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Bale's been released already. Apparently he mouthed off to his mom and sis. So, to quote you:

MMMmmm MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm MMMMM mmmmmmmmm, Bale.

Nice pictures. Now I gotta untuck my shirt.

Meh, I liked last year's list better. Props to all the chicks/gay men in the audience though, the male portion of the list seems just fine.

Jesus Christ Dustin, are you trying to kill me with that write up of RDJr? I'm about to go to lunch and can now no longer be trusted to not grab the first male tourist dilligently waiting to stare at a big ass bell and do him on the hallowed streets of America's birth.

Awesome picture of Winslet, by the way. She's so pretty it hurts.

I actually had to minimize my webbrowser and take a deep breath to collect myself after reading the RDJ portion.

Dustin, even though he came in at 11, I demand a photo of Ryan. You must do this for the good of humanity. Do it, do it now...

Seriously, you could have at least given the ladies a nice pair of abs to stare at. The men have Kristen Bell.

Clive Owen....

Still Bale. I'm a little disappointed at the disclaimer. Looks as if he's handling himself responsibly no matter how big or small this issue is.

So you weren't throwing me a too-early surprise party. Well.....good, then. It was the wrong time.

Lotta men on this....oh, right....we're at Pajiba.

Hey there, Super Tiger Sex Commando.

My recently Clorox Wipe-d keyboard is grateful I'd already swallowed the coffee, Ted.

And Tina's husband's a menschy-lookin not-tall guy, so MAYBE...but one certainly has to come correct. Oh and she can wear a pair of jeans too is all I'm sayin. Only 4 in this Gynosphere, fine, but I thank you for giving her the cover.

This is a sexy, sexy list.

And my thoughts while reading through #1: "Oh, Senor Bale, MMMMMmmmm, yep, MMMmm (repeat)..... the FUCK?"

Seriously, assault charges? Man, I hope that's completely false, or a misunderstanding, or something. 'Cause while Mr. Bale is MMMMmmm-worthy indeed and a wonderful actor, and I totally dig his distaste for celebrity culture, assaulting your mom and sister is pretty heinous stuff.

Nice list, though, Pajibans.

Um, is that Gilbert Godfried at #3?

Gynosphere

Ha! Jay, you crack me up.

I'm so glad to see Kate Winslet here. She's one of my lesbian crushes, and she's so fucking talented and funny and just plain awesome... That Harvey Keitel story she told at the Actor's Studio is just another reason for her awesomeness. I know I say "awesome" a lot, and it's not because English isn't my first language, but because Kate Winslet is awesome and beyond awesome. So much that all other words cease to exist whenever her name is mentioned. So awesome awesome awesome, Kate Winslet awesome awesome awesome.

Where my hos at? Has the population of straight, ballot-casting, males gotten so thin here that we could only manage 3 B-listers? WTF?

holyfuckingharlequinromance Dustin, I think you just might have found a new job. I think I need to go visit the shower head. But totally spot on for RDJ and you're not even a chick. I would also cut and paste all that for Clive Owen.

And why, Godtopus, oh why is Nathan Fillion not a major motion picture star? Who's in charge up there? Drama. check. Comedy. check. Hot. check. Leading Man Experience. check. Methinks he needs a new agent.

My favorite role of Jason Bateman is from "Dodgeball." He makes me giggle.

One word: Moist.

I like Salma Hayek, but having Kate Winslet instead is an upgrade.

Still weirded out about the assault news. Maybe, unbeknown by us, his sister and 60-year-old mother are thugs in disguise terrorizing...

Oh drat. Won't work.

In my personal universe, I'll be rewriting this to swap Clive Owen's picture and name into the RDJ write up. I can agree that they both belong on the list, but I just can't get on board with the order of things.
Also, Dr. Horrible might have ruined Nathan Fillion for me. And wasn't he previously a lot lankier and less muscle-ey?

1) Thanks for all the fantastic images. It must've taken you some serious looking around to find all these really, really great pics...especially the one of Kate Winslet. She truly is astonishing.

2) Nothing against the rest of you, but you should've just made Ted do all the writing.

3) I'm'a have to keep an eye on the comments for this column; I have a feeling it's going to be a filthy, filthy day.

OK, now that I've dried off, I have two comments:

1)I neeeeeed that dress Tina Fey is wearing in the header image; and

2)Ted's writing was the main reason I was in a state of moistness. My Godtopus.

I think last year's list was better, although you have made some good additions; Winslet, Bell & RDJ in particular. Winslet is also my girl crush and she's just adorable in everything I see her in. I've loved RDJ since Soapdish (yes, I actually love that movie) and I'm just thrilled that he's genuinely cleaned up and is getting the props he deserves.

However, I can't agree w/ Nathan Fillion. Looks wise, he does nothing for me. He's just too soft.

As for Bale and his recent...news, maybe he just had a shouting match with the relatives. It's one thing to yell at someone, but a completely different situation if you assault them.

He was Laurie from Little Women! I refuse to believe that Laurie would assault someone.

Whereas I can appreciate the dude for his amazing roles as a struggling Jewish Neo-Nazi in The Believer, a crack-addicted school teacher in Half-Nelson, or a semi-retarded shut-in in Lars and the Real Girl, none of these are reasons to want to jump his talented bones.

Yeah, totally. It's not like seeing those films would inspire a girl to "renovate" her parents basement to include such necessities as 12 inch thick concrete walls, it's own water supply, a vibrating bed, a mile's length of rope, and year's supply of body oil. Never. The Notebook... that's a movie, right?

too many blokes (7/10)

WTF?

Big points for the Fillion love (I'd take that boy home to mama). BIGGER ones for Clive Owen(marry me, Clive).

But Good Lord, that RDJ write-up! I might have to take an early lunch. And hope he shows up. For all that stuff. Please? Dirty dirty dirty. Please?

Also, James McAvoy? I'm not saying I don't like the boy, but look at that picture. Did you just call that little puppy-dog face chiseled? Methinks someone needs a dictionary.

Winslet! Yes!!!

Why do you think Gosling is semi-retarded in Lars? One of the things I love most about that movie is the way it refuses to go down the mentally-challenged road.

The Clive Owen part certainly made my day. As for RDJ, Dustin, goddamn you have a filthy mind...meet me in a dark alley at midnight. If the wife asks...well hell bring her along, what do I care?

Take Kristen Bell off the list and I'd love a scrabble-orgy with all of them. You KNOW they'd be into it.

As for Bale...until I know for sure he hit one of them, I'll keep my Batman desktop background.

Cleanup in aisle Pajiba.

Credit to Kolby for providing one of the most pleasingly dirty-sounding yet roundly disliked word by women that I know: moist.

so verbal assault counts now?

and did his mother and sister really report him to the police over a verbal spat during the biggest opening of their son/brother's life?

Hell to the fucking yeah. Every last one of those men are on my "need to abuse" list. With Nathan, Jason, Robert, and Christian topping it.

Whoever wrote up the paragraph for Robert is my new best friend. Seriously I'm going to need some alone time.

Oh and Christian is innocent. My vagina told me so and she doesn't lie.

I much prefer this year's list to last year's. Replace Tina Fey with Ms. Jolie & the list (including number 11) is actually perfection for me.

And, I thought Dr. Horrible made Nathan Fillion even more attractive. He wears the thickness well. So. Very. Well.

Just have to agree with Branded. I LOATHE the word moist.

It sound like it smells and make me think of doughy, pale white men with receding hairlines and the stench of the pathetic permeating them. I also assume they sit around watching asian porn all day.

I feel the need to take a shower now.

I dont know what you mean about that first list; I would bang every one of them. And as hot/hilarious as Nathan Fillion is (Oh Captain Hammer), he was not the most bangtastic of the bang-ees.

Jason Bateman, while fuckworthy, is hardly hotter than Ellen Page; Natalie Portman; Paul Rudd.

If you will excuse my pornified language, Ryan Gosling can put it anywhere he wants. Except the ear (that is for Ryan Reynolds). And for the record, I have never even seen The Notebook.

Kristen Bell. Hell Yes.

Nathan Fillion, again? Really? He is hot, but no mention of Captain Hammer? Pfft...

Oh, Clive OWEN! Sorry, I just came. Everywhere. Excuse me for a moment.

...Tina Fey? ...Robert Down- ok guys, really?

McAvoy and Bales... well done indeed.

Well, I would bang, say, 7 out of 10. OK, 8. But what kind of list is it without Hugh Laurie? Old, shmold, I want to play doctor with him. Too cheesy? OK, I want to samba his pants off. If anyone gets that movie reference, they deserve to be on this list.

Hey there, Super Tiger Sex Commando.

Ha! I love Boynton.

And you want it over. and over. and over again. Until he breaks you. Until you can't feel your legs. Until you've lost your voice from all the moaning. And then you want it again.

And now I need to take a cold shower, but I'm at work. Thanks, Dustin. Looks like I'll be locking myself in the ladies room for a while. Hope nobody else has to go...

At common law, which is the foundation of England's justice system, "assault" meant conduct which put another in fear of offensive physical contact. "Battery" was the actual offensive contact. I don't know whether those are the current definitions, but if it's anything like the U.S., there are ten different kinds of "assault" and ten different kinds of "battery," including misdemeanor and felony versions of both.

So, it's pretty easy to say "My brother/son was yelling and flailing his arms around, breaking the fine china, and I was in fear that he would hit me." That's technically assault. It's also technically bullshit about 90% of the time when alleged. Given the timing of the allegations, and assuming there is a lack of prior run-ins with the law, I'm highly skeptical of the allegations, and that's what he deserves -- innocent until proven guilty isn't just a quaint figure of speech. Of course, this will never see a courtroom regardless of verity -- it'll be dismissed or pleaded down without a trial.

Can I say how exciting it is to see a person I've worked with on this list? (Clive Owen is that person, btw, and you literally melt into a small puddle when he smiles at you...in fact, I think parts of me are still on the floor of that shoot.) I agree, there could be more chicks on here, but Hollywood ain't giving us a lot to go on there - would have LOVED to see Eliza Dushku though. Hopefully Dollhouse will get her bumped onto the list next year.

Great call, jimbosil! Thinking about that write-up being tied to Gilbert Gottfried is gonna keep me amused for quite awhile...

I'll still take Cate over Kate, but that's just me. Doesn't matter anyway, with Tina Fey on the list.

Lastly, I'm with miffed -- too many blokes...gents...dudes...testes, whatever. I'm certainly not a one-for-you-one-for-me sort of person, but this could nudge me in that direction.

Hold on... Is this Operation Blue Nun? The boneable ten? I bought a flamethrower for this?

Can you at least give me Kristen Bell's address, phone number, key code for gate alarm, SSN, daily schedule, layout of home, diary-key location, list of preferred kinks, and foolproof escape plan should things go horribly, horribly wrong?

foolproof escape plan should things go horribly, horribly wrong

Now what could possibly go wrong?

That's a fairly male-centric list, but at least the three ladies lucky enough to be included are worthy.
Tina Fey = yumminess

I'm with Rachel. As far as I'm concerned, Clive Owen is the one who can mingle his nicotine scent with my glistening sweat and then...um...er...ah. Excuse me. I need to go lie down for awhile.

Katsings: I hate you.

Also, I say moist not because I wish to offend, but because it's the only word that means, uh, moist. In English anyway.

Ew. Re: Bale, when is it ever ok to disrespect your mother? I don't care much for boys that disrespect their parents in any way whatsoever. He may be physical perfection, but if he yells at his mom or god forbid gets physical, he can fuck the fuck off.

Replace him with Greg Kinnear, please? :)

I think this list was created before Dr. Horrible hit the Web-waves. I'd even take Fillion home in his Hammer-T-shirt and gloves, because you know "The hammer is my penis!"

Oh! I forgot! Super Tiger Sex Commando? Awesome. That's how I'll think of him from now on.

And James McAvoy had me at his magnificent feathered hair (like the wings of a majestic bird!) and oh-so-tight bellbottoms in The Last King of Scotland.

Mmm...Clive Owen is in my dirtiest thoughts.

Thanks for mentioning what an assault charge truly means...I hate that the mags are spinning it to infer that he actually put his hands on his family.

7 guys, 3 girls? That's a bit...lop sided isn't it? Is this what happens when I go on vacation for 2 weeks and miss a diversion? It needs to be evened out. I vote to add Alyson Hannigan and Rachel Weisz. At least you got Kate Winslet right. My love for that woman knows no bounds.

It's still Christian all the fucking way for me.
He was released on bail anyway, and denies everything. So there.

BWeaves, I'd let him do the weird stuff the first time.

I couldn't stop laughing at Dustin's fantastic RDJ fantasy! He's completely right about me though, that is what I want.

And I'm already gay for Tina Fey.
That would make a good tshirt right there.

No. NO. The (motherfucking) Notebook is the worst goddamn movie I have ever seen. It didn't make me melt, it made me wonder what the fuck was wrong with everyone who loved it so much.
Let me quickly highlight some of the worst dialogue in the history of film:
"I'm a bird, I'm a bird! Say I'm a bird!"

Also: [gutteral groans of longing] Baaaaaale

Holy hotness...I just projectile girl jizzed on my desk a little!

"Now what could possibly go wrong?"

Oh, my dear exoskeleton... You've obviously never seen my top-selling tutorial "How to Throw Caution To The Wind & Drunkenly Stalk Celebrity Crushes With Nary A Thought Of The Legal Ramifications Of Hiding Naked In An Actresses' Walk-In Closet Wearing A Set Of Night-Vision Goggles & Fur-Lined Handcuffs ( special Collector's Edition with additional step-by-step guide on treating dog bites) - narrated by Jon Stossel"

There's a whole world of shit that could go wrong! Oh, if my scars could talk...

I'm about to go to lunch and can now no longer be trusted to not grab the first male tourist dilligently waiting to stare at a big ass bell and do him on the hallowed streets of America's birth.

*blinks, reads again, then starts hitchhiking to Philly*

I would argue about the heavy maleness, but considering that more than one of those guys makes me feel a bit tingly, I can't really say anything. If Aaron Eckhart had made it, I would have had a conniption.

I swear I am straight. Usually.

I do appreciate the females picked, though. Very, very much. And due to a inside joke from some online friends of mine, I can never hate Kristen Bell.

I don't understand the appeal of clive owen.

I hated The Notebook too Serena. I would rather bang the Gosling from Half Nelson...the crackhead Gosling.

I can't stop staring at the Kate Winslet picture. I may like the penis, but my LORD how I want to play with her boobs.

I don't understand the appeal of clive owen.

So, what is Mars like, anyway?

I've never seen The Notebook either, it seemed too sappy for me.... I'd like to bang the Murder by Numbers Gosling. (Is that sad? that's kind of sad, isn't it...)

wait....what?! You don't understand the appeal of Clive Owen, rowanet!? Oh milord, just read the paragraph Boynton wrote.... it's right there:

You're looking fit with your creased, shadowy face, your lean, rangy form, your laconic, melancholy voice with its silky-gruff single malt finish.

Mmmmmm delicious!! I mean, to each their own, but still.... mmmmm delicious!!

Back to the ladies' room with me....

Clive Owen is deliciously sexy in that dirty, masculine way. He's like...hyper masculine and doesn't look like he's trying to be. He's hairy and tall and rough-looking...

Anyway, Robert Downey Jr...i have had visions now of him coming up behind me in a kitchen and just..ok, must breathe.

Jason Bateman...drool...I want to lie naked with him and have conversations about everything in this world

Christian Bale is sex on legs. And apparently, "assault" in Britain also means shouting in a threatening manner. I'm guessing he got into a verbal shouting match with his family (like everyone on this planet does) and his mom and sister got heated and wanted to fuck with him.

I predict that as the workday continues here in the US, keeping more and more of the Pajibians caged in their offices, that the fantasies will continue to devolve until we reach Kathy Bates in Misery themed hobbling of Fillion and Bale with sledgehammers (Skittimus may have already reached this point).

Either that or we head into "RDJ rubs the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose" territory.

http://64.90.166.18/christian-bale-denies-assault

Bit of an update from US. Some commenters at ohnotheydidnt were saying it was crazy drunks mom and sis showing up and haranguing him, "hey, mr. big shot!", and he had to push them out the door, which is interesting but who knows?

Two votes to throw out Tina. And put what passes for Angelina Jolie in her place? I quote Tracy Jordan: I HATE skinny women! Eat, Lemon!

Hee hee, Jay. "Chocolate chocolate chocolate, ack!"

Did no one get excited about Jason Bateman on the list? All these comments and I don't see one mention of him. Sure those other guys are fabulous, don't get me wrong, but there is no one on the planet I'd rather sit and people watch with than Jason just to hear him talk about the people passing by. I love him so much I even watched The Ex, five times.

Oh, my dear exoskeleton... You've obviously never seen my top-selling tutorial "How to Throw Caution To The Wind & Drunkenly Stalk Celebrity Crushes With Nary A Thought Of The Legal Ramifications Of Hiding Naked In An Actresses' Walk-In Closet Wearing A Set Of Night-Vision Goggles & Fur-Lined Handcuffs ( special Collector's Edition with additional step-by-step guide on treating dog bites) - narrated by Jon Stossel"

Excuse me, I have to immediately place 5 million dollars on this to win the next Eloquent Eloquence.

Gosling just isn't my thing. Eh.

So does Robert overpower his height, then? He impresively never gets cut on here for that.

It's just, his face is like...a crater. And he reminds me the youngest dwarf from Snow White, only aged (like cheese, not like a fine wine). The bald one. Dopey.

So, I'm thinking that we should add a Pajiba t-shirt that is a pic of Clive Owen and socalled's "Hey there, Super Tiger Sex Commando"

Am I right or am I right?

So far the most serious allegation of physical contact against Bale is "pushing." Wow, harsh. But it's so much more fun to whine that he "lashed out." Because who knows WTF that means, but it sounds threatening. Also, Bale's mother keeps giving bits of information to reporters, then backing off and saying "That's all I can say right now," then giving out a little more information. Hmmm, sounds like someone wants to keep the game going.

Re disapproval of disrespect for one's mother: It's great that some people grew up in an environment that instilled that value. Some mothers are not worthy of that kind of respect, however, and Hallmark platitudes don't change someone who might be an evil monstrous bitch into Donna Reed. The fact that someone chose to get knocked up and have a kid shouldn't turn that kid into a lifetime supplicant.

Prediction: The charge will be dismissed very soon, Bale will release a statement apologizing to his family and his fans for losing his temper over "this private family matter." End of scandal. Geez I feel sorry for this guy getting clowned by his own fucking family is his moment of triumph.

Jason Bateman sitting on my face will make it more difficult for me to see, Cotton. Well added.

Fillion and Bale continue to make me whimper (I cant believe he was arrested for yelling at them) and though I was hoping Duchovny had enough adds to make it to the list this year, Im glad to see McAvoy and his purty baby blues. The only thing wrong with him in Wanted was the loss of the Scottish accent. Purrr...

Thanks, Cosgrove, for pushing Gilbert Gottfried out of my Amusing Thought File!

Please tell me it wass the jizz -- and not the girl -- that served as the projectile? Wait. Jizz from a projectile girl...oh yeah.

Gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh...
My love for Bale is long-documented. My re-discovery of RDJ-love is much newer, but similarly panty-wetting. Add Jet Li to the list and I'm done for the day.

What do you think the chances are that I can get Bale and Winslet to have a threesome with me?

Holy...is that Tina Fey? Those legs go up forever! Oh, man, can I request a threesome with her and Kate now? Like right now? The RDJ writeup is perfectly how I want to express my love for those two. Kristen Bell can watch.

Damn...I was already kinda antsy today...and then this appeared. Excellent writeups...all of dem.

Now I gotta go find a closet. Preferably with Julie already in the throes of tourist love in it.

I just got a girl boner.

I cant believe he was arrested for yelling at them

Okay, last post on this topic (until I'm proven right or have to go into exile): If England is anything like most U.S. states, domestic assault requires a much lower threat threshold to justify arrest or a restraining order -- the victim's allegation of feeling threatened is often enough for an arrest and a court order. Where there's actual physical contact, such as a shove, it's automatic.

Also, I whacked it to the American Apparel girl this morning; can't she be on the 10 Sexiest List?

What do you think the chances are that I can get Bale and Winslet to have a threesome with me?

I'd say slim to none, unless you can figure out a way to break into my house, wipe off the whipped cream and baby oil, untie them, get them dressed, and then out the door before I notice. If you can managed all that, though, they're yours.

I'd say slim to none, unless you can figure out a way to break into my house, wipe off the whipped cream and baby oil, untie them, get them dressed, and then out the door before I notice. If you can managed all that, though, they're yours.

All I really need to do is break in and get them out. No sense in just going to all that work just to undress them, tie them back up, and replenish the baby oil and whipped cream once I get them to my house.

No sense in just going to all that work just to undress them, tie them back up, and replenish the baby oil and whipped cream once I get them to my house.

Cue "Benny Hill" music ...

Don't sweat Kolby's predicament Pea, It's on section 16A of my DVD...

True story: Just over the road from my house is a Costcutter (one of a chain of what you US-types would probably call mini-marts, known for the contradictions inherent in their nomenclature - I mean, really, nearly £1 for a loaf of bread - and the generosity of their monthly-rotating special offers on strong lagers bought in large quantities). If you turn your head to the left, you see the magazine rack - positively heaving with typical lad's mag fare. It's a veritable cornucopia of mammarial delight - here's Lucy Pinder in a dental-floss-thick blue bikini, there's Abi Titmuss curled up lasciviously in her birthday suit, you know the sort of thing. But just recently, you know which magazine cover keeps catching my eye, causing my heart to skip a beat in my chest and my breath to catch in my throat?

The latest GQ with Christian Bale on the cover.

And I'm supposedly a heterosexual, red-blooded male.

Thanks, Skitt. Is my copy in the mail?

Heh heh, you said "Titmuss."

Also, I whacked it to the American Apparel girl this morning; can't she be on the 10 Sexiest List?

No exo! She is a lifeless harbinger of ill fitting fashion. Don't you know that SWIM is an acronym for So Wooden I'm Maple.

Beckyloo,

I couldn't have said it better. Bale is the one enduring survivor of my preadolescent fantasies, and unlike his brethren (Robert Sean Leonard, looking fairly rough next to Hugh Laurie - and Ethan Hawke, well, he just looks like a homeless guy most of the time nowadays), he has gotten consistently sexier! It's like I won the inappropriate sex fantasy lottery! He's the gift that keeps on giving!

Dang, NONE of my choices ended up on the list. I must have much better taste than the general population. (Wait, where do I get that sarcastic font?)

As if my sexual frustrations aren't already peaking due to a postponed birthday fling, then I read what Dustin wrote! RDJ gets so much sexier with age.

Ryan is at the top of my list and I haven't even seen The Notebook. My crush began many moons ago with a cheesy Canadian show called Breaker High. One day Ryan you shall be mine! I'll be waiting......

Most certainly agree w/ number one, I would also like to add JAMES PUREFOY to the list. Fantastic as Marc Antony in ROME and just an around handsome gent :-)

http://images.askmen.com/galleries/celeb-profiles-men/james-purefoy/pictures/james-purefoy-picture-1.jpg

I'm trying to put my finger on it, but something is missing from this list.

Pookie: I successfully put my finger on exactly what needs to be on (/with/under/next to) everyone in this list.

Exoskeleton wrote: "Re disapproval of disrespect for one's mother: It's great that some people grew up in an environment that instilled that value. Some mothers are not worthy of that kind of respect, however, and Hallmark platitudes don't change someone who might be an evil monstrous bitch into Donna Reed. The fact that someone chose to get knocked up and have a kid shouldn't turn that kid into a lifetime supplicant." A-MEN. My own mom and sister are both batshit crazy, so I'm totally giving Batman the benefit of the doubt.

Oh, and Dustin--that review of RDJ is the most fabulously pornographic thing I've read in a long time. I'm totally reading it again (and again and again) when I get home from work. ;)

Has no one yet mentioned, in this most fitting of all topics, that we lost Ms. Estelle Getty today? I think it's about time for a tribute to Golden Girls.

Nom.

I agree with everyone on here...except for Ryan Gosling. Does nothing for me...

But I can't believe my ultimate girl-crush, Maggie Gyllenhaal, is nowhere to be found on this list.

WTF???

Exoskeleton, you obviously missed the conversation about American Apparel's zombie models.

I'm switching around RDJ's write up with Bale. Fucking A.

spasm

Mmmmmmmm... Me likey! Not one of my picks made the list, but I'm still happy with how it turned out. Bad timing with Bale, though. I found out this morning, and it was a very WTF? moment. By the way, nice write up on RDJ, Dustin. You are hereby an honorary fag.

"brusquely gentle British love ninja"

Yes. Exactly.

Also, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. Put me in between Nos. 1 and 2 and I'll die in ecstasy. And the rest of the fellas aren't bad, either. And if I did swing that way, the ladies are quite fine too.

I need to go smoke a cigarette and cool down.

exoskeleton - maybe some of us like a man who looks like he's been in a fight or two. Not everybody's got to be all pretty like number one up there (meh). And those eyes, jeez.

Jay - with some people it really doesn't matter how short they are. Unless they're Tom Cruise. RDJ doesn't give off the "compensating for being short" vibe to me at all. He just is. And daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.

p.s. I'm six foot in heels and I once dated a guy who was 5'4". It was awesome. I would never rule out a guy just for being short (well, other than the whole "married" thing now).

According to IMDb, RDJ is 5'9" which to me (at 5'7") is not really that short. I used to love really ridiculously tall guys (which I admit is still a turn on), but I have discovered that when a guy is only a little taller than me, our interlocking parts interlock better. And it gives us far more options, position-wise. Not that I've thought about it or anything. (Of course, if IMDb is lying, then nevermind. He's too short.)

Also, Estelle Getty? oh, sad! :( I love that old broad.

According to IMDb, Robert Downey, Jr. is 5'9". That's almost exactly the statistical average, at least in the States. He's not short.

However, he could be 4'10" and he'd still be hot as hell. Because he is awesome, that's why.

oops. proofread, dammit, proofread!!

I meant to take out the part about how he's too short if he's shorter than 5'9", because as Anne (in Reno) said quite well before me, "With some people it just doesn't matter how short they are." He's still smoking gorram hot.

Will people please quit trying to interest people in The Notebook? My goal is to see Nicholas Sparks never write another trite, sappy, sentimental schlock fest. If people keep doing things like watching The frickin' Notebook and reading his crap novels, he will never be stopped.

Please people, for the love of all that is good and pretty, do not watch The Notebook. Even if you do find Gosling pretty, don't do it.

Pookie: "I'm trying to put my finger on it, but something is missing from this list."

Dark tans?

This might be an inappropriate thought, but I think it's awfully perfect timing for Bale's mother and sister to be making the news (aka getting attention), what with everyone clamoring to get a piece of Mister Christian himself right now...

in any case I take all of the allegations only to mean he'd be a rough and dirty bedtime companion.

Very disappointed with my fellow males. I'm glad we didn't opt for the women with more silicon than brains. But we can do better than Tina Fey. Bell and Winslett are nice but they don't compare to the likes of anyone from the Firefly/Serenity cast, specifically Morena Baccarin. And how about the best of both worlds with Charisma Carpenter. Large breasts on a killer figure but not lacking from the neck up. And have you guys ever seen Kristin Kreuk? Most...Perfect...Face...Ever.

As for you ladies, you did a much better job. I don't switch hit. But if Nathon Fillion came onto me I'm not sure how long I would last. He is just so fucking cool and a man's man that I don't know. And having just watched Brokeback Mountain and TDK I'd have to give a posthumus nod to Heath Ledger. I mean shit, Jake didn't stand a chance out there on Brokeback with him. I can't blame the guy for introducing a little chaos into the tent.

Jesus Christ that picture of Bale is glorious. He's my only surviving childhood crush as well...I hope these allegations (which seem pretty ridiculous and overblown) don't completely preclude him from maintaining some privacy and anonymity from the tabloids. I think my lasting obsession with him stems in part from the tremendous lack of Christian Bale's persona on/in those stupid magazines; but, to be truthful, 95% of my obsession with him has to do with his "MMMmmmMMMM" factor.

Cooper, I watched The Ex (only once) just to catch Bateman's performance, and he didn't let me down. "You know what I hate most about you? It's not your gay voice. Did you think I was going to say your gay voice?"

This list is a vast improvement over last year -- despite all the wang on it -- if for no other reason than that Maggie Gyllenhag didn't make the cut. The only actress whose sexiness is more over-exaggerated is Ellen Page. Seriously. It makes me think the majority of Pajibites are dirty old men with a thing for teenage boys.

But my fingers are firmly crossed that Elizabeth Banks makes it next year. YUM.

Clive Owen = British love ninja.

Brilliant, Boynton. That is how I will refer to Mr. Owen from now on. That picture, yowza! Yes, I will share a gin & tonic with you, Clive. Don't mind if I do.

I can't get over seeing "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" starring the most cardboard, boring Clive Owen ever. In fact, I'm still convinced it was the likeness of Clive Owen and not him at all.

Clive Owen and RDJ

nom.
nomnomnomnom.....

Hey man, who among us hasn't wanted to threaten their mother with violence at least once in their lives? Bale, I still love you.

That's almost exactly the statistical average, at least in the States. He's not short.

Oh I know that, but I know it's not popular, or common on this list. I kid the heightees.

Another vote against Tina. Are the Katie Holmes spammers behind this? Gah!

I just don't share the Gosling/Owen appeal, but the rest of the list is simply delicious. I don't actually find RDJ that attractive either, but I am pretty sure he knows what he is doing, so I could go for that.

wsapnin, thinking about Bateman in Dodgeball makes me crack up here in my cubicle. I will have to go around muttering "He's got no balls, Cotton" under my breath for the rest of the day. No wonder I am so popular.

As a straight woman, I have to admit that Tina Fey is on my list. She is also on my husband's list. Saucy or sacrilege?

Ohhh, yeah. That was some good Clive (and as many have already noted, a rather smoldering writeup there, Ted!). I think he was the only guy on my list who made the cut...and yet, I'd be delighted to share some quality time with any one of these lovely specimens.

As for the ladies, I'm lukewarm on Ms. Bell, but good call on Tina Fey and Kate Winslet.

Nathan Fillllllllllion!!!!

I know I'm not the only female Pajiban who's mentally written herself into a very special episode of Firefly (after we've tossed that stuck-up snit Inara and her little "boudoir" right off the ship). In fact, I've written several episodes in my head, and they're ones that would put the RDJr description above to shame.

What a piss poor list. Only three women and those are the choices? WTF? Winslet was fugly in Titanic and hasn't gotten any better looking over the years. Fey and Bell are ok, but certainly not bangalicious. Very disappointing.

Fairly certain that Tina Fey and Kate Winslet received considerably more 'swing' votes from women than male votes to vault onto the list, and Kristen Bell had a strong female vote support as well, meaning there is not really one person on the list representative of the Pajiba straight male constituency, due to both the size of that constituency and the greater diversity in voting among its members. Think DR could least add on a 3- to 5-woman addendum so that our collective minority voice can be heard.

luuurrvve it. But I am really hoping Lee Pace was no. 12. And he and RDJ were talking about doing to a girl what was in RDJ's paragraph by Dustin.

Melody - Hi. I'm dsbs, aka Donna.

You are awesome.

Let us join together in the fight to end Nicholas fucking goddamn Sparks.

Oh right, the topic.

Yes, great, thanks Bale. There'd better be a good reason for this, because I am running out of celebrities to idolize.

So I take it the voting occured before the Helen Mirren bikinid pictures were released?

Fairly certain that Tina Fey and Kate Winslet received considerably more 'swing' votes from women than male votes to vault onto the list

I don't know when the hell this voting was (or was it a more scientific sampling done secretly?), but those two'd get my vote. I'm the straight male who wouldn't vote for Kristen over those two, so I'd say she's fairly representative. Regarding currently working actors, there's a million hot girls out there, but most of them ain't Tina and Kate. Again, I wasn't aware of selecting happening, but I can't think of anyone else who'd trump them for me. Back around 95/96 I was thinking Beckinsale was the English Kate I was going to have a lasting crush on. "Cold Comfort Farm" and "Shooting Fish" were pretty impressive, pushing my short dark hair buttons. But lo! Winslet really got rolling in the Crazy Beautiful (not Crazy/Beautiful) department in the latter half of the decade, and usually in pretty good movies too, and has not let up (and Beckinsale has failed her early promise so badly).

Remember that cover of InStyle with the messy short hair and glowing eyes (and goddamn diamond ring) after "Titanic" (let alone the Rolling Stone cover lying down in a rowboat)? That was just over ten years ago and I've held a torch the whole time, marveling how we're nearly exactly the same age, cursing her marrying OTHER GUYS, etc. She's never started sucking or ruining her appearance. She endures. Plus there's that whole Clementine Kruczynski thing too (Charlie Kaufman either knows me without my knowledge, or there's a lot of us nebbischmoes who somehow intrigue them sometimes and we fall HARD for them).

While Tina's a little older she's been visible for a shorter time, but has she declined since she first appeared on Weekend Update? Pffft. I was impressed enough as it was...then that world famous issue of "Bust" came out. And so on and so forth, and have you seen that Marie Claire article from last month?!

I am represented.

Fillon and Bale equal shower nozzle masturbation material for weeks. Damn.

Hell, I was really late to this thread, but just want to throw my two bits in:

1)None of my actresses were in the 10, (didn't think they would be), but it was quite alright because

2)Angelina Jolie wasn't on here and

3)The selections of Tina Fey and Kate Winslett were both very nice surprises and just made me really smile (and the pics, oohh, just delicious!)

TK's piece on Kate was my favorite, he really nailed it. I cannot believe this young actress already has 5 AA noms, but I'll take his word for it. And, just as relevant, she's not a 'typical' movie-star type at all, as TK pointed out: just a very dedicated and selective professional.

Oh, and bangalicious? Uh-huh.

Kristen Bell? I can honestly say I've never seen 'Mars' or 'Heroes' or anything she's been in (don't be hatin'), so I have no opinion either way on that-

but, for now, in 2008, the Pajibans have spoken, and I refuse to criticize a list that was actually decided by the majority of these great commenters that I am so proud to be a part of.

And so we now find these truths to be self-evident, for history to judge in our wake.

I go with the Pajiba universe- it hasn't steered me wrong yet.

kelsy-In Clive's defense, I'd say he was more a product of the movie than of his acting abilities in that one. The whole thing seemed to move like cardboard mired in molasses.

Or maybe I'm just blind to his faults, especially after Ted's ridiculously awesome, set-your-panties-on-fire blurb. Goddamn.

Also, Jay, I am so glad you mentioned Cold Comfort Farm. One of my absolute favorites that no one I know has heard of.

"Ew. Re: Bale, when is it ever ok to disrespect your mother?"

If she's an abusive, gold-digging, money-grubbing See You Next Tuesday who won't get the hell out of your hotel room? Then you yell at her, and you're justified for doing it.

Just because they're your parents doesn't make them good people.

Good list...not GREAT, but good. I disagree with Kristen Bell, I really only think she was good in Veronica Mars and...plus I suspect Dustin, that if you see her in person her funbags would be a lot smaller and unimpressive, at least I hope.

I wish Jason Bateman was higher on the list but the one thing I cannot get over is the absence of Zooey Deschanel, especially with her kickass album that just came out, which I bought and which is AMAZING.

citizen_cris,

Zooey Deschanel is a true hottie, and she'd be a great replacement for Kristen, now that you've given me an alternative that I wouldn't have admitted otherwise.

Also, I hardly ever buy, or even listen to, music anymore, but after the reviews I've read I think I really want to get her CD, just 'cause I'm really curious to find out if her voice is as beautiful as she is.

Citizen_Cris - I agree regarding ZD. I watched her recently in "Weeds" and she turned an incredibly annoying character into a legitimately funny one (IMHO). I think she's just gorgeous.

That said, a hot list missing Gael Garcia Bernal is akin to no list at all.

(Warning: might have posted this already, forgot between previewing and taking a leak - please forgive if posted twice)

Thanks for the heads-up about ZD appearing in 'Weeds', samantha t. I got the first season thru Netflix and wasn't really impressed enough to continue (despite my rock-hard crush on Mary-Louise Parker) Is it this most recent season that she appears? I'd like to check that out.

Also wanted to mention Jason Bateman making the list. I'm old enough to remember his excellent performances on 'Valerie/The Hogan Family'. Even then he had a deadpan humor that rivaled Fox's Alex Keaton for sure comedic excellence.

Through the years, it was always Fox and then, much later, Matthew Perry, who I thought was the total shit lo those many years ago on 'Friends'.

Then all of a sudden, Jason Bateman's back, and not on just a regular, by-the-guide sitcom - just only one of the greatest televison shows of all time, one that embraces and shows off his incredible versatility, a project the dude should have gotten ten years ago (where the fuck was he all that time??)

Okay, enough of this, I'm manic tonight & wanted to participate. Take care everyone

Tmax, she's in halfway through season 2. She's fucking hilarious.

"You kicked my spirit animal!"

And Angelina Jolie's emaciated, unnatural body who weighs about 90 pounds but somehow has giant sweater cows just doesn't do it for me.

Bale. BALE.

Godammit, you got me started again.

And for purists, it's not Zooey Deschanel's album. It's She & Him, a duo that she and an indie musician named M. Ward created.

So, ahem.

jP, THAT WAS TOTALLY A LINE FROM HEATHERS, YOU SNEAKY LITTLE SONBITCH.

I love that movie.

BALE!

spasm

thank you for the predictable, middle of the road, bougie all-white people boring list

I'm old enough to remember his excellent performances on 'Valerie/The Hogan Family'.

But what about "It's Your Move"? Now THAT was the shit!

I think.

Hell, I don't know, but I watched it every week.

BTW, I am so disappointed that no one has mentioned Kristen Bell's role in "Reefer Madness", which is where I first saw her. Funny, innocent AND dominating. Check, please.

BTW, I am so disappointed that no one has mentioned Kristen Bell's role in "Reefer Madness", which is where I first saw her. Funny, innocent AND dominating. Check, please.

Good Lord, she was in that! I completely forgot! Oh, sweet innocent Mary Jane, driven by that devil weed into BDSM. Yep, I definitely can't hate on her now.

Christina Bale is on my top....I'll keep that typo!

I'm so mad that Bale is in the tabloids! Especially for something so *petty*. His worst charge is that he maybe brushed by or pushed his mom out the door? Omgz, that monster!!1
He probably just yelled at her, and now there's this crazy firestorm about him, with people calling him a jerkface/etc, and it's downright making me mad.

He is an amazing man, dammit. I predict I may love him until the day I die.

And there are no necessary disclaimers or apologies for finding him sexy. None.

Btw,
I must be out of the loop, but I don't get the RDJ hype. Yeah, he's funny. Yeah, he's cool (I guess). But he's not sexy or attractive to me.

Clive Owen, on the other hand... that man has a downright handsome face. Oo la la.

Oh, and.. (man, I'm commenting a lot today..)

I'm so glad other people are finally starting to love McAvoy. He is such a sweetheart, and so deserving of good praise ♥

i mentioned in my top-5-list RDJ's voice, and was VERY pleased to see it highlighted (and embellished) here!! delicious! thank you!

fuck!--clive owen makes me lose my mind!!--fuck!

"oooohhhhhhhh...i get it....james mcAvoy!"
when we did the list, i hadn't yet seen 'wanted' 'atonement' or 'penelope'--now after having watched all that..... i get it!!

as hot as all these (most of these) people are, my heart/lust will always belong to gary oldman. i guess he's just too old, too weird, too skinny, too "to-much" for y'all.

White people are awesome and all, but maybe they don't own attractiveness...is all I'm saying. All these lists disappoint me...no better than collegehumor.com's college cutie of the week...same types over and over again.

Agreed, judgy-
Seems like a list of white hip/hot (not hip-hop) talented actors and talented/reasonably attractive actresses who by no means make up the most 'bangalicious' celebrities actively involved in the business known as show. Personally, have neither the passion nor the energy to pursue the issue further, but would appreciate it if sirkickyass (or anyone else) could really dig in and delve into the issue and point out the various problems w/ this list as currently comprised.

thank you for the predictable, middle of the road, bougie all-white people boring list

julia (and judgy and Johnny), it's not clear whom you are criticizing. You do understand this was drawn from commenter selections? It's 7 out of 10 male-dominated, too, because Pajiba's readership is heavily female. Knickers not in a twist over that?

really dig in and delve into the issue and point out the various problems w/ this list as currently comprised

Yes, that will be totally compelling -- let's also shake our fists as the universe for that stupid math trick!

Maybe let's just randomly draw names from a hat until we have a diverse list? That will be fun! No voting!

I do think it's a pretty accurate reflection but, again, what was the process and/or what did I miss? Thanks!

Yay for Kristen Bell, my eternal girl crush. It makes me so happy that she made the list this year that I'm only slightly distracted by that picture of Clive Owen.

Ahhh...Mr. Owen. You can come over any time you wish, do anything you want, and request that I perform the dirties, kinkiest physical acts known to man. I won't complain, rather I will thank you by doing everything twice then locking you in my basement for my own personal enjoyment.

Excuse me...I need to see how many batteries I have on hand.

Tina Fey Tina Fey Tina Fey. Mmhmm. I rarely bother commenting on the diversions because they fill up so fast that it feels kinda pointless, but if I had, it would have been five counts of Tina Fey.

Except when Kristen Bell sang in Veronica Mars, because that was hot too, so make that a 4:1 Fey:Bell ratio.

I do think it's a pretty accurate reflection but, again, what was the process and/or what did I miss? Thanks!

I'm not that hip to the Pajiba happenings, Jay, but, as far as I know, the above list came straight from this comment diversion:
http://www.pajiba.com/five-freebies-2008-edition.htm

My CTRL+f wizardry shows that you were around for that thread, though, so maybe the late night is getting to me and I'm misreading you here.

Aaand now that I've dug that up, shared it, and am consequently feeling somewhat creepy, I'm out.

Julia + Judgy...true that this list is pasty but I'd say it's a reflection of the process and content bias in the first place - meaning that when people get into a big online comment thread and read through, the answers tend to homogenize and gain rank through repetition - and these candidates are definitely no strangers to Pajiban love throughout the last year or so.

I'm pretty sure nobody is going to be jumping on my Jeff Goldblum bandwagon unless I can wrangle a loving career retrospective, somehow. Sigh.

Also - these guys are riding pretty high right now and while I think that, say, Will Smith is as hot as Hades in general, his recent movie plus scientology taint left me with some blah as to his overall rank-able desirability in this forum. For which I'd be harangued mercilessly about short megalomaniacs having sleepovers and what not. Can't you see I'm just not that strong?

i'd take him (the prince) in a heartbeat...bring it on.

I know this is incredibly cliched of me, but Angelina Jolie will always be the most bangable celebrity in my eyes. Forever and forever.

However, I've gotta say, this list is a vast improvement over last year's. I can dig it, and considering you tweaked it to be more palatable to your average degenerate perv, I guess that says something about me. And my AJ lust. Ah well!

I think Gerard Butler should be way higher, but I do love me some McAvoy, so things even out. Yay Pajiba! Screw intellectual stimulation. My brain may be atrophying but my loins are burning. Hell yeah.

Lordee. I wasn't prepared to come home and read the delicious bit about RDJ. Moist is right.

The RDJ write up... wow. Thank you for the perfect way to start the work day Dustin. I have found myself a little flushed and sporting a very large smile on my face.

Aw...none of my five picks made the top 10. Which, I suppose, is the inevitable result of choosing obscure German soap opera stars over The Batman, but still...aw.

That said, the people complaining that the list is in some way biased or bigoted because it doesn't contain their preferred allocation of women/non-Caucasians seem to have somewhat missed the point of a site-wide vote. It may not coincide exactly with your own preferred top 10, but that doesn't make it bigoted or invalid, it just means that other people aren't you.

1) This list is a damned sausage-fest, which my raging heterosexism will not tolerate.

2) This list is whiter than a mayonnaise-on-Wonder Bread sandwich served with cottage cheese and milk. Either this is a testament to Hollywood's stunning lack of melanin or some of you people need to broaden your horizons. Start small: pick up a copy of Jet and work your way up to King Magazine.

oh come on! if you are going to put Kate Winslet on the list, can you at least use a picture that LOOKS LIKE HER, not Kristin Stewart?

In regards to the above comment...yeah, but the pajiba writers totally manipulated the vote last year (take off a person there, add a person there.) I mean come on....they put Simon Pegg on the list. (with a...er...flattering picture to boot!) No one voted for Simon Pegg.

From last year's list:
"From there, I adjusted the list, taking off some of the more conventional choices (Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, George Clooney) and arranged the top 10 to suit what I imagine, anyway, is the overall "Pajiba aesthetic..."

And it was good too that they took Clive Owen off. I don't get it either. He grosses me out. I understand the "doing away with the artifice" (read: stop being controlling dipshiiites) but if they were going to weild that power again, it would have been nice to see that even gender split.

sigh. wield.

Jay- if you are still reading, it looks as if your question about how this list was comprised may not have been answered.

About two weeks ago, the Afternoon Comment Diversion was "who is on your 5 freebies list?" Which is, the list of people with whom you can cheat on your main squeeze. Last I checked there were over 500 comments. The results of those comments were then compiled to make this list.

Nothing particularly scientific about it. Those who bothered to comment were counted.

So there ya go.

Oops. Except that Sycamore did answer you. That's what I get for scrolling through comments too fast...

Ohhh, okay, I just missed that the Freebies list gets directly tabulated as the vote. I'd hate to think they were poring through "chatter". Egad. Well then I did vote for Tina and Kate. Huzzah for democracy.

*looks down*
Hunh. Well. I'll be damned. These panties are, apparently, combustable. Hey, kids, will you give me a heads-up the next time I have to go dig out my flame-retardant underthings? I have singe marks in really uncomfortable places, okay?
MmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMmmBale. I think I need a cigarette. And some burn cream. And mmMMmm, Bale ... oh, hells, I'll be in my bunk.

My, a fine list indeed.
BUT I must take issue with the notes regarding Ryan Gosling. As someone who hasn't (and won't) see The Notebook, I still nurse age-inappropriate fantasies about Mr. Gosling, and I've only seen him in Half Nelson, Lars and the Real Girl, Fracture (in which he was VERY fine) and that disturbing movie about teenage psychopaths with Sandra Bullock.
He's charming, smart, funny, takes risks -- he's like the guy who would actually sweet-talk you before fucking you in a frenzy and then crying after. Or making you breakfast.
Whoa... did I go on for WAY too long about him?

I think I just came.

Yup. I did.

Jaci, yep, that's a Heathers reference which works extraordinarily well in this case. Now get me some BQ corn nuts, will ya?

Great list, even better than last year's (tough I prefer Maggie Gyllenhal than Kate Winslet); my female favorite is Tina Fey, and male favorite is Robert Downey Jr.

Oh nice you guys. Not only do I not get to Do It for several more days (oh come ON weekend!) but you had to go an make my panties evaporate by making my mind go into an even dirtier place that it already was. MmmmmMMmmMMm Bale. Oh Clive Owen. If only I could persuade the two of them to make the Eiffel Tower with me. One at the front and one at the back-YEAH.

I gotta go...uh...take care of something.

Too many dudes... *shakes head*

Jason Bateman was also in one of my favorite movies ever, "Smokin' Aces". He's so damn cute in his underwear!

Pretty hot list, but I have to sub out Ryan Gosling (who's never done a thing for me other than invoke boredom) for Ewan McGregor. I mean, come on: Ewan Fuckin' McGregor! Yeah, he's been in some bad stuff, but I'd watch him mop, given the option. Mmm... just imagine all the bending over... [fans self]

Thrilled to see James McAvoy on your list (and doubly thrilled to see him at #2!!!)!!! I've been madly in love with that scottish boy since his days of Scifi Channel's "Children of Dune". He rarely wears a shirt in that. can you say scottish deliciousness??

mmmm. . . . James McAvoy / Christian Bale sandwich. omg!

Wrong list and Bale is a loser!!!

Good list and I so so so love Kate Winslet. So much so, that I can't quite feel comfortable with having girl-crush thoughts about her. That's the thing...she's gorgeous and intelligent and respectable (darn it).

Now, I'll bide my time, waiting another year but I swear: If Christina Hendricks does not find her way onto this list next year then I'll know that everyone here is missing one hell of a t.v. drama. I mean, clearly, there's no way in hell that anyone could ever have watched Mad Men and not been absolutely blown away with her.

She's a real woman, with real curves, and her character is so damned self-assured and sexy that she's almost a distraction.

Just to alert you the photo you have on Kate Winslet is so photoshopped to the max from the face and they even made her legs longer thanks to BBC news on this. Her attitude is not pretty too especially how abusive Winslet is to her household staff.

What pains me to see is that some of the men here are just good looking but are monsters on the inside. I saw how much of a first class A-hole Jason Bateman on MTV's Punk. Bale has new reports how his temper is out of control on the Terminator set from TMZ and MSN. Fox news says he is stressing out about his marriage and has anger issues. Superhero Hype have pictures of Bale from Begins lashing out a a female fan and almost getting into a fight with the husband. The husband demanded Bale's apology which he did later on. Too much to relate here but the world is just finding out what a creep Bale really is.
Bill O'Riley is right Bale is a Pinhead.

Take out Kate Winslet and Bale and replace with real classy and close to their family and fans young actors like Anna Popplewell aka Queen Susan and Ben Barnes aka Prince Caspian from Narnia.

Oh yeah, and I'd like whoever photoshopped that Kate Winslet to photoshop... MY LIFE.

Great list. I have two of my own.

1. The "I'd kill you if she asked me to" list.
The likes of Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Halle Berry, Heather Graham, Carmen Electra... Takes looks and some brains. No brain donors like Jessica Simpsons (no matter how hot the bod). Carmen was an honorary addition.

Then there is the other list.

2. The "If I'm honest with myself, these really my type, Kill you if she asked me to" list.

Tina Fey is at the top. Alyssa Milano and Mary Lousie Parker are very close seconds, Marrissa Tomei, Jennier Love Hewitt... you get the drift.

Always knew I was partial to brunettes, but to see it typed out (with the one exception)...

I guess the thrid list is,

3. The "If I was into dudes..." list.

Clive Owen is at the top. Good call for this list. Clooney (yeah, I know... a bit mainstream) and Mike Rowe would share honors.

I only commend Clive Owen,McAvoy and most of all Robert Downey Jr. Downey looked disgusted with that MTV drugs skit and he sarcastically said thanks for the enlightenment. I wish him all the best and staying drug free for life.
Seeing the lives of River Phoenix,Ledger and so many in Hollywood and America: DONT DO DRUGS!

I think I'm the only female in the world who doesn't have a thing for Christian Bale. He's a good looking guy, and I can appreciate his acting talents, but other that that...he just seems so dull. Like he'd want to schedule sexual encounters in advance, you know?

RDJ, on the other hand...damn.

Great list overall.

You're not alone Bethany. Not many women dig Bale. Sure he is handsome but he gives me the heebie jeebies and he's so grouchy(he's not aging well) dumping him for Robert Downey Jr. Tony Stark is not the man you want your daughter marrying but Downey gave him that ooomph that we women swoon over him and men wonna be like Stark.
My list goes to Carrie Anne Moss,Julianne Hough,Julian McMahon,Chris Pine(new Spock),Taylor Kitsch(new Gambit for Wolverine movie),Matthew Settle from Band of Brothers,Romney and I wonna grow old hot like Helen Mirren. This is my special lists because I met them in person and they are hot inside and out.....Andre Agassi,Michael J. Fox,Hugh Jackman,Alyssa Milano,TomKat,Rachel Ray,Clint Eastwood,and the best of the lot is Tom Selleck.Im so jealous of his wife. The worst I encountered would be Timberlake and Biel and Heigl and Dempsey on Grey's Anatomy. The show films at my work(Veterans Hospital at Sepulveda...its in Calif.not Seattle)

I've been a Bale fan since my middle school years, when I was all swoony over Christian-as-Jack Kelly, and I find him charming (in a crabby sort of way) in interviews, but I'll admit that it's possible that he's a jerk. He's just an actor, after all. Perhaps he's 100% at fault in what went on with his mother and sister, and maybe more stories will come out about him having an awful temper and being a pain to work with. I would be a bit skeptical of the validity of those tabloid news-type stories, but anything's possible.

Even so--
Bill O'Riley is right Bale is a Pinhead.
Did Bill O'Reilly actually comment on Bale's family stuff, nightingale? 'Cause, if so, that's hilarious. I'm thinking Christian Bale takes dumps that have more dignity than Bill O'Reilly. BO's definitely the go-to guy when it comes to judging other people's "anger issues."

I'm severely late to this, but... Christian Bale doesn't do much for me. He's okay and all, but not ever someone who comes to mind.

But if we're going with a Batman theme, let's sub in Maggie Gyllenhaal.

And then add Daniel Craig and take out Nathan Fillion. Sorry.

And even though Ryan Gosling has never done anything for me on screen, I must admit I swooned when we chatted during the shooting of The Slaughter Rule. I'd say .5 seconds of screen time + $50 was more than enough compensation for playing the "Let's see how much bigger your hands are than mine" game with him... Amen.

I love Tina Fey b/c she very politely refused to discuss her facial scar in an interview b/c it would upset her parents.

Bill O'Reilly is right about something?

If Christina Hendricks does not find her way onto this list next year then I'll know that everyone here is missing one hell of a t.v. drama. I mean, clearly, there's no way in hell that anyone could ever have watched Mad Men and not been absolutely blown away with her.

She's a real woman, with real curves, and her character is so damned self-assured and sexy that she's almost a distraction.

I wouldn't discount her appearance, not one bit. Oh MY, no. But her character is just so heinous that when I see her comin, baby I just want to run far away. She's not the kind of person round I'd wanna stay.

So I give you the Anti-Joan!
http://tina-fey.org/photos/thumbnails.php?album=230

@ Tracer Bullet...

I have to admit I agree on the overall paleness factor, as well as the lack of balance gender-wise. On the bright side, it inspired a post on my blog of the 10 women that could make me break the 7th commandment, so this post wasn't a total loss.

If anyone's curious:
http://holyhell.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/women-id-break-the-7th-commandment-with/

TK-
I agree with you that Kate Winslet is amazingly gorgeous, but why did you need to bash thin women and women with large breasts to make your point? They're just as much "actual women" as she is.

THANK YOU! Every damn time I mention that I think Jason Bateman is sexy people look at me like I'm crazy, all "him?really?". Now I don't feel like such a weirdo for wanting to do bad things to him.

Also, Kate Winslet looks a hell of a lot like Gillian Anderson, and that's more than enough for me.

Caucasian!!

I have been waiting with bated breath for this to finally get posted, cuz I love seeing Pajiba's Hot List. It's so much more interesting than magazine lists because we get to choose instead of the suits looking at marketing data.
And I'd just like to add my apreciation for the RDJ and Bale posts. And Super Tiger Sex Commando smolders. Though, really, that was the pic chosen for RDJ? Really? I mean, the blurb makes up for it, obviously, but - really?
All around "Awesome!" for everyone involved.

Um...
Reports are coming out that Bale has anger issues? I'd love to see those. In a real newspaper. With proof, other than "some random bystander said..." or "some anonymous friend of a friend said.."

Are you people that easily convinced?

For that matter,
All of the people on this list are jerks. Because I said so. (Quote me for your gossip blog! I'll even lie and say I saw them hit somebody!)

Jay, I too was a bit afraid of her at first...getting secrets out of poor, poor Peggy, then I grew to love her.

She has no illusions about who she is and, besides that screwing the married boss thing, I like the hell out of her.

I mean, c'mon: http://blogs.amctv.com/mad_men_photo_gallery/01-ep106--mg-65.php

I wonder if her voice sounds like that when out of character?

Oh, no, I'm not afraid of her, I just loathed her. I certainly don't disagree with the picture though. You picked a good one too. And with this following "Firefly", jeez, ever play someone likeable? Peggy lost my sympathy at the end of the first episode. As I said in the review here, it's a great show and I can't stand to be around most of the people in it and had to walk away. Ohhh well.

RDJ write up? Could somebody open a window? Suddenly my office is sweltering.

I saw Ewan McGregor mentioned once in the comments and I'd like to add my vote for him as well. He's not what you would call conventionally handsome, but something about him rubs me the right way.

Gosling? Yes, please!

Nathan Fillion? Have had a large crush on him (along with Ryan Reynolds) since his days on "Two Guys, A Girl, and A Pizza Place."

Love me some Kristen Bell and Kate Winslet. They top my girl crush list (along with little known Hilarie Burton).

Overall, I'd say good list. I was expecting to see more of the female persuasion, but I guess I can't complain.

I agree with this entire list but for Clive Owen and Ryan Gosling

These two are raved about but can some one PLEEEAAAAAAAASE explain them to me?

Gosling was in young hercules for petes sake!!!Not to mention I....I don find him that talented or good looking...I honestly....I've tried to like this guy but I just hate him.

and Clive 'WoodenMcWoodenstein' Owen??

Really?
He....he looks like a potato.
and acts about as well as one.

Otherwise, awesome list and Im very much with the Bale mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Plus which i got the kid crush on him when i was really young, in Empire of The Sun(seriously....wonderful film) so I've, as much as I remember found him fit basically my entire sexual existance (as in since i hit puberty and changed from 'oooh boys gross' to 'oooh boys, cool' )

I'm gonna go watch American Psycho and feel all riled up and naughty

armybrat, Thank You! How could I forget, for list #2 The "If I'm honest with myself, these really are more my type, Kill you if she asked me to" list.

Carrie-Anne Moss. She's the only reason I watch which ever Mars movie she was in every time it's on... She's got that "rode hard and put up wet" look (in some movies), that some how is hot for her. I disappeared for a while in Google Images, I'm back. Ooofff.

"...lithely slipping out of the dark water and under the covers like some brusquely gentle British love ninja..."

Genius line dude...

The Notebook is fine I guess, but the real movie that made me love Ryan Gosling is Half Nelson.

Nice list.

How about adding Cillian Murphy for 2009?

He does everything from transvestites to assassins, and those EYES! Does anyone have more piercing eyes than him?

Cillian Murphy is stunning - I agree with you, Natalie.

Whomever wrote that description of RD Jr. should try their luck at writing porn screenplays...I never thought about him in that light, but I sure as hell am now...Damn, I really DO want to get ravaged in a dark alley by Robert Downey

why is this list up again now? wait... is this a magit time machine that would take me back to more than a month ago???
oh boy, I can stop katie holmes from wearing those shitty rolled up pants, stop condy from going to georgia and basically make a lovely push for III world war (good job condy! u rock!) and bet on every single result of the Olympics, and save bernie mac!
I feel so powerful and yes so overwhelmed.
time to save the world, but i will impale the cheerleader

Erm, something is screwy in Pajibaland.

Erm, something is screwy in Pajibaland.

I don't think so. It appears that the Overlords have front-paged several of the more interesting and comment-worthy recent columns, to keep us entertained while they piss off for the three-day holiday weekend.

Have fun, you guys! I expect quality new content on Tuesday.

Bastards. If I have to work today, so should everyone else.

Kate Winslet. Yummy, yummy, yummy. I'd take her to bed/kitchen table/living room floor/etc. and slowly lick her until her skin's so sensitive from repeated orgasms she slaps me in order to catch her breath.

Robert Downey, Jnr. Yeah, I'd let him have his way with me.

I'm going to go wash up now.

I'm going to go wash up now.

Jesus, Wanderer. After that, I may have to as well.

Pajiba WTF!!! what's next, a review of Cleopatra Jones?

I'm with you Bethany, Bale just doesn't do it for me. Clive is gorgeous though, and along with McAvoy, has a great accent.

But I really love snarky and dirty...come, RDJ, come to me. I'll just leave the door open, the kids are at school.

Damn, i may just start without him...

James McAvoy, all the way--have you people SEEN Atonement?? The scene where he fucks Keira Knightly up against a bookshelf was one of the hottest things I've ever seen, even without showing any nudity. Combine that with his unbelievably sexy Scottish accent and his down-to-earth charm and intelligence... Now THAT'S the man I'd let have his way with me in a back-alley stairwell!!

I think that Keira looks like a preying mantis in that scene (which distracts the eye)...but McAvoy IS very nice to look at normally.