Johnny Depp ‘Sexiest Man’ Alive: Again
November 19, 2009 by m.coonce · Leave a Comment
Johnny Depp was named People magazine’s “sexiest man alive” for a second time on Wednesday, joining an elite club of double honorees that includes George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
People magazine described the swashbuckling “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie star as “the king of cool with the killer cheekbones”. Depp, who also took the title in 2003, succeeded 2008 winner Hugh Jackman.
Asked why Depp, 46, had won a second time, People senior editor Kate Coyne told the CBS Early Show: “He was sexy ten years ago, he’ll be sexy ten years from now. He appeals to multiple generations of women — and for many different reasons to different kinds of women.”
Depp’s recent roles include 1930s gangster John Dillinger in “Public Enemies” and the murderous London barber “Sweeney Todd”. His next screen role is as the Mad Hatter in director Tim Burton’s adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland” which is due for release in March 2010.
In real life, Coyne noted that Depp, 46, was also a committed father of two.
“He’s sort of everything,” Coyne said. “He’s a guy’s guy, kind of a bad boy, he’s a respected artist and actor. You know, he’s got a little bit of everything.”
People also gave a nod to the popularity of vampire-themed movies and TV shows, adding the likes of “Twilight” heartthrob
Robert Pattinson and “Vampire Diaries” star Ian Somerhalder to its sexiest issue.
Matt Bomer, star of the new USA TV series “White Collar” was named sexiest rising star. Other newcomers to People’s 2009 list include “American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert and “Glee” actors Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith and Mark Salling.
Past winners of People’s sexiest man alive title include Matt Damon (2007), Matthew McConaughey (2005), Jude Law (2004) and Ben Affleck (2002).
Chaz Bono First Interview: As a Man
You still look like a woman!
In Chaz Bono’s first interview since first announcing in June that he would undergo a sex change, the child of Cher and the late Sonny Bono says that after 40 years, he is finally enjoying life as a man.
Bono, formerly known as Chastity, tells Entertainment Tonight in an interview airing Thursday and Friday, that the ordeal was “a long process going back almost a decade.”
According to Bono — who first came out as gay at 18, which caused mom Cher to reportedly flip out — the most difficult step he had to take was, “finding the courage not to worry about what other people would think of me so much.”
He also says he “got clean and sober in 2004 and I couldn’t have done this before that.”
Bono has been undergoing a female-to-male sex change and gender reassignment surgery since March, and the process has already had significant physical changes on his body, which he jokes is like “literally going through puberty.”
“It lowered my voice,” he tells Entertainment Tonight. “Fat redistributes, muscle growth, hair growth, sex drive increases… I shave about once a week now.”
When it came time to have surgery to have his breasts removed, he told Entertainment Tonight that “it was a relief.”
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