Jared Eng Makes Me Hot

You may or may not know who Jared Eng is. He is a celebrity blogger whose very successful site, Just Jared, has caused him to be called, by such outlets as The New York Times, the anti-Perez Hilton. Basically, Jared doesn't make shit up, doesn't make judgements, and doesn't jump to conclusions. How successful is Just Jared?  In 2010 it had revenues in the seven figures. 

 The first time I saw a picture of Jared Eng, my immediate reaction was, "Break me off some of that."  Now in his early thirties,  Jared is one hot piece.  

It is only recently that Jared has begun flaunting what the good Lord gave him. Last week he showed up at Matthew Morrison's Halloween party dressed as... well, I don't know what he was dressed as exactly, but his costume largely consisted of a layer of gold paint.

 

Earlier in the week he threw his own party an came as a lion. A shirtless lion. Dear me.

And then there's this: Over the weekend Jared took twenty of his friends to Disneyland.  When I saw this photo I nearly fell off my chair.

Lee Daniels Has Great Taste And May Be Insane

You may know Lee Daniels as the director of the Academy Award nominated Precious (excuse me, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire), and the recent box office success The Butler (excuse me, Lee Daniels' The Butler), as well as the all-time bad classic The Paperboy, in which Nicole Kidman saves Zac Efron's life by peeing on him, and that's not even the oddest thing about the film.  Say what you will, Lee Daniels has the distinction of being the most successful openly-gay, African-American film director working today.  

Did you read the Lee Daniels interview in the latest issue of Out Magazine?  I think it's in the same issue in which Josh Hutcherson says that he would not rule out some hot man love in the future. In the interview, Daniels lays out his plans to star Alex Pettyfer in an "interracial love affair action movie."  Daniels had previously made no secret of the fact that Alex was his first choice to star in The Paperboy (dodged that bullet, Alex) and cast him is the small role of a racist, murdering rapist in The Butler.  Of his plans for this as-yet-unnamed film he says, "Alex Pettyfer is in it, [but] I have to find the right black guy opposite him. He's so hot, isn't he? So hot. And so aware of his hotness in a way that's so…I love him to death." He also says, quite bizarrely, "We don't find out they're gay until the end of the movie." Hey Lee,  how about a spoiler alert next time?

I don't think you'd be shocked to learn that I'd love to see this movie, but I wonder if it is something that can really happen in the current Hollywood atmosphere.  Daniels seems overly confident to me.  "I don't think I'm going to have a problem now. I made a $100 million for The Butler. I'm in a rare group. So this is something I feel good about."  Good luck, Mr. Daniels.  I'm pulling for you. Personally, I think you're ca-razy if you think it's going to be that easy.  But I guess we'll see.

Happy Birthday To My Fake Boyfriend

Alex Pettyfer, still my fake boyfriend after all these years, celebrates his 23rd birthday today.  Despite what the tabloid media reports, he has been in a loving relationship with actress Riley Keough for well over a year. (I try to not hold a grudge.) He will next appear, along with the starriest of all-star casts in Lee Daniels' The Butler, a film that will either be cleaning up at the Oscars next year or a complete trainwreck. In May he will begin filming the lead role in a remake of the eighties schlock classic Endless Love. I must admit that I don't quite know what to make of this.  The original film was based upon a very highly regarded novel, but was... how do I put it... not good.  So, we'll see how this goes.

Thanks to the Planet Pettyfer Blog for the photo above. I don't know its provenance, but golly.