Aussielicious

As a photographer that likes and is more comfortable shooting people than landscapes or architecture, it’s only natural that I have dreams and aspirations to photograph celebrities one day. Whether that is for editorial, fashion or purely artistic endeavours, I don’t mind but I’m slowly compiling a wish list.

It’s no surprise to anyone reading this that I would love to shoot Ms Minogue. I have ideas already to go for Kylie, and have done for years. If you are reading this Kylie, please feel free to contact me. Oh who am I kidding. I’ll have to stalk her into submission.

The others on my list so far, as above, are Megan Gale because I think she is absolutely stunning and represents a healthy athletic glamazon woman with exquisite features. I’ve seen her look quite different in a range of shoot and I think she’d be amazing to work with. Didier Cohen, former face of Industrie Clothing and now developing a name for himself in tv and radio. I’m not normally into tattoos but there is something so very sexy about Didier. Ryan Kwanten, the bad boy heart breaker from True Blood, down to earth aussie and by all reports, lovely guy is on the list for all those reasons and because I would just love to shoot him.

This is a purely gratuitous post featuring the pure beefcake of Joe Manganiello with a busty lady-friend enjoying the waters of Hawaii.

As we all know, Joe plays Alcide the werewolf in True Blood and as a result loses his clothes a lot. This is a fact that we are not at all disappointed about or troubled by. Joe is set to lose all his clothes in the upcoming flesh-a-thon movie about a bunch of male strippers based on Channing Tatum’s early days making a living shaking his groove thing. Joe has said there isn’t any full frontal but very little is left to the imagination.

Just how ridiculously hard is it to maintain a body like that?

Who would have known that growing up in America’s Midwest means you like a good hug? I never did, but that’s what I’ve learnt from an interview with Kellan Lutz. The other thing I learnt is that gay men are all neat and he’d rather live with a gay man because we keep the place tidy. I beg to differ on that one Kellan. My boyfriend will attest to the fact that my room is usually a mess. But we’re going to let that slide because Kellan loves us.

What else did we learn from Kellan? We learnt that he goes to spas and is happy chilling out nude in the hot tub and has mediocre gaydar. The fact that Kellan was sitting nude in a hot tub with a guy he didn’t know at the time was hitting on him but is totally fine with it is fantastic.

Of course the cynical blogger in me thinks a lot of this could be good press to win over an audience that might be just as happy if he never said a word as long as he keeps his shirt off. But I will take it at face value. Kellan loves the gays!

All over the gay blogosphere today report after report was posted about the coming out of Heroes Vilain and Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto’s coming out. In an interview he casually dropped in a couple of references to being a gay man and how he’d been inspired by the suicide of bullied gay teen Jamey Rodemeyer to come out and be honest and hopefully set a good example.

A lot of actors in Hollywood are too afraid to come out for fear of losing roles and people not believing them as straight characters. It’s funny how prejudices can still pervade even in an industry built on suspending disbelief. Charlize Theron won an Oscar for her portrayal as a serial killer but I doubt she has ever killed anyone in real life. Nicole Kidman won an Oscar for her portrayal of Virginia Wolfe in The Hours but I seriously doubt she’d ever leave the house if she had a nose like that of her character. Neil Patrick Harris very convincingly plays suited up casanova/sleaze Barney in How I Met Your Mother but I’m sure his partner David would attest he’s not out hitting on woman all the time.

Congratulations Zachary on the elegance and style with which you’ve handled your coming out, the reasons behind it and I wish you all the success in your career.

Looking at these images above of Lenny Kravitz, soulful superstar, we can gleam a few details. We know Lenny appears to be quite fond of piercings. He also seems to be quite fond of tattoos. Judging by the different hair styles, these photos were taken on at least three different occasions. What does that tell us? It tells us that Lenny has absolutely no qualms about being nude, but that he also isn’t big on maintaining a grooming regime downstairs.

Lenny lives on an island in Barbados and after seeing all these nude pics of him, I’m picturing him walking lazily around the white beaches and swimming in the blue waters of Barbados, nude, possibly sharing a spliff with his mates.

Today my boss interviewed a potential employee for our office and he’s currently on Australian tv screens in a reality tv show which I guess means he doesn’t make the cut as I’m pretty sure they are still filming.

The point is, my manager and I had both seen some pretty diva behaviour from him on the show which my manager brought up to the boss. It could potentially be a problem because the behaviour is about working with others and making compromises.

My point in this post is whether being on a “reality” tv show could potentially harm your career. Jamie from Australia’s Big Brother a few years ago gained notoriety because he was always getting his giant penis out, but he seemed like a nice guy. Reichen of The Amazing Race has gone on to C Grade celebrity but seems to have a reputation for being a bit of a douche. Scott Herman came across as a lovely guy with some really good values from my understanding and Dustin who was recently on the Real World proved himself to be a hypocrite when he was blatantly homophobic despite living in the Frat Pad and having copious sex with other men on camera.

When Big Brother first started here 10 years ago I thought that it could have been fun but as the years went on the people going on it were more and more fame hungry with less and less to back it up, apart from Jamie’s massive penis of course.

I guess it’s the same as people like me who have a blog. A prospective employer will no doubt google me and may decide that I’m a complete wanker based on this blog.

My flatmate has started watching the new Teen Wolf series and tonight pointed out some of the eye candy the show has to offer. We have both agreed that the lead young guy is hot but too young. Tyler Hoechlin on the other hand, is dreamy werewolf hotness. Talk about sexy.

I have nothing intellectual or important to say on this one but hey, that’s not what you all come here for is it?

On Wednesday night another renovation & design show started on Australian television called Top Design. It’s hosted by Jamie Durie, who I think is one of the nice guys on Australian television. Jamie first came to our attention many years ago as part of the male strip review called Manpower, known as Thunder from Down Under in the U.S. I believe.

Jamie used his time on the road with Manpower to study horticulture and design  and has since become a coveted designer and along the way, been given a huge boost when Oprah herself recognised his talents.

I first noticed Jamie in the photographs James Houston did of Manpower. Let’s call them beefcake art photos. Jamie still has that cheeky smile and sparkle in his eyes that I always like. He has a beautiful house in the Hollywood Hills which he said in a recent article was really private and perfect for wandering around naked.

Every now and then you see a fashion editorial in a magazine that just stops you in your tracks. There is a lot of great photography going on in the fashion world, as well as a whole bunch of rubbish. Having only done a couple of tiny bits and pieces of fashion photography myself I know how hard it is to get something original and it’s a very competitive field.

The whole point of getting a celebrity involved is to add something extra to a shoot. A name like Nicole Kidman adds star power and credibility to a campaign. When that celebrity is someone like Tilda Swinton, you know it’s going to be different.

Tilda is one of those actresses that people love or loathe. She played the Ice Queen to chilling perfection in The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, and has reveled in offbeat roles for years. This fashion spread in W Magazine was clearly a true creative collaboration between photographer, stylist and Tilda. They are edgy, creative, interesting and just a little bit mad. Not mad in the sense of Gaga where she might staple an albatross to her breast while doing trapeze above bubbling lava, but interesting fashion driven dramatic creativity. Gorgeous.

I’ve always been a sucker for a killer smile and this guy, Colin Egglesfield is no exception. Sure it’s packaged up with a hot body and clear eyes you could stare at for days, but that smile… Allegedly Colin is an actor after appearing in Melrose Place (the new one) a soap called All My Children and a new romantic comedy called Something Borrowed. Seriously though we probably don’t care so much as long as he keeps smiling and taking his top off.  Shallow? Shit yeah, but I have a gorgeous boyfriend and live on the other side of the world. Let’s keep it realistic.

Chris Hemsworth was one of those hotties that pops up in a TV show you don’t like and it almost makes you watch it. He turned up in one of our evening soaps “Home & Away”  playing a young guy at the end of his schooling career. Like his younger brother Liam who has been tarnished by sleeping with dating Miley Cyrus (personal opinion, sorry) Chris always looked like he’d had an athletic outdoors upbringing.

Chris is about to hit our screens as “Thor” and apparently in preparation they told him “Get as big as you can”. It seems he might have gone too far because when he turned up on set, the costume they’d measured him for was now cutting off circulation in his arms. Oops. So Chris set about leaning down and getting rid of the blocky aspect of his bulk to reveal this amazing physique in the photos above. My GOD (of Thunder) he looks incredible. The discipline he must have had to achieve this is just outstanding.

Chord Overstreet, he of the very full lips and incredible abs has flashed those abs dripping wet in a pool, sadly wearing too much, for photographer Christian Rios. Chord to me is like an older, hotter much more interesting and cool Justin Beiber that you want to shag instead of smack around the head.

In the interview (below) with Ellen he sounds down to earth, friendly, fun and he flashes his perky, undie-clad bum at us. Nice work.

Not too long ago a friend and fellow blogger posted on facebook that he was in the mood to see Taylor Lautner and Alex Pettyfer oil wrestling. It struck me how specific that fantasy was, but oddly enough I had a fantasy reaction to their posting. I immediately had an urge to see Taylor emerge from the shower, dripping wet and get down and start doing pushups nude and wet. Of course I then thought I’d gone insane and how bizarrely specific that thought had been.

It’s no surprise to those that read Aussielicious regularly that the idea of working out nude is a bit of a turn on to me, but doing pushups just out of the shower? And before you bang on about Taylor being too young, and I know he is, he has the body of a man so don’t accuse me of anything dodgy!

When a nude photo of Chris Brown leaked to the internet this week it didn’t surprise me. He strikes me as the kind of foolish arrogant celebrity who would try and impress some girl (who he maybe hopes to smack around later?) by sending a cock picture to her. Just like Miley Cyrus believing no one would sell her out with photos of her sucking on a bong, Chris probably believed that the girl he sent this to wouldn’t sell it too. Hell, he’s probably silly enough to think that proving to the world he’s got a big dick means we’ll forgive the fact that he can’t control his temper and likes to belt women up.

What does surprise me is that I found the image on the right (before added bad tattoos) on Tumblr weeks ago and it’s been around for a while with no scandal. I’m also surprised that a celebrity is brave enough to go to a nude beach without caring about whether someone takes a photo. That bit I can respect, but that’s it.

A lot of us gay boys have had fantasies about sleeping with Ryan Kwanten and I’ve heard the usual whispers from the gay mafia that he is gay. As we know, however, the gay mafia would have us believe that any hot male celebrity likes nothing more than sweaty man sex and wants to hookup with a fan.

Maybe the reason that Ryan seems at ease with gay people or approachable to them is because his brother is gay. Ryan told US magazine The Advocate in a recent interview that when his brother came out “he was a changed man for the better”.

He’s also not ruling out some man-on-man action for his sexually driven character on True Blood but doesn’t know what the creators have in mind. Now, I’m just off to fantasise about the hot Kwanten brothers.