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After the hot rugby players and Mitch Hewer from Skins, let me give you the mega hunky Sean Faris, we did interview him for BELLO mag about the movie Never Back Down and I had the pleasure to see him one more time at the opening night of the movie Stop Loss in Hollywood. Sean is a total hotness ... as you can see on this picture for Cosmo and its Everyman cancer awareness campaign.
Thanks for stripping for us ... "You're welcome. One of my best friend's dad died of pancreatic cancer last year, so i've learnt the importance of being aware of the illness and I didn't think twice about agreeing. I mean, I wouldn't say I'm an exhibitionist, but I am not shy about getting naked. I've been training six hours a day, six days a week to be in shape for my latest movie, so I might as well show it, right?" Quite right ... ;-)
I've added a bunch of new photos! New Never Back Down Production Stills; Yours, Mine, and Ours Production Stills, Life As We Know It Production Stills, 4 New Young Hollywood Awards Arrival Photos, and...
BROOKSVILLE - Boxing has the prolific "Rocky" series and the Martin Scorsese black-and-white classic "Raging Bull." Hockey has the rough-and-tough "Slap Shot" starring the venerable Paul Newman and the much-goofier "The Mighty Ducks."
Movies about baseball, football, auto racing and karate? Too many to even count.
It wasn't until recently, however, that Hollywood gave notice to the nation's fastest-growing professional sport, mixed martial arts (MMA).
MMA combines traditional boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, karate, jiu jitsu and other forms of combat into a fast-paced, no-holds-barred competition between a pair of athletes. MMA's cable TV audience is burgeoning, while schools that instruct the sport are popping up across the country as men and women take classes for athletic conditioning and self-defense.
Two movies with MMA in their storyline have hit the big screen in 2008 the limited-release "Redbelt," which lists Tim Allen among its cast, and "Never Back Down." The latter was filmed in Orlando and released March 14.
Spring Hill resident Joe Cortez had a credited role in "Never Back Down," fighting the movie's star, Sean Faris. Faris has had parts in TV shows such as "Smallville" and "One Tree Hill."
In "Never Back Down," Faris plays a rebellious teen named Jake Tyler, who through a backyard fight is lured into an underground fighting club where he finds a mentor in an MMA veteran.
Cortez had never acted before. The fast-and-fit 21-year-old learned about auditions for the film from a friend's e-mail.
Cortez guessed he got the part out of about 40 to 50 fighters that tried out, but isn't sure why he was picked.
"They just called me and let me know they were interested in me," he said.
Describing what it was like to portray a fighter on film, Cortez said "It was a whole new experience for me. I'm used to doing fights and really doing it."
Now, Cortez is teaching others how to "really do it" at his MMA studio in Brooksville.
Called Elite Vale Tudo, it opened one week after the release of "Never Back Down." The school is attracting both fighters training for competition and "average Joes" who want the classes for conditioning and self-defense. It is located at 945 Candlelight Blvd., in the same complex as Candlelite Fitness Center.
Cortez said he is fairly new to MMA, having trained in the sport for about a year. For the past six years, however, he has studied capoeira, which is a Brazilian martial art that combines sparring with dance, music and singing. Cortez teaches capoeira at his studio.
The other coaches/instructors at Elite are Justin Terrel, Brandon Watts and Ross Hagerman. Tall, tattooed and muscular, Hagerman pushes the experienced fighters to the max while being patient with the newbies. A former Georgia resident, Hagerman coached at the HardCore Gym in Athens, which is one of the nation's top-flight MMA schools.
Cortez points out that MMA is not just for adult men.
Ten-year-old John Budrevic attends MMA with his father, John, who jokingly calls himself "The Lithuanian Hitman."
"I've had a couple parents call about wanting something to keep their kids' attention," Cortez said. "And they want the movement and self-defense."
Cortez said he plans to offer a kids' kickboxing class and, with Hagerman as the teacher, a women's self-defense class.
MMA is great way for anybody to increase flexibility, strength and cardio, Cortez said.
"If you are able to walk, you are able to train," he said.
Classes are scheduled at Elite Vale Tudo on Monday and Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Open gym is Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m.
For more information, call Cortez at 352-232-0475.
The nominations for the 2008 MTV Movie Awards are now out and Sean has a nomination in the category for Best Fight against Cam for Never Back Down. They are nominated with Matt Damon/Joey Ansah (The Bourne Ultimatum), Tobey Maguire/James Franco (Spider-man 3), Hayden Christensen/Jamie Bell (Jumper), Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan/Sun Ming Ming (Rush Hour 3), Alien/Predator (Alien vs. Predator Requiem). Congrats to Sean and Cam for the nomination!
You can start voting NOW for the movie awards, so cast your vote (scroll down to "Watch and Vote") and tune into MTV on June 1st at 8pm EST.
Slap of the Month - January & April! (Vote for Sean)
Sorry for the delay in posting the Slap of the Month voting - MC's comment about the "great big chart of fetishes" reminded me that I need to get this up. And hell, Sean Faris is first out of the gate. YUM. Anyway, because of the break in Slaps, I decided to combine voting for January and April into a single batch. I think I got everyone, but it's possible my query missed someone - so if you see someone you know is missing, let me know.
So anyway, let's hear it! Who's the hottest so far of 2008?
At the moment, Sean is in third place holding 10% of the votes right behind Leighton Stultz in second and Justin Hartley who's currently in first place with 12% of the votes.
Never Back Down 
Forever Strong 
Brooklyn to Manhattan 
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