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Sorry for the wait on these, I wasn’t able to get them HQ until now. Lee also added some new events and candids to the gallery:
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APPEARANCES > Appearances From 2010 > “Dear John” Fort Bragg Premiere
CANDIDS > Candid Photos 2010 > Arrives at LAX – 01/29/10
APPEARANCES > Appearances From 2010 > A ‘Dear John’ personal appearance at Macy’s Union Square – 01/29/10
Our wonderful host, Hollywood.com, put up a great, must-see interview with Channing. He discusses the film and his character in great detail – be sure to check it out:
Channing attended a new event on the 6th, check out the pictures in the gallery. Also Lee added pictures from the Art of Elysium event on Saturday:
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APPEARANCES > Appearances From 2010 > 2010 Official BCS National Championship Party
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Appearances From 2010 > 3rd Annual Art Of Elysium “Heaven” Gala Event – 01/16/10
Channing is in the current issue of In Style. I have added the photo shoot and scans:
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MAGAZINE SCANS > In Style
PHOTO SHOOTS > Set 14
Channing Tatum may be a hunky Hollywood movie star who lives in a gorgeous home with his beautiful wife (Jenna Dewan), but things weren’t always so picture-perfect for the 29-year-old actor.
In the new issue Details, the “Dear John” star reveals that while he’s “always been good at picking up certain things, like sports and dancing,” he struggled with school. “I could never read very fast or very well,” he shares. “I was tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia.”
Eventually, in the eighth grade, Channing was put on Ritalin and Dexedrine to treat his attention-deficit disorder. While the drugs helped him to focus and turn his grades around, it had a negative side effect: depression.
“The longer I took Dexedrine, the worse I felt,” he says. “It sucked all the personality from me. I’d get depressed. I would think suicidal — I was never personally suicidal, but I could see how some kids were, how they’d be, like, I can’t take this anymore.”
During his senior year of high school, Channing decided he didn’t want to be medicated anymore. He graduated, then went on to attend a small college in West Virginia on a football scholarship. After a year, he returned to Tampa, Florida, where he took on a series of odd jobs including everything from being a mortgage broker to a telemarketer to a … stripper!?
Yes, in case you didn’t know, Tatum had moves long before he starred in “Step Up.” In 1999, the actor performed as part of a dance revue called Male Encounter using the stage name Chan Crawford.
Although his handlers did their best to keep Tatum’s secret stripper past under wraps, the actor says he never tried to hide it.
“I’ve been wanting to talk about this forever!” he exclaims. “I’m happy I did it. I’m not proud, because it’s not something to be proud of, but I had an experience that only one out of a thousand — a million — people can say they’ve ever had. I’ve been through this crazy sort of life, and I came out the other side fairly unscathed.”
See more ‘teaser’ photos from his magazine shoot - HERE!
source: OMG!
Channing Tatum has played tough guys before, but it took some extra grit to deal with a recent on-set accident that left him burned in an extremely sensitive area.
While filming the Roman battle flick The Eagle of the Ninth in Scotland, Tatum was rushed to hospital with – believe it or not – a scorched penis, after a technique to keep warm went horribly awry.
“It was the most painful thing I have ever experienced in my life,” the actor, 29, tells Details in its February issue. “I’ve been to the hospital, gotten stitches, had broken fingers and toes. But this was a suffocating kind of pain.”
The accident occurred after Tatum had finished shooting a river scene in the icy waters of the Scottish Highlands. A crew member was supposed to pour warm water into his wetsuit to take away the chill, but inadvertently poured in scalding water instead.
The results weren’t pretty. On the way to the hospital, Tatum told the driver, “You might have to knock me out, because I don’t know if I can take the pain. Just grab something and hit me on the back of my head.” Morphine did the trick instead, along with salves and bandages. Eventually, time healed all.
“I’m good … now,” Tatum says. “One hundred percent recovered.”
Life as a Stripper
Elsewhere in the interview, Tatum, who last July married actress Jenna Dewan, describes the time before he was famous, when he did a stint working as a stripper.
“I’ve been wanting to talk about this forever!” Tatum says, apparently sincerely. “I never wanted to hide it. I think it’s hil-larious.”
“I’m happy I did it,” he adds. “I’m not proud, because it’s not something to be proud of, but I had an experience that only one out of a thousand – a million – people can say they’ve ever had. I’ve been through this crazy sort of life, and I came out the other side fairly unscathed.”
I added stills from Dear John to the gallery:
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MOVIES > Dear John > Stills
On Saturday, Jan. 9 Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried will be filming an Unscripted interview where they’ll be asking each other questions submitted by you. Ask Channing Tatum about his upcoming projects. Or ask Amanda is she’s a fan of Nicholas Sparks. Really, you can ask anything you want, just make sure you submit it in the comments section and that you include your name and location. Come back HERE on Monday, Feb. 1 to see if your Channing or Amanda asked one of your questions!
