Yes for sometime now the lovely Ben has been sulking away as Ryan in Corrie , mind you he has has had a lot to sulk about what with the death of his father , the death of his beloved Uncle Liam . If this wasn't enough Ryan was stalked by Alex a teenager who had a crush on him . Actually he did'nt . Infact it turned out that Alex was Michelle's ( Ryan's 'Mother' ) real son in and the baby's were swapped at birth . Holy Bold and the Beautiful .
Sadly due to some spooky form of a ban on shirtless action on Corrie unless you are over Twenty or your character is in hospital , Ryan rarely takes off more than his jumper and thats if its hot in the Rovers . Of course in my fantasy story line Todd played by the gorgeous Bruno Langley would return to the street and show Ryan a brighter side to life .
Away from the world of Soap ,Ben has a band Rusholme Ruffians and they caught my interest as they play acoustic covers of some truly great Manchester bands ' the Stone Roses ' 'James ' and of course the Smiths . As a Corrie fan himself I'm sure Morrissey who has a great eye for cover stars would find it highly flattering that Ben carries a torch for his old band . Though maybe as a guitar boy its Johnny Mar , Ben admires . I also noticed that The Rusholme Ruffians have a new member, the swoon tastic Oliver on percussion , how lovely .
Superstar Teen Idol Matt was gobsmacked when Ocean Up ( which is actually quite a funny Disney star gossip site ) posted pictures from Matt's FaceBook sadly he doesn't have one , pity I'd love to poke him . Matt was upset that it had been said he was smoking and drinking
''Also it is said that I'm smoking and drinking just because other people in the pictures are doesnt mean I am ''
Said the fantastic fringed idol to millions . Pity I'd have thought Matt would love to get those lips round a cold one .
My favourite show Smallville returns on January 15th and touching down from the future are the 'Legion of Superheros' who count the lovely Lighting Lad among their number . Lighting Lad is played by Calum Worthy , who when I last saw him was caught naked by Sam in Supernatural , Calums character was invisable and was spying on women in the shower for some reason on seeing Sam he became visible . Sam appeared shocked and told him to ''put some clothes on !'' pity .
Nice to see Lighting Lad though in a state of undress at a great blog 'Shirtless Superheros' ,
I doubt we will be seeing Calum in his tighty whities on Smallville but you never know .
Yes I finally got round to seeing Dive !! and what a lovely film film it is for well various reasons . Whats not to like about watching three super twinks in packed speedos spending an average of 80 % in said packed speedos diving , walking up to the diving board , emerging dripping out of the water on completion of dive and even hanging out in the locker room in said packed speedos and at one point working out in said packed speedos . Of course there's a lot more than that .
You can smile to yourself at how Tomoki - Blue Trunks (great abs and the more slender of the three ) emotes and well just plain idolises top diver Yoichi - Yellow speedo ( great everything loves to adjust his speedo around his amazing butt ) and lastly Sulky Shibuki who packs his speedo with quite a punch .
Emotions are running high on the high diving board for Tomoki and his idol Yoichi
Sulky Shibuki who packs quite a punch
At one point straight after Sulky Shibuki removes his speedo after an intense session , the awesome Yoichi walks in and glances over at the naked Sukly Shibuki who then after getting a towel , the pair have the bizarre face off , only to be interrupted by 'Diamond eyes' himself -Tomoki who glances over at them both . Is he thinking 'what I just walked in on?' . By the way I have no idea why the head lady coach calls young Tomoki 'Diamond Eyes' but as Variety pointed out in thier review apparently she does this straight away .
Don't look to deep into those Diamond Eyes !
Diamond Eyes is barely able to contain his excitement after the awesome Yoichi performs another amazing Dive .
But when Diamond Eyes attempts a high dive , he is distracted when a team mate is despeedoed as he dives past
The rivalry begins as Yoichi meets Sulky Shibuki for the first time .
The controversial locker room confrontation
'Stay away from Diamond eyes , he has a girlfriend !'
'So...' replies the Sulky Shibuki tauntingly .
'Diamond eyes ! we were just talking about you '
'You Were ?'
'Yes whose Speedo is more packed ,mine or your close friend and hero Yochie ?'
' I don't know Shibuki its hard to say and your wearing a towel and I have a girlfriend '
Maybe that should be 'had' a girlfriend , for the lovely Diamond eyes as been training overtime and his good looking brother has being seeing his girlfriend behind his brothers back . It takes lady ninja head coach to burst into Diamond eyes bedroom and shake the pyjama wearing Diamond eyes out of his speedo stupor .
Mean while Sulky Shibuki has returned to distant Tsugaru peninsula where he contemplates his future .Should he stay as a fisherman and wonder about the ethics of fishing in these dark eco times ? or should he return to the team and decided who he really wants Yoichi or Diamond eyes ? . Before this burning question can be answered . Diamond eyes and Yoichi turn up in the fishing village for once not in their speedos . They ask Suly Shibuki to come back to the team . Sulky Shibuki agrees and the three celebrate in a romantic leap of the cliff ( See the Basket Ball Diaries for reference )
Has Harmony finally arrived for the Supertwinks of Dive !! ? sadly not , the pressure gets to Yoichi , is it the pressure of fighting his true feelings for Diamond eyes or is the constant readjusting of his speedos before each dive and emergence out of the pool ? Soon though Yoichi is back to diving following Sulky Shibuki turning up at his flat , a dream come true ? Not really Sulky Shibuki has turned up to ask Yoichi to see Diamond eyes dive yet again . But Diamond eyes dive goes wrong and Yoichi dives into save him whipping off his top before diving in . (Maybe it was a designer one and been affected by the chlorine.)
The three supertwink divers are finally united to perform at a big diving competition , the pressure does get to Yoichi again but this gives us an opportunity to watch him drip water on himself from his dive towel . All 3 produce stunning speedo dives and live happily ever after .
I really liked this film , and it has lovely sweeping and zooming camera shots as the divers perch high on the board . I'd love to see a subtitled version too , just to understand the story better .I can't wait to see John Walters version of this Speedo Super Twink Classic .
Not since the classic Lost Boys has there been so much sexy supernatural goings on . I think it helped that most of the cast were models . I loved Steven Strait and his spooky gang , of course like any supernatural spooks they swam for the swim team which gave us plenty of time to watch Steven strut past in his trunks .
Spook Swim Team High
I noticed Taylor Kitsch in the new trailer for Wolverine sadly not wearing his tiny spook swim team trunks where he's playing fan boy fave Gambit . Steven has gone on to do a number films and of course was running around in a loincloth ( a bid for the new Tarzan perhaps ?) in 10,00 BC . Steven also smoldered away at the lovely Michael Angarano in Sky High.
Chace Crawford has of course gone on to Gossip Girl a show I've never really warmed too, but hey I missed the first season of Supernatural and now I'm addicted . I must say though Chace looked lovely in boardies in the truly dread full 'Long Lost Son' in which he played a young man who takes tourists out teaches them to dive .
ObviouslyI'm deeply upset about the rumours that teen superstar Taylor Launter may be being replaced in the follow up to Twiglight as his character 'ages' to around 27 as I understand due to the affects of being a werewolf . As we know Taylor is the MontogomeryClift of his generation but could this be a method acting transformation too far for Taylor . Rumoured new Jacobs are Michael Capon and Steven Strait , I wonder who Taylor's choice would be ?
Oh Emile I feel like I've betrayed you and I've got to confess .. I loved you in the 'Mudge Boy' such great acting and thought you were great in the much under rated 'Imaginary Heroes'. I tried to watch you in 'Call of the Wild' but couldn't and then I tried to watch you in 'Speed Racer' more than a couple of times but alas I couldn't watch you in that either , Maybe I'll like you again in 'Milk'.
Yes its the lovely hunky Christen Cooke (who was rumoured to be playing Maxie's first serious boyfriend in Skins maybe it was the obligatory Kai Z Feng photo shoots that put him off ! cant think why ) who will be playing a descendant of Van Helsing in the new Brit TV Drama Demons .
Christian explains what drew him to the role ...
“The thing I like most about Luke is that he is someone you can relate to. He is not a superhero figure like Robin the Boy Wonder or someone you even necessarily look at and think ‘it’d be so good to be like him’. He’s just a normal kid who has had this immense pressure of a destiny put on his shoulders and is forced to deal with it. I think the audience will be able to follow his journey as he discovers what he has to do and what he physically can do. Luke is so focused so driven , he's got no time for a girlfriend or boyfriend .The audience is part of the journey and I think that is quite cool. He starts off quite normal, and not that great at the smiting but then as the series progresses he becomes quite a heroic character I think.”
And did Christan have to work out for the series ?
''I was taught a blend of martial arts. My trainer was a specialist in Thai boxing, boxing and loads of other different martial arts, he has trained Jared Padalecki who's in Supernatural . He taught me various moves from different disciplines, often we worked out , stripped to the waist , which at first I was a bit unsure about , but the more I got into it the better it felt .I think it is important that when the character does fight it doesn’t look too Jackie Chan style, but looks random. Luke has got really quick reactions and he is powerful but the style of fighting varies; he is always thinking how he can take them down in the best and quickest way possible – even if it might not be technically perfect.''
Demons - The Trailer.
Warning contains brief shirtless scene.
Christian and his amazing jaw line will also star in 'Trinity' apparently Brit Tv's answer to 'Gossip Girl ' . Christain will be playing Dorian who is president of the Dandelion Club . Christain explains more about the show .
'' The Dandelion Club are an aristocratic elite society who can get away with murder. We have a new warden called Warden (Claire Skinner) and she and the student rep are trying to abolish this club. Myself and the Dean (Charles Dance) are trying to keep it and its traditions. There are lots of love triangles and there's a whole bigger picture going on with scientific tests that the Dean and Cooper (Paul Hunter) are carrying out on one of the students. I've seen the first two episodes and it's really quite funny. There's a lot of sex, drinking, rude language and obscene scenes. I think it's going to make good viewing when it eventually comes out. ''
Every year about this time I would pop to town , to the Prowler Store in Soho and pick up the late John Patrick's wonderful ' Best Of the Superstars ' annual . It was such a treat and thinking about it now bring back so many fond and happy memories . Inside there was lots of gossip about which stars might be gay , gasp ! and which stars were seen with who and where . I didn't care if it was true or not , I just enjoyed the read . John wrote about the up and coming stars and the reigning teen idols , I think Leonardo Di Caprio made the guide 3 years running and Marky Mark was often always featured , along with Rob Lowe , and Tom Cruise . There was also a section about models particularly the Abercrombie and Fitch models . I think one year Johns star crush was Nick Carter from the Backstreet boys , Nick of course was in his prime with his blond bangs .
Sadly John died in 2003 and no further 'Best Of Superstars' were produced, for me a large part of my enjoyment of the books was finding some one else who liked to write about teen idols and their lives .Today of course much of what John wrote about , people blog about or have sites about , given that when John wrote his books the Internet was just taking off in relation to fan sites or 'shrines' . I wonder what John would think about the teen idol scene , who would he write about ? who would he feature ?.
You can still buy the ' Best of Superstars ' 2001 and 2002 editions over at StarPress where John wrote a proflic amount of fiction too.
For me John is a much missed writer who provided great enjoyment for many of his readers .
Yes I had such hopes that the new Action Alex movie 'Wild Child' would be in fact about Action Alex and his life as Kai Z Feng muse , much in the way that Bruce Weber devoted his art to Peter Jonson. Sadly it centred on a story about a 'Wild' LA girl who was sent to England where she falls for the Headmistress's son the lovely Action Alex who in one scene was 'in' the shower , sadly for me and millions of fans, all we heard was Alex's voice .
Was Britain's leading thespian recreating that classic scene in the 'Wizard of Oz' , where the 'Great Oz' was revealed behind the curtain ? or in fact was the scene shot with Alex delivering his lines as water cascade over his pectorals , skin glistening with the latest Clarins for men products and then was the scene cut due the fact that Alex in the shower was just way too much to handle and would have given the film a restricted rating . An inside source said '' think of that advert Bruce Weber shot of Marcus Schenkenberg for Calvin Klien and you've got it ''.
A shower to far .... could the scene have really looked like this ?
The inside source continued '' Alex was gutted he had been working out day and night for this scene , watching films for like 'Young blood' and the 'Convent' with Steven Striat , I know Alex is a big fan of Stevens film and model work ''
Steven - inspirational
Alex worked out day and night for the cut scene
Could it also be the reports which surfaced online that worried Disney executives cut Zacs steamy high school musical shower 3 scene have influenced the removal of the full Action Alex's shower scene ? I fear we shall never know .
