Jared Leto, actor and musician, was spotted enjoying a short walk around his LA neighborhood this weekend sans shirt … behold:

It appears that someone was interested in enjoying the lovely weather we enjoyed here in SoCal over the weekend and was lookin’ to soak up some sun. Jared has really gotten his body back in shape after bulking up for his role in Chapter 27 a couple of years ago … it’s so nice of him to show it off :) Yeah, this post is pretty much chock full of gratuitousness so … let’s just enjoy, shall we?

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On Wednesday we got to check out a very strange photo of Kanye West, Jared Leto of (among other things) 30 Seconds to Mars and Brandon Flowers of The Killers together in the studio where they were working on a “DOPE ASS SONG” (Kanye’s words, not mine) together. Today, Jared Leto published a new blogpost on his official My Space profile enlightening us on the experience. Here is the full text of Jared’s latest blogpost and a photo he shares of Kanye “working his MPC“:

THE SECRET IS OUT…

Thirty Seconds to Mars is also doing a MySpace video chat on MONDAY, APRIL 27th at 6PM PST. See you then.

So, I guess we will prolly get to hear this song after all. I have to admit, I never would’ve pictured Kanye West and Jared Leto as the kind of musicians who would fancy working together (throwing in Brandon Flowers just makes the whole notion even that more unbelievable) but here we have it. I, for one, love that these guys do like working together. If anything, it’s bound to be an interesting if not DOPE ASS SONG to check out. Who knows, if this collabo turns out to be a huge success, mebbe we’ll get to see other odd parings in the future. Marilyn Manson and Ashlee Simpson? Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift? Chris Cornell and Timbaland? Nah, all of those pairings would be TOO incapable of making any sort of interesting music ;)

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Kanye West posted a new blogpost on his official blog yesterday along with a very interesting photo … both of which I present to you here (all spelling, grammatical and CAPS errors are Kanye’s own):

I WAS WORKING ON THIS DOPE ASS SONG WITH JARED AND BRANDON STOPPED BY. I PLAYED THEM SOME OF THE NEW JEEZY BEATS AND BEFORE EVERYBODY BOUNCED BRANDON HOPPED ON THE KEYBOARD AND I HOPPED ON THE MPC. SHIT WAS DOPE. OH AND YES THOSE ARE SWAROVSKI CRYSTALS ON BRANDON’S SHIRT BY DRIES VAN NOTEN.

Um, whut? Talk about your strange bedfellows … but, hey, I can dig it. I’m so glad that Kanye provided a photo of these three together cuz as strange as the blogpost sounds, the somewhat awkward photo really tells the tale. We can only hope that we will be able to, one day, hear this “dope ass song” by Kanye West featuring Jared Leto and Brandon Flowers. Do any of y’all have any guesses as to what an opus like this might be titled?

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30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto made his way to Miami Beach, FL for the New Year most prolly NOT to enjoy the sun and surf considering that he was spied spending his time at the beach fully covered from head to toe ensuring that not one UV ray could make its way to his precious skin:

Honestly, by the way that Jared is dressed in these photos I initially thought that Michael Jackson had made his way to Miami Beach after he was last seen trolling the bookstores in LA wearing pjs, hiding under umbrellas. The lack of a surgical facemask tipped me off to the true identity of this totally covered beachcomber. Yeah, I’m not sure that Miami Beach is the right place for sunshy Jared … he doesn’t look like he’s having much fun :(

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Jared Leto is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of the Italian fashion magazine GQ Style. It’s clear that Jared was trying to look more ‘hipster than thou’ in this new shoot and I’d have to say that he achieved his goal. Here is his coverphoto:

The crazy hipsterness isn’t really evident until you see the accompanying photoshoot. After the jump, check out the rest of the pics …

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It’s not only royal brothers who have the philanthropic spirit to help their fellow man but also electro/emo rocker brothers as well. Here are a few pics of Jared and Shannon Leto, of the band 30 Seconds to Mars, lending a helping hand to the folks at Habitat for Humanity a couple of weeks ago:

Fans of 30STM participated in an auction to win the rights to work alongside the band on this project and managed to raise $10,000 for Habitat for Humanity. I don’t always agree with everything that Jared Leto says about certain things, nor am I a huge fan of his music but I am a fan of his movies and I really respect that he and his bandmates choose to take the time to help out with charitable organizations like this. It says a lot about a person who gives so willing of their time in order to help positively affect the lives of others. Click HERE for more information on the efforts made by 30STM to help build homes for people. It’s deffo worth your time to check out the link.

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