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SPORNO: Model Hotness David Agbodji Covers "SPASHION"

PHOTOS: CLIFF WATTS for SPASHION

Togolese-French model of the moment David Agbodji fulfills all of your football and track themed fantasies as he covers the gorgeous second volume of SPASHION, the high end new cocktail table book-sized magazine that merges sports, fashion and lifestyle.

The editorial is lensed by fashion and celebrity photographer Cliff Watts.

Agbodji was last seen in a solo, closing Dolce & Gabbana and stopping traffic in his nude billboards and bulging short-shorts for Calvin Klein. The gorgeous cover and anoher image AFTER THE JUMP ...

VIDEO: Mike Ruiz's "Ballroom Couture" Cover for SWERV

PHOTO: MIKE RUIZ for SWERV

Your first look at the brilliant cover of SWERV's Spring 2013 issue. The cover editorial was lensed by celebrity and fashion photographer deluxe Mike Ruiz. The "Ballroom Couture" issue features the "legends and icons" of New York City's past, present and future ballroom community—Tracy Africa, Rayceen Pendavis, Leiomy Prodigy, Roxxy Evisu, David Ultima-Xtravaganza and Robbie St. Laurent.

Watch behind-the-scenes video of the making of the cover WHEN YOU JUMP ...

"We do our best to share the stories of the extraordinary people in our community that are often ignored by both Black and mainstream LGBT media," says SWERV Publisher Jamil Fletcher. "Our current issue spotlights the New York City ballroom and it’s influence [on] popular culture. It is such a great honor to bring these stories of the Ballroom icons and legends to our readers."

Perfect "tens" across the board for the feature. Go behind-the-scenes video for the making of the editorial AFTER THE JUMP ...

Beyoncé Covers UK "Vogue", Previews "Grown Woman" for Pepsi

Keeping up with the omnipresent pop culture juggernaut better known as Beyoncé: Bey revealed her much-anticipated #BeyHereNow announcement this morning ... and it's a Pepsi commercial.  Albeit a very clever one.

The one-minute spot "stars" multiple incarnations of herself and previews a new Timbaland-produced track entitled "Grown Woman" that be released on April 8. Watch it AFTER THE JUMP ...

Beyoncé also debuted on the cover of British Vogue on Wednesday. The 31-year-old entertainer defended the use of "Mrs. Carter" on her world tour. That is from her married name to Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter.

"I guess I am a modern-day feminist," she told the magazine, reports the New York Daily News. "I do believe in equality. Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are? Why do you have to label yourself anything? I'm just a woman, and I love being a woman."

Watch Pepsi's "Mirrors", the commercial that everyone is talking about AFTER THE JUMP ...

Tina Turner "VOGUE" Germany

Brilliant. Tina Turner finally lands her first VOGUE cover. The 73-year-old music legend covers the April 2013 edition of VOGUE Germany. Ms. Turner is believed to be the oldest VOGUE cover in the history of the franchise. She was photographed by Claudia Knoepfel and Stefan Indlekofer.

Ms. Turner has lived in Europe since the mid 1980s and divides her time between Switzerland, England and France. Swiss authorities announced in January that she would be granted Swiss citizenship and renounce her American passport, reported the AP.

FIRST LOOK: President Obama's New Official Portrait

Your first look at the new, official portrait of President Barack Obama. The portrait was lensed by White House photographer Pete Souza "in the Oval Office [on] Dec. 6, 2012." The portrait was released today for the Inauguration weekend. Love it!

PHOTOS: Model Hotness Rob Evans for "DSECTION" by Jack Waterlot

Obscenely gorgeous Anglo-Irish model and boxer slash America's Next Top Model judge Rob Evans' is featured in the new issue of DSECTION magazine. Los Angeles-based fashion photographer Jack Waterlot captures Evans in Givenchy, Galliano and Vivienne Westwood.

The Belfast-born boxer slash sex siren was last seen posing for a police mugshot, stomping the runway in Milan, serving shirtless muscular chic, channeling your favorite jockstrap fantasies and stripping down to his undies. One more image WHEN YOU JUMP ...

PHOTOS: Model Hotness Virguens Vergin is Your Beach Fantasy

PHOTOS: Bienaime Agency/Orin Fluerimont

New model oh-so-hotness Virguens Vergin is tall, dark, flawless and his muscles are "bulging" in all the right places. The 22-year-old Virguens is a native of Haiti and has lived in the United States since he was 7-years-old.

The model is signed to the Bienaime Agency, the New York-based boutique agency that represents more hot Black models. The images were lensed by Miami-based photographer Orin Fluerimont.

If you liked those images, you'll love it AFTER THE JUMP ...

PHOTOS: Halle Berry is Flawless for "Interview Russia"

PHOTOS: Sean + Seng/INTERVIEW RUSSIA

Halle Berry is fabulous to the tenth degree for INTERVIEW Russia's November 2012 issue. The co-star of Cloud Atlas channels 1970s decadence in a huge Diana Ross-style afro and psychedelic platform shoes. The cover editorial was lensed by London-based fashion photographers Sean + Seng. The duo also photographed the Academy Award-winning actress for INTERVIEW Germany this month.

Berry is interviewed by Tom Tykwer, who co-wrote and co-directed Cloud Atlas with Andy and Lana Wachowski. Berry says that she was intrigued by the film's experimental format and the challenge of playing characters of different races and genders. Rough translation:

"They said, 'You have to play multiple roles.' But then it was aware of only one - the role of Meron, the heroine of stories taking place in the future. I would never have guessed that this is a result of six different characters, one of which is a man! Well at least that I had to play only three."

The gorgeous cover AFTER THE JUMP ...

PHOTOS: Model Hotness Cross Thompson aka "Binders and Biceps"

Ridiculously hot fitness model Cross Thompson responds to the "binders" meme with some muscle. And if you need help imagining what's under that shirt and tie ...

The binders and biceps are "bulging" in these new photos. Cross models with his iPad, drops to his knees and shows some fur AFTER THE JUMP ...

PHOTOS: Metro-North Tracks

PHOTOS: MTAPhotos Flickr

A view of the Metro-North line at Ossining and the Harmon Yard in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. "The entire Metro-North and MTA system remained shut down Tuesday while workers assessed Hurricane Sandy's damage to rail lines," notes Newsday.