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Mark Salling showed us on a recent episode of Glee that he can hold his own amongst the cast, with an inspired version of Sweet Caroline on a recent episode (see the video after the jump!).

What you might not have known is that he covertly released his debut solo album under the pseudonym Jericho. Mark's official site has sample tracks and you can find the album, Smoke Signals available for purchase on his website (along with a signed photo!) or available on iTunes.

[ Mark Salling - Official Site ]
[ GLEE - Official Site ]

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Hunk du Jour HQ is all a-twitter (and we aren't talking about our @HunkDuJour twitter account here) over the Mika concert coming up tomorrow night at The Moore theater in Seattle. Mika's had a spell of bad luck lately, though -- he has an injured foot at the moment. According to his twitter stream it has afforded him the opportunity to make up a few new right-foot-centric dance moves.

There's one more tour stop after Seattle for our Canadian neighbors to the north in Vancouver, BC. After that Mika heads to Australia and south east Asia for a few stops in late November. European fans will have to wait a little longer to see him perform again, when he returns for a UK and Europe set of tours in early 2010.

Fellow Seattlites, enjoy the show -- perhaps we'll see you there!

Bonus: Check out our pictures from when Mika was last in town at the Showbox SODO. He may or may not have taken his shirt off. (Hint: He did.)

[ Mika - Official Site ]
[ @mikasounds - Official Twitter Stream ]

Mika brings on his latest video, Blame it on the Girls with an exclusive launch over at PopEater. Check out the video, and all of their Mika coverage (including some new interviews.)

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Our friend, photographer Sonny Tong sent over these photos of actors Michael Walker and Chris Salvatore, who appear in the movie Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat which is making the film festival rounds this month.

We're planning on attending the screening at the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on October 17th, perhaps we'll get a chance to say hello to these boys in person!

[ STong Photography - Official Site ]
[ Chris Salvatore - MySpace ]

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This photo of Lance Bass has been making the rounds this morning in a cropped-and-watermarked form. But you're (literally) only seeing half the picture, and photographer credit has been hard to come by!

So I did my research this morning, and here's the scoop: the shoot was done by New York photographer Braden Summers with make-up by Chris Lanston. I really encourage you to visit Braden's site and check out his other work, I definitely enjoyed it!

[ Braden Summers - Official Site ]
[ Chris Lanston - Official Site ]

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Toby Madigan is and up-and-coming recording artist who is getting involved and coming out for marriage equality. His song Stand for Love is one of four finalists in the Equality Song contest for the October 11th National Equality March.

Chris M, Lead Hunkologist: How big of a culture shock has it been moving from Michigan to Los Angeles?

Toby Madigan: I grew up in Michigan, but I went to high school and college near Toledo, OH, which was a fairly decent-sized city, so I'm not a total country boy, but LA is way different than anything in the Midwest, that's for sure.

Toby Madigan: First of all, we have seasons . . . but who's complaining? It's basically the weather they die for where I am from every day in LA.

Toby Madigan: I would say the biggest cultural shocks were positive ones. There is much more diversity in LA and it seems like a place where everyone is following some kind of dream or passion. Of course, with that comes a little bit of ambition and self-centeredness that you can sometimes run into, but it's much more exciting and much more open-minded.

Toby Madigan: The only thing I miss is the spaciousness and fresh air . . . oh yeah, and the leaves, I love the fall leaves back home . . .

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Enlarge Photo | Credit: PatrickMark for MANofAUSTIN.com

Check out DJ Seth Cooper in this photo shoot and interview with Man of Austin.

[ DJ Seth Cooper - Man of Austin ]
[ DJ Seth Cooper - Official Site ]

Christopher Dallman appears here with his real-life husband in the video for his song Over My Head. Direction by Kevin R. Thompson.

[ Christopher Dallman - Official Site ]
[ Christopher Dallman - YouTube Channel ]

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The next Broadway boy on our road to the Tony's is a nominee this year. Gavin Creel is nominated for his performance as Claude in HAIR.

[ Gavin Creel - Official Site ]
[ Gavin Creel - Fan Site ]

Techno/House producer Adrian Lux spices up his latest video for the track Can't Sleep with a little man love... we definitely have no complaints!