As if being this month’s cover-boy for lifestyle mag LA Confidential weren’t enough, last night  they threw the hottest man on the planet, Gerard Butler, a party to celebrate at the Palihouse Holloway in West Hollywood.

Also in attendance,  Rose McGowan, Amanda Righetti, Persian actress Nanzanin Boniadi, LA Confidential publisher Alison Miller and Editor-in-chief Sari Tuschman (although I’d bet my left arm there were a LOT more females in attendance.  The pics inside the mag are so incendiary that I’m surprised they didn’t burn the place down.  In the article, Butler discusses his career, life in the spotlight and of course, his current project, Machine Gun Preacher.

According to an article published Sunday October 30 in the UK Telegraph, Butler is “Britain’s most bankable Hollywood property, a man who can command $15-$20 million per film” and whose “films’ takings regularly push beyond the $100 million mark, despite less than glowing reviews; Butler has become largely critic-retardant.” Take that naysayers!

Enjoy the pics. For anyone in the UK, Machine Gun Preacher opens Wed. Nov. 2.