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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
How could you not mention the only anchor with a conscience? Any old man with a few wrinkles and grey at the temples can be sexy (or so my wife says!) but a man who has the courage of his convictions ... POW!
Uhhh... Matt...Damon? I'm pretty much the only girl I know who *doesn't* get all swoony over him. Bleh.
I will, however, give a big thumbs up - or possibly a small fainting spell - to Alec Baldwin. Oddly, I always found weird and smarmy and cheesy and slightly creepy until "30 Rock," when all of a sudden oh my god the greying hair and the spot-on portrayal of Executive Sans Clue and the holy geez, he's hilarious. Squee, Alec Baldwin.
Strongbad? Seriously? Then I nominate Lyle from Achewood.
Also I'd nominate my boyfriend, G, who is brilliant and smokin', but you guys probably don't know who he is.
The list (which is an idea that has long been the staple of the teen magazines, not serious news magazines) included:
a man who tried to kill himself and a substance-abuser
a man who has been long rumored to have abused his first wife. (Wonder what Broadsheet would say about that.)
A closet case
If drugs, violence, and lies are sexy, I guess Salon nailed it.
Alan Rickman: sexy, smart, edgy -- need we say more. Last year, many of us noted our adoration for this smart sex symbol
Stephen Colbert: behind those glasses, ooh baby
Keith Olbermann: smart, passionate...love him!
Johnny Depp: I don't know a woman...from a pre-teen to senior, who doesn't get a twinkle in her eye thinking about him
Charles Gibson: ABC News' anchor has that sort of warm fuzzy sexy thing going on
P.S. Don Draper was a good choice for #1... but it really is Draper, not Hamm -- something about the slicked back hair and the 60s suit and the master of the universe attitude seems to capture a long-gone sexiness
Call the interesting, but puhleeeeeze don't call them SEXY.
With the possible exception of Jacques Pepin.
Yum. There is nothing sexier than a man combined with food.
Although I agree with "Impatient" on several points, if one is going to run a story of this type one should not leave out the fiercely original Mr. Clive Owen. He's the thinking person's sexy. An online interview had a vapid young woman asking him rude questions about his income, to which he gently and firmly replied, "That's none of your business." And if you saw the photos of him at a recent fashion show in a beautifully tailored suit, sitting next to Demi Moore you'd see how a real man wears clothes. Salon's list of dullards and junkies would be moot.
You got to a man I so genuinely admire on so many levels: Jacques Pepin
What a mensch.
Delicious *and* under-recognized. I'd hit it.
I would also add:
Felix Riebl from The Cat Empire -- Even my womanizingly-hetero guy friends want to make out with him.
Paul Newman -- I don't care that he's 80, he's HOTT and has a fantastic sense of humor and a strong moral core. Plus, guys who are devoted to their wife and children? DOUBLE HOTT.
I was thinking this list was pretty good and then I saw the inclusion of Strong Bad. That put this list in the category of genius. Strong Bad is the quintessential best man. He is strong, but cares lovingly for the cheet. Who could ask for more?
No Carlos Moya? No Frank Rich? No Jon Stewart? Good you included Jeffrey Wright.
These guys might be nice, they might be interesting, they might be talented...but sexy is a whole other animal.
1) Fix the broken tag on page 5, please.
2) Your link to Strong Bad's "dragon" e-mail goes to "sugar bob." "dragon" is #58.
3) What, no (insert forgotten soul's name here)?!?
I realise that most Americans think that the world exists within their borders and beyond that only through their personal prisms, but really had hoped that Salon would have done better. So how about making it LOUD AND CLEAR that this is an AMERICAN list? And definitely NOT the Sexiest Man Living 2007 list!
I'll tell you what I think Bryan Ferry is up to these days. About 6 feet under. Didn't he die?
Is. The. Sexiest. Man/Character. Ever.
Come on, Salon, you don't need to look that far.
Sorry but I don't find suicide attempts sexy. At all. I prefer men I don't have to feel sorry for.
Peter Sarsgaard even managed to make the purgatorially dull Flightplan tolerable.
Agree on Tony Leung but alas for us straight girls, I'm pretty sure he's gay.
My personal favorite, Rufus Sewell, isn't on your list. I'll also second someone else's nomination of Hrithik Roshan.
But please don't forget DAVID STRATHAIRN. From that Cajun boy Renny in "Passion Fish" to Edward R. Murrow in "Good Night and Good Luck," he's got smoldering intensity down and gets my vote for Sexiest Actor Alive.
Anthony Bourdain!
Sadly watching the last shred of Salon's relevance slip down the drain.
Thank you, anonymous for the shoutout to David Strathairn. I've been following him since "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd." He's played nerds, elegant business men, corrupt government officials, hayseeds...Someone that handsome could have been a leading man a la Henry Fonda. And he only gets better looking as he ages thanks to that tall, lean frame.
Upon reading the headline my initial reaction was one of disgust. Having this as the lead article appears to be another example of Salon losing its journalistic edge in favor of easier things like celebrity puff pieces. On the other hand I suppose it's a nice break from the Hillary worshiping articles I've become accustomed to reading on here lately.
P.S. Bryan Ferry was a great choice, but where's Morrissey? C'mon!
gosh Im lucky I'm poly.
Surely you were all sitting around saying, "No, we can't include him because he's a political candidate...it wouldn't be right..."
Because we all know the hottest guy around is Barack Obama!!!
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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