So we’ve gone a little crazy with People‘s archive of covers — 34 years X 52-ish issues a year = too much content — and one of the better searches we’ve done is “Sexiest Man Alive.”
There have been the classic choices — ZOMG Brad Pitt!! — but also some incredibly bad choices. For example:
• Nick Nolte (a-hem)
• Sean Connery at 60 (“Older, Balder…and Better!”)
• L.A. Law‘s Harry Hamlin (quote: “Certainly when I look in the mirror, I don’t get turned on.”)
• JFK, Jr., who is dead, which makes us sad, but okay, he’s still incredibly attractive
So what can we learn by perusing the archive of People‘s sexiest men?
First off, we learned they didn’t name a sexy fella in 1994. And also:
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There is a very small, right-wing, very conservative political party in India, and they are the moral police in India and they do this kind of thing quite often…What is most important to me is that my intentions as an HIV/AIDS advocate be made clear, and that my friends in India understand that it has never been, nor could it ever be, my intention to offend you…If that has happened, of course it is easy for me to offer a sincere apology.
–Richard Gere, issuing a public apology for his possibly obscene, definitely unwelcome PDA