Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Ryan Gosling Arguments for: -What a year. He was everywhere this year. -He goes to Disneyland, the aquarium, he breaks up fights. -That time he took his shirt off in Crazy, Stupid, Love -Major talent, super respected among his peers, handpicked by George Clooney, a big, BIG future Arguments against: -None of By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:52 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Robert Downey Jr Arguments for: -Sherlock at Christmas, Iron Man in The Avengers in May, heΓÇÖs running the box office, heΓÇÖs never been more popular -All thatΓÇÖs in the past now, right? He is the ultimate Comeback -Happily married, wife expecting baby, itΓÇÖs the MiniVanΓÇÖs favourite subject: babies! -Best personality ever -Women adore By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:48 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 George Clooney Arguments for: -On the campaign trail, HARD. Is riding this year on two features, The Ides of March and The Descendents which is quickly, quickly picking up a lot of momentum. -No denying how bad he wants this. See Stacy Keibler. -No one has ever been named SMA three times. By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:45 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Prince William Arguments for: -HeΓÇÖs a real life Prince. Like, if you were to draw a Prince without ever having seen a Prince, youΓÇÖd come up with him. -HeΓÇÖs the son of the beloved Diana, now a full blown married adult man: we watched him grow up, thereΓÇÖs a sentimentality factor here. By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:35 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Bradley Cooper Arguments for: -ItΓÇÖs been a good year professionally. Limitless did well. The Hangover 2 did very well. -HeΓÇÖs American -HeΓÇÖs now single having (strategically) split from Renee Zellweger who wouldnΓÇÖt have been very popular with the MiniVan Majority as a girlfriend -JLo was dealing with him for about 5 minutes By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:32 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Hugh Jackman Arguments for: -Reel Steel was a surprise (modest) success. And he's now back on Broadway, winning favour with fans and critics. -Look at him -He's accessible, he's the nicest person ever, he's awesome with his kids, he's happy, always, whenever By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:29 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Daniel Craig Arguments for: -HeΓÇÖs all over the movies this season with two major releases (TinTin, Dragon Tattoo Girl) and it certainly makes sense from a marketing push -After the underwhelming performances of Cowboys & Aliens and Dream House, he might need a little popoularity juice -Daniel Craig is old school sex By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:19 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Colin Firth Arguments for: -LetΓÇÖs not waste time on the physical obvious. YouΓÇÖve seen him in a tuxedo? -Really it should have been last year but now heΓÇÖs the reigning Best Actor and this year, during award season, heΓÇÖs in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, and even though Gary OldmanΓÇÖs getting most of By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:16 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Neil Patrick Harris Arguments for: -WouldnΓÇÖt it be great??? The first openly gay Sexiest Man Alive? The year that DonΓÇÖt Ask DonΓÇÖt Tell is repealed? -NPH is riding a career high: multiple award nominations, accolades hosting award shows, popularity across demographics. -NPH is riding a personal high: heΓÇÖs a new dad, and theyΓÇÖre By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:13 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Gerard Butler Arguments for: -Personally I canΓÇÖt think of any -If I had to stretch, IΓÇÖd say that some people think he did a good job in Coriolanus and itΓÇÖs making an Oscar run so the studio might be pushing for it -Some horny ladies are into this Scottish mess. Specifically, his By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:09 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Chris Evans Arguments for: -The success of Captain America secured him his very own superhero franchise. With Avengers coming in 6 months, itΓÇÖs a good way to build momentum. HeΓÇÖd certainly have his studio backing it. And, unlike Ryan Reynolds, his film was actually good; he established that before taking the title. By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:05 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Will Smith Arguments for: -To date there has ever only been ONE non-white Sexiest Man Alive and thatΓÇÖs Denzel Washington. At some point, this title WILL belong to Will Smith. -Will and Jada had to fight off a divorce rumour a few months ago. Some people still donΓÇÖt believe theyΓÇÖre solid. For By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:01 am
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Predicting the Sexiest Man Alive 2011 It’s an annual tradition here at LaineyGossip.com - predicting PEOPLE Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. I handicap the contenders, and on Wednesday the magazine unveils this year’s SMA. For those of you who are new to the game - please note, this is NOT about who YOU By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 08:58 am
Intro for November 15, 2011 Dear Gossips, Tomorrow morning, PEOPLE Magazine will unveil this year’s Sexiest Man Alive. It’s been an annual tradition too at LaineyGossip.com to handicap the top candidates and predict the winner. Don’t forget, it’s a PREDICTION. It is NOT a preference. I’ve narrowed it down By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 08:47 am
Charlize Theron When Charlize is a bitch... When she is her true self... She’s awesome. I’ll come back to this in a minute. Oh look, another year went by and Victoria Beckham did not make the cover of US Vogue. Instead, the final issue belongs to Charlize Theron in service of her upcoming role in By Lainey • Nov 14, 2011 03:35 pm
Girly Throw Downs Vigorous handshaking scares Katie Holmes? I can’t imagine why. Her husband is a really vigorous handshaker. I guess it depends who’s doing the vigorous handshaking. This story is making my life. So Noel Gallagher was on Letterman last week, same day as Katie Holmes. Noel has a blog - click here to read By Lainey • Nov 14, 2011 02:21 pm
