#RuleYourself

We had all thought at one time that after appearing in three Olympic Games and winning an unprecedented 22 Medals (of which 18 are Gold that swimming champion Michael Phelps would take it easy.  However he is set to join the American Olympic Team in Rio later this year to hopefully break more of his world records.

He as been very busy out of the Pool too.  He's grown a bushy beard (could he look any hottter?) and got engaged to his fiance Nicole Johnson an ex Miss California,  and they are expecting their first baby son in May.

Yesterday saw the launch of a powerful new advertisement Phelps starred in for Under Armour a sportswear company based in his hometown  of Baltimore.  The video shows Phelps putting himself through all the rigors of highly disciplined training with a very simple theme of #RuleYourself.  The message is one that we would happily share with Phelps:

It's What You Do In The Dark That Puts You In The Light

Naked Boys Reading Brunch Special

Those naked bookworms are at it again this weekend and stripping off for BAPS.   Before you non-Brits go reaching for your Urban Dictionary, queerguru can tell you that 'baps' are a type of floury soft bread roll, a bit like a hamburger bun,  and also an affectionate term to describe breasts and bums.

With hostess Dr Sharon Husbands and the skankiest easy listener of them all DJ the Duchess of Pork, Naked Boys Reading promise "we'll serve you up something "literary" and "delicious" from motorboating to batty washes".   We've really no idea what that means, but hey, those hot naked Brit boys do make for a visual feast of the perfect  Sunday Brunch.

Sunday March 13th from 12 pm to 4pm at Dalston Superstore in London's East End and It's FREE.  For details click HERE

P.S. If you have more refined (and more pretentious?) tastes then you may like to make a note in your Diary of next month's NBR event.  The Boys bare all for the Bard.  Yep, its Shakespeare read in a way that they you were never taught back in school.


7.30pm April 28th @ Ace Hotel  Shoreditch · London

http://nakedboysreading.com/

Peter De Rome Grandfather of Porn : Special Event

There is a new documentary just about to be released about the late great gay film pornographer Peter De Rome whose erotic and explicit intimate sex short movies that he shot in the 1960's have become cinema classics. Despite the fact he and his work were the toast of the homosexual demi-monde in the US at that time, the films were never ever shown back in his native UK until the BFI unearthed them and finally showed them at London's Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in 2012.

Now this new profile talks about this disarmingly and charming gay pioneer and celebrates the resurgence of his excellent work. Filmed with De Rome just before he died on the eve of his 90th birthday,  this profile is somewhat uneven (click HERE for our full review) BUT the man himself and the very explicit clips of his very sensual work are sheer gems and worth overlooking the documentary filmmaker's rather rambling style.

There is a special screening of Peter De Rome Grandfather of Porn on Sunday 13th March at the ICA in London, and it will be followed by a Q & A with  David McGillivray, screenwriter, producer and friend of Peter de Rome. For tickets and information click HERE

BalletBoyz Hit New York

If you prefer your ballet when it is not all cluttered up with skinny ballerinas in pink tutus then you will love The Ballet Boyz : The Talent.  This celebrated rather stunning group of contemporary Brit dancers are just finishing their current US Tour with a week performing at The Joyce Theater in New York.

The show features two commissions from leading British choreographers: The Murmuring by Alexander Whitley and Mesmerics by Christopher Wheeldon. The cast of 10 dancers have been receiving rave reviews for their pyrotechnic performances which is part of the  newer, more approachable presentation that their Company has earned its reputation on.  

BalletBoyz; The Talent is the brainchild Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt who met when they were principal dancers with Britain's prestigious Royal Ballet.  Now 12 years later loaded with a stack of Awards, the Company appearances have continued to attract enthusiastic young audiences that are completely new to ballet and who can relate to unconventional, often sensual male-male partnering.  

The BalletBoyz are at The Joyce Theater through to February 28th . For tickets and information click here

Jay Khan sings Naked

German singer Jay Khan takes the title of his song Naked literally in this video shot in a street in  Bucharest four years ago.  The very handsome Khan was born in the UK to Pakistani father  and a British mother but has lived in Berlin since he was 6 years old, was once part of  the multinational band US5.

Now Khan divides his time working  music label producer (Nexxus Music) and is gaining successfully attention with his new band “Großstadtfreunde” when he is not helping his father out in “Padre E Figlio” the italian restaurant that they own together in Berlin..  It's a pity though as the streets of Bucharest  (and us) miss him baring his  considerable talent.

Jay - Naked from Parcfilm on Vimeo.

The Hunt for Sam

Poor Carrie Underwood.   The ex-American Idol Winner put on her sexiest dress for the  big number she performed live at the Grammy's last night, and all anyone could say was ....'who is the hot hunk in the white T-Shirt that she is singing with?' 

His name is Sam Hunt and he was a quarterback for Tennessee State University who turned into a  country music singer/songwriter.   Prior to his successful solo career, Hunt was credited for writing singles for Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Billy Currington, and Reba McEntire. His debut album Montevallo, included three platinum US Hot Country Songs chart-toppers – "Leave the Night On", "Take Your Time" and "House Party" and made him the first country artist to have all of the singles from his debut album to peak within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.  Who knew?

Hunt evidently prefers to keep his personal life as private as he can and so far as he has done a really good job at just that as no amount of digging (and we tried!) will reveal if he has a girlfriend or a boyfriend to go home too at night.  We can however still dream.

http://www.samhunt.com/

The Tango : It Doesn't Get Much Hotter Than This

Los Hermanos Macana dancing the tango is still one of the hottest sights you could want to see when you wake up on Valentines Day.

Beware Bareback Bicycling

The Brits do things differently.  Not only does A.A. have nothing to do with drink, but this venerable motoring association founded over 110 years ago has a well-deserved reputation for not dressing up things unnecessarily and presenting the bare facts to its Members and the public at large.

In its new P.S.A. (which we assume is Public Safety Announcement BUT then again the A could stand for ‘ass’) it warns motorists to look out for cyclists on the road.  To get it’s point over, the new advert features a bareback rider scooting around the city much to the delight of all the pedestrians he passes.

It finishes with very serious message 'If you don’t know  use your mirrors, you don’t know what you are missing !'  queerguru is convinced.

Bitch, I'm A Bottom

Andrew Christian underwear model Pablo Hernandez who is also not adverse to 'modeling' in just his birthday suit has done a rather wonderful parody music video of  Madonna's "Bitch I'm Madonna" featuring Nicki Minaj from Rebel Heart.  Evidently Pablo is singing his own version straight from the heart.  Who knew? 

Out Of The Blue sing Lady Marmalade

Out Of The Blue, an all male acapella group made up of Oxford University Students have released their latest single 'Lady Marmalade' from Moulin Rouge and its as hot as hell. Check out the video below and then when you are done watching ( and trust us you will want to see it more than once) then click on the link below and donate some dosh.  All the proceeds of this charity single are going to help fund Helen & Douglas House, a children’s hospice in Oxford.

If you want to see the boys in flesh (!) then follow them on Facebook.  They just did some sell-out shows at Edinburgh Festival last week, and who knows where they will pop up next .

Donate HERE.                 Follow HERE