Michael Cera‘s new movie is about him battling the evil ex-boyfriends of his girlfriend, or something silly like that. In honor of this, Vulture have come up with a list of the most evil boyfriends in movie history. Take a look at theirl ist…
11. Hardy Jenns, Some Kind of Wonderful
A perfect candidate to someday wind up in a Bret Easton Ellis novel, Hardy Jenns (Craig Sheffer) is the spoiled, rich, preening slimeball who can’t quite understand that his popular girlfriend, Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson), is really through with him — this despite the fact that she’s already agreed to go out on a date with the totally average Keith (Eric Stolz) in John Hughes’s infamous teen classic. Like most spurned boyfriends in coming-of-age flicks, Hardy has a plan for revenge — and like most spurned boyfriends in coming-of-age flicks, he fails.
10. Buzz Gunderson, Rebel Without a Cause
The leather-jacketed, pomaded high-school gang leader Buzz Gunderson (Corey Allen), who torments sensitive new loner Jim Stark (James Dean), is the Ur-evil boyfriend of American cinema, the smug thug who inspired generations of bullies in later coming-of-age films. But the others were cardboard cutouts compared to him. Buzz was more than just an unthinking brute; he even copped to liking Jim and admitted that he was really just bugging him out of boredom. And he never really lost the girl, either; rather, Buzz died a horrific death when his car went off a cliff during a game of chicken and exploded on the rocks below, sending the lovely Judy (Natalie Wood) into the arms of his primary victim.
09. Johnny Lawrence>, Karate Kid
“Strike first! Strike hard!” The eighties fascination with bullies, martial arts, and blond jock assholes realized its apotheosis in Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), the always-ready-to-explode disciple of the all-evil, all-the-time Cobra Kai dojo in The Karate Kid. As the ex-boyfriend of Elisabeth Shue’s Ali Mills, jealous, hair-trigger-tempered Johnny had plenty of reasons to administer beatings on Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), the weak-looking new kid who dared to show an interest in her. So when Daniel finally launched that crane kick and brought Johnny down, it was more than the feel-good climax of a box-office hit; it was a pop-culture comeuppance of mythic dimension. So much so that Zabka could basically only ever play bullies from then on.
08. Zachary ‘Sack’ Lodge, Wedding Crashers
The ultimate philandering, manipulative preppy, Zach Lodge (Bradley Cooper) — self-declared fiancée and ultimately failed groom to Rachel McAdams’s Claire Cleary — is kind of a classic eighties-style bully armed with aughts-style money and firepower. When he’s not shooting his competitors in the ass, he’s siccing private investigators on them. And Cooper is so perfect in this part that we’re kind of amazed he ever managed to break out of the dickhead-boyfriend ghetto and actually become a real leading man.
07. Chuck Cranston, Footloose
Since Footloose is essentially a remake of Rebel Without a Cause with preachers and dancing, it falls upon Bonnie Tyler–loving white trash Chuck Cranston (Jim Youngs) to take the Buzz Gunderson role, tormenting Ren McCormick (Kevin Bacon) while beautiful girlfriend Ariel (Lori Singer) cheers him on. However, Chuck gets neither the momentous, fatal flameout of Buzz (instead, he is humiliated in a game of tractor chicken with Ren) or the uplifting redemption of Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid: After Ariel dumps him, he returns to torment Ren during the film’s climactic dance scene and is disposed of handily.
06. Doctor Manhattan, Watchmen
This will probably upset some people, but sorry, Doctor Manhattan (Billy Crudup) totally counts. Yes, he’s ostensibly one of the heroes of Watchmen, and yes, his self-sacrifice at the end of the film is kind of touching. But we can’t really forgive him for working as the superhuman arm of imperialist U.S. foreign policy, abandoning humanity, and totally neglecting Silk Spectre (thus letting her fall into the arms of Nite Owl, who is kind of the Eric Stoltz of the Watchmen universe). Also, he may have given his girlfriends cancer.
05. Jim, Edward Scissorhands
Presumably tired of playing the nerdy kid in eighties John Hughes movies, Anthony Michael Hall put his growth spurt to good use and kicked off the nineties by playing Kim’s (Winona Ryder) rich, homicidal boyfriend in Tim Burton’s masterpiece. Paranoid and intense, Jim is the perfect foil for Edward (Johnny Depp) and his symbolically gifted but dangerous hands — when Edward accidentally cuts Kim, Jim is there to hurl accusations and go ballistic. Indeed, Jim is so unpleasant, so despicable a character that when he’s finally stabbed in the abdomen and falls to his death from a window, nobody even flinches — even though this is ostensibly a sweet-natured, family-friendly movie.
04. Jason Dean, Heathers
Here’s a good one — J.D. (Christian Slater) is both evil movie boyfriend AND James Dean–esque new rebel in town. In truth, he initially seems to be a gift from heaven for poor Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder), who has had it with the cliquishness of her posh high-school friends. J.D.’s playful cruelty (feeding his and Veronica’s victims drain cleaner, say) seems like a breath of fresh air at first, until Veronica (and the audience) realize that this guy might actually be not so much a misunderstood bad boy and more a — how do you say — demon from hell.
03. Early Grayce, Kalifornia
The boyishly deranged, bearded companion to Adele Corners (Juliette Lewis, who often found herself in movies like this), Early Grayce (Brad Pitt) is that uniquely American phenomenon: the charismatic serial-killer boyfriend. Such types aren’t just murderers, they’re forces of nature who reveal important symbolic truths to the other, ostensibly more normal characters. In this road movie, Early’s counterpart is psych student and journalist Brian Kessler (David Duchovny), who learns that he needs to get his hands dirty if he is to understand the psyche of a sociopath. It wasn’t much of a hit when first released, but this cult item provided an early (heh) sign of Pitt’s appeal; a year later, he’d become a bona fide superstar with roles in Interview With a Vampire and Legends of the Fall.
02. Chris Wilton, Match Point
Unlike most of the other boyfriends on this list, Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is actually the protagonist of Woody Allen’s caustic late-period classic. But that doesn’t stop the ambitious, coldhearted tennis pro from being a homicidal jerk — first cheating on his fiancée (Emily Mortimer) with voluptuous American actress Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson), then murdering Nola (and her neighbor) when she refuses to get an abortion. And here’s another thing that distinguishes Chris from most of the other evil boyfriends on this list: The bastard totally gets away with it.
01. Frank Booth, Blue Velvet
“Why are there people like Frank?” asks Kyle MacLachlan’s Jeffrey Beaumont in David Lynch’s masterpiece, and the question is as much a cri de coeur for humanity as it is an expression of fear. The oldies-loving, Amyl-nitrite-breathing Frank (Dennis Hopper), the childlike, sadomasochistic criminal at the heart of this noir fairy tale, is an existential fact — pure, distilled evil. True, he’s more a kidnapper than a lover — he’s holding the family of Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) hostage — but in the sinister, constantly shifting world that Lynch creates, Frank is the ultimate bad boyfriend, the guy who corrodes your soul even after he’s gone. And he’s also wickedly charismatic — how else could he have compelled generations of hipsters to abandon Heineken in favor of Pabst Blue Ribbon?
I think it’s a good list overall, I think they got it right. Who would you have added or replaced from this list?
source: The Eleven Most Evil Boyfriends in Movie History [Vulture]
TGIF! As always, we’ve got the best of the best in celebrity quotes this week! We’ve got Kanye West’s caps lock Twitter-fest, Tina Fey’s Brad Pitt crush and Zac Efron’s strip club escapades. Enjoy!
“I’m pretty sure we’re going to meet at some point. I’ve sent him over 100 letters saying that I’m pretty sure we’re going to meet. And 100 chunks of my hair. If that’s not a great gift, then one of us is crazy.”
– Tina Fey, who has yet to meet her Megamind animated film costar Brad Pitt, to People
“Up early in the morning taking meetings in Silicone Valley…Lol I spelled Silicon wrong ( I guess I was still thinking about the other type of silicone ITS A PROCESS!! : )”
– Kanye West, starting his Twitter account on the wrong key
“I’ve heard a lot about these places, mostly from rap music. They’re supposed to be pretty reputable, right? So I envisioned myself on a nice couch in stunna shades with T-Pain and Usher making it rain money. And it just wasn’t like that.”
– Zac Efron, ‘fessing up to his publicized trip to a strip club with HSM costar Corbin Bleu, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“I think that Cameron could kick the s— out of me. Personally, she’s extremely fit. She has long legs. She has reach, incredible leg reach. She surfs and has great stamina. So she could whip my ass good, I’ll tell you that.”
– Seth Rogen, singling out his Green Hornet costar Cameron Diaz as the girl who could beat him up, to People
“It’s funny because usually it’s the girl who’s naked. I was like, ‘That’s right, bitch. The tables are turned!’”
– Drew Barrymore, on having boyfriend Justin Long take it all off in their romantic comedy Going the Distance, to Nylon magazine
“I need to get my Brazilian wax before I do it.”
– Enrique Iglesias, on water skiing naked for losing a World Cup bet, to People
“I love my high heels. I’ll kick ass in four inches, pregnant any day of the week.”
– Resident Evil: Afterlife star and mom-to-be Ali Larter, at San Diego Comic-Con
“Justin Bieber is on fire right now! If you see him in any Rolls Royce or Lamborghini’s, it might be mine…but it’s his for the day.”
– Diddy, the latest celeb to come down with “Beiber Fever,” on Lopez Tonight
“My alternate album cover for Teenage Dream… Are you glad I went with the 1st?”
– Katy Perry, showing off fiancé Russell Brand’s proposed album art, on Twitter
“You don’t want two presidents at one wedding! All the secret service, guests going through [metal detectors], all the gifts being torn apart.”
– President Barack Obama, on not being invited to Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, on The View
What was your favorite quote this week? Mine was Russell Brand’s alternative album cover for Katy’s new release. He looks like a complete dork, but he’s comfortable with that.
Happy Friday! As always, we’re giving you our top ten favorite celebrity quotes from the week. This week, we’ve got Spencer Pratt talking about fame and love, Lindsay Lohan talking about getting booked and Jason Sudeikis’ Jennifer Aniston diss!
“It turns out he was far too legit to quit.”
– Mad Men’sJon Hamm, on going up against MC Hammer at the Taco Bell Legends & Celebrity Softball Game, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“There’s no way my love for fame and her love for puppies will ever work out successfully.”
– Spencer Pratt, explaining why his marriage to Heidi Montag failed, to People
“The only ‘bookings’ that i’m familiar with are Disney Films, never thought that i’d be ‘booking’ into Jail… eeeks.”
– Lindsay Lohan, making light of her jail sentence, on Twitter
“The first time you do it, you’re deeply considering an adult diaper.”
– Ryan Reynolds, on strapping into a harness for the flying stunts in his new superhero film, The Green Lantern, to EW
“She was like, ‘So let’s review … For 15 years people have been talking about your boobs. Earlier this year, you wrote about your hoo haw in a book. Now you’re playing a crack ho on TV.’ She was like, ‘Do you think maybe you could do an animated movie next?’”
– Jennifer Love Hewitt, sharing her mom’s reaction to her role as a prostitute in Lifetime’s The Client List, to People
“He really made me feel very, like…I don’t know, like, I could fall in love with him! Like a teenager girl getting crazy.”
– Penélope Cruz’s new husband Javier Bardem, admitting his man crush on Brad Pitt, to Elle
“She should be so lucky.”
– Saturday Night Live’sJason Sudeikis, on rumors of a reported romance with his Horrible Bosses costar Jennifer Aniston, to GQ
“I feel like a pilgrim from the friggin’ ’20s!”
– Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, on washing her clothes in the sink on season 2 of MTV’s Jersey Shore, premiering July 29
“You should assume that if he makes it down the aisle in one piece, it’s going to be a major accomplishment.”
– Secretary of State and mother of the bride-to-be Hillary Clinton, on husband Bill’s emotional state as they prepare for daughter Chelsea’s impending wedding, to NBC News
“Not to use a James Cameron reference, but it was like being in a little bit of an avatar. It’s going to sound like, ‘Oh, I was a frickin’ avatar,’ give me a break, I’m already vomiting.”
– Leonardo DiCaprio, getting sick to his stomach talking about his Titanic fame, to Rolling Stone
My favorite quote this week was from Javier Bardem about Brad Pitt. Brad’s market value has skyrocketed since he shaved off his beard, so I can see all the love there. What I didn’t like was Ryan Reynolds making me picture him with an adult diaper on. That’s just wrong.
Spencer Pratt always has some strange new ploy for attention up his sleeve – but not his split from wife Heidi Montag.
That, he says, despite the fact that nobody has seen divorce papers and family and Hills castmates are skeptical, is the real deal.
“We love each other but I’m a famewhore and I’ll never grow out of it. Heidi knows that and doesn’t want that.”
“I want every kind of press. She believes in bad press. There’s no way my love for fame and her love for puppies will ever work out successfully. She just wants to hike and hang out and be calmer.”
As for their infamous “Speidi,” moniker, Pratt says his estranged wife “doesn’t want to be Speidi anymore. She wants to be Heidi Montag: the sex symbol.”
“She thought I’d burn out of this, but no, I’m still the same Spencer who went on The Hills to be famous. I still need to do stunts and take cues from Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.”
Pratt, who mentions he and his ex are “friendly,” says Speidi trouble is nothing new. “It’s been a constant battle since we got married,” he says. “She would be like, ‘Are you really Tweeting that? Are you really doing that?’”
So what’s next for the limelight-loving reality personality?
When fighting cyber crime fell through, Pratt says he decided to grow a beard and turn to art. “I’m switching it up,” he says. “I’ve already gone for the blonde, spiky-haired look. Now I’m going for the Hollywood producer look.”
Continues Pratt: “I’m an artist now. I have an easel and everything. I’m going for an art show and a gallery.”
Spencer, you my dear, are delusional. We know you’re a famewhore, but… you see… you’re not famous without Heidi — you’ve played your cards, now we’re done with you.
source: Spencer Pratt: I Chose Fame over Heidi [people]
Happy Friday! Today, we’ve got some pretty funny quotes for you from celebrities. We’ve got Tori Spelling’s son comparing her to Lady Gaga, Courtney Cox-Arquette lusting over Robert Pattinson and Tracy Morgan making light of the whole Mel Gibson controversy. Enjoy!
“Mama, you’re Lady Gaga cause you have yellow hair and you are fancy!”
– Three-year-old Liam McDermott, whose mom Tori Spelling is sharing his funny quotes on the toddler’s own Twitter account
“We’re like bartenders. We’re like waiters.”
– Angelina Jolie, on her tag-team effort with Brad Pitt to feed their six children breakfast in the mornings, to Nightline
“How old is he? I saw one picture of him and he looked dangerous; I like it…That’s a really pretty face. I might feel insecure around him.”
– Courteney Cox Arquette, getting hot and bothered about Robert Pattinson, to InStyle
“Hey Joan Rivers, you have collagen older than Lindsay, pick on someone your own age, oh wait I guess people that old can’t hear.”
– Samantha Ronson, defending her ex Lindsay Lohan in the Twitter feud between the comedian and the troubled star
“Nothing’s worse than crying under comically large 3D glasses.”
– Seth Meyers, admitting to shedding a few tears while watching Toy Story 3, to People
“Mike was like, ‘He’s in pink! What are you doing?’ But he looked so handsome.”
– Carrie Underwood, on dressing up her pooch Ace in a Swarovski crystal-encrusted pink tuxedo for her all-pink wedding to hockey star Mike Fisher, to People
“They win matches.”
– Venus Williams, on her provocative tennis court attire, to The Early Show
“[When] other actresses who aren’t thought of, maybe, as being quite as attractive do full-frontal, they’re called brave…Just because I’m attractive doesn’t mean it’s not still scary.”
– Eva Mendes, to Allure
“I really like to lie down and be rubbed.”
– Leighton Meester, on needing a spa treatment, to People
“The Mel Gibson tapes…calling women bitches and using the N- word, they ain’t nothing but hiphop. He stole that concept from Lil Wayne.”
– Tracy Morgan, weighing in on the actor’s recorded rants, on The Tonight Show
What was your favorite quote this week? Mine was Tori Spelling’s son tweeting that she looks like Gaga. Ummm, NO, she doesn’t. She may be anorexic looking and blond, but that’s where the similarities stop. I just hate it when parents think their kids are so funny that they have to share every detail with the world.
It’s safe to say Angelina Jolie is as well known for the details of her personal life as she is for her work as a Hollywood actress.
Occasionally, however, those two aspects collide, like when her onscreen characters sport some of her real-life tattoos. And Jolie’s penchant for ink has been well-documented, both in the tabloids that follow her closely and in her big-screen appearances.
But observant fans recently spotted some new work when Vanity Fair ran a cover story on the A-List star.
While in Washington, D.C. this week, where Jolie was promoting “Salt,” MTV News asked about the tattoo. But the actress was tight-lipped about what the ink, on her inner thigh, actually said.
“Um, it’s for Brad,” Jolie demurred with a smile.
She was more open, she said, when it comes to her personal life.
“I actually think it’s important to be completely honest, however difficult that may be. I’m bad at hiding secrets anyway.”
The blogosphere has worked itself into a tizzy trying to figure out what the tattoo actually says. My guesses? Ahem: “Whisky & Beer,” “Whisky Boy,” or “Wiley Beard.” — none of which makes any sense to me.
source: Angelina Jolie Says Her New Tattoo Is ‘For Brad’ [MTV]
Angelina Jolie is featured in and on the cover of the July issue of Parade magazine and because she has a movie to promote she gave a one-on-one sit-down interview with them. In the interview she was asked the usual questions about Brad Pitt, her kids and her past. Here is what she says…
On love: “I feel sad for someone who has never known love. Love elevates. You know, Brad would joke about me having this conversation about love. Love? It’s such a funny word. Brad can find certain phrases of poetry for it. I’m terrible at it. But I know it means wanting the best for the people you love, putting their interests above your own, always. Love does that. Love is what you live for.”
On her rebellious past: “I used to cut myself or jump out of airplanes, trying to find something new to push up against because sometimes everything else felt too easy. I was searching for something deeper, something more. I tried everything. I always felt caged, closed in, like I was punching at things that weren’t there. I always had too much energy for the room I was in.”
On the media and paparazzi: “We do everything we can to keep our kids away from it. We travel to places where the kids aren’t aware of that kind of thing. We try to give them a full life where they don’t have to come face to face with that world. With the paparazzi present, we’re careful when we leave the house. Other than that…” She laughs at the absurdity of it all. “We don’t stand in the checkout line at the grocery store looking at the magazines. Our friends don’t tell us about it. And our kids don’t know. I feel if we keep looking out for them, they’ll be fine.”
On loving staying at home: “There’s never a period when Brad and I are pulled apart. We are not separated for more than three days, ever. We stay really connected. We actually don’t go out much. It’s funny. We’re very homebound. We’re very much Mommy and Daddy in our pajamas.”
On her mother who died in 2007: “Mother never put herself first, ever. At the end, she said her greatest success was being a mother. I remember Mother singing in church. How pretty she was! I lit candles with her. She said she had missed nothing in life except getting to know her grandchildren. When she passed away, I brought my son to church to light a candle for her.” Jolie’s eyes fill with tears. “Forgive me,” she says. “I loved her so much.”
Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever actually read an interview in which Angelina Jolie actually discusses the movie she is promoting.
source: Angelina Jolie Dishes on Rebellious Past, Dealing With the Paparazzi and Love for Brad Pitt [Parade]
Sandra Bullock’s “People” magazine cover is raking in the payola! It’s proving to be their second most successful cover ever, right underneath Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s twins cover feature.
Sandra dropped the bomb on us that she adopted baby Louis, right after her ex-husband, Jesse’s cheating scandal broke. It hasn’t been enough yet to outsell August 2008′s cover featuring the Brangelina twins.
The Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt cover brought in a whopping $2.8 million for “People”. While Sandra Bullock’s cover featuring Louis, is trailing them by $100,000 at $2.7 million.
A magazine insider said, “Sandra’s cover has been on newsstands for a week and it has already sold over 2.7 million copies. That’s only 100,000 less than the 2.8 million copies the magazine sold when Angelina’s twins graced the cover — and a half-million more copies than the June 2006 issue with exclusive baby pictures of Brad and Angelina’s first daughter, Shiloh, which moved 2.2 million newsstand copies.”
I think that Sandra’s cover will outsell Brad and Angelina’s, mostly due to all of the scandal involved in her marriage. Everyone was in awe that she had adopted at all, considering that her ex-husband is a douche. Good for her, though. They both look happy.
I’m sure “People” was happy to oblige her with that exclusive. I just wonder how much she got paid to spill the beans?
source: Sandra’s Baby Cover: Most Profitable PEOPLE Ever? – [popeater]
Not all celebrities had an easy life and just grew up with money or famous parents, here is a list of some of them who worked normal jobs just like us normal folk:
Megan Fox
It seems almost sinful to cover up her gorgeous figure, but Megan Fox used to wear a banana suit when she worked for a smoothie shop. That’s right. She dressed up as a banana. We wonder if she can stand to eat the fruit anymore?
Madonna
It’s hard to imagine Madge as anything other than an all-singing, all-dancing, all-controversial superstar, but she once worked at Dunkin’ Donuts. Looking at her physique now, we can assume she hasn’t revisted her old workplace for a very long time…
Brad Pitt
Brad’s pre-fame job might be our favourite: the hunky actor used to dress up as a giant chicken to promote a restaurant to earn cash. Thankfully he soon realised he’d have a better career when not dressed up as poultry.
Johnny Depp
We’d buy anything if Johnny tried to sell it to us, so he’d probably be a retail manager’s dream. But before he became famous for his superb acting, floppy hair and chiselled cheekbones, he sold pens over the phone. Thankfully, he landed a part in the 80s horror movie “Nightmare On Elm Street” soon after, and the rest is Hollywood history.
He’s one of the most judgmental people in the industry, so it’s quite a treat to learn he started his career working in a humble post room at EMI. The Cowell is living proof that the post boy CAN become an internationally famous, mega-rich music mogul.
Eve Mendes
If you ever see Eva Mendes looking in horror at a hotdog, it’s probably because she used to spend her days working at the popular American fast-food joint Hot Dog On A Stick. We’d love to see a picture of her wearing the ghastly blue and yellow uniform, even though she’d no doubt still look drop-dead gorgeous in it.
Ashton Kutcher
The “Punk’d” star had to make ends meet while studying at college by sweeping up cereal off the floor at a General Mills factory and, when times got really hard, he even sold his blood. It’s safe to say, with a successful acting career under his belt and hotter than hot wife Demi Moore on his arm, he won’t ever have to sweep up old cereal ever again. And he’ll probably get to keep his blood too.
Rod Stewert
He might have one of the most successful music careers ever, but before Rod achieved international fame as a crooner, he had a slightly spooky profession: digging graves. If digging holes in the ground can aid you on your path to superstardom, however, hand over the spade!
Orlando Bloom
Brit actor Orlando Bloom used to be a clay trapper. It sounds strange, doesn’t it? However, it’s not a weird and wonderful occupation that would be more suited in Middle Earth, but rather a simple job to aid those who enjoy clay pigeon shooting. “You’d have these gentlemen who’d go shooting and I’d pull back the arm on a clay trap machine,” he explains.
Pink
We’d love to walk into a McDonald’s restaurant and see Pink working there. In fact, if we went into one several years ago, we might have done. Before she hit the big time back in 2000, she had no shame in serving up Big Macs and and french fries to fast-food lovers. She also had the lovely job of cleaning the loos. Nice!
Cheryl Cole
Our Cheryl is a million miles away from her former life. Before she appeared on the UK TV show “Popstars: The Rivals” and landed the job as one-fifth of Girls Aloud, she was working as a waitress in a restaurant. It’s safe to say she’ll probably never have to wait tables ever again, unless she ever decides to go on “Celebrity Come Dine With Me.”
You know those Hollywood men that drive women crazy and drive us men crazy for a very different reason because they are rich and just all around perfect? Well here is a list of some Hollywood guys that we actually love as much as women do because they actually seem like they would be fun to hang out with, well in my opinion anyway.
1. George Clooney
George Clooney is the quintessential guy’s guy. Not only is he popular with the ladies, but he’s into practical jokes, always seems in control and he likes fast cars and motorcycles. In Ocean’s 11, he made every guy want to be part of his crew, and on the red carpet he makes men think about how cool they would look in a tuxedo.
2. Leonardo Dicaprio
In 1998, after starring in the guy-Krypton Oscar winner Titanic, Leo’s cherubic face was plastered across teeny bopper magazines that ruined his rep with everyday bros. Thanks to some judicious role selection and a three-movie run with Martin Scorcese, Leonardo has since redeemed himself in the eyes of guys everywhere.
3. Denzel Washington
Ever since he came on the scene with his breakout role in the 1983 movie Cry Freedom, Denzel Washington has been walking the line between swoon-worthy hunk and politically-aware intellectual. Along the way, Denzel landed in movies like Training Day and American Gangster that showed just how badass this intellectual hunk can be.
4. James Franco
It might be his self-deprecating sense of humor or the fact that Judd Apatow just makes him seem so damn likeable, but for whatever reason James Franco transcends heartthrob status and is in with the guys. Sure he was named “Sexiest Man Living” by Salon.com, but he was also hilarious in the guy-centric Pineapple Express.
5. Robert Redford
Robert Redford may be past his full-on hunk days, but he still pulls off a rugged sense of cool that’s been much-emulated and rarely achieved. It helps his status with guys that he made probably the best buddy cowboy movie ever with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
6. Jon Hamm
It’s hard to believe that Jon Hamm’s breakout role in Mad Men came just three years ago. Since then, Jon has hosted Saturday Night Live twice and landed on both People and Salon.com’s lists of sexiest men. But don’t confuse him with his alter ego. Jon is quick to warn people off looking up to Don Draper too much and says he’s actually nothing like the brooding leading man.
7. Benicio del Toro
Benicio del Toro has said he doesn’t see himself as a hunk and he doesn’t know why he ends up on lists like these, but admits he’s always been popular with the ladies. His roles in guy favorites like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Sin City, have helped make him a hit on both sides of the gender divide.
8. Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt is the cool guy that guys want to hang out with. Sure he’d probably always win the attention of the hottest girl in the room, but he’d also be a really awesome wingman. Brad won over the ladies first in Legends of the Fall, but by the time he played Tyler Durden in Fight Club, the guys couldn’t resist. He gets bonus points with guys for growing ill-conceived facial hair.
9. Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp is a one-of-a-kind cultural anomoly. He’s spent the better part of his career enjoying full-on heartthrob status. He’s flirted with androgyny. He spends about half his time in France and has insulted the United States in interviews. And still he’s adored by guys and girls alike. How could this be? Simple. Guys love pirates.
10. Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey, Jr. has some serious demons in his past, but that just seems to give him character. Not only is he the guy that guys would love to party with, he’s the guy whose stories would actually be interesting. He’s got a cocky attitude that works for him somehow, leading future co-star Chris Evans to remark, “I don’t think anybody tells Downey what to do, and that’s what makes [him] Downey.”
11. Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx has shamelessly played up his lady’s man status throughout his career, and while the way he’s pandered to the audience doesn’t earn him cool points, somehow it hasn’t hurt him either. Jamie got an inexplicable Mike Tyson-like head tattoo, he’s trotted out his Oscar-winning Ray Charles impression more than once for pop music, and yet he’s still cool enough to get Ron Howard to show up in his music video.
12. Paul Rudd
Look at his resume and you’ll quickly realize Paul Rudd has one of the coolest filmographies in Hollywood. He had his breakout in the 1995 chick flick Clueless, and more recently he starred alongside Jason Segal in I Love You, Man, which is basically how guys feel when they see him play his everybro schtick for laughs on the big screen.
13. Justin Timberlake
Sure he got his start making teenage girls scream with N*Sync, but with the help of a haircut, some snappy clothes, and a “D— in a Box,” J.T. successfully reinvented his image as guy friendly.
14. Alec Baldwin
How do you win over guys and girls alike? Being good looking and hilarious has worked out for Alec Baldwin. Tina Fey saved his career, but before 30 Rock, Alec’s mix of charm and quick wit was cracking up SNL fans with sketches like his classic “Schweddy Balls.
