Do you know the name, Robert Trachtenberg? Maybe not but I know you’ve seen his photographs in Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Esquire, the New York Times Magazine, People, and Vanity Fair. He’s shot the comic duo Key & Peele, sex symbols Scott Eastwood & Kelan Lutz & sexpot Tracy Morgan, and Will Arnett in fishnets for the cover. From leading men to comedians, ballet dancers to quarterbacks, war veterans to Broadway veterans, Red-Blooded American Male features more than 100 images that bust the ideal of the typical American male from from trans fitness model Aiden Dowling to Judd Apatow pregnant in a negligee.

And as Mel Brooks says,

“Trachtenberg’s taste in subject matter is impeccable. If I’m in it —you know it’s good.”

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“This was for Rolling Stone’s Hot issue. It seemed absurd to do anything where we tried to make Paul Rudd look deliberately ‘hot.’ His ‘hotness’ comes effortlessly. He agreed we should mock the whole notion of ‘hot.’ He agree to get in the bed. He agree the boxers were getting in the way and dropped them. Months later, he sent me a nice note saying friends had seen the photo on the walls of gay bars across America and he couldn’t be more proud.”

Yes, it’s my Instagram feed from Halloween. I decided to stay in at my place in the country, avoiding Manhattan altogether. I watched the 41st Annual Village Halloween Parade on NY1 (frightening to admit, but I’ve lived in NYC for 34 of those!) The Omen (good remake from ’06, which has evil Mia Farrow!), AHS Freak Show (Edward Mordrake’s episode that I saved from Wednesday) and my freaky, fun Instagram feed pouring in from all around the globe. It really is fun to get a window into hundreds of Halloween experiences. There are loads of my friends, which you may or may not know (or be) plus a good amount acquaintances and famous faces, albeit covered with a lotta makeup and accessories. See if you can spot; NPH(& bat-crazy family), Jimmy James (in repose), Linda Simpson (& date), Brad Goreski(looking foxy), Sally Hershberger‘s dogs, Scott Eastwood (in drag?), Reese Witherspoon(with giant Pieces) Zachary Quinto‘s bf, Sofia Coppola‘s cat, Nir Hod (with himself) Sean Lennon (looking sharp!) Lance Bass (#TBT), Rachel Zoe (& her little Jack Sparrow) and of course, Madonna being bossy –no the real #unapologeticbitch herself. You’re welcome, Boo!

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