Do Dump or Marry: These Three Amigos

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Edgar Ramirez just posted this photograph of himself hanging out with his friends Ismael Cruz Cordova -- who you should know from Mary Queen of Scots (as the homosexual who had sex with Jack Lowden) or Ray Donovan or... yes, Sesame Street -- and Pedro Pascal, and it is clearly begging for one of our "Do Dump or Marry" treatments so here we be. We've previously posted plenty of Pedro (here) and Edgar (here) but before you answer in the comments if you're unfamiliar with Ismael I highly recommend you talk a little jaunt through his Instagram...

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Here’s your selfie . Now listen , no ones gender identity is by any means a reason to consider them less human nor it makes it “more ok” for these people to be subject to violence , harassment, discrimination , and in many cases to end their lives . When you see difference , lean towards it . I promise you , a closer look will destroy your mistaken notions and give way to a wonderful new experience . Let me see a show of hands in support ! Mucho amor ! 📸 @beau_nelson

A post shared by Ismael Cruz Cordova (@ismaelcruzcordova) on May 21, 2019 at 3:26pm PDT

Good Afternoon, Gratuitous Ismael Cruz Cordova

I think I'm currently an episode behind on the Lord of the Rings series The Rings of Power so don't say anything about what's happening, please! (Same with House of the Dragon -- too much film fest going on right now to keep up!) Anyway I've been meaning to share these photos of Rings star Ismael Cruz Cordova for Mr. Feelgood magazine...

... for several days but I think that a Monday afternoon works! We're all exhausted and wishing it was still the weekend, let's just stare at this beautiful man for a bit and refresh. Shall we? We shall! Hit the jump for this extremely large and extremely hot batch of photos...

Who Wore It Best?

I noticed this shirt yesterday when Pedro Pascal was photographed wearing it for Flaunt magazine (see all of those pictures here), namely because it is so fucking ugly I can't stand looking at it. And now here is Rings of Power actor Ismael Cruz Cordova (not to mention friend of Pedro!) being forced to wear the same plaid-stained abomination for Esquire -- I don't get it! That said I kind of deeply loathe where fashion is right now (awash in hideousness!) so don't get me started. Let's just force you to answer an impossible question instead:

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And here, to make it up to Ismael, is a

hotter (if no less ridiculous) picture of him:

Good Morning, Great Gratuity #3

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What a happy surprise the gay stuff was in Mary Queen of Scots, right? Well it was a happy surprise if you already saw the film -- if you haven't... surprise! There's gay stuff in MQOS! It involves sexy ass Jack Lowden as Mary's drunken husband Henry and sexy ass Ismael Cruz Cordova as David Rizzio, her "private secretary" and, according to the film, lady-in-waiting. You can read some about Rizzo at this link if you want real history.
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The film got some shit from both sides for its portrayal of this relationship -- right-leaning folks (although who really gives a shit what those people think) thought this was Hollywood cramming queerness in where it didn't belong (along with the film's aim at girl-powering up the dynamic between Mary & Elizabeth). Meanwhile some of the more liberally minded out there were put off by what happens to all the gays in this story (another spoiler alert -- it does not go well for any of them).
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Personally the queer content was my favorite part of the film, and not just because these two are piping fresh -- telling queer stories inside of Historical Dramas is pretty goddamned important from where I stand watching entire ignorant sections of our population think gay people sprang fully formed out from the center of a flower wreath in San Francisco in 1969. We're here and queer, sure, but we were queer there too. More of this, please.

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It was Rings of Power actor Ismael Cruz Cordova's 36th birthday a couple of days ago -- happy belated to him! -- and he shared these photos on his Instagram as a gift for us, I guess? I feel blessed, anyway. They seem to be outtakes from his photoshoot for Behind the Blinds magazine, which I posted the original batch of right here in November. S'good stuff! Highly recommended! Hit the jump for the several more...