Top Five List for Joann

I have a blog friend who is the most eloquent and fabulous and entertaining woman alive.  And she has bestowed upon all of her readers an award that was formerly bestowed upon her own self.




Here is the award:

Aren't you all impressed?  Don't you want one of your very own?  Here is the link to Joann and all the rules and her own selections.  Say hey while you are there.  She will make you feel all cozy and welcome.  Especially if you are a lover of all things Bono.

I loved all of her choices.  I made a list of my very own and tried and tried to narrow it down to 5.  But 12 was about as good as it got.  However!  Since some of Joann's were the ones I would have chosen, I am selecting my 5 that are different from her 5 even though some of hers (Gerard Butler in p.s. I love you) ranks way up on my list.  So, as they are wont to say on Dancing with the Stars all the flipping time, "And now, in no particular order . . . . "

Here are 5 of my top 12:

Rodrigo Santoro in Love, Actually.  Even with Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson and all the rest, when this guy was on screen my heart just melted.  Laura Linney was a big fat wiener for not turning off her damn cell phone!  Good Lord, what was she thinking!  Brazil, I thank you mightily for sending us this fine man to share on the movie screen.

I know, Joann chose Robert Downey Jr. in Ironman.  But for me, this character from Only You is the most romantic person he has ever played.  I adore this movie because of him.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan.  Aaaah. Remember him as Denny Duquette on Gray's Anatomy?  Remember him as the poor recently departed husband on Weeds?   Remember him as the Other Irish Guy in p.s. I love you?  Fabulous.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a photo of Lenny Kravitz without sunglasses?  Lenny with no hair, hot.  Lenny with puffy afro, really hot.  Lenny with his really long dreads, steaming smoking hot.

Naveen Andrews.  aka Sayid on Lost and that other guy on the English Patient.  Just look at that handsomeness.  So dashing and strong and full of confidence.  Love him.

In order to cut down on the length here I am just going to tell you the rest of my list.

Bruce Willis - I have loved Bruce Willis since the first episode of Moonlighting.  There is nothing like a man with that much self-confidence, self-deprecating humor and just enough swagger.

Stanley Tucci - His new role in The Lovely Bones, not withstanding.  He is a beautiful man.  And those eyes.

Carey Grant - more of the handsome self-deprecating funny and just too much fun.

Denzel Washington - I don't even know how to describe how handsome he is.

Gerard Butler - honestly, with Harry Connick, Jr. and Jeffrey Dean Morgan starring along with him in p.s. I love you, you wouldn't think he would steal the whole movie would you?  But steal it he did.  Along with the hearts of every woman who saw it.

Colin Firth - back to the cast of Love, Actually.  I can't imagine how this movie could have crammed any more gorgeous men in that cast.  Colin Firth is such a good actor that when I went to look at pictures online, every photo was completely different.  He is chameleon-like in his ability to become the new character.

John Corbett - I believe some of you may already know of my adoration of Mr. Corbett.  My love of him goes all the way back to Northern Exposure when he was Chris in the morning.  Oooh!  And have you seen the new previews of Sex and the City 2?  He's in it!  Yea!  Plus, you can watch him every week on Showtime in the series United States of Tara.

That's my 12, I mean 5.  Plus 7 extras.  : )

Enjoy and feel free to post your 5 right here!