The First Rule of Fight Club is Don't Mess with Lance Bass

Hunk du Jour did some fishing on that Bass photo I posted earlier and discovered the other half of it. Looks like Lance dealt that model a shiner. The photo was shot by Braden Summers.

Towleroad Guide to the Tube #518

CHARLENE COTHRAN: "Ex-gay" and former editor of lesbian magazine Venus talks about becoming an "ex-gay".

RED EYE ON TRANSGENDER BOXER: These people disgust me.

AUGMENTED REALITY TWITTER: See where Tweets are coming from, if Apple approves this app.

MAN VS FOOD: This show, which begins its new season tomorrow on the travel channel, is not for the weak-of-stomach.

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Gay Canadian Boxer Mark Leduc Dies of Heat Stroke

A silver medallist in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games, gay Canadian boxer Mark Leduc was found dead in a Toronto hotel sauna on Sunday, The Star reports:

"The former light welterweight boxer was expected to fail because he wasn't recognized like other "star" contenders were, said Leduc's brother-in-law, Mark Johnson. 'They thought he would be the worst (on the Canadian team), but he knew how to hit people and not get hit.' And blocking the hits was what the Canadian boxer would continue to do throughout his 47 years. Leduc died at St. Michael's Hospital Wednesday night after he was found unconscious in a local hotel sauna early Sunday morning, Johnson said, adding doctors believe Leduc suffered a heat stroke that damaged his internal organs. 'We were shattered, disoriented, almost in disbelief. We just kept waiting for a miracle to happen,' said Johnson, who had attended Leslie Street Public School with Leduc. 'He's much too young.' ... The Toronto native went pro shortly after his Olympic success and retired after winning the Canadian super lightweight championship in1993. Around that time, Leduc also came out of the closet and was an active advocate for the gay community, speaking out in gay-rights documentaries such as 1994's For the Love of the Game and volunteering for the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation."

Madonna Boytoy Jesus Luz Ready to Box in Dolce Gabbana Campaign

The first shot has been released in Dolce & Gabbana's fall 2009 and features a full set of modeling veterans — David Gandy, Noah Mills, The City's Adam Senn, Julienne Quevenne, and even Eva Herzigova. But the skin-baring camera hog here is Jesus Luz. Everyone else seems to look slightly displeased.

The photo was shot by Steven Klein at Brooklyn's Gleason's Gym, a well-known boxing gym.

Director Tells How Robert Downey, Jr. Got Mike Tyson to Gay Bash Him

BlackBook talked to director James Toback about Tyson, his new documentary on the heavyweight boxer. During the interview they also talk about Toback's 1999 film Black and White about a documentary filmmaker played by Brooke Shields who follows a group of white kids as they try to fit in with Harlem's black Hip-Hop crowd.

Toback discusses an impromptu scene between Robert Downey, Jr. and Mike Tyson:

"When Mike got out of prison, I told him I was starting this movie called Black and White, which I was going to collaborate with the Wu-Tang Clan. He got all excited and wanted to do it. Downey had also just gotten out of rehab or jail. My intuition is that interesting people are more interesting right after they have suffered. It opens them up even further. I felt that both of them would be very good in the movie and good together. I asked Downey what he wanted to play, and he said, 'Why don’t I play the gay husband of Brooke Shields?' I said, 'Good. Why don’t you play the gay husband of Brooke Shields who hits on Mike Tyson?' It only occurred to Downey at the last minute to ask whether I had told Mike that he was going to hit on him. I said, 'No.' Downey said, 'What if he gets angry?' I said, 'I would assume he would.' He said, 'How far do you want me to take it?' I said, 'Take it until he responds in the extreme.' Downey responded, 'What if he kills me?' I said, 'Well, I haven’t thought about that. I think it’s unlikely—no better than a 5% chance. But, at the rate you’re going, you’re going to end up dying in the parking lot of a motel in Culver City. So what would be better ... that or dying like this?' Downey cracked up and proceeded to provoke Mike at great lengths to smack him, choke him, slam him on the ground, and call him a 'cum drinker.'"

I've dug up the scene. You can watch it, as well as the trailer for Tyson, AFTER THE JUMP...

Hugh Jackman in the Ring

These shots from Italy's November Vanity Fair certainly won't help his wife's campaign from the bathroom stall.

Five more, AFTER THE JUMP...