menDoes anyone else think that I may have too much time on my hands? Well, it's not all bad. Just happens to be a bizarrely slow night at work. (Usually Monday nights are pretty hopping or at least steady....not so much tonight).
I guess that explains what happened earlier and why I am going to subject you all to this post. I was cruising through Yahoo! top stories when I saw one about the Top 25 Hottest Hunks in Hollywood--so I checked it out. Let me just run down the list for you:
25-Josh Duhamel 14-Jake Gyllenhaal 3-Gerard Butler
24-Matthew McConaughey 13-Anderson Cooper 2-David Beckham
23-Will Smith 12-Gabriel Aubry 1-Josh Brolin
22-Christian Bale 11-Joshua Jackson
21-Nigel Barker 10-Leonardo DiCaprio
20-Simon Baker 9-Mark Wahlberg
19-Jason Statham 8-Brad Pitt
18-Robert Downey Jr. 7-Robert Pattinson
17-Daniel Craig 6-Djimon Hounsou
16-Patrick Dempsey 5-George Clooney
15-Mario Lopez 4- Ryan Reynolds
I mean seriously....I don't even know who all these people are (# 21, #12, #7) and several others I have heard of but couldn't tell you anything about them. Plus....so many of them are not even hot. And also, it said "Hollywood" right in the title, but Anderson Cooper is a journalist and David Beckham is an athlete. So they shouldn't count.
Okay, fine so I read this article but, bored as I was, I let it get to me. Really, it just bugged me that the internet users were going to actually consider josh brolin as the hottest guy in Hollywood. Not. Even. Close. Wouldn't make my top 50 (might scrape by in a top 100...but I am not ever certain of that) much less be number ONE!
So, I decided to hell with these idiots. I am making my own list. (Which, for the record, is something I would have done in a heartbeat when I was a teenager...usually I carried a list around in my heart of all the men I loved). And you know how I love lists. So, if you are bored already....you should stop now. It will only get worse from here.
25. Tom Cruise. Love him, hate him, or just think he's nuts....there is no denying that this is one handsome man. Plus, no matter how crazy he gets, he'll always be Maverick to me.
24. Adrian Grenier. He may not be mainstream...but sometimes alt is HOT.
23. Enrigue Murciano. Don't know him? He's been a mainstay of the show Without a Trace for years. Watch him rough up a suspect and interrogate him in Spanish...then you'll get it.
22. Taye Diggs. Um, yeah.
21. Will Smith. I am usually not too big on funny guys...but as he keeps maturing and showing me new sides of himself--watch for him to climb this list.
20. Mel Gibson. Again, I don't care about his personal life. Mel has been gorgeous forever and still looks great today. (Plus, he is the ORIGINAL "Sexiest Man Alive" so how can he not make the list?)
19. Jason Statham. First met him in Snatch but now he's blazing through Hollywood as a tough guy. I can see why they like him. Oh, and he has an accent.
18. Heath Ledger. Yes, I know he's passed away. So I almost didn't include him, but dammit, Heath was Hot.
17. Jared Padalecki. Again, don't know him? Well, he is a CW regular and from the looks of him, you'll be seeing more of him soon. Currently,he stars on my favorite show Supernatural.
(Need I say more?)
16. Orlando Bloom. He is wrapping up our tour of Pretty Boy Row (Heath, Jared, Orlando). Give him some time to season and I expect he'll be inching his way higher on this list. (Accent)
15. Brad Pitt. I know, I know, you're thinking he should be further up. Well, he just doesn't do it for me. Too....something. I don't know. Viscerally, I can see he's handsome, but beyond that? Plus, Angelina Jolie bugs me. He was higher when he was with Jennifer Aniston. Which isn't entirely fair...but hey, it's my list.
14. Colin Firth. Yep, that boy-next-door quality, plus the accent...it's all working for him.
13. Hugh Jackman. Undeniably handsome. Plus, again, that whole accent thing.
12. Gerard Butler. Again the accent. He is relatively new to my radar...so for him, this is a pretty high debut.
11. Paul Gross. Don't know him? Well, obviously you weren't around me in the mid-90s. I promise you, Elena knows who he is. Mindy does if I say "the Mountie"...does that help anyone else?
---Welcome to the Top 10--
10. Ewan McGregor. Accents, People! Do not underestimate their power.
(Oh yeah, plus, he's sexy as hell!)
9. Colin Farrell. Bad boy. Irish. Accent. Need I say more?
8. Matt Damon. I think he's underrated. Kudos to People for making him last years "Sexiest Man Alive". Mmm-hmm.
7. Patrick Dempsey. And I don't even watch Grey's Anatomy. But still...look how pretty.
6. Johnny Depp. Since basically every woman agrees with this......defense stops here.
5. Shemar Moore. Don't know him? That's really too bad for you. Just look at him. Sigh. Used to be a model...then on a soap opera....now a criminal psychologist for the FBI on Criminal Minds. He makes the already great show even better.
4. Mark Wahlberg. Marky Mark has come a long way (hello! #4?) and I am not even showing him shirtless (which pushes him into a dead heat with my #3.....)
3. Russell Crowe. Yep, bad boy. Accent. I am sensing a trend here. (but remember, if Mark Wahlberg takes off his shirt, Russell Crowe will drop to #4).
(Can you believe that picture? He doesn't look the like the badass he is--at all!).
2. Jensen Ackles. Don't know him? Well, he's been stuck in small screen hell for a while now. For those of us who have found him there...we hope he never leaves. But a guy this good looking, with this much talent and humor? You'll be discovering him soon. And for the record it was his relatively unknown-ness that cost him the top spot. I am rabid in my obsession of him. It was a close call. Sigh. Check him out:
(Can I just say...HOLY Jesus! He is almost too gorgeous for words... I had a hell of a time picking which picture I would use here.)
And the winner?
1. George Clooney. Predictable? Maybe so, but there could just be a reason for that. The man is the consummate everything. Actor. Movie Star. Politico. He's handsome, charming, well-mannered, sexy, funny, intelligent, talented...I could go on and on. He is the quintessential movie star. If they were all like him, well, nope, can't even consider it....my brain might implode. Plus, he gets better looking as he gets older, which isn't actually fair, since he was absurdly hot when he was young. Clooney. Love him.
How about some fun facts?
Let's see...the average age of my picks is 39. My oldest pick is Mel Gibson at the age of 52 (well, he'll be 53 in January). The youngest is Jared Padalecki who is half Mel's age at 26.
Internationally, I have represented pretty well (note all comments about accents), with a New Zealander (Russell Crowe), a Canadian (Paul Gross), an Irish lad (Colin Farrell), two from Australia (Heath Ledger and Hugh Jackman), two brawny Scotsmen (Gerard Butler and Ewan McGregor) and three English chaps (Orlando Bloom, Jason Statham, and Colin Firth).
Both Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg hail from Massachusetts, while Johnny Depp and George Clooney both come from Kentucky (what DO they put in the water down there?).
And, only one of these Hollywood Gods is actually from California....Shemar Moore.
Alright, alright...I am almost ready to wrap this up. But before I go, I need to give honorable mention to another fine looking man, home-grown in California. He didn't make my list because he isn't "technically" a Hollywood icon..but if he were, he'd be my number one. (Sorry, George.) Plus, I just stumbled across a brand new picture of him and I just want to share it.
Oh dear God. I think I am having heart palpitations. He wins. Tom Brady, my hero. (By the way, I found this under the caption "Is He Perfect?"...which is seems almost ridiculous to ask when it is SOOOO obvious.)
Okay, on that note. Signing off now. Sweet, sweet dreams tonight.
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