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DIRK BOGARDE: 1921-1999

So, here's "the dish" on Dirk. Dirk Bogarde, with his huge sad eyes and dark brooding good looks, was the leading matinee idol of the 1950's in England and had been for ten years by the time he made Victim in 1961. Basically considered the Robert Pattinson of his day, he was chased through the streets and haunted and hunted by paparazzi wherever he went for his romantic roles in British romances and his appearances in the hugely popular Carry On series.

I'd totally forgotten about this video - Toni Braxton and her friends voting on the guys they call over to her apartment using oversized playing cards... and some of them are definitely 10s! I think I need to move into this flat...

Fun fact: Toni ends up choosing Bryce Wilson in the end -- who was one of the writer/producers of the song!

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Week five of Support Nature Project - whose featured model this week is Lance Winters.

We're hitting the road! I'm off to Dallas this evening with our 2010 Model Search winner, Jesse Blum! We'll be meeting up with Alan Rust from On Display Men and Jay Fuertez to shoot Jesse for the Support Nature Project -- watch our Twitter and Facebook pages for mobile updates over the weekend!

Lance is a relatively new model with stunning potential. Modeling is not his ultimate goal, however. "I want to finish school with a Doctorate and become a psychologist for teens. My big dream is to be an actor, though. Overall, I just want to be the best person I can be." This model stays in shape doing both cardio and weight training. He also plays the occasional game of golf, basketball or football. If Lance doesn't get chosen for a particular job, he doesn't sweat the small stuff; rejection simply doesn't faze him. "Rejection doesn't bother me. I don't care what people think." Admittedly, Lance hardly gets any time to relax, and when he does, he prefers to spend it sleeping. However, he and his friends enjoy some downtime playing video games.

Since Lance enjoys being outdoors playing various sports he strongly believes in a better environment. He is glad to be part of this project to raise awareness about a better environment for us and our children. Of course, he recycles as we all should and he is going to look at other ways he can participate in environmental projects this year.

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Photographer Bradford Rogne (previous coverage) takes us behind-the-scenes of his calandar shoot with Jessie Pavelka (previous coverage) for the first 2011 calendar we've got on our radar!

Bradford had this to say about the shoot:

Jessie and I had been talking about shooting a calendar for a while now, so when the perfect opportunity presented itself, we jumped right in! 90% of the calendar was shot in one day, between my studio in downtown LA and a super slick house in the Hollywood Hills. It was a race for time, but we managed to get everything shot before sunset. More images that you won't see in the calendar coming soon!

Thanks, Bradford... we can't wait!

[ Bradford Rogne - Official Site ]
[ Jessie Pavelka - Official Site ]

We told you about the 2010 Undergear Calendar yesterday... well, we just got this behind-the-scenes video as well, check it out!

Imagine that you're a blogger -- you've woken up and taken a shower, and set out to do your 5:00AM rounds on the internet to see what happened overnight. This was the first thing you came across.

I've seen bits and pieces of this video from Tyler Shields trickle out on his YouTube channel... but wow what a difference when they are all tied together into this frantic explosion from his head.

I feel like either this is going to be an awesome day, or that America's favorite mouse is going to mug me in the parking garage.

Check out the first of (hopefully) many backstage videos from Dolce&Gabbana - it is a shoot for their Mens Spring/Summer 2010 campaign!

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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 ]

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.)

B-Side Blog shares this awesome clip from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? -- starring the Cougariffic Meredith Vieira who hilariously preys on Navy pilot Max Shuman.

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Gavin Creel is my boyfriend and doesn't know it... besides the whole "sex on legs" thing, the man is absolutely energized and spreading the word about the October 11th National Equality March this weekend in Washington DC.

Please visit BroadwayImpact.org, and EqualityAcrossAmerica.org today to learn about the march, as well as events in your city if you can't reach Washington DC.

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 ]

The latest video from our friend Michael DiMartino is out, and this time he's taking on the Kelly Clarkson song Addicted. His videos are great, and you can see that a lot of work goes into creating them.

To learn more about this interesting man, check out our recent interview with him!

[ Michael DiMartino - Hunk du Jour Interview ]
[ Michael DiMartino - YouTube Channel ]

UPDATE: Fixed video with new location & new URL for Michael.

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!

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Chris M, Hunk du Jour: We're here with Michael DiMartino, from YouTube, who you've probably seen in that awesome Womanizer fan video where he signs the entire song... welcome, Michael!

Michael DiMartino: Thanks Chris!

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Chris M, Hunk du Jour: You released another video last week too, correct?

Michael DiMartino: Yes, thats right. If You Seek Amy, by Britney Spears

Chris M, Hunk du Jour: Ahh, yes! So that's an interesting song in that if you hear someone SAYING "If You Seek Amy" it's quite a different effect than if you're just reading it on a page (or seeing it signed, I imagine.)

Michael DiMartino: Right. There is definitely the acronym for an obsenity that everyone has become aware of. When I first thought about doing the song I struggled with that.

As an interpreter I had to figure out how to put the MEANING of the song (the obscenity, the sexual undertone) without losing the gimmick of the song's phrase "If you Seek Amy." I decided to play with the idea of a girl named amy leaving me a note in bed, and chasing her throughout the video. And using a split screen to sign the two phrases "If You Seek Amy" and "F U * K Me"

Add this to the list of JDMA hunk Paul Vandervort -- martial artist! He's published his martial arts reel on the web.

Via Joe. My. God. comes this Katie Perry cover by GLBT artist Ivri Lider (see our previous coverage of Ivri, including a great interview!)

[ Ivri Lider - Official Site ]
[ Ivri Lider - YouTube Channel ]