Happy New Year!

Stepping Out With My Baby ...

Logan and Dean their Stepping Out

Stepping out with my baby

Can't go wrong 'cause I'm in right

It's for sure, not for maybe

That I'm all dressed up tonight

Stepping out with my honey

Can't be bad to feel so good

Never felt quite so sunny

And I keep on knockin' wood

All American Manhood....

Whilst putting together ' Back to the Beefcake Future ' post below I came across more magazine covers than I could squeeze in to that post . This collection of covers from American Manhood , I thought were rather fabulous , with its cover stars rippling muscles , moving from the sea to the airfield in one mighty flex .

A Cure for Constipation ?

A Virile Magazine !

Synchronised Swimming ?

All purpose Action Hero Sam Worthington battles Mega Shark !

Finally some of Bob Mizer's wonderful photographs....

It can truly be said that Lucas Till has indeed manned up .

Back to the Beefcake Future ?

The Bodies Beautiful

Being the festive season I thought I should read my Bible again 'Idol Worship ' . I became particularly fascinated by the sheer number of Male Physique magazines around in the fifties and their names . From ' Adonis to ' The Young Physique' all of which now seem quite innocent portraits of the young athletic male in all his glory that waited inside for their readers .

I kept thinking of the parallels between 'The Montgomery Clift ' of his generation', Taylor Launter and his fifties brethren , with his stunning physique being admired by well practically everyone , with the mainstream press pondering Taylor's jail bait quality. This past year I wonder is there a magazine that Taylor hasn't been on , its a bit like Leo mania on of course a smaller scale , where you couldn't pick up a magazine and see Leo's golden bangs looking right back . Taylor , although he hasn't had the rush of unofficial biographies , that came whizzing out at the height of Leo mania , has managed to become cover boy to Entertainment Weekly , Teen Vogue and their cursed shirts on stipulation and of course 'Men's Health' where you can learn 'Why Taylor Lautner's an MH Guy' and discover 'New Moon star Taylor Lautner's secret formula for big screen abs' . Oddly Taylor's muscled torso stays fully covered on the cover .

Taylor All Covered Up

'The Men's Health' feature on Taylor could though linguistics aside come from the pages of 'The Young Physique' except they would have rightly ensured Taylor was shirtless or like Taylor's 'Rolling Stone' cover and photo shoot provocatively posed and playing football in a tight pec and ab hugging wet T shirt .

Who Knew ? Rolling Stone and The Young Physique share a common bond

Taylor of course wasn't the only dreamboats to go back to the future when our couple of the summer Carter J and Austin B showed just what two teen idols could accomplish with an unlimited gym membership . Carter complete with posing pouch and guitar to hide his modesty from a prying media and stunned crew , showed in the words of Vera what a 'Banging bod' he had . Not to be out done gym bunny buddy Austin slipped into a pair of boardies , took to the pool and showcased a body that left even Taylor Lautner's personal trainer breathless .

Austins photo shoot appeared in Pop Star Magazine , but Austin's marvelous muscles would have been equally at home in the pages of ' Adonis ' magazine where I'm sure they would have found room for Carter and Lucas Till too.

Then like now , a tantalizing covers made sure it caught the readers interest on the news stand .

Clash of the Titans

You Should be Dancing !

You Should Be Dancing !- Simon and Mickey

The Other day a friend asked me had I seen 'Beautiful People' yet , to my shame I hadn't I'd even let the first series float over my head . Thanks to the wondrous iPlayer, I soon caught up with the trials and tribulations of Simon , close friend Kylie and his family . Apart from loving the eccentricity of the family and of course identifying with Simon . I was struck by the similarity to 'Glee' in that the characters break out in song moving the story along and like 'Glee' the song choices are pretty much spot on . I'm guessing that there are also some original songs as I couldn't place the fabulous song that Simon and Mickey sang to close the show .

I particularly liked the last episode where Simon and his wondrous gallon of slicked back bangs gelled into submission met his Dream Boy , Mickey played by Benny Gur who is so talented the London critics ran out of superlatives for his performance as 'The Boy' in national Opera’s Peter Grimes.Simon in mid pirouette sees Mickey in the playground , Mickey smiles and smolders back ,a tricky combination at the best of times .

Across a crowded Playground...

' That's the Look , The Look of Love '

But the path of true love never does run smooth as Carter Jenkins and Austin B will twitter . Warned off by hanging out with Disco loving Simon and side kick Kyle , Mickey takes up with the Bad Boys ( See Randy the Heartbreak Kid in Ugly Betty). The bullies attack Simon and he's locked in the soundproofed Drum room and there's no time for hitting that 'Perfect Beat Boy' as Simon's tie is shut in the door and is strangling him !

But before Simon can sing 'I need Hero' the door is unlocked by Mickey who's come back to save/rescue Simon . Mickey solemnly informs Simon ' I didn't do this right ' .

S.O.S !-Save Our Simon !

I need a hero

I’m holding out for a hero 'till the morning light

He’s gotta be sure

And it’s gotta be soon

And he’s gotta be larger than life

Larger than life

Faster than a Hi energy remix its Mickey to the Rescue !

Vocal Distress ! - ' I Don't think I'll be hitting those high notes for a while '

Later back at home Simon ,after writing a letter to his mom explaining that hes being bullied because hes gay . Against some lovely music Simon leaves home and heads to the bus shelter .

Where by chance Mickey pulls up on his bike , fortunately for Simon there's a bus strike so Mickey gives Simon a ' backy' and the two cycle through the shopping centre . an evocative scene that made me think of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid' , actually it made me think more of that other great film of young romance 'Get Real' .

'When you Cycled by , here began all my Dreams '

A moment of uncertainty ...

'Yes I really am what your heart desires , anyway would you like a romantic ride home ?'

Go Mickey Go !

' That's the look , the look of love '

Back at Simon's house , Mickey confesses that he was bullied at his old school after a letter he wrote about his special someone was found .Simon cant believe his luck and in the spirit of Wham, the duo belt out a rather fab song and of course bust more than a few moves .

'Oh My God ! I always thought it was a rumour about Dean and Logan !'

' No Its all true and I read on Dreamboats that Logan's asked Dean

to the premiere of Percy Jackson '

'If its on Dreamboats it has to be true '

'Lets do a song and dedicate it to Dean and Logan !'

Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed!

My head's too light to try to set it down! Sleep! Sleep!

I couldn't sleep tonight.

Not for all the jewels in the crown!

I could have danced all night!

I could have danced all night!

And still have begged for more.

I could have spread my wings

And done a thousand things I've never done before.

I'll never know What made it so exciting;

Why all at once My heart took flight.

I only know when he

Began to dance with me I could have danced,

danced, danced all night!

Now I do hope 'Heartbreak kid Runaround Randy' from 'Ugly Betty' was watching this episode to learn this time around how to treat Justin right .

Happy Holidays ...

Let Them Eat Cake !

Just to say Happy Holidays to all the folk that drop by and enjoy Dreamboats .

The Red Carpet of Love is Rolled Out again...

Wall to Wall carpeting courtesy of Macy's

His hair has been straighted , he's got his rock gear on and now Logan Miller is ready to roll in what undoubtedly will be one of the surprise hits of next year , its already being compared to Glee , gasp as Logan Miller is 'In the Band !'. As know Ruby and the Rockits early this year had to return back to mission control and was sadly consigned to one season TV Heaven . Silly ABC family didn't they see the real asset they had in front of them ? No not David Cassidy , I talk of course of Austin 'The Body' Bulter . All the writers would have to do is this make Austins character whose name escapes me now a Triathlete ,devote at least 15 minutes of screen time showing Austin working out , maybe a bit of slow motion , slap over a song . Then in the 2ND half have the whole family come along watch Austin race and celebrate another win . Simple.

really , but back to 'In The Band'.

'In The Band ' - Synopsis

A talented middle-school guitarist ( played up and coming heart throb Logan Miller ) lands a dream gig - singing lead for his favorite has-been '80s rock band. He gets more than he bargained for, though, when he invites the aging rockers to move in with him.

Just from reading the synopsis you know this show has 'Hit' written all over it .Anyways here's another picture of Logan with his axe out .

Logan is the new Nick Sterling !

Also on red carpet last week was the teen idols actors , actor Logan ' Isn't he lovely' Lerman unlike Nicole kidman ,Logan's stylists clearly know how to make sure their client is cleared for the catwalk. Still I do miss those days when Logan would turn up with close friend Dean to premieres, with Cody popping up every now and again .

Logan good to Go !

Isn't he lovely .

Fab New Percy Jackson Poster !

Holy Hormones! - Storm Warning !

Its the Christmas Magazine You've Been Waiting For !

Lock Up Your SideKicks ! Its Big Daddy !

Hungry Like The Wolf !

Just like Sterling Knightrider today , Jason was part of the Teen Set !

We all have our guilty pleasures , for some its down loading Miley from itunes and for others its wondering did anybody take any video of Giant Nick being spray tanned for his role as 'kenny' in ' A Single Man' . I was reminded of one of my guilty pleasures today when I heard that MTV are re imagining Teen Wolf . While I never had much time for the first film I can recall watching 'Teen Wolf Two' as Jason Bateman was starring in it .

Hair Power ! Jason was Teen Wolf - Mark 2

Play Ball !

Jason hits the field to get away from the pressures of Teen Idol stardom

Whats it like being a Teenage Heart Throb ?

Kirk and Justin had the Answers !

I knew Jason from the 'Hogan Family' or 'Valarie' , over here in Britland it was shown in the afternoon after 'Knots Landing' . Jason played the older brother to cute and I thought sensitive Jeremy Licht , who during the season I watched had clearly modeled his hair on Corey Haim or more probably Jeff Colby . I wondered how did American Teen idol actors get such big hair ? I was only just experimenting with trying to tame my locks into a sweeping fringe ala Bryan Ferry armed only with a can of 'firm hold' Silvikrin hair spray . Little did I know the miracles of blow drying and the wonders Hair Gel that Jason and Jeremy's stylists used , to style Jason and Jeremy's tresses to teen idol perfection.

Added Height ! Jeremy's use of Gel wowed his Fans !

Corey an influence on Jeremy's stylish tresses ?

Jeff Colby - Had a way with the Blow Dyer.

Did Jeremy ask for a 'Jeff' when he consulted his hair dresser ?

Jeremy Total Hair Perfection !

Bonus Style Points for Ear Piercing!

Back to Teen Wolf and ready to burst of their clothes in true Taylor fashion and run around as nature intended in their 'Calvin's' are Tyler Posey and Tyler Hoechlin . Tyler P was apparently Stephanie Myers first choice for Seth . But before Stephanie could get Tyler on the casting couch ( an unlikely prospect in many ways , still I'd have done it for her ) Team Boo Boo launched their campaign to secure The Boo as their Seth . In a rare case of perfect casting The Boo was cast opposite Taylor in 'Eclipse'.

Now Tyler will play the part of Scott McCall , a dorky high school student who gets a rush of new powers, including the ability to attract both boys and girls, after a wolf attack.

Tyler P - Hungry Like The Wolf !

Something for Everyone !

One of Tyler's new Wolf powers is an ability to attract

Both Boys and Girls after a Wolf Attack

Tyler H will play a handsome local gym bunny who in fact is a vicious and predatory werewolf capable of great harm.

Tyler H snapped conveniently with his Shirt off.

On The Prowl ! Tyler Today

Who knows what Teen Wolf will be like , it may just end up to be surprisingly good in the way that 'The Vampire Diaries ' turned out to be .