Hunks.

David Fumero and Greg Vaughan were named the Week 3 finalists in the competition. There is only one more semi-final round before Wildcard Week, in which the top 12 will be rounded out with three judge's wildcard picks and a public vote for the last finalist slot.

David Fumero plays Cristian Vega on One Life to Live, and Greg Vaughan plays Lucky Spencer on General Hospital.

Semi-finalists for Week 4 are Tyler Christopher (Nikolas Cassadine, GH); Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Roberts, DAYS); Jason Gerhardt (Cooper Barrett, GH); Daniel Goddard (Cane Ashby, Y&R); Cameron Mathison (Ryan Lavery, AMC); Lawrence St. Victor (Remy Boudreau, GL); Aiden Turner (Aiden Devane, AMC); and Jacob Young (JR Chandler, AMC). Vote for your favorites at http://soaphunks.net/vote!

[ David Fumero Gallery @ Shrine to the Soap Hunks ]
[ Greg Vaughan Gallery @ Shrine to the Soap Hunks ]

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Ryan Diesel has posted some new photos today from a recent shoot with photographer Adam Bouska. We think Ryan is adorable, and have been big fans of Adam's photography for a while now -- seeing the work they do together is awesome.

We spoke with Adam last month about photography and his upcoming calendar or photography, and interviewed Ryan Diesel earlier this year and talked about the modeling business and his appearance in Playgirl Magazine.

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Check out the links below for more photos of Ryan (as well as photography of Adam, who is also talented in front of the camera!) as well as our interviews with these two great guys.

[ Ryan Diesel : Hunk du Jour Interview ]
[ Adam Bouska : Hunk du Jour Interview ]
[ Ryan Diesel : MySpace ]
[ Adam Bouska : MySpace ]

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Conor Oberst is the front man of the band Bright Eyes. The first song I heard of theirs was "When the President Talks to God." It was performed on "The Tonight Show," and was a featured track in iTunes at the time. Not only was it an awesome song, but it tapped into the frustrations of many Americans about the current US administration.

GLAAD recently honored the group, presenting a Special Recognition Award for their video "First Day of My Life." Including representations of gays and lesbians, the video presented a refreshingly diverse representation of love. They make some of the most amazing videos and I just love their music.

You can take a listen of one of my favorite new songs called "Four Winds" on the Bright Eyes MySpace page.

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Today? Sexy model Evan Wade!

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Have any of our Aussie friends seen Eric Bana's latest film... Romulus, My Father?

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Adonis 2007 marches forward, with two more finalists announced last night in their summer tournament of soap opera hunks. Bryan Dattilo and Jason Gerhardt have made it to the finals. Bryan plays Lucas Roberts on Days of Our Lives, and Jason plays Cooper Barrett on General Hospital.

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This week is wild card week -- vote from any of the eight wildcard nominees to give someone from previous rounds a second chance. They'll proceed along with three more editors' wildcard picks. Check it all out at the Shrine to the Soap Hunks

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It's our busy period at work AND finals week, so I'm pretty much brain dead. I'm looking forward to stepping it up a notch next week, though!

[Chaos Men - Caution Not Mom-Safe!]

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Today's treat is the delicious Cameron Byrnes, one of the latest DNA Magazine coverboys. See a few more photos over at Kenneth in the 212... and the rest of it in the magazine!

[ source: Kenneth in the 212 ]
[ more info: DNA Magazine ]

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This month the fantastic journalists over at Outsports are profiling 30 Out Jocks in 30 Days in celebration of Gay Pride Month. Included is Brian Paul Fell, a world class sprinter.

Check out the rest of these amazing athletes at Outsports' 30 Out Jocks in 30 Days -- keep checking back throughout the month, too!

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Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance is taking off... (Clockwise, from Top-Left) Cedric, Danny, Dominic, Jimmy, Pasha, Neil, Kameron, Hok, and Jesus (center) star with their partners in this fantastic dance competiton show.

These aren't some celebrities that started practicing a few weeks ago for the show -- these kids have been dancing for years. While each comes from a background ranging anywhere from breakdancing to ballroom, they each are assigned a genre of dance and a professional choreographer to work with. They only have a few days to learn their new dance before being thrust back in front of a national audience who holds their fate in their hands.

We love our reality tv like Big Brother (oooh, wee... July 5th can't come soon enough!) but there's something great about a show that really comes down to quality of performance. It's something I enjoy about Project Runway too -- the judges end up deciding who was the most talented, and it's not (entirely) a popularity contest.

Anyway -- we love the show and think you should watch it. There's a good chance one or all of the men above will be ripping their shirts off at some point.

[ So You Think You Can Dance @ Fox.com ]
[ Top 20 Perform Recap @ Give Me My Remote ]

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The always-sizzling Chris Evans. He's in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, of course... but do we really need an excuse to dig these photos up again?

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Last weekend Broadway Bares XVII raised an amazing $743,787 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

There were over 5,500 tickets sold to the two performances, with nearly 250 participants in the show! Not pictured: the 10 nearly-naked waiters working in the VIP section. How do we get in THERE?

The evening was capped off with a donation from M·A·C AIDS Fund of $115,000!

The first Broadway Bares performance (if you could even call it that) back in 1991 raised $8,000. Jerry Mitchell and six friends basically stripped at a bar in Chelsea for charity. Since then, the annual even has brought in a total of $4.8 MILLION DOLLARS for BC/EFA and their supported organizations.

This event is a major fundraiser for them, and if you feel guilty at all about viewing photos from the event without attending then you should definitely donate to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

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[ Source: Boys in the Sun ]
[ Donate to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ]

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On this first day of Summer, Adonis 2007 kicks into high gear and begins their round of finals. The playing field is now full of twelve delicious soap stars, and each week one more will be eliminated.

This week the final four "wildcard" picks were announced. Go check them out after the jump, then check out and vote for your favorite finalists at Shrine to the Soap Hunks!

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Thank goodness it's Friday, right? I don't know about you, but it has been quite the week here at Hunk du Jour headquarters and I'm ready to relax. I'm not sure how much relaxing will happen, though -- it's Seattle Pride and (on top of working) I'm hoping to go watch one or both of the Pride parades going on this weekend.

But enough about that -- let's get to the subject at hand... Will Estes. This boy has the total all-American charm going for him, which is probably how he landed the role of JJ on the former television series American Dreams. You probably also saw him in the submarine disaster flick U-571.

Enjoy your weekend!

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Name: Keo Nozari
Age: 69 :-)
Current Residence: NYC
Relationship Status: Single
MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/keonozari

Q: We are big fans of LOGO and the Click List. How does it feel to have them in your corner?

Keo Nozari: I think LOGO's become a great platform for LGBT artists to expose themselves (both musically and otherwise -- hehe) and let our stories be heard. However, I think originally LOGO's music content was viewed by MTV (who owns them) as a way to market Beyoncé and other mainstream artists to a gay audience. LOGO viewers, however, wanted something different -- not Top 40 but instead artists who represent them as LGTB people. So, now it's been an unexpected floodgate of independent artists (and it's a lot for MTV to handle). Let's just say both my videos were quite challenging to get on-air.... ;-) So, I'm not always convinced they are in my corner! LOL.... I am, however, grateful for the support they do give me! I think LOGO is very important for the visibility of the community. I also have a lot of friends who work there, and I think they've done a great job at creating it on limited budget and all the restrictions that have been put on them.

Q: What is the process like when you were filming the videos for Close Enough and Question of Monogamy. Did the videos turn out to be a good representation of the song?

KN: Both were intense, but artistically very satisfying. I made both of them on a shoe-string budget, so I was proud at what was done. I conceptualized both videos, so it was wonderful to see my vision come into being.

Q: I really like the song Close Enough, but I have to be honest...the guy in the mask was kind of creepy. Was he really that ugly that you had to hide his face?

KN: Well the guy in the mask is meant to be me -- so, if he scares you, I apologize! LOL.... The concept was: by not being intimate with another, I was really just running away from my own self and my own issues. But since I couldn't play both parts the whole time, most of it was played by my friend Milan who is an exceptional dancer (and Broadway star!), and I can assure you he's very cute.

Q: The Question of Monogamy video is pretty hot. Was the filming as fun as it looks? We have actually been dying to know if it was shot in a real bar because it sort of looked familiar to us....We were in NY in December, but were pretty drunk to really remember much of the bars haha.

KN: Yes, it was a blast! I was extremely nervous about our infamous 'bed scene' -- but the cast and crew were so relaxed and fun! I was by far the most uncomfortable person there, but then again I wasn't too upset about having a dozen hot people draped all over me or two sexy guy groping me in the shower, LOL....Yes, the club parts were shot at Mr. Black, a popular club in NYC.

Q: What are your personal views of Monogamy?

KN: As expressed in the song, I think honesty is the most important thing. It completely depends on the couple, but as long as both people are on the same page, that's what's most important. Lots of people give lip service to monogamy but then are secretly cheating. I think the problems arise when people are sneaking around, being hypocritical and lying -- that undermines the foundation of any relationship.

Q: What is your next song/video that we can anticipate?

KN: The next single is Rewind which I'm very excited about! There will be a new video by summer's end and several new remixes included one by my friend Jody DenBroeder who just did the commercial remixes of Rihanna's Umbrella, Hilary Duff's Stranger and Young Love's Discotech.

Q: You have a music column in Next Magazine and we want to know how on earth do you find time for that!

KN: I know! Just imagine what it's like trying to schedule sex and dating! hehe...The column is a lot of fun and has afforded me the opportunity to meet lots of great producers, DJs and recording artists. I supported myself for many years as a freelance writer before getting serious about music, so it's something that comes easily.

Q: Who should we be listening to (besides yourself of course) that is new out there?

KN: The new albums by Rihanna and Sophie Ellis-Bextor; Amy Winehouse, Mika, The Feeling, Young Love; and any remixes by Jody DenBroeder!

Q: In your blog you compared love & cake for Valentines Day. What is your favorite kind of cake?

A: Well, speaking of love and cake, I was just on a date recently and we shared a piece of German Chocolate Cake. We kissed in between bites, so that makes for the perfect combo -- kissing a hot guy and tasting chocolate! YUM!

Q: You also have met Kevin Alejandro (LOVE HIM) who plays Carlos on Ugly Betty. Besides Ugly Betty what are some of your other must see television shows?

KN: Shows I watch regularly are: Battlestar Galatica for intelligently combining fantasy and real issues about war and terrorism; Heroes for its mystery and fun; Desperate Housewives for its camp and outrageousness; Oprah because she's a true role model and continues to impress me with her compassion and generosity. I also love to cook, so I'm pretty much addicted to Food Network!

Q: You have been compared to George Michael. Do you think you would ever get caught in a bathroom?

KN: Yes, but hopefully with a much hotter guy!

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Scott Mechlowicz stars in Peaceful Warrior as Dan Millman. Dan is a golden-boy gymnast and the big man on campus, but that is all sent into a tailspin when he's involved in a car crash that leaves him broken both mentally and physically. Finding strength in a mentor, he struggles to reclaim some sense of normalcy in his life.

I'm excited to see this film (I already have a copy on reserve) and not just because it is bound to be peppered with gymnasts in various states of dress. It looks like a great story and the buzz on the web is that the novel it is based on has changed a few lives. I'm not sure I'll be THAT moved, but its worth a rental for sure.

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Riley Smith doesn't seem to be too broken up about the cancellation of his short-lived television show, Drive. Even throughout his successful acting career he's kept his mind on one of his true loves, songwriting. This week he announced via the band's MySpace profile some shows in New York next month as well as their pending CD release.

Look for the CD from the band, The Life of Riley, on iTunes in August. Pre-release in late July.

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Cue up the Daughtry song, 'cos another soap hunk was sent packing from Adonis 2007 last night. Austin Peck - better luck next year! Vote at SoapHunks.net!

What was going for him...

• No vote splitting: Austin's the only ATWT star in the finals of Adonis 2007.


• Double his pleasure: Austin is sure to inherit plenty of holdover support from fans of his previous stint on DAYS.


• Won the first-ever Soaphunks.net Best Hunk Award in 1999.

What was working against him...

• Made it into the finals as a judge's wildcard pick instead of via public vote.


• More than most of the other hunks in this year's competition, Austin tends to be a love-him-or-hate-him proposition with voters.


• CBS soapwatchers notoriously tend to skew older, making them--like it or not--less likely to vote in online contests.

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[ Vote for Adonis 2007 at SoapHunks.net! ]
[ Austin Peck : Official Site ]
[ Austin Peck : Official Blog ]

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Photographer David Ellis manages to stop time in the sizzling summer heat, leaving model Eric Monjoin hovering in the air in this shoot for fashion156.com.

This is the first time I've run across fashion156, a webzine published every twelve days. They provide the names of all the trunks you see, as well as links to online shops where you can get a pair of your own. Also featured in The Swimwear Issue are the perrenial favorite aussieBums as well as some new loose-(er)-fitting Speedo thigh-length shorts.

Summer is HERE!

[ Fashion156.com ]
[ Source : One Stop Cool ]

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