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More Glee Eye Candy

Back-to-back posts with GLEE eye-candy on back-to-back days... what's going on here? 

Despite what it may seem, I am not the biggest GLEE fan in the world.  I find it to be a wonderful guilty pleasure, but pretty inconsistent quality-wise (and IMHO, acting-wise... other than Jane Lynch) -- for instance, after a pretty darn good Valentine's Day episode I thought last night's "Comeback"-themed show was pretty weak. 

But alas, I am not here to analyze the show or be a Gleek wet blanket... just have a few more pictures to share.  My buddy Mo left me on comment on yesterday's post with Darren Criss' sweater pull-off shot... with a link to a version of the picture that was  not as tightly cropped (pardon the pun, as you shall see) on the lower part of the pic... and while I say it's still a bit odd shot, this one certainly has bit more... ahem!...  artistic merit.

I was also amused by the other comment left on that post, while I appreciate "Dr" dropping by and leaving a comment I was befuddled by the accusation that "There's no rumours about Blaine having a "romance" with anyone other than Kurt"... all you need to do is Google "Blaine bisexual" and you will see there were plenty of rumors, whether it is ultimately inaccurate/false and/or clarified later by Ryan Murphy doesn't stop it from being a rumor... and what fun would it be if all rumors had to turn out to be true, ha?!  But just to defend myself, here is just one line from one article:

After rumors started to swirl all over the internet via TVLine that a certain gay character on a major television show would turn out to be bisexual, some sources started to claim that this character in question was actually going to be Darren Criss' Blaine from "Glee" -- some even took it a step further and said that he would have some sort of fling with Rachel.

It appears we will get (or start to get) our answer next week as the previews show the first person that we'll see Blaine ever kissing on the show is a girl!  Given the gay powers behind this show, I have no doubt that Blaine will remain gay, but am interested to see how this all plays out.  I'm guessing "Dr" is not as old enough to remember gay TV characters turning bi along the way (Dynasty and even the groundbreaking Soap - I think - come to mind)

And while I am here, one of the highlights of last night's show was when Lauren made her GLEE club debut and to help her nerves, pictured everyone in their underwear. 

So here are the "if you blinked, you may have missed it" screen-caps of Sam (Chord Overstreet, in his W&C debut I believe) and W&C favorite Mike/Harry Shum.

Again, I am gleeful that all of the above men are very much of legal age... though still acknowledge the creepiness factor of them playing high school students. 

If you are wanting more... browse through the relatively new W&C Glee category.

Darren Criss - Chest Peek-A-Boo

I told you I would be back if there were any breaking news in the eye candy department.

The latest are some shots of heterosexual Darren Criss, GLEE's Blaine, for an upcoming issue Out Magazine.  Darren/Blaine I think is one of those characters that make both the girls and guys swoon, and he certainly does that in our household.  I think the sweater pull-up shot is a bit strange, though nothing wrong with open shirt shot on the right...  just wish we had some eye contact or even a smile here... and alas, I sadly can not add this to my Shirtless category, but close!

Rumor has it that Blaine will soon find some romance on GLEE, but not what you'd expect... and certainly something I'm not too happy about, but we'll see how the show handles it.

In the mean time, Darren/Blaine can keep on being my teenage dream (btw, he's 24 -- born February 5, 1987... oy, that makes me feel old!)

After I put the above post/pix together, I stumbled upon some more shots from this particular shoot ... got the "eye contact" I was looking for, even if the trade-off is they are of a more clothed variety (tho the right one in the shorts is interesting).

 

Details, Details!

With Gwyneth Paltrow's spectacular guest-spot as substitute teacher Holly Holiday last night on GLEE, I was thinking ... Mr. Schu Who?

But after seeing the cover of the December issue of Details, I guess he can stay!

I have to say the men of GLEE are definitely taking advantage of their fame, getting all the exposure they can get... literally!  Though I am starting to suspect that shows run by a gay man typically provide pretty good beefcakey eye candy (Alan Ball's True Blood comes to mind... and at at least there, the men can really take it off).

Though I have to say, given Matt's brief shirtless scene last night (note: please get rid the ex-wife for good!) as well the extended topless bit on the Rocky Horror show, and while he is certainly very impressive... I still suspect there is a bit of Photoshopping in these shots.

This particular pic is all over the Gay Internets this morning, so a thank you to all the places I saw it.  And while it may seem overkill to be yet another site to post it, I figure I have some loyal heterosexual female W&C fans who may appreciate it.

And speaking of W&C, I think it is probably due for a name change given that all it seems to be these days is Books & Hunks?   Hey, that's a pretty good name! 

For those looking for more Matthew Morrison shirtless... check out my new Glee category, which I think is pretty much just shirtless shots of Morrison and Harry Shum.  And, of course, if you just want general yumminess... why not browse Shirtless W&C.

Harry Shum Jr. Shirtless (Again)

As Tina said to Mike Chang on last night's episode ("Never Been Kissed") of GLEE:

“With those abs, you could be my very own situation.”

Not sure where this picture is from ... but it has been making the rounds, so wasn't really planning on posting it... but then that line from Tina made me reconsider... and have to admit I am getting hits on the first picture/post from a couple of weeks ago, so what the heck! 

Mike Chang shirtless, Harry Shum shirtless, Harry Shum Jr. shirtless

Update:  Thanks to Jeff for doing the research and learning that this pic is from "Yellow" an Asian-American magazine out of Houston (go figure!)

Glee's Fab Abs

No surprise over the double-take/TiVo replay moment from last night's Season 2 premiere of GLEE:

Certainly no complaints about Mike Chang, played by Harry Shum Jr., getting up'd to series regular for this season.

Shum has quite the exotic background... an American with Chinese parents born in Costa Rica!  And just in case you were feeling a bit dirty lusting after a high school student, no worries.... Harry is 28 years old (b. 1982), only 4 years younger than his "teacher" Mr. Shuester/Matthew Morrison!

Here Google, Google: Mike Chang shirtless, Harry Shum shirtless, Harry Shum Jr. shirtless

Hot For Teacher, Part 2

A little pre-posted treat for you while I am away and get you ready for GLEE...

May I present, Matthew Morrison in the 2010 issue of Vogue:

For more shirtless Mr. Schu... recall the original Hot For Teacher post.

Hot For Teacher

Happy New Year!

My "it's not a resolution" resolution is to hopefully get back to posting a bit more here on Whine & Cheese.   My guess is that the "whine" part, but I am sure there wouldn't be many complaints if I got back to the "cheese"... even if it is just semi-regular posting of some eye-candy/beefcake!  The last time I did a non-book post was waaaay back in early October, so while again I make no promises, we'll see what I can do!  This is certainly the venue (vs. social networking), where I let it hang the most loose, well so to speak.

So the inaugural post here is this picture I stumbled on of Matthew Morrison aka Mr. Will Schuester from GLEE.  If you've googled Shirtless Matthew Morrison, you've likely already stumbled on his apparently readily available, heavily circulated photos from a past year the Broadway Bares charity event, but this is the first time I've seen this particular one, and it seems like it may be fairly recent.

I can't imagine having the balls to go up to someone and request a picture with them (unless the whole point is a photo op), infinitely more so if that person was shirtless.  I would more than likely surreptitiously take photos like this one of someone else taking a photo of themselves with famous person.  

It's pretty impossible not to have a crush on Mr. Schuester on the show and Mr. Morrison's real-life upper bod (and those abs!) pretty much on just encourage it!