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After all the uncomfortable ear-nibbling and fake-rack-nuzzling demanded by his stint as guest editor of Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue, the admirably hands-on Tom Ford finally came across a task he could savor. When the stress of an Annie Leibovitz photo shoot induced a sensitive case of performance anxiety in subject Jake Gyllenhaal, Ford quickly stepped in to make sure the star would properly fill out his jeans. Of course, the actor's freshly fluffed region wouldn't actually be shown in the photograph, but any true artist knows that what's turgidly lurking outside the frame is just as important as what we ultimately see.

[Screen-caps: Towleroad, whose Brokeback obsession knows no bounds.]