People Magazine just released their annual list of the Sexiest Men Currently Walking the Planet or whatever and named Bradley Cooper the sexiest of all the sexy, sexy men. And you best believe the Internet had some opinions about Ryan Gosling not being crowned "Commander In Sexy."
So now we have a clash between Gosling and Cooper fans over who is the sexiest. In one corner, the cocky star of The Hangover, Alias, Wedding Crashers and several terrible movies. In the other, one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, a star equally adept at romantic dramas (The Notebook) and bleak indie fare (Blue Valentine, Half Nelson). It's like Conan versus Leno, or Community versus Two and a Half Men. Cooper is the populist hero, while Gosling the indie favorite.
If we're measuring purely on popularity, Gosling clearly should have been the winner. He's having a big year with Drive, Crazy, Stupid Love and Ides of March. He's even an Internet meme. Women love him, men will actually sit through his movies. He's that rare star who is both talented, cool and, by all accounts, a pretty decent guy. Plus, he spent 90% of Crazy, Stupid Love shirtless. So what did People do? Ranked him at #10.
Meanwhile, Bradley Cooper...uh, was in The Hangover 2? Starred in that weird sci-fi movie about magic drugs or something that no one saw? Sure, if this was 2008 when The Hangover was the biggest thing in the world, fine. But his win seems a little...lazy.
So who is the sexiest? Check out photos of Cooper and Gosling below and decide. Am I showing my bias by including a photo of Bradley in a stupid hat while Gosling gets to pose with his awesome dog? No comment.
Oh, also....
"What's that? I'm the Sexiest Man Alive? That's what I thought."
And since you asked (you didn't), here's my thoughts on the rest of People's Sexiest Men Alive list...
Liam Hemsworth -- Chris is better. Come back when you've played Thor.
Idris Elba -- YES. Lifetime pass for The Wire, plus The Office and the aforementioned Thor. Made The Losers bearable.
Justin Theroux -- You'd be hardpressed to find a bigger Mulholland Drive fan than me, but this nomination is proof that dating Jennifer Aniston does wonders for your career.
Chris Evans -- Yeah, okay. He lost be with Fantastic Four, but won me back with Captain America.
Tim McGraw -- Huh? Sorry, I just fell into a time warp back to 1996 for a second there. Did you say Tim McGraw is on this list?
Josh Charles -- My mom loves him on The Good Wife. Clearly, my mom put this list together.
Joel McHale -- Yep. Should be higher. Please don't cancel Community, NBC.
Jason Momoa -- Dothraki have no time for "sexy" lists. Too much pillaging and horse riding to attend to.
Alec Baldwin -- Alec is a great, funny actor and all, but I swear the photo People is using for him is at least a decade old.
Dylan McDermott -- Seriously, did someone push me into a time machine back to the '90s? Is The Practice TV's hottest show all of a sudden? Yeah, fine, he's on American Horror Story. But COME ON. This list is about as relevant as Barbara Walter's annual Most Fascinating People of the Year snooze-athon.
Yeah this is a HUGE joke. Okay, I am a big Ryan Reynolds fan, but Bradley Cooper is nowhere even close to the vicinity of smoking hot sexiness that is Ryan Reynolds. I am not surprised though, People also named George Clooney and Brad Pitt sexiest men and I personally think they're not attractive at all.
uhh it's Ryan Gosling they were talking about, not Ryan Reynolds, unless you're just mentioning him 'cause he is also hot ;)
Haha, sorry I was not more clear but I am intentionally mentioning Ryan Reynolds because I thought for sure he was going to get the title this year. I love Ryan Gosling too, and he is insanely hot, but Ryan Reynolds.. he's the hottest of the hot. Jeff Schroeder would be my pick for sexiest man of the century, but he's not well known enough, so Ryan Reynolds should have gotten it. Bradley Cooper, what a mistake.
i've never really cared about Ryan Gosling (i think the only movie of his i've seen is The Notebook, and that was.... ugh, anyway...) but that last pic you put up of him? damn ;)
and i agree about Chris Hemsworth ;)
wth...half those people i woudlnt even look twice if they werent famous and i saw them on the street....
Hollywood HYPE.
Don't get me wrong, love both of them as entertainment in movies...Cooper and Gosling are both "attractive" as opposed to Shrek-like, but sexiest ALIVE? I suppose that does cut down on the votes for dead actors, but I think their search should have widened a bit more.
It seems more of a campaign by those willing to expend all their energy on the recently popular to win, like as in High School Student Council (remember those days??)....
I don't get it....like the 3 Twi-freak actors recently getting a star on Hollywood boulevard, when some seasoned, TALENTED, EXPERIENCED, ICONIC celebs have not.
Hmmm.
Its a competition about being sexy...not how many movies they were in. Ryan gosling is attractive but he has a baby face. Bradley Cooper is sexy.
Ryan Gosling wins hands down. This is a huge year for him. He's talented, charismatic, down to earth, AND sexy. WAY sexier than Bradley Cooper.
does no one else notice they are both SEVERELY odd looking? I guess girls go for guys that have one eye oddly too far IN and too far DOWN. At least Ryan goseling seems nicer- Bradley cooper seems douchey- weird faced and douchey.
Wolf Blitzer isn't #1?