Letters to the Editor
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Ahem...
Hank Azaria!
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Jake Weber
Lots of comments for Hugh Laurie, but what about Jake Weber?!
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Too many actors!
Fine though these men may be, aren't we meant to be taking a hard look at the out-liers?
1. Clever Richard Dawkins, as has been said.
2. John Hall, musician, environmentalist and new Congressman from New York's Fightin' 19th. He shall overcome the forces of political darkness with his wind farms.
3. Steve Carell. Hey, sweetness counts. Or Produce Pete, or the depressed guy in Little Miss Sunshine, however you like him.
4. John Edwards. That's one sane, smart guy. The President you Americans deserve, but will never have.
5. Eddie Izzard. I'm sorry, but he's beautiful, especially in eyeliner. He's straight, you know.
6. David Rakoff. It's the way he turns his head, so interestingly. Yes, yes, I know he's gay. But he's funny. He could change sides. It could happen.
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off the top of my head, for your consideration:
Mos Def
Chris Rock
Spike Lee
Dave Eggers
Anthony Bourdain
Steve Jobs
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Colbert is a god
And it's funny that my webzine picked this up like 6 months ago and let it be known how sexy he and Jon Stewart were.
I guess it took this long for People to just realize it :)
Check out our May centerfold
http://69.50.211.117/~yvigpfed/centerfold/MAY_2006_Centerfold.html
See, you are not alone!
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My Husband Is Jealous of Colbert
At first, my husband thought Stephen Colbert was a brainy, funny guy. Then, after a while, I noticed he seemed somewhat annoyed at Colbert.
"Not funny!" he would blurt out, when one 30 second segment of a half-hour, four-times-weekly show was a tad flat. Then, he got louder -- "You're BOMBING!" my husband would shout, at another seconds-long lag.
I wondered if my husband was turning into his 82 year-old father, a man who could easily have served as the template for Frank Costanza on "Seinfeld", a crazy old man whose ear-shattering screams of "IDIOT!" at "Wheel of Fortune" contestants has prompted polite wall-knocks from the nice lady who shares the two-family house.
But then I realized what was afoot. I was paying a leeeedle too much attention to Mr Colbert. I was laughing at his jokes, something I rarely do when my husband makes an attempt at what passes for humor in his world. I sometimes said "Brilliant!" and "He's exactly right!" and "He's so smart!"
And once I said "I LOVE Stephen Colbert, he's great!"
That was when my spouse stared making his sour remarks at the television. He is jealous of Colbert. Jealous I might be FANTASIZING about Stephen Colbert after the show is over and the lights go out. Jealous I might...I don't know.. see Colbert on the streets of Manhattan and run off with him for parts unknown? Who knows what madness has been awakened in my husband's mind? All I know is, he sure gets angry when my face lights up while watching the show.
Thank goodness I can watch the parts of the show I missed because of my husband's outbursts on comedycentral.com and crooksandliars.com.Thank goodness for the internets.
And thank you, Stephen.
I do fancy you a bit.
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I'm curious
I really want to know which women male Salon readers find sexy. Who knows, I might actually be surprised and impressed by their choices?
(Or, perhaps not, and it will be the usual suspects *yawn*)
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Bollywood?
What a fantastic article - and finally a bit of a reality check on what constitutes sexy! Can think of several contributions but to pick just one, Neil Gaiman. His writing, published or online, radiates intelligence and wit and all sorts of melty things. And then he has the whole brooding, tousled hair, black leather jacket thing going on as well...
All the people who've suggested Naveen Andrews - absolutely! But in response to the letter wishing for more "Bollywood crossover" stars - erm, he's not from Bollywood. Naveen, like me, is British. And Sendhil Ramamurthy of Heroes (another definite yes!) is from Texas. Not all South Asians on US tv come from Bollywood. In fact very few do.
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For my money, you can't have a list like this one without including...
Eddie Vedder. He's smart, witty, enormously creative and talented, opinionated, politically aware and active, a feminist (dare I speak its name??), a devoted father, his voice is distinctive and much-copied-never-duplicated, and last but far, far from least... breathtakingly handsome. Those eyes! This cheekbones! Those lips! At the risk of sounding utterly foolish, he makes me tingle, mind and body & soul. ;)
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BBC Trifecta
Thanks for the original mention of Alan Rickman. I also agree with those who added in Ciaran Hinds, and the currently better known (and fully deserving) Hugh Laurie.
Sigh
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And I thought I was unique
Over the last couple of years I have added Peter Sarsgaard to my "boyfriend" list....today I find that I am far from alone.
Alan Rickman - the scene in Sense & Sensibility in which Col. Brandon pleads with Elinor "Give me an occupation, Miss Dashwood, or I shall run mad" oh Lord!
Ed Harris has the most beautiful mouth in the movie business and Jon Stewart is so funny/sexy/smart I can barely stand it.....well I better stop here
Thanks for the wonderfully fun article - just loved it!
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Don Cheadle and more
Punsterdo asked for another reader to vote for Don Cheadle--so here you are. But sexy may not be the right word for Don Cheadle; charismatic may be closer to the mark. I'd also like to vote for another black actor whose presence the screen can't fully contain--Forrest Whittaker. I'm only a straight white guy, but I would think women would find the quiet, but almost 'in your face' physical presence presented by both Cheadle and Whittaker to be very sexy.
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You forgot
Keith Olbermann!!
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Fun, fun, fun ...
Okay, I just have time to read the editor's choices (got to get back to the real world), but what about Barack Obama? His humble, intelligent charisma is where it's at for me. And, yes, he's got great eyes too.
Love that others on the list LOVE Howard Dean too. His mischevious, twinkling eyes do it for me. Bah hoo!
And, sorry, but after watching "Borat," I'm not sure I'd have put Sacha Baron Cohen on the list. Funny as all hell, but sexy? Yikes! I'd have put Hugh Laurie, or one of the other two above, in his place. Otherwise, I pretty much like your list.