Emile Hirsch Gets Wetter for David LaChapelle

A few more Emile Hirsch shots by photographer David LaChapelle from this month's Flaunt magazine (via Just Jared, where you can find some more)

And a few behind the scenes shots, here.

One more shot, AFTER THE JUMP...

Emile Hirsch - “Flaunt Magazine” Issue #93 [just jared]

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Emile Hirsch Strips Down for David LaChapelle in Hawaii

Emile Hirsch, who is starring in the upcoming Speed Racer as well as Gus van Sant's Milk later this year, got natural for David LaChapelle in Hawaii in this month's Flaunt magazine.

Hirsch also recently spoke out about Milk for the first time. Said the actor, who plays gay activist (and eventual NAMES Quilt creator) Cleve Jones in the film: "I just did this film called ‘Milk’ with Sean Penn and Gus Van Sant about Harvey Milk. I think it’s going to be a really good film. I don’t want to give anything away by telling you a timeline, but it’s not really giving anything away, because it’s historical fact. Milk represented change for a lot of people, and was a catalyst to that. And his eventual assassination similarly mirrored Martin Luther King."

Check out a little behind-the-scenes shirtless waterfall action on LaChapelle's shoot,
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It's Ryan Phillippe Flashback Time

I've posted a few clips of the Luke and Noah gay teen love story currently taking place on As the World Turns. One of our soap-loving tipsters has pointed us to a clip from One Life to Live from 1993 (on the right), which is remarkably similar to a scene that played out on As the World Turns just last week in which a dad confronts his gay son.

One Life to Live was one of Ryan Philippe's first acting jobs, which brings us to the second half of this post.

After the jump you'll find a clip shot by David LaChapelle for Armani featuring a very young, and very nude Ryan Philippe, as well as Amanda Lepore in her first video appearance for the director. Probably not safe for work for some, due to a brief cameo by Ryan's heiney.

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George Michael, Addicted to Art, Pills, or the Two Together

This morning Page Six reported that George Michael has been on an art-buying binge in the last month:

"In the past month, the superstar has spent $20 million on pieces by controversial shark-pickler Damien Hirst, among others, boosting the value of his personal collection up to a whopping $80 million. A source close to the 43-year-old star, who opens the new Wembley Stadium with two dates next month, tells us: 'George is hugely into his art. He made a lot of money from his 53-date tour last year and he thought this would be a good way to invest it. He's chosen pieces by Damien, photographer David LaChapelle and Tracey Emin. They wouldn't be to everyone's taste but they're hugely collectible and are certain to go up in value.' Michael will exhibit some of the works in partner Kenny Goss' gallery in Dallas. Meanwhile, Michael was outbid Thursday during a heated auction at Christie's for a Hirst piece. A source said Michael dropped out after the price hit $6 million. His rep declined to comment."

Michael also recently told British TV host Michael Parkinson that his incidents behind the wheel were due to a dependence on pills: "It involves prescribed drugs and it involves a dependency on them and the tendency to chase one drug with another because of side effects."

Out of curiosity, I checked the Christie's block to see what Damien Hirst had up for auction at the recent blockbusting Christie's auctions, and in addition to a gorgeous Malaysian butterfly piece called "Wonder of You", there was another piece that may have cried out for Michael.

Setting a world auction record for Hirst at Christie's (it sold for $7.4 million) was "Lullaby Winter", a sculpture consisting of glass, stainless steel, and rows and rows of painted cast pills. Hundreds of capsules and tablets line glistening shelves. It's a work that speaks to society's unhealthy reliance on medicine.

If Michael were to pop one of these painstakingly-recreated pills, however, it wouldn't do much. Probably not a great art piece for an admitted addict to have around though. And of course, George could have very well been after the butterflies.

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