Letters to the Editor
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Stay Away from Drugs!
Sorry, with the exception of of Blake and Stewart (yes, yes, yes), and possibly Colbert, I have to wonder what Salon staffers were thinking when making the other choices.
Sorry but Rickman and Springsteen are too old, although I concede that in his younger days, Springsteen was hot.
Sacha Cohen? Sexy? Are you kidding??!!
Alton Brown - yes, it's great that he can cook, but a thumbs down to any alleged sex appeal.
Patrick Harris - not sexy to me.
Hoffman - are you kidding? Great actor - yes. Sexy - Hell no!
Stevens, Baumbach, Ruffalo - Who? If you're going to include obscure men on your list, then I nominate my husband.
Dawkins - why? Because he's an affirmed atheist?
By the way, you needed to dig deep and include some minorities on your list. Your list was predominantly White, with the exception of Blake, and I know for a fact that White men are not the only ones who can be sexy.
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where is....?
Why hasn’t anyone mentioned Timothy Hutton? How could one not be in love with him?
William H. Macy
Richard Dreyfuss- in the Goodbye Girl
Michael Buble—not much till you see him in concert…sigh.
Of course there is a whole list of pretty boys… but we mustn’t mention them here.
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Great lists - let's add more diversity
How about Asian men? I adore Chow Yun-Fat (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and much more). He sets my heart a-flutter. And Jackie Chan can make me laugh as well as drop my jaw with his physical feats.
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For Buffy fans
What about Joss Whedon?! His speech at the Equality Now event still gives me goose bumps!!
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Couple of additions...
Where's Anthony Hopkins? And who said Peter O'Toole? You are right on! I don't care how old he is, damnit!
I'd take out Richard Dawkins, just because he annoys me no end. I'd slip in Benecio del Toro. And Neil Patrick Harris...I don't know, as soon as I find out a man is gay, it's like I lose complete interest in any romantic fantasy whatsoever.
And Alan Rickman! Yes! My SO is weirded out that women think he's sexy, he just doesn't get it. I know I wasn't the only woman feeling very uncomfortable watching Harry Potter with a theatre full of kids and doing dirty things to Snapes in my mind. Heh. Love Colbert, but not attracted to him. Put Sacha Baron Cohen first...sexytime!
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Apparently Doogie was sexier before People....
Salon may think that sexy is about more than sex, but your readership appears to disagree. Your right-on-the-money selection of Neil Patrick Harris seems to have been met with a resounding thud, based on the posts so far. Given that none of the posters will ever actaully sleep with any of the nominees, I find it absolutely fascinating (and very telling about peoples' inability to transcend the gay issue) that most would prefer to fantasize about Truman Capote than Doogie Howser.
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How about ???
Bryan Ferry
Jeremy Irons
David Caruso (guilty pleasure !!)
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Um, HELLO!
What about Bono???? The man is a multiple-Noble Peace Prize nominee, has used his celebrity for good causes and actually made some good in this world for the poor and disenfranchised! He's been fronting a band that, 30 years later, still remains incredibly relevant to the rock genre. AND he's been married to his high school sweetheart since the late 70s, has 4 kids with the woman and has never, never exploited his family for fame.
Plus, and I cannot believe you missed this, HE'S HOT!
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More
How about Cesar Milan (The Dog Whisperer)?
He's really hot when he shows clueless women what an "alpha dog" looks like.
Also, Malcolm Gladwell... love that 'fro!!!
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d'onofrio, salon
Admittedly, you've got some good ones here - Philip Seymour Hoffman and Alan Rickman, natch - but Sacha Baron Cohen? more votes for Don Cheadle and Forrest Whitaker, but my vote for sexiest is my boyfriend, Vincent D'Onofrio. Talk about physicality and passion. I thought I was done having fantasies about movie stars until I saw VDO on Criminal Intent. Then my nights became full of visions of Detective Bobby Goren gently but insistently interrogating me, probing me, making me do things to myself, all in the relentless pursuit of the truth. My thighs are getting warm just thinking about it.
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Forgot...
Chow Yun Fat. So sexy! Couldn't even pay attention to the storyline of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
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Additionally...
I have a thing for guys that always seem to miss those popular lists - you know, guys like Liam Neeson, Daniel Craig, Adrian Brody, Jeremy Irons, Tony Leung, Christian Bale, and the lovely Alan Rickman. The fiercely intelligent with emphasis on fierce look. Even prettyboy Adrian has an intelligent trainwreck of a nose - it's so sweet.
And I have to second (or sixth) the Howard Dean vote - he's very charismatic in person. A lot of politicians are much more attractive in person.
In music, you could easily put up Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie (and the Postal Service), Reid Anderson from the Bad Plus (he plays upright bass, too sexy!), and Matthew Bellamy from Muse (though he is a little short).
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Sexiest Man Alive
ITs not that I'm a Law and Order freak-that I'm a freak for ALL the Law and Orders...but Sam Waterston has got to have the title, hands down. I don't know if its the hair (I am a sucker for salt and pepper!), or the way that face crinkles when he smiles (the guy looks as if he had a blast getting every laugh line on his face), the way he not only LOOKS intelligent, but SOUNDS intelligent (the man has something to say, and says it in a polite, but to the point manner), if its the acting talent, the philanthropy, the not bad at all bod in a pair of jeans...Sam Waterston proves, that a man can be over the age of 45, and still have IT.
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mmm...Alan Rickman
Sure is tasty. Also, add Colin Meloy of The Decemberists (anyone who uses the term "thou" non-ironically in a pop song is all right by me).
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how so very... white
When a run-of-the-mill straight middle class white guy such as myself walks away from an article like this and notices that all of *one* guy on your list was non-white (and even that guy plays tennis ferchristsakes!), you gotta wonder about the diversity at your lil' publication.
Back to sensitivity training for you! All of you!