Ain't nothin' but a g-string

Matt Bomer bares his butt in unreleased Magic Mike scene.

In Virginia, Obama coins neologism: "Romnesia."

Lawrence O'Donnell to Tagg Romney: "Take your best shot."

Ann Romney on if her hubby loses: "He will not run again."

Gallup's the only national poll with Romney (way!) ahead.

Romney bailing on NC—confidence or desperation?

Where at least one Wild Thing is.

News outlets try to revive Madonna & guns controversy.

Abercrombie CEO is "douche of the week."

Tom f*@!*in' Hanks.

Dennis Quaid soon back on the market.

Zac Efron goes for edgy, overreaches:

Havin' my gayby...

New arrivals: Gay film Gayby coming to DVD, gay film Judas Kiss to Blu-ray.

Khloe Kardashian (an "It" girl or an It, girl) and Mario Lopez will be hosting X Factor.

Out country artist Drake Jensen's new video for "Pancho and Lefty."

Barbra Streisand thinks it's going to rain today.

Baby got Zac

The Paperboy gives us Zac Efron in his underpants and a sassy gay director.

First National Judy Garland Talent Search is on, Mama.

Are you a "MadonnaWannaBe"?

Somehow, Socialite Life found "45 Great Songs from 2000—2005."

To shamelessly somnambulant sexpot Sky Ferreira, "Everything Is Embarrassing".

Thirty years on, shouldn't it be raining old men by now? (Martha Wash remains ageless.)

Zac Efron exhibits animal magnetism for Blackbook.

I've got 5 admit-2 passes to see The Paperboy IN NEW YORK CITY! (Available only to those in the area, no travel provided.)

To enter, comment my blog with your favorite Zac Efron movie or moment. I'll pick 5 of you at random to win a week from today, when the film hits theaters on October 5!

Millennium Entertainment presents

The Paperboy

Starring Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, David Oyelowo, Macy Gray, with John Cusack and Nicole Kidman

Official Selection - 2012 Cannes Film Festival, 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, 2012 New York Film Festival

A sexually and racially charged film noir from Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels (Precious), The Paperboy takes audiences deep into the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, as investigative reporter Ward Jansen (Matthew McConaughey) and his partner Yardley Acheman (David Oyelowo) chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward's younger brother Jack (Zac Efron) and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless (Nicole Kidman), the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter (John Cusack) was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff. Based on the provocative best-selling novel by Pete Nexter (Mulholland Fllas, Rush), The Paperboy peels back a sleepy small town's decades-old facade of Southern gentility to reveal a quagmire of evil as dark as a Florida bayou.

The Paperboy opens in select theaters beginning October 5. Check your local listings.

Enter to win movie passes to see The Paperboy. Passes valid any Monday-Thursday, except holidays, during its regular engagment. NOT FOR RESALE. Void at the end of engagement.

Zac Efron has given an interview to The Advocate, his first interview to the gay press, in which he discusses those gay rumors that follow him as persistently as starfuckers:

"I don’t like to live in fear about things like rumors and backlash to begin with — that’s the way I was raised — but I just can’t see what’s so wrong about being gay."

Of his gay following, Zac—whom I can tell you has always been gay-friendly (see one of our photos together back when High School Musical was hitting)—Zac says:

"It's very flattering. After High School Musical and Hairspray, I’ve always felt embraced by the gay community, and I feel incredibly grateful and honored. This is actually a very special interview for me. I’m extremely aware of the support I’ve gotten from you guys over the years, and it’s amazing that it’s taken this long to sit down and actually discuss it, but please know that it hasn’t gone unappreciated. I’m so excited to be talking to you."

Zac remains one of my all-time favorite performers I worked with when I edited a teen magazine. He started out as a "mascot" for us—someone I put in way, way early just because we all thought he was adorable and had star quality. Who knew? We did! But still, we were pleasantly surprised when he blew up. Just wrote a long piece about him in my autobiographical book of short stories. (Does that sound more palatable than memoir?)

Zac Efron gets paid to look cute in the new John John Denim campaign. Photographic proof to follow...

I can't tell if I'll like The Paperboy by Precious director Lee Daniels (Precious was my favorite movie the year it came out, though)—it looks really pulpy and overblown. But maybe that will be its charm. I wish Nicole Kidman weren't so plastic...it throws off period pieces.

But the story is intriguing. And if all else fails, it has Zac Efron in soaking wet tightie whities.

Trailer here.

In Touch (July 30, 2012) goes to great length to present sexy men of "all ages" (true if men aged 18, 19 or above 59 don't count). Second half after the jump...

Alex O'Loughlin

OK!'s "Hollywood's 50 Hottest Bodies!" issue (on sale now through August 27, 2012) makes some good choices, but I prefer my own much tighter edit...

My pal Gordon was watching The Family Way—a 1966 film about a young couple "in trouble"—starring Hayley Mills when he noticed Hywel Bennett looked like some sort of precursor to Zac Efron. There's definitely a resemblance to "Troy"-era Zac. Today, Mr. Bennett is retired at age 68 and in his sixties wound up looking like this, in case Zac wants to cheat and peek at his future: