Monday, September 26, 2016

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Happy Birthday today September 27th


Happy 32nd to Italian actor Giulio Berruti

Check out more of Giulio and today's Birthday Boys HERE:

Walking On Sunshine (2014)

Giulio in Squadra Antimafia (2016)

Just Because: AHS...


As much as I have love American Horror Story, I miss Evan Peters. I know he's still in the cast, and turned in an excellent performance last season, but he still seems missing most of the time.  He has yet to make an appearance this season and his name is near the end of the credits. Peters was the reason I started watching and he was incredible in seasons 1 & 2. Peters is the only actor to have had a leading role since season 1 and deserves more air time and a decent story.

Something to Hold On To: Alex Karr by Max Woltman


'Reaching for the cigarette. The delicate long, thin shaft, or the thicker, nuttier cigar. Security of familiarity, anticipation of kindling, spark of ignition. Holding the open box close to my pelvis. Hands clutched to my body, my crotch. The cig in my mouth.'


When I first quit smoking, the hardest thing to break, after the cravings... were the comforting patterns surrounding my smoking. Joining my co-workers outside for a smoke, and some company. Sitting on the front porch having a last cigarette before bed and the friends who used to drop by just to have a 'smoke'. Getting beyond the addition was easier in some ways than losing some of those comforting patters. I miss the gossip and bonding that used to happen outside at work. I rarely sit on the porch at night any longer and those friends, the one's that still smoke anyway, don't just drop in for 15 minutes and a cigarette any longer...


'Something to Hold On To is a broader series that explores the ways in which we physically cling to ourselves and others in order to recall memories, experience new pleasures, and heal from traumatic events. Through safe exploration and fantasy, we can create a personal sense of freedom, desire, and sexuality and take ownership of our own beauty, libido, and power.'


We all things to hold on to, to cling to, to depend on. What he choose to hold on to, whether physical, like a cigarette, or emotional, like a memory or experience, offer support and help us to cope with all that life throws at us. Some of the things we grab on to are positive and healthy, others can be risky or painfully destructive. One of the things we most want to hold on to, crave to hold on to and need to hold on to is a body. A human, breathing, sexual body that can provide warmth, comfort and safety and satisfy our carnal desires. Whether the body of someone we love or lust, our own body, or an unfamiliar body that happens to be within reach, the desire to hold is often too powerful to resist.


In his second shoot with artist Max Woltman, 21 year Alex Karr wanted to explore something more dark and sexual. Being an actor himself, Max understood Alex's need to explore a part of himself that may be on the surface, or something others notice at first.   With minimal direction, Max encouraged Alex to play against type, to look for his own ways of expressing and making new discoveries.


'I thought about the tension between not only light and dark, but different colors and their emotional significance. Passionate red combined with a nauseating green. Perhaps a reference to a first cigarette or an early sexual encounter. The blue coldness of cement and leather combined with a warm orange glow. Like a flame. Classic allusions to strippers, tattoo parlors, and leather scenes, but also a need to go beyond bland stereotypes.  I think it is important to nurture our vulnerable, sometimes awkward, and very personal human attempt to hold on to something that is dear to us.'

Max Woltman




Julien Marlon: Like a Sex Machine


Get on up
Like a Sex Machine
Get on up
Get up
Shake your arm
Then use your form
Stay on the scene like a Sex Machine


There aren't many commercials that have me stopping my DVR forward button, but the the ad for Michelob Ultra certainly does. There are a couple of versions of the GET UP themed ad, with James Brown classic song in the background, but one stands out. Model Julien Marlon is a sex machine, and his brief scenes are HOT HOT HOT! If you haven't checked out the ad, be sure to below!




Julien Marlon on Instagram