2009-07-24 08:03:03 -

SANTA MONICA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/24/09 -- Hotel Shangri-La serves as the sexy backdrop to GQ's latest cover starring Channing Tatum, photographed by superstar lensman Mario Testino.



Santa Monica's storied Hotel Shangri-La, recently rechristened after a $30 million makeover, served as the perfect setting for the August cover starring GI Joe's Channing Tatum, and photographed by living legend Mario Testino.



Just another in a long history of legendary photo shoots, the latest celebrity cover session at Hotel Shangri-La has everyone talking. A shirtless, underwear-clad Channing Tatum was captured cavorting around the halls of the hotel, and in the breathtaking Suite 700 -- a Hollywood playground featuring two bedrooms and a wrap-around terrace with one of "the best views in the world," according to a long list of travel magazines.



This latest GQ/Mario Testino/Channing Tatum shoot is just another feather in Hotel Shangri-La's cap; the hotel is a well-known hideaway for celebrities and VIPs. Bruce Weber, the photographer who created the Calvin Klein, Abercrombie and Fitch and Ralph Lauren ads, has made Hotel Shangri-La a virtual West Coast headquarters, and has shot countless groundbreaking images using the hotel as his muse.



See the photos from the Channing Tatum photoshoot at Hotel Shangri-La Santa Monica:
men.style.com/gq/features/slideshow/v/0809TATUM :


To view the article on Channing Tatum:
men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_9957&mbid=synd_ .. :


Hotel Shangri-La, Santa Monica: www.shangrila-hotel.com/ :



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