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BREAKING NEWS: NY Times reports gay men like MAGIC MIKE movie

The New York Times has cracked the story of the century: gay men enjoy a movie featuring hot men taking off their clothes.

From today’s edition.

…Interviews around the country indicated that gay men have been flocking to “Magic Mike” in numbers not seen since the release of “Brokeback Mountain” in 2005. But unlike that film, about two cowboys in love, there’s nothing explicitly gay about “Magic Mike.” Unless you count muscled men thrusting their pelvises without pants. That was enough for Bill Venne and his friends.
“Let’s be honest: it’s men taking their clothes off,” said Mr. Venne, 49, who lives in Minneapolis and saw “Magic Mike” on Sunday with 16 gay men and one straight woman.
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Sue Kroll, president for worldwide marketing for Warner Brothers Pictures, said the studio coordinated a “well-concentrated and tailored” campaign intended to capture gay moviegoers’ attention. The demographic wasn’t part of the studio’s initial marketing push, but that quickly changed, Ms. Kroll said, once it became clear there was interest among gay men.

“Once it became clear”? SRSLY?

They were surprised to find gay men find movies with handsome men taking their clothes off interesting?

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The real MAGIC MIKE – Chippendales in In Touch Magazine

Some very hot Chippendales were asked to pose for a recreation of the MAGIC MIKE movie poster.  Click on the pic to enlarge.

I’m thinking these guys look pretty hot.  And there are mini-interviews with each of the guys.  Just like in the movie, some are veterans, some are newbies.

Check it out in the latest IN TOUCH Magazine.  I like!

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James Davis of the Chippendales on The Dr. Drew Show

One of my favorite Chippendales, James Davis, appeared on the Dr. Drew Show on HLN last night.

With the opening of the MAGIC MIKE movie, a lot of attention is being focused on the male revue, and James had some clear answers about what some of the popular misconceptions are about shows like the Chippendales.

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From MAGIC MIKE: “Strip clips”

Behind the scene clips from MAGIC MIKE, which opens in three days.

In these behind the scenes clips we get Channing Tatum gyrating while wearing a thong under his sweatpants, Joe Manganiello removing a suit and shirtless cowboys Matt Bomer and Alex Pettyfer face off in a duel.

And more clips from the movie here:

Enjoy!

(via TooFab)

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Joe Manganiello talks “costumes” for MAGIC MIKE movie

Joe Manganiello recently spoke to Huffington Post about the trials and tribulations of “costuming” (or lack thereof) for his upcoming MAGIC MIKE movie:

“The fireman routine was in the script, the silhouette dance was in the script, but the one thing I said going into it was, ‘Guys, please, I’m up for these two classical sword-and-sandal pictures and I’m meeting with directors on them. Please don’t put me in a gladiator outfit, I don’t want to scare them off,'” the actor said. “And sure enough, I get to my costume fitting and they’re like, ‘Oh my God, we’ve got this great gladiator suit!’ And I’m like, ‘Guys, I am not doing the gladiator.'”

But sure enough, production had another creative costume idea up their sleeves — and it involved an abundance of gold body paint.

“So the day of shooting, there was a team of five women and it took over an hour and they just covered me, every crevice, in gold,” he said. “And the costumers gave me this gold lamé thong with a fig leaf on the front, and I just went for it.”

MAGIC MIKE opens June 29th. Can’t wait.

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Channing Tatum photo shoot & interview for OUT

Channing Tatum, during a photo shoot for OUT Magazine, talks about his highly-anticipated MAGIC MIKE movie. The movie is very loosely based on his own experiences as a 19 year old who took a job in a male strip show.

Tatum didn’t intend to be a stripper. He heard an announcement on the radio and thought he might as well add it to his resume of random jobs — framing houses, working at a puppy nursery, selling credit cards to students — that sustained his hardcore club life. “I never enjoyed the taking-the-clothes-off part,” he recalls. “You are on a stage with people yelling at you, and you feel you’re a rock star, but you’re nothing — you’re just a guy taking off his clothes, looking like a fool in a stupid outfit.”

In comparing the movie male revue to the Chippendales, Channing says “what Chippendales does is a big, Vegas type show.  This is a smaller, rinky-dink, small town type show.”

In addition to MAGIC MIKE, Channing shares about his humble upbringing. He grew up in Alabama, in what he calls a straight-up middle-class family. His dad was a roofer, until he fell off a roof and damaged his back. His mom worked for AAA. He describes his older sister as “the dog’s bollocks, just the sickest chick on the face of the planet,” and is candid about the world he grew up in.

“My uncle Bruce is about as country as you get,” he says. “He’s not OK with interracial stuff, probably, and I don’t think he’d met a gay man before my wedding. Where I’m from, there’s not a lot of out gay men.”

Read the whole interview and see the pics at Out.com