HISTORY
fm was started in the late 1990s. At the time there was already websites dedicated to specific male celebs but no sites that brought all your favourite male celeb pictures together in one place.

We started with a footballer gallery on some free Virgin.net webspace - simply called 'Studs'. After a while this was expanded to all sportsmen and eventually to all male celebs of sport, tv, movies and music. The name changed to 'Lads Network' and then abbreviated to LADSNET. In 2001 we had a major rebrand and launched "famousmales" with this gallery site and a much bigger forums to match.
Today fm is one of the world's leading male celebrity websites with arguably the world's number one male celebrity message board - fmforums.co.uk.

As a free service, there's a limit on the bandwidth we can handle, so we now operate a scheme where some of our busiest galleries are 'sponsored' by individuals or companies. This means that the images are hosted on that person or companies webspace and in return they get some free advertising. If you're interested in this scheme, click here for more info.

From time to time our hosting partners go bust, so the pictures die and have to be replaced. Remember that fm is still essentially a hobby site and is managed in our spare time - so please bear with us when things go wrong.

OUR AIMS
We have a few 'golden rules' which we think has led to the continued success of the site:

• No Fake Policy - We have a strict policy that every picture on the site and our forums is genuine. Very occasionally, a well produced fraud finds it's way on but is always quickly removed. More than anything else.. we've made our reputation on being fake picture free.
• No Porn - Because we're fake free and we don't feature porn stars.. the pictures on the site are suitable for all. There is nudity.. but as the pictures are from magazines, tv, movies and newspapers, it's nudity you find everywhere.
• Quality pictures - Although the quality of pictures depends on their original source, and we will feature a poor quality picture if it's a great picture.. we don't ruin the pictures by covering them with our address.
  To promote the site we DO place our logo on every picture we use but it's always placed in a position so as to not spoil the photo. Some sites plaster their address across the middle of the subject so it cannot be removed. We never do this.
• Variety & Quantity - Because our pictures are supplied by you, our viewers.. we have a largest range of male celeb pics anywhere on the web. What you see on the galleries is actually only a small percentage of the pictures we collect. Check out the forums for literally thousands of pics.
• No Spam - The banner ads on the homepage and the shopping links on the galleries pay for the site. We don't need pop-ups or spam emails so we don't use them. You get to view the pics without being bombarded with junk.

OUR FAME
In 2001, we were featured on ITV2's "Pop Idol" for our pictures of Gareth Gates. We've been on Radio 1, in The Sun and various national magazines and brand-name websites. You'll most likely come across us in Attitude magazine where we're often getting a mention. Most recently the site was featured in Attitude's "Best of 2007" feature as the 4th best website in the known universe.
They said..
 
"FAMOUSMALES.COM
If a bum was flashed on telly or torso paraded in a mag you can guarantee it will be on here the next day"

and that is all we aim for. :)

THANKS
Thank you to all who visit and support fm. But mainly to all who contribute pictures.
Virtually all the images here are supplied by our forum members. Huge thanks to all of them, but especially Baton, Casperfan, Pico, Blade2186, Calciofan2004, Telespy, BrettStewart and Mancscallylad.

If you've any questions about the site or any suggestions for features or celebs we could add, just drop us a line using the CONTACT US link at the top of the page.

 

 webmaster