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What is hot to me may not be hot to you. That goes for the weather, food, who we are attracted to, and what we like to do in the bedroom. Nonetheless, this issue is dedicated to hotness, and we are serving what we – and a quick survey on Facebook – consider to be hot.
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We also have an incredibly sexy photo shoot provided to us by Addicted whose fetish collection will surely make you hot and bothered. In fact, we had to be very creative in cropping the images so they would be appropriate for publishing! So yeah, very hot!!
So, take a look at our lineup of hot That, and so many more hot items, in this men in entertainment that are (luckily) issue of Fenuxe. not restricted to one type or age, but represent a very good-looking cross- Think. Clever. Sexy. Cool. section of hotness. IIf you’re familiar with gay hip-hop artist Cazwell, you know that his lyrics and videos are sexy – and his latest video to the song ‘Cakes’ may be the hottest yet! Read our interview on page 18. Mikkel Hyldebrandt Editorial Director
6: July 27, 2018
By Mikkel Hyldebrandt Who do we think are burning up right now whether it is on the silver screen, in music, or TV? Fenuxe did a little digging and can now present you with our lineup of (some) of the hottest men in entertainment right now. So feast your eyes on these swoon-worthy specimens, and let the hotness wash all over you. A quick survey mixed in with our personal favorites revealed that our tastes are not necessarily mainstream hunks, but that they reach much farther into the corners of the entertainment industry. We also only care about the fact that these men are indeed male, but pay no heed to neither race nor age. Whether from movies, music, TV, or something in between, one thing is sure: these guys are HOT on a sizzling to scorching scale!
Henry Cavill
Jason Momoa
If you have seen this guy in his Superman costume, you will understand what the hype is about. The body, jawline, and piercing blue eyes will make you melt away as if you had been hit by the laser gaze of the man of steel. He is in the current Mission Impossible: Fallout, and will appear in a yet unnamed Superman project and the second part of Justice League.
The long-haired Hawaiian made quite the splash when he appeared in the first Justice League movie as Aquaman. Soon, we will see Mr. Momoa in his own Aquaman feature film, but if you can’t wait, you can catch the tall drink of sexy in Netflix’s Frontier.
Amaury Nolasco
Fares Fares
Sam Hunt
Chadwick Boseman
The handsome Puerto Rican got his big break as Sucre in Prison Break (TV series) and has later appeared in Transformers and the Die Hard franchise. Currently, he is a star in the Deception TV series and has films coming out this year.
The Swedish-Lebanese actor switched from the Swedish film scene to the world stage with several smaller parts until breaking through in movies like Zero Dark Thirty and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Currently, he is known for his role as Antoine Costa in HBO’s Westworld.
The home-grown Georgia boy is creating quite the name for himself as a singer-songwriter in the country genre. Apart from a great voice and big talent, he has also been noticed for his exceptional good looks – especially after growing some serious facial hair!
Needless to say, the actor rose to superstardom because of his portrayal of T’Challa/Black Panther in the Marvel universe. The shirtless fight scenes along with the tight-fitting Black Panther suit will be forever etched in our (dirty) minds.
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Nick Offerman
Lee Pace
Nicholas Christopher
Trevante Rhodes
You know his dry humor and serious resting bitch face from Fargo and Parks and Recreation. Recently he played a lovable father figure in Hearts Beat Loud, which yet again showcased his hot daddy qualities of piercing eyes and silver streaks in his beard and hair.
This actor played an elf in the Hobbit franchise which was, of course, a testament to his dashing looks.Even as the heavily made-up super villain, Ronan, in Guardians of the Galaxy did his good looks shine through – and they will again when Ronan supposedly returns in the upcoming Captain Marvel movie.
The uber-talented Broadway actor has already made his mark in productions like Motown the Musical and Miss Saigon. However, it is as George Washington in the wildly successful Hamilton that he rose to superstardom and people not only recognized just how wonderfully talented he is but also how very handsome and sexy he is.
It was not only his gripping performance that captivated the audience in Moonlight, but also his incredible body, handsome face, and incredible smile (despite the grilles). Since then Trevante has modeled for Calvin Klein and is planned to appear in numerous major Hollywood films including a remake of Predator.
Sebastian Stan
Timothée Chalamet
Nick Jonas
Maluma
The star set out his career on TV but transitioned to film and a significant breakthrough as Bucky/Winter Soldier in the Captain America franchise. However, it is clear that he also scored major hotness points in I, Tonya where his character, Jeff, displayed an impressive and very sexy porn stache.
The young actor has appeared in many movies including Interstellar and The Adderall Diaries, but his true potential as a sexy male lead was unveiled as Elio in Call Me By Your Name where the story of a young man discovering his own sexuality gives him a hot red on the hotness scale (which also goes for co-star Armie Hammer).
He was hardly noticed when he was in the Jonas Brothers, but then he matured into a sexy and very sexually confident young man, who doesn’t shy away from playing gay parts or even nudity. We are here for it!
The Columbian reggaeton singer is not only a chart-topping performer but also one to raise the pulse of male and female fans alike across the world. Hear him sing and watch him perform live or in one of his many steamy music videos, and you will see why this beaut is included in this lineup.
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Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer Tour In support of her groundbreaking ‘Dirty Computer,’ Janelle Monae is coming to Atlanta for a weekend of shows at the Tabernacle. The tour has already been hailed as one of the best of the year, so the audience is in for a treat!
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fter Trump became President, Cazwell made a vow to be as gay as possible in his music and videos. His new song and music video, ‘Cakes,’ fulfills that promise. The “Cakes” video features the sexy hip-hopper showcasing his American pride surrounded by eight male go-go dancers. “The patriotic theme happened by accident,” Cazwell admits. “When I started looking for Mexican wrestling masks, these red, white and blue ones were the only masks they actually had eight of. So I kept the theme going. I had the thongs and sneakers match, and when I saw the American flag leather jacket, I figured it was perfect. I felt like the patriotic look works well with the country-ish twang of the chorus and meshes with how I feel politically right now.” We spoke with Cazwell from his LA home.
Why don’t we see your cakes in the music video? I’m not saying my butt isn’t cute but to say I have cakes wouldn’t be the truth. To have cakes means that your ass is on a whole other level.
Let’s talk about “Cakes.” “Cakes” is a country and western trap love song about the love of big asses. It’s the perfect summer jam.
Once again, your video is over the top. The video is dope. Nathan Noyes directed, and I’m giving you booty. I’m giving you fashion. I’m giving you Nagles and unicorns, not to mention a steamy hot tub twerk scene. We don’t see enough nice guy asses in music videos, so I had to bring that to the forefront of my video.
How did you find all of those delicious cakes for the music video?
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Cazwell
Shakes His
By Matthew Bond Some of the guys in the video, I am close friends with. Some of them, I work with at clubs I DJ, and they happen to dance there. I had been asking around for a couple of months before I shot the video to find the right guys.
How has gay hip-hop changed in the past few years since you began putting out records? Well, first of all, I’m not the only gay rapper anymore. When I first started in the late 90s, I didn’t know of any other gay rapper. So its cool to see so much new talent
Is Cakes Da Killer going to put out a Donna Summer hit on you for releasing a song with his name in it? I’ve gotten a lot of love from the new wave of gay rappers. I’m not a very competitive person, and I love that there are so many out gay rappers and singers that wouldn’t have been able to be out twenty years ago. Cakes da Killa and Mykki Blanco are definitely two of my favorite gay rappers and Le1f too. There is so much creativity coming out of gay hip-hop, and it constantly inspires me.
There are no rivalries between the gay rappers? I don’t know of any rivalries.
How have you evolved through the years? I have evolved in pretty much every way possible. My live shows have gotten better, my videos have become more experimental and more artistic, my lyrics and production value are in a completely other lane from when I first started.
What are your music goals now? I have three more videos I’m focused on right now those are pretty much my goals as far as long term. Just trying to keep myself busy
Cazwell
for the rest of the year. I’ve always been a singles-based artist, so I pretty much jump from one music video to the next, and that remains my focus.
How do you stay in such good shape? (Laughing) Starvation! For real, though! Working out and going to the gym has never come naturally to me. My exercise routine has always revolved around if I have a music video or a photo shoot that I have to be ready for. That might not be the healthiest attitude, but I’ve always used having my shirt off in front of the camera as a source of motivation. I’ve just learned to have smaller portions and have longer periods of time between eating.
Who are your musical inspirations? Missy Elliot, Kaytranada, Leikeli47, and Drake.
Best concert you’ve attended? Missy at the FYF festival.
Musician you’d most like to meet? Missy. She is my all time favorite. I use her as the blueprint for how I do things.
What is one little-known fact about Cazwell? I’ve never had a drivers license. Visit Cazwell.com and follow onIG @cazwellofficial. Photo Credits: Baz Here/bazherephoto.com
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BOOK REVIEW
D
ates, times, and old dead guys.
he hadn’t known but he was ashamed, and killed himself.
When you were in school, that’s all history was to you: a list of years and names to memorize and then forget, twenty minutes after Finals Week. So maybe now it’s time to find a history book that’s relevant to you – a book like “The Boys of Fairy Town” by Jim Elledge.
Gay men posed nude for other gay men in perfectly respectful and artful ways that went mainstream. Newspapers reported on samesex love – sometimes kindly, sometimes scandalously. Gay lectures were open to the public; entire neighborhoods became hubs of openly gay life; and living as another gender was easy until, alas, the tide started to turn in the 1940s and being gay could suddenly get a man arrested…
Because Chicago was considered to be a “largely male frontier city” when it was established in 1837, the Windy City has always been home to a strong population of gay men, cross-dressers, and male sex workers. Here, Elledge tells the stories of some of the ones who might otherwise have been forgotten. Take, for instance, John Wing who, says Elledge, “was a sodomite.”
> CREDIT | Author: Jim Elledge > “The Boys of Fairy Town”
That’s the word many post-Civil War Chicagoans would have used for Wing, although most people then only had a vague idea of what a sodomite was. They knew it was something bad, though, even as Wing did something good: he was a faithful diarist, and left his volumes for historical posterity. Female impersonators were tolerated in Chicago in the latter 1800s, but sometimes only barely. Those who were most accepted were men who put their feminine sides to work as entertainers; for others, the desire for women’s clothing was meant for strictly private times. For families, such things were often an embarrassment: Elledge cites a story of “Mrs. Noonan,” who was married and worked at a nearby military fort. Despite her final wishes, the “women at the fort” went to prepare her body upon her death, and discovered that Mrs. Noonan was a man. Her third husband swore that
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At first blush, it may seem like “The Boys of Fairy Town” is just another historical tome. Dates, times, old dead guys, but look deeper and you’ll see why you should want to read it: it’s bursting with stories that are irresistible. In his introduction, author Jim Elledge explains how he chose the tales he shares in this book, and why recording these stories for public consumption is absolutely essential. In addition to being lively and ever-relevant, the tales show an interesting historical arc of acceptance and persecution, displaying a youthful America that’s just dipping her toes into the pool of difference and duality. Readers are lent a feeling of pride but may also be particularly affected when Elledge shows the tide turning. “The Boys of Fairy Town” contains nudity, but also the kind of delight you get when you come across a pile of old newspapers in Grandma’s attic: it’s quaint, informative, and entertaining. It’s totally worth your time.
Cubby
This is the hotness issue of Fenuxe, with a focus on sexy men in entertainment. As such, it’s a great remember that Adobe Photoshop works wonders for carving off midsection fat. I haven’t seen the spread yet, but I imagine some images here have been touched by that magic wand.
Our best efforts for body positivity are foiled by stock photography sites like Getty and Flickr. I can’t speak specifically for this magazine, since I don’t know what we use, but most publications need photo hosting sites to gather images from. Christopher Harrity, art director for The Advocate Magazine and one of my closest friends, has complained for years about how misogynistic stock photo sites are, how poorly they represent queer people, and how limited their selection of natural bodies is. Christopher is a master of innuendo — a useful skill, since my articles are always about sex, kink, and BDSM. A cucumber or banana is code for penis. When I write about fisting, the best he can find is that hackneyed image of a fist punching through a wall — the same one used in articles about anger management and domestic abuse. This creates a problem, because fisting is not a violent act. It requires finesse and gentleness. These images can unintentionally smear my favorite sex act when attached to articles that educate readers about it. My point here is that publications are often limited by what images we can find. They must be credited, courtesy of some photo sharing site, or taken by in-house photographers. Which means that even a staff of people with bellies, who think other people with bellies are sexy, may not be able to feature sexy pictures of people with bellies in their magazine. We still live in a world dominated by archaic body standards — standards that most aggressively assert themselves via stock photo sites, beauty magazines, fashion rags, and so on. But friend, there is a rising tide against them, and it’s time to hop on.
The most innovative designers at New York Fashion Week last Fall had beautiful fat models on the runway — Gypsy Sport by Rio Uribe and Vaquera, for example. Beauty magazines are catching up. But the place I’m ready to see the greatest change is in our community — among the kinky, slutty queer men I call family. The guys who drink too much, party hard, and frequent the same bars every weekend. The ones who can regularly be seen at IML every year in Chicago. The ones who own a leather harness — or four. We’ve kicked HIV stigma to the ground. When PrEP came along, we embraced it. Why then do fat queer men still feel invisible on gay hookup apps? I sucked this adorable, short, bearded guy off in Chicago last year, and when we traded pictures later, he called me “cubby.” And it stung until I realized he was using the word as a compliment — he loves cubby guys. That built me up. In fact, that is still building me up. That one word of approval, that sign that my little midsection paunch is sexy, is a gem I keep in my arsenal for days when my gym session is lackluster and that ever-present flab in the mirror looks enormous. “Cubby,” I say aloud. I speak it like an incantation into my bedroom, and it’s enough. Sometimes that’s what I need to get through the day. It means the world to me that there are guys out there like him — guys who don’t chase after massive arms and chests that taper into tiny waists, features I’ll never have. I want to see more of that. Tom of Finland had his day — haven’t we been chasing those pictures long enough? The truth behind Tom of Finland, and behind the hyper-masculine, exaggerated features he standardized for an entire community, is that the men who first discovered those sexy, beautiful comics looked very different from them. Tom’s first readership was men who lived before the luxury gym movement, men first discovering (and creating) underground leather culture, and men dying of AIDS. Even in our sex-positive, welcoming queer culture of 2018, we still find ourselves trying to attain those impossible ideals, those ridiculous standards, with steroids and extreme diets — a community of “others” desperately trying to get in the door.
Alexander Cheves (Beastly) is a contributing editor for The Advocate where he writes the sex column Sexy Beast, and he is copywriter and social media manager for Fort Troff. His work has appeared in Vice, Out Magazine, Plus, Pride, Gayety, SheWired, GC Magazine, Mend, and others. He loves group sex and tiny dogs.
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Hey Girl Hey! Holler Poodles! You know the old saying “A house is not a home!” Many people want that homey, “lived in” look but don’t know how to achieve it. Well, I’m here to tell you as an expert consultant for HGTV (Homes for Gays and Transvestites), the best way to achieve this look is to invite a friend over for a stay. With a few simple rules, you too can achieve that homey look people pay thousands for in the magazines. However, you must follow my rules for being a guest in someone’s home. Otherwise, you could come across as rude.
Mary Edith’s Rules For Being A Guest! 1. When they say make yourself at home, do exactly that! As soon as I get in the door, I start stripping off my clothes till I’m down to my birthday suit. Your hosts really love it when you lay your whitish thong on the back of their easy chair and sit buck ass naked on their white linen sofa. When you can’t find a handy napkin nearby, wipe the orange cheeto crust from your fingers onto the underside of the arm rest. Nobody will ever see it anyway. After a day or so, you can’t even tell where I had been sitting cause the fabric had a ghostly image of me like the shroud of Turin with duct tape residue and other stains I couldn’t figure out. See, already adding to that homely look.
2. Never bring your own food or supplies! Your hosts wants to impress you with all their money and nice things so it’s up to you to let them. Sit back and let them shower you with food, alcohol, and other things you find in their medicine cabinet. Remember, don’t bother asking if you need something--you don’t want to offend your host. Just help yourself to whatever they have. It’s the proper way to behave! Hell, before bed, I go to their medicine cabinet and grab a handful of whatever is available. If it’s good enough for them then it’s good enough for me.
3. No matter how much you want to clean up, you must restrain yourself! Remember, you are there to create a homey look. To clean up after yourself would be an insult to your host. Do you know how hard it is to leave twinkie wrappers and PBR cans just laying around? Try as they might, my hosts just couldn’t handle it and threw them away. It was then I announced I would be staying an extra couple of weeks. You should have seen the look of appreciation on their face. 4. Bring an unannounced pet. Like a cat or dog. I travel with my pussy all the time. Sometimes I bring my cat too. Your hosts won’t tell you this but the claw marks in their distressed furniture are priceless.
5. Don’t offer to pay anything after your extended stay. That is considered a slap in the face. Instead, try asking them to do all your laundry that’s accumulated over your visit. They’ll stay up all night doing it but when you go to leave and step foot outside their home, they’ll have tears in their eyes. And then it’s time to cheer for a job well done!!! Love and lashes
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