New Men on the Hot, Sexy List
Of the 15 or so hunks in People Magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive list for 2008, these are the new names and new faces who’ve made it to this year’s list.
- ZAC EFRON
As he gets older, the High School Musical 3 star finds himself graduating from a “jeans and sandals” wardrobe to a more sophisticated look. “There’s something timeless about suits,” says the 21-year-old. “A few years ago I didn’t own a single one. Now I’ve got a small collection going.”
- ROBERT BUCKLEY
What keeps this former economic consultant in the gym? “Being half-naked in front of millions of strangers,” says Buckley, 27, of his work on Lipstick Jungle. Next up: Lifetime’s Flirting with Forty, with Heather Locklear
- JON HAMM
“I try to be a good person. I’m loyal and I’m trustworthy. I’m kind,” says the Mad Men star, 37, who has been in a 10-year relationship with actress Jennifer Westfeldt. “And I’m a really good driver.
- ED WESTWICK
How does Gossip Girl’s bad boy sum up his dating style at 21? “I’m childish at times, passionate, a little crazy, I guess,” he says. “And I pride myself on being one of the last romantics.” Oh, and ladies, just FYI: “My weakness is the neck – when girls get too close to my neck, crazy things start to happen.”
- MICHAEL PHELPS
What do you do after winning eight gold medals and shattering world records at the Beijing Olympics? If you’re Phelps, 23, you enjoy “being lazy.” As for the overnight female attention, the Baltimore native says, “I don’t really notice it. … I don’t think of myself as a sex symbol. My mom is by far the most important woman in my life.”
- BLAKE SHELTON
His appeal? A well-worn truck, says country singer Shelton, 32, who dates songstress Miranda Lambert and has a new CD, Startin’ Fires. “The wussiest thing a guy can do is drive a clean truck. Dents, scratches and mud – that’s manly.”
- LANG LANG
“When you play the piano, you feel your blood pressure go up,” says the single Chinese-born virtuoso, 26, who performed in the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. “You become part of it. It’s a very sexy instrument.”
- ROBERT PATTINSON
“Last year all I was trying to do was get a girlfriend,” says Pattinson, 22, Twilight’s resident vampire and previously Harry Potter’s Quidditch foil, Cedric. “What happened? It’s like the face of what is attractive has changed. Girls used to want to see guys take their shirts off. Now it’s, ‘I want you to bite me.’ It’s bizarre.”
But the distinction of Sexiest Man Alive goes to Hugh Jackman this year.
What do you think of the list? Do you agree with their choices?
