The following dispatch comes from Salon Culture editor Sarah Hepola:
Over at big Salon next week, we're kicking off one of our most popular annual features: Our collection of the 15 sexiest men, selected by a hair-pulling process of rigorous debate and slammed doors. The feature first began in 2006 as creative counter-programming to People's drab, one-dimensional list. We like pretty boys, too, but we grew tired of their cheesy monopoly on attractiveness: Sexiness is a complex algorithm of humor, intelligence, weirdness, talent -- not just a contest of perfect abs and jutting jaws. And so our "Sexiest Man Living!" list was born, with such winners as Stephen Colbert (2006), and Jon Hamm, way back in 2007.
And yet, as we enter our sixth year we think it's time to retire our original moniker -- a clear homage to that other list. We'd like to find something that better signifies what our list is: men who inspire us, make us laugh and think, and turn us on in all the right ways. The best guys, the top guys, the amazing and awesomest guys. Funny enough, all the words that spring to mind have that embarrassing whiff of corniness about them -- dreamboats, hunks, studs, beefcake. It's hard to say those words without cringing. So what to name it? "Salon's Men We Love"? Too Esquire. "Salon: We'd Tap That"? Perfect, if it were 2005 and if by "perfect" you mean "terrible."
So, we're asking you guys here at Open Salon to take a crack at helping us rename our beloved feature. Post your ideas here on Open Salon and be sure to tag them Sexiest Man Reboot.
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Michael Humphrey
Charles Yoo
Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
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"MEN OF SALON"
Can't imagine doing an entire post to rename this feature.
I am now so conflicted on coming up with a single man to propose to fill these Gucci shoes/Tomms/Merrills/Converse All Stars/Keds, slip ons or tied?!
Now I am hung up on the shoes!
Will be fun to see what those who have their heads on straight can come up with!
At least until some group trying to be "politically correct" comes along and demands it be "Sexiest Person" and we vote for the cutest babes.
Narrow it down any further and you'll make it too complicated to vote. And not worthwhile.
Keep it simple, like for Penthouse Pet of the Year.
Then come up with something to substitute that has a bit more class than "sexiest".
And lastly, please refer to the following post I made last year--a tongue in cheek look and "manly men":
http://open.salon.com/blog/just-walt/2009/10/29/real_men_he-men_pictures_whos_the_manliest_of_men
Come to think of it: Manliest Man kind of gets my nod, but then again if you look at my post, you'll get the idea that my definition is just a bit different.
ba-dum tush.
Too much sexual innuendo?
Open Salon's Cavaliers of 2010
Open Salon's Debonair Men of 2010
I would like to nominate DSSDFFGG GGFFDSSD and his friend ASDFG GFDSA from here on Open.Salon. Their facelift bars and LIVE FEEDS have inspired me numerous times, not even speaking about their ghost like manliness which goes beyond sexiest.
Also, I think Brad Pitt was better looking before he met up with that life force sucker called Fatherhood.
Thank you.
Your friend,
Juan Nugget.
Face it -- that's what it's all about people.
The shirts are off, the pants have begun...
The shirts are off, the pants have begun...
Johnny Carson said, "Comics have the MOST beautiful girlfriends, without question, they always have."
I vote for "Leapin' Larry" as THE sexiest man of OS, bar none!!!!
"The Sexiest Man that Makes Me Laugh"
Because, honestly, don't we all want that? Be sexy, make my toes curl with the sex, but make me laugh while I (or even better, YOU) make coffee the next morning?!
Make me laugh, baby.
That is IT. It doesn't get any better, any sexier, than that.
Guys We Like
Salon's List: Real Men for 2010
heck, you guys and gals are SO much better at this (although I kind of like the last one...)
Just a thought...
Hottest Thinkers of 2010: Men Who Can Write Your Pants Off
Make us laugh, and the sex is SO much better, so much more fun, so much more memorable.......I just don't think that it gets better than laughter.
So I submit, again, the sexiest man is the one that makes us laugh.
Hands down, the laughter and fun factor is the key to true sexual desirability.
Jump into bed laughing....wake up in the morning giggling! Can you honestly tell me that there is any sex better than that????
"Manimal Attraction"
"Manimal Instinct"
"Manyalyze This!"
"Manecdotal Evidence"
"Manza" (For the smartest guy of the year)
"Manima"
Stop me now. If you can.
- www.sawyerspeaks.wordpress.com
Salon sex sandwich. Men who make the cut?
"The Sexiest Man on O/S Makes us Laugh."
Honestly........reword it how you need to, but laugher is the sexiest element of sexy.
You know that I am right about this...........