Against The Odds: Instinct's new cover guy Phillip Smith

It was back in March I first saw shots of model Phillip Smith. The shots, by Thunder Grey Photo showed not just a great body and a beautiful face, the shots showed an intensity, a determination in Phillip's eyes that warranted further attention.



The determination has certainly paid off. Phillip is Instinct Magazines May Cover model (shot by Mark Oberlin) with a caption reading 'Star in the Making'. Phillip's rise to fame has not come easy and the profile documents the challenges Phillip faced on his journey from his childhood in Ohio to living and working in Los Angeles.

Below: Phillip by Allen Zaki




'I love anime," explains Phillip. "I have a tattoo from an anime series that symbolizes my life. The series is called Naruto, and there is a character that goes through hell. [The character] has a curse mark on his shoulder. Because my life has been full of personal hells, I got [the symbol] as a tattoo'
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Read more of Phillip's journey at Instinct HERE: and pick up your own copy of the magazine!

You can also check out more of Phillip on ModelMayhem HERE:

Below: Philip by Bradford Rogne.


Below: Phillip for LASC.





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Love the remaining shots that first introduced me to Phillip by Thunder Grey Photo

2 Magazines to Pick up this week!

If your looking for a little reading material for the holiday weekend here are two magazines I would suggest you add to the pile!



Seth Kuhlmann, Zeb Ringle (below), Brian Shimansky and Rick Genest bare all for the latest issue of Arena Homme + Spring/Summer 2011 in a hot story titled “Anatomy Of A Murder” – photographed by famous fashion photographer Steven Klein.
I am still trying to figure out what exactly Steven is saying with the series but the results are thought provoking, provocative and just a little disturbing.





FH favorite Derek Allen Watsonis featured in a stylish and hot new shoot with photographer Brandon Wickenkamp for April's Ink Magazine.

Favorite Magazine Pic of the Day

Above: Chord Overstreet on Ellen from Star Magazine.
Thanks to Matthew from Boy Culture for posting the shot!

Favorite Magazine Photo of the Day.

Above: THE GRIEVERS by Mark Seliger
Timothy Hutton, Elizabeth McGovern, Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Judd-Hirsch and Robert Redford.

I did a previous post about my love Robert Redford's Ordinary People. (read that post HERE:). The movie made a big impact on me and I think Hutton's Conrad remains one of the film worlds best performances.

Recently Vanity Fair released their annual Hollywood Issue. Although there were some great articles in the issue, I found the Hollywood photo essay quite weak this year. Making up for this though the shot of the Ordinary People cast today.

'Some Like It Hot' by WANDER AGUIAR

From January's AXN Magazine

WANDER AGUIAR presents 'Some Like It Hot'



Model: Billy
PA: Andrey Bahia

Credits:
RUFSKIN underwear and H&M with long sleeve t-shirt
AUSSIE BUN swimwear and COTTOM grafic tee
RUFSKIN black underwear and ADDIDAS red sport jackect
COTTOM underwear.

Derek Allen Watson on Next!

If you were in New York over the holidays you might have seen FH favorite Derek Allen Watson ringing in the New Year on the cover of NEXT magazine (NYC's #1 gay nightlife magazine), if you missed it, the great cover shot is here!

Scott Herman in Pulp Magazine

FH favorite Scott Herman its the newsstand on the cover of the west coast magazine Pulp. Besides looking at the amazing photographs by Joseph Smileuske be sure to read Scott's interview! He truly is a hero for gay rights! Thanks Scott.

WANDER AGUIAR for Rage Magazine:

Wander Aguiar's cover images from the latest issue of Rage Magazine.

WANDER AGUIAR :: PHOTOGRAPHY
Styling: CESAR REYES
Styling: Assistant JAMES RAMIREZ
Hair & Make up: DIEGO VALLE
Model: TOSH YANEZ @ Wihelmina LA

Kudos to Entertainment Weekly

Above: Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward

One of my favorite magazines is Entertainment Weekly. It is really the only weekly I currently buy every week. I buy it for the articles (cough cough) but over the last two issues EW has also been showcasing some pretty hot photos!

I think the first Paul Newman movie I saw was The Color Of Money when I was a kid. I was in my Tom Cruise phase then (which passed painlessly about the time of Cocktail's release ). At that time Newman was 'the old man' to me. The shot above with wife Joanne Woodward cements for me I really must go back and catch up on his earlier films!

I always wondered what was beneath Ron's Hogwarts uniform and Rupert Grint looks pretty adorable getting made up for the next Harry Potter flick.

Below: Rupert Grint


Last but not least is one of the hottest shirtless shots of Chris Evans in awhile. Chris is looking every bit the Captain America role he is playing.

Below: Chris Evans in Captain America

Just Because: Nick Ayler for DNA

Just Because: Whenever DNA releases more of the incredible Nick Ayler it is cause for celebration! Nick Photographed by David Arnot.

The Ultimate Cougar: Catherine Deneuve

Move over Courtney Cox! Têtu magazine has the ultimate cougar, the still beautiful and always talented Catherine Deneuve with model Johan Akan.
Photos by Satoshi Saïkusa