ABOVE: Me-owwww!

BELOW: Tom of Finland jocks, Arizona is listing blue thanks to a little green help, prostate cancer and gay men, and Bad Boy club ...

Massengill in a self-portrait with his subject Brian (Image by Reed Massengill; author photo by Phillip Pomeroy)

Reed Massengill is a noted photographer and an expert in the field of beefcake photography, and the author or co-author of books on the work of George Quaintance (2010), Lon of New York (2004), and Roy Blakey (2002). He is also the author of the award-winning Portrait of a Racist: The Man Who Killed Medgar Evers (1994), and of acclaimed books of his own male nudes, including the stunning Brian: A Nine-Year Photographic Diary (2000).

Massengill's first model — in high school! (Image by Reed Massengill)

As a lifelong fan of male nude photography myself, I wanted to check in with him on the field to see where it's been, where it's going, and if he believes the beefcake of the past will be fully accepted as art in the future — or whether the tastemakers in the art world will always be penis-shy ...

ABOVE: Guiding light.

BELOW: Keep reading for an adult baby on TV, more Saudi fallout, Elizabeth Warren vindicated (not that it will help), a book of rape jokes, Tab has gone missing, Nick Jonas's good deed and much, much more ...

Banksy is infamous for his pranks, and you've got to hand it to him — he has pulled off the most twisted and funniest yet: Immediately after the gavel went down on an iconic image of a li'l girl with a red balloon, a remote-controlled shredder inside the frame destroyed the image as onlookers gasped.

I'm wondering if the owner wants their money back, or if the shredded art and frame itsself are now worth even more.

ABOVE: Going his way?

BELOW: Male model heaven, jocks in suits, Hunnam & Malek's booty power, Trump's star gets barred, Kavanaugh's popularity dives, Florida candidate's supporter goes full-on racist, out wrestler expresses his happiness and much, much more ...

ABOVE: It's Emmys night, and Luke Evans has the look down pat.

BELOW: Keep reading for out-there fashion, a grandma getting used to her lesbian granddaughter, the truth about Bert & Ernie and so much more ...

ABOVE: Headless body in need of head.

BELOW: Keep reading for KJ Apa's physique peek, pro golfer comes out as gay, Jo to Dancing with the Stars, Kavanaugh torpedoed by sex allegations? ... and more ...

ABOVE: A li'l close-up magic.

BELOW: Keep reading for Trump's Hurricane Maria denial, hot and funny roleplaying, Henry Cavill riding the Superman controversy, remembering Nell Carter and more ...