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CALLAHAN CALLED IT AGAIN
By Patrick Mckinney
If there are any people on this planet to send everyone into a full meltdown via one campaign collaboration, it’s Steve Harrington and Eddie Munson. Thanks to Phil Callahan we were blessed with the gorgeousness of this unexpected pairing; he truly gets it, bravo!
As well as helping to launch the careers of several supermodels (we’re all aware how much of a landmark moment it is for a model’s career to land a campaign from the unparalleled fashion house,) Callahan is a brand that loves to cause a little uproar with its advertisements. And somehow, it ended up working extremely well this time also.
[picture of Harrington wearing white PC briefs, lying beneath Munson who’s wearing baggy jeans over his own briefs]
Steve Harrington, 18, the muse and most notable face of the label, has fronted advertisements for the brand’s different lines since he was fourteen. In other words, this year’s shoot is nowhere near Harrington’s first gig.
However, it seems like the campaign has now officially made him world-famous. His face is everywhere. His name is in everyone's mouth. And his ring finger is attracting hundreds of suitors (read: we *sadly* have no confirmed information whether he’s single or not. don’t lose hope, ladies and gents.)
It was the hard launch of Steve Harrington.
[picture of Munson spreading his legs on a chair while staring at the camera, his hands cradling the back of Harrington’s head who’s straddling him]
Eddie Munson, 25, in turn has been a household name for a short while now. The Corroded Coffin star is currently on break from his unruly worldwide tour, but is set to return on the stage in a matter of weeks in Asia.
Apparently keen to prove he is the gift that never stops giving, Munson has offered his fans (and everyone else with eyes and taste) something to keep them going until then. Fans couldn’t be happier with Munson’s choice of surprise, multiple sources reporting that advertising posters have been stolen off the streets from all over the world.
Raise your hand if you have a Eddie Munson billboard crammed into your living room (read: me too, sister. you ain’t special.)
[picture of Munson wearing the jeans and the briefs but this time with a cropped muscle shirt]
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TOP 10 AD CAMPAIGNS THAT MADE MARKETING HISTORY
Callahan proves that sex sells
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SUBJECT LINE: Hook, Line, And Crack Cocaine
By Anonymous
This notorious music industry bad boy shocked the poor crowd when he popped up at a drug addicts’ synonymous meeting in LA.
Instead of remaining calm and respectful and letting other people speak, he cracked jokes and rolled his eyes the entire time. Then when his turn came, he stood up and went on to tell that he’s clean as a whistle and was forced to attend as a favor for his ‘bitch-ass’ bandmate.
Addict or not, a big man child for sure.
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UNEXPECTED CELEBRITY FEUD NOBODY SAW COMING
By Eden Bingham
For those who have been living under a rock for the past three-ish months and somehow managed to entirely avoid every existing billboard and fashion catalog, a brief recap: Eddie Munson and Steve Harrington star in steamy, romantic, flourishing ad for Phil Callahan, where they smooch in their stylish underwear, making the rest of us feel ugly and like we’re in the great need of overpriced boxers ($44.99.) Point is, Munson and Harrington’s chemistry is off the charts and Callahan is one rich man.
Needless to say that people are going absolutely crazy for it, even going as far as buying the act so thoroughly that the rumors of Munson and Harrington having a literal fling spread faster than wildfire.
But apparently for the frontman of Corroded Coffin, it was actually an infuriatingly disappointing and uncomfortable experience.
Munson is making headlines with his vulgar remarks about Phil Callahan in recent interviews, calling the fashion designer “the most unprofessional a** in the world” and a “f**kface who gets to cause pain freely ‘cuz people around him are too chicken sh**t to do anything about it.”
Ouch.
Callahan has responded curtly and without mentioning Eddie Munson by name, “everyone who knows me, knows beyond question that I’d never intentionally hurt or offend anybody. Ever. Miscommunication happens.”
Harrington has remained conspicuously silent.
Whatever went down on the campaign set, we are excited to see this kind of high drama… see more.
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EDDIE MUNSON BASHED FOR TAKING HIS 11-YEAR-OLD LITTLE BROTHER TO A NIGHTCLUB
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SUBJECT LINE: Hello Heidi Fleiss
By Anonymous
Everybody’s favorite foreign-born bombshell was recently seen lip locking his much older, New York based boss.
Sources say they have been infatuated with one another a tad too long for it to be considered legal… but age isn’t the only thing making this relationship unlawful. Allegedly, the young stunner has been a client of his beau in a couple of different ways *wink wink*.
Now this remake of Pretty Woman puts Julia Roberts and Richard Gere to shame.
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MORE THAN A MUSE AND A MODEL
Heather Holloway, Editor-in-Chief of Allen Magazine, says that Steve Harrington’s signature walk is ‘World-Shaking’
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SUBJECT LINE: Out Of Touch
By Anonymous
Which A- list supermodel was just having brunch with a friend in Manhattan, when the friend shyly admitted she wasn’t so sure she could afford it after all, and the model looked her up and down with a puzzled frown, saying ‘what do you mean? you can totally afford it.’
…He didn’t understand his friend was talking about money; he thought she meant that she couldn’t afford to eat that amount of calories, that her concern was that she wasn’t skinny enough, instead of the prices of the place.
A rich white man with an eating disorder turned into a branding opportunity is all he is.
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BILLBOARD BOXSCORE’S HIGHEST GROSSING TOURS OF ALL TIME: Corroded Coffin cracks the list
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SERIOUS SERIAL DATER
By Fred Benson
Eddie Munson has never been ashamed of showing off his desirability. Whether it’s making out mid-concert with fans, signing their intimate parts, and hand-picking the lucky ones on backstage afterwards, or taking his newest conquests on the good old fashioned pap-walk after their sexy rendezvous, this love machine gladly keeps the tabloids running and we must salute him for his service.
The 25-year-old rock star has enthusiastically gotten down and dirty with several actors, musicians, designers and models in recent years. Leaving a trail of many, many paramours and double as many broken hearts behind, Munson’s definitely the guy who gets bored quicker than quick.
Here’s a brief look back on Munson’s most notable flings… see more.
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SUBJECT LINE: Come Here, Lawyer Boy
By Anonymous
Could it be that the manager of a certain A list rock star has been working overtime?
That in itself would not be surprising given her client’s track record. But this time it’s a whole police record that she wants to be able to make disappear… A sizable donation to the right people might just do the trick.
Remember, the more you party with paramours that change by the hour, the more chance you have of ‘dating’ an undercover mouthpiece.
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WILDEST CELEBRITY RUMORS
By Carol Perkins
A guide to Tinseltown’s most crazy, outlandish allegations.
10. Steve Harrington, A Hooker
The chic Parisienne is from the fresh batch of breakout celebrities that will soon rule or at the least be the subject of conversations come 1994.
Earlier this year (1993 is slowly coming to an end, folks!) he caught everyone’s attention when he did a campaign for Phil Callahan with Corroded Coffin’s Eddie Munson. Hot, hot, hot!
Attention comes with gossip, and with Harrington there’s lots of both. The funniest rumor is that little Stevie was a prostitute before Phil Callahan interfered and made him who he is now.
Guys, I think he’s just french!
9. Tammy Thompson Uses Ghost Singers… see more.
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DID GARETH EMERSON ACCIDENTALLY JUST LET SLIP THAT EDDIE MUNSON HAD A LIVER TRANSPLANT
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PHIL CALLAHAN AND STEVE HARRINGTON FASHIONABLY OFFICIAL
By Kali Prasad
In the final week of September, fashion made its awe-inspiring return to its rightful home: Paris. The city of love and fashion. What better place to exclude glamour and romance?
Steve Harrington, 18, and Phil Callahan, 43, were a stylish (and surprising) force to be reckoned as they confirmed their relationship at the Paris Fashion Week 1993.
Since the spring of this year, these two have been making headlines with their ex-coworker Eddie Munson. The rumor mill went into overdrive when the rockstar seemingly had some pretty harsh things to say about Callahan.
Due to the sudden attention, rumors that the supermodel and the fashion designer were dating started to surface. Until now, the evidence has been almost nonexistent. Harrington and Callahan have gone to great lengths to keep their relationship private, including sneaking across the Atlantic undetected by the press to attend one of the year’s most prestigious events.
And that is why what they were wearing went initially unnoticed because the fact that they attended and posed together was staggering in itself.
But once the shock wore off, the drooling started.
Harrington paired his corset top with baggy jeans and a navel piercing, while Callahan went with classic button down and pleated slacks. The pair held hands and posed for photographers, showing Paris what Paris wanted to see.
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EDDIE MUNSON ARRESTED ON STAGE
By Tommy Hagan
Last night Corroded Coffin frontman Munson was arrested onstage at his concert in Reggio Emilia, Italy. He was charged for indecent exposure, public intoxication and public profanity, and then escorted away by a police officer mid-set.
This is what we know:
Munson was heavily under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and during the performance a fan poured champagne over him, which led to Munson taking off his shirt, holding it over his crotch and pretending to masturbate, tells the arrest report.
According to keyboardist Chrissy Cunningham, it’s all a big misunderstanding and that the bail for her bandmate’s release has been paid.
Early this morning, Munson strutted out of jail dressed in black with a hoodie covering his head, and waved to screaming fans before he was chauffeured away.
Getting arrested is starting to become a somewhat habit for the rebellious musician.
Munson is infamously uninhibited as a live performer and as a person—it is almost artistically significant to his reputation. So given his dramatic and erratic behavior, it’s no surprise he’s had multiple encounters with the law prior to last night’s arrest.
However, this one will without doubt make it to history books.
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EDDIE MUNSON HAVING SEX INSIDE AN ELEVATOR — CAPTURED ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
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THE MONSTER AND THE MUSE:
Inside Phil Callahan’s Inappropriately-Long Relationship With His Lucky Star
By Barbara Holland
Of the many mysteries that surround the life of successful fashion designer and businessman, Phil Callahan’s young muse is the greatest mystery of all.
Sometimes artists get their drive to create from somewhere, other times they get it from someone. A muse is a person who serves as an artistic inspiration, a person who pushes the creator to produce their best work. And in this case, that person is none other than Steve Harrington.
Steve Harrington is a Parisian socialite who moved to New York to pursue modeling after being discovered at an early age, quickly becoming the face of famed clothing brand Phil Callahan. The luxury brand loved by celebrities has been a household name since the early 1980s with its iconic underwear and designer jeans, and the founder of said fashion label, the man after whom the high-end brand is named, is just as beloved a figure among friends and fans.
Which unfortunately, albeit understandably, makes his dating history all the more difficult to accept.
As we all recently saw, he and the beautiful Harrington made their relationship red-carpet official just last month, posing hand-in-hand all lovey-dovey for photographs and making sure everybody was left green with envy. In itself, this is nothing new; Callahan has been parading the supermodel around like perfect arm candy for years. He has openly called the younger boy his muse, his lucky star, his mentee. Only now, there’s an addition to the list; his lover.
And this development has been the talk of the town ever since their first immortalized kiss.
Yet nobody seems to be concerned about the age gap; a 43-year-old with an 18-year-old. 25 years is certainly not unheard of, no. But what makes it tricky this time around is that, according to many sources, they have been romantically together for several years, when Harrington in turn hasn’t been 18 for more than seven months.
In reporting this article, I spoke to more than 20 people who have firsthand encounters with Callahan or Harrington (both of whom declined numerous interview requests.) The story that emerged is a deeply disturbing one: Phil Callahan fell in love with a teenager.
It’s complicated but we need to talk about it.
When the two began their relationship, Harrington was allegedly only 16 (maybe even younger.) The age of consent in New York is 17 years old, which means he was a minor at the time, while Callahan was already in his forties. There’s no concrete evidence that Callahan and Harrington had a sexual relationship while the latter was underaged, but an adult simply having a romantic relationship with a minor is still concerning.
What makes their romance even more problematic is that when they first met, Harrington was 14 and quickly moved to live with Callahan and his ex-wife while beginning to model in exchange (first completely without pay.) They have been living and working together for a suspiciously long time, and we’re supposed to believe that the romantic aspect of it all is first; new, and second; healthy?
It’s definitely worth asking why Phil Callahan’s inappropriate use of status is swept under the rug because this is just another example of people turning the other way when a man of power is doing something incredibly iffy.