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InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition

Checking in with our favorite InstaHunks this weekend… Hunky actor BJ Gruber (above) got his CrossFit workout done and done. #sweat Mario Hervas was a man in motion: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1WYyEKCk2-/ Dan Tai is content with just a beach and coconuts: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1jLCrOlMRU/ ABC news guy Gio Benitez and model hubby Tommy Didario had a movie date night checking out Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1kLCSTFt8k/ Bodybuilder Bremen Menelli is celebrating bulking season: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1kCRSjAUGb/ Austin Wolf got in one last workout here in Barcelona before joining me on Atlantis Cruise’s Mediterranean cruise. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1jljlKDVk-/ NYC real estate guy Brett Miles had to work this weekend (as a Realtor myself, I feel your pain, Brett): https://www.instagram.com/p/B1grqCvgcmw/ Max Emerson went camping in Yosemite National Park (funny, I’ve always called this something else…): https://www.instagram.com/p/B1jZnJdgfbP/ And fitness guru Ramses Principe waxed philosophical about learning from failure: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1jbTSRHTHd/

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News Round-Up: August 20, 2019

InstaHunk Alex Abramov says the world is not enough - BUT it is such a perfect place to start! Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: Woofy Alex Abramov (above) says “the world is not enough – but it is such a perfect place to start!” • Washington Blade: VH1 has ordered two more seasons of the Emmy Award-winning, dragtastic series, RuPaul’s Drag Race. We can definitely plan on seeing Season 12 of RPDR, as well as a fifth season of, All-Stars. • The Atlantic: Just weeks ago, Donald Trump told the media he supported “meaningful background checks” for gun purchases after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. But it appears he has called National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre to say he won’t pursue the issue, even though polls show Americans support the idea by 80+ support. • Vogue: A fan of Mayor Pete Buttigieg, designer Tom Ford reached out to offer some sartorial advice. While the White House hopeful demurred, Ford wasn’t upset. “Obviously he can’t wear my clothes. They’re too expensive, they’re wrong, they’re not made in America. And besides, whatever he’s doing is working. So does anyone need to fuck with it?” • Washington Post: You must read the latest essay from super-smart guy Michelangelo Signorile on Donald Trump’s devastating record on LGBTQ rights. • Out Music: We already know singer/songwriter Wrabel has the ‘magic’ touch when it comes to penning hit songs having written for major artists like Kesha, Pink, and the Backstreet Boys. So its no surprise this soulful new pop bop from the talented music man, appropriately titled, “Magic,” is a fun, easy on the ears track. And it’s definitely a departure from his more serious songs like “The Village” and “11 Blocks.” From his upcoming EP due out next month.

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InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition

Ignacio Pérez Rey

Checking in with the Hunks of InstaLand.

First up – a rare photo of hunky Ignacio Pérez Rey NOT on a beach (above).

Next, Matthew Camp shows off his buffed up biceps:

Fitness trainer Austin Martin flexed for the camera while zip-lining through the trees in St. Lucia:

Fitness buff and renaissance man Phillip Evelyn II (Modello9) proves not EVERY photo he takes is too serious:

America’s Got Talent alum Brian Justin Crum showed pride in his cactus:

A post shared by BrianJustinCrum (@brianjustincrum) on Aug 15, 2019 at 10:35am PDT

America’s Next Top Model / Dancing with the Stars champ and Deaf activist Nyle DiMarco deadpans that he “loves when the morning birds sing…”

A post shared by Nyle DiMarco (@nyledimarco) on Aug 18, 2019 at 9:21am PDT

‘Beef’-y Joel Buck was on the menu at Fire Island:

A post shared by Joel Buck (@joel_buck) on Aug 7, 2019 at 11:19am PDT

Handsome sax man Dave Koz is jazzed about headlining tonight’s Smooth Summer Jazz concert at the iconic Hollywood Bowl tonight:

Fitness guru Ramses Principe (looking snack AF) is waxing wise today: “Character cannot be develop in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthen, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

And a ‘cute but muddy’ Max Emerson took a break from biking in Inyo National Forest:

A post shared by Max Emerson (@maxisms) on Aug 18, 2019 at 12:38pm PDT

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News Round-Up: August 14, 2019

• InstaHunks: Woofy Jeff Ferreira shows off the gorgeous Greek landscape in Mykonos. Ok, maybe I'm just looking at Jeff... #busted
Jeff Ferriera (image via Instagram)

Some news items you might have missed:

• InstaHunks: Woofy Jeff Ferreira shows off the gorgeous Greek landscape in Mykonos. Ok, maybe I’m just looking at Jeff… #busted

• OUT: NFLer Odell Beckham Jr. is still not gay and tired of the speculation – “Like, beyond it.”

• Buzzfeed: The Trump administration on Wednesday formally proposed a new rule to let businesses with federal contracts cite religious objections as a valid reason to discriminate against their workers on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, LGBTQ status, and other characteristics — thereby skirting worker protections created by past presidents.

• kenneth-in-the-212: It’s Hump Day, and you know what that means over at KI212, Wrestle Wednesday! More at the link.

• NY Post: A former Hamptons bartender has filed a lawsuit against CNN anchor Don Lemon claiming the newsman fondled himself “aggressively” then shoved his hand under the bartender’s nose. Lemon’s legal team says the bartender asked for $1.5 million prior to filing the lawsuit. The bartender claims he experienced “severe emotional stress” due to the 2018 incident.

• PinkNews: IMDb (Internet Movie Database), which bills itself as the “world’s most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities,” has reversed course and announced that it will allow transgender actors to remove their birth name from its pages.

• New Music: Producer Gryffin teams with pop artist Carly Rae Jepsen for “OMG,” a synth-pop bop built on glossy beats and a candy-sweet hook. Gryffin delivers a dynamic yet elegant sonic landscape that showcases Jepsen’s reliably effusive, sunshine bright vocals.

Says Jepsen, “Gryffin is a kindred spirit in the way he thinks about music; I’m grateful to be a part of this song.”

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News Round-Up: July 29, 2019

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Some news items you might have missed:

• InstaHunks: Broadway hottie Jim Newman (above) finds he has his Fire Island pool all to himself with no one to play with his beach ball. I’m sure he’d have no problem finding company… 🙂

• NewNowNext: A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Russian LGBTQ activist Elena Grigoryeva. Officials do not intend to pursue hate crime charges, claiming the murder was not motivated by her activist work, nor her bisexual identity.

• Instinct: In its series finale, Andi Mack served up Disney’s first gay couple.

• Gr8erDays: If you love entertainment/pop culture info from days gone by, follow this Instagram account for daily infograms about celebrity birthdays and more from TV, movies and more.

• Politico: Kamala Harris on Monday unveiled a plan to achieve universal health care coverage by growing Medicare with the help of private insurers, an effort that splits the difference with her chief Democratic presidential rivals and equips the California senator with her own signature health care proposal ahead of this week’s debates.

• Roanoke Times: A small number of Republicans tried to have Rep. Denver Riggleman censured for having the nerve to officiate a same-sex wedding for two of his supporters. p.s. The attempt failed…

• Out Music: Kelechi drops his latest bop, “Forever Tonight,” with an upbeat 1980s vibe complete with fat beats and pop/soul roots. I’m hearing a little Human League groove in there perhaps…?

“I make romance pop music,” Kelechi recently told Out.com. “I want people to fall in love with the feeling they get when they listen.”

I have to say I like the simple approach to the video. Lately, I find overly-complicated music videos can get in the way of listening/enjoying the music.

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News Round-Up: July 24, 2019

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Some news items you might have missed:

• InstaHunks: Woofy Diego Lozano (above) reminds me how many InstaHunks I follow in Spain. Which I guess explains why I’m headed back there in August 😉

• The Economist: In a new poll conducted by YouGov, former Vice President Joe Biden has a 7 point lead over Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) 25/18 respectively. In third place, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) garnered 13 percent support.

• GQ: Asked about “gay rumors,” NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. says he “wasn’t offended,” adding, “I have no problem with anyone’s sexual orientation. Love is Love.”

• Twitter: Not to be weird or anything, but is that the ‘white power’ hand signal Trump is making?

• Billboard: Out rapper Lil Nas X has tied the record (16 weeks) for the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The other record holders are Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day,” and Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber’s “Despacito.” He also scored 8 MTV Music Video Award nominations today including ‘Video of the Year.’

• USA Today: A New Jersey school board member, Daniel Leonard, may face an ethics inquiry over social media posts that include violent comments regarding Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan). One post read, “My life would be complete if she/they die,” across a photo of Tlaib. Leonard was, unsurprisingly, charged in a road rage incident last week where he crashed into a tree while chasing another motorist.

• Out Music: Openly pansexual artist Madison Malone releases this sweet mid-tempo groove, “Quiet Down.” The music video features a wide, diverse universe of folks sharing their thoughts on what “love is.”

The Wisconsin native has performed at some of the world’s largest music festivals including SXSW and SUMMERFEST, where she was voted ‘Favorite Emerging Artist.’ Find out more at her official website here.

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News Round-Up: July 22, 2019

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Some news items you might have missed:

• InstaHunks: Electric power went down for much of NYC Sunday night, but InstaHunk Jeff Ferreira is getting through the current heat wave. #sweat

• New Yorker: Former Minnesota Sen. Al Franken, one of the early targets of the #MeToo movement, regrets resigning so quickly. “Oh yeah, absolutely.”

• NOLA: The Gretna Police Department has put Officer Charlie Rispoli on administrative leave following Rispoli’s Facebook comment last week that suggested a Democratic congresswoman should be shot. He commented on a story, clearly marked ‘Satire,’ that insinuated AOC had said, “We pay soldiers too much.”

• Friendly Atheist: Christian hate-preacher Steven “Death to the Gays” Anderson of Arizona’s (independent fundamentalist) Faithful Word Baptist Church says he’s now banned from entering Australia. There are now 33 countries that have banned Anderson.

• Talking Points Memo: Vice President Mike Pence will attend a $35,000 per couple fund-raising event in Colorado hosted at a private club owned by two gay men. #quislings

• Broadway: Pop music icon Barry Manilow heads back to Broadway for an exclusive limited engagement July 26 through August 17 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street). For ticket information, click HERE.

‘Fanilows’ should expect a non-stop evening of Top 40 Hits from Manilow’s decades-long list of songs ranging from pop, to Broadway, Jazz, and adult contemporary.

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InstaHunk Round-Up: Heat Wave Edition

Paleontologist Francesc Gascó

There’s a heat wave spreading across the U.S., and according to weather.com, it looks like we won’t be seeing any relief until early next week.

We figure if it’s going to be hot, let’s enjoy it. So we’re checking in on some of our favorite celebs and InstaHunks to see what they’re doing to beat the heat.

Paleontologist Francesc Gascó (above) took one look out the window and said, “Nope, not gonna do it.”

Ignacio Pérez Rey says the answer is cold showers. Lots and lots of cold showers.

A post shared by Ignacio Pérez Rey (@igperey) on Jul 19, 2019 at 9:05am PDT

Fitness trainer Ramses Principe says he was chilling with three pints of ice cream last night.

Britney Spears’ main squeeze, fitness model Sam Asghari, says when Brit-Brit is in the mood for moves, they hit it.

A post shared by Sam Asghari (@samasghari) on Jul 17, 2019 at 8:55pm PDT

International pop star Ricky Martin is actually turning UP the heat, and not in the way we’re used to. Martin has been down in Puerto Rico helping fire up protesters who are raising their voices in response to leaked homophobic and sexist text messages between Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and his associates.

A post shared by Ricky (@ricky_martin) on Jul 17, 2019 at 10:20pm PDT

Woofy Joe Blizzard describes himself as “a bit of a nerd, introverted and shy…” Uh-huh.

Brazilian travel blogger Rodiney Santiago is all smiles at Manhattan Beach in California.

Live your life, do what YOU want, not what everyone expects you to do or be. I don’t live my life to please the haters, I live my life to please myself, the people who love and support me. What’s important to me is not others opinions of me, but what’s important to me is my opinion of myself . I take my conscience more serious than my reputation, because my conscience is who I am and my reputation is what people think of ME. And what the others think is their problem. Just smile and try your best To be in nature, or even viewing scenes of nature, because it reduces anger, fear, and stress and increases pleasant feelings. Exposure to nature not only makes you feel better emotionally, it contributes to your physical wellbeing, reducing blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension, and the production of stress hormones. #rodineysantiago #smile #beach #beachworkout #rodineymotivation photo by 📸 @alfiecinematic
A post shared by Ródiney Santiago (@rodineysantiago) on Jul 17, 2019 at 11:06am PDT

UK TV personality and fitness guy ’King’ David McIntosh says he can’t even think of a caption for this post “Cos my brains so cooked from Miami, I can’t think of one.”

Cheyenne Jackson is walking it out in rehearsals for Into The Woods at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles next weekend. Check out his new take on ‘Prince Charming:’

DJ Thiago Oliveira (Daddy Wolf) had enough of the heat (he was in Hell’s Kitchen, so there you go…)

Rick and the Griffopotamus are out on Lake Lanier in Georgia in a stare-down with the sun. “Lookin at the sun like, ‘Damn, sis. You extra fiery today. Why you so lit?’”

Out college athlete Jake Bain is being a beach bum getting baked out on Hilton Head Island.

A post shared by Jake Bain (@jake.bain) on Jul 18, 2019 at 2:59pm PDT

“Where’s the beef?” Hunky artist & model Steve Raider knows the way…

A post shared by Steve Raider (@steve_raider) on Jul 18, 2019 at 6:24am PDT

Even in the heat, Mayor Pete Buttigieg is out in neighborhoods talking to folks at the Veteran’s Community Project.

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News Round-Up: July 18, 2019

Rugby legend and LGBTQ ally Ben Cohen

Some news items you might have missed:

• InstaHunks: LGBTQ ally Ben Cohen is inviting supporters of his anti-bullying foundation to come out and join him for cross-training. I’ll go, but only if I can follow Ben 🙂

• New York Times: A federal judge on Thursday denied bail for Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing sex-trafficking charges in Manhattan, rejecting his request to await trial under home detention at his Upper East Side mansion.

• NPR: Some of Puerto Rico’s biggest stars rallied a crowd of many thousands in San Juan on Wednesday, calling on the island’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló, to resign. It was the fifth day in a row of protests in the U.S. territory, following a leak of hundreds of pages of misogynistic and homophobic texts between the governor and his main advisers.

• Washington Post: The House passed a bill by a vote of 231-199 that would raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade. However, don’t expect the legislation to be taken up in the Republican-controlled Senate.

• AFP News: Donald Trump asked Nobel laureate Nadia Murad how she won the Nobel Peace Prize after she explained how she won the Nobel Prize. Murad survived in the aftermath of her mother and six brothers being killed by ISIS and that 3,000 Yazidis remained missing. Trump asked, “And you had the Nobel Prize? That’s incredible. They gave it to you for what reason?” Murad paused, then repeated her story.

• The Lion King: Check out Beyoncé’s musical contribution to the upcoming live-action remake of Disney’s The Lion King.

Titled “Spirit,” I find the video gorgeous. I’m on the fence about the melody. Let me know what you think.

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InstaHunk Round-Up: 4th Of July Edition

Lou Moreira (via Instagram)
Checking in with some of my favorite InstaHunks to see how they spend the star-spangled holiday. First up, Lou Moreira – bodybuilding champ and 82nd Airborne war veteran – is getting his grill on with classic Independence Day dining (above). Bearded bro Joe Blizzard is giving you authentic ‘holiday heat’ Michigan-style. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzf3MD7nAUn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Over at Instinct Magazine, they’re celebrating balls, bats and the ‘boys of summer:’ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzellqkhsvm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Paleontologist Francesc Gascó cools down after a workout: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzf1BgCIJ7u/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Happy Independence Day, folks!