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Friday, March 31
1) Keira Knightley
2) Carrie-Anne Moss
3) Kirsten Dunst
4) Evangeline Lilly
5) Gina Gershon
In no particular order-
John Corbett
Ryan Gosling (seriously The Notebook made me WANT THIS MAN)
Vince Vaugn
Viggo Mortenson
Patrick Dempsey
Joaquin Phoenix
And I'm single so i can do them as I please.
Cheers to an afternoon of fantasizing.....
matthew mcconaughey
orlando bloom
george clooney
jason london
ryan reynolds
1. Jeri Ryan
2. Catherine Zeta-Jones
3. Heather Mitts
4. Jennifer Garner
5. Angelina Jolie
bernadette peters.
All seem to be marginally obscure, but...
1) David Morse (Hack, 12 Monkeys, St. Elsewhere)
2) Robert Earl Keen, Jr. (Texas singer/songwriter)
3) Patrick Warburton (Seinfeld, the Tick)
4) Tuc Watkins (The Mummy, I Think I Do)
5) Jason Leonard (English National Rugby team)
1. Julia Child. I said it. I love food. Yeah, yeah, I know she's passed on. No, no, not with her dead body.
2. Charlize Theron
3. Catherine Zeta Jones
4. Steve Buscemi
5. Christopher Walken
Well. I guess I cheated because I actually don't want to sleep with 1, 4, or 5. I was just trying to think of the weirdest looking chicks, and suddenly I thought of two dudes.
I really need to lay off the coffee.
Marc Feuerstein
Conan O'Brien
John Cusak
Dr. Drew
audrey hepburn circa 1961.
1. George Clooney
2. David Duchovny
3. Colin Farrell
4. Luke Wilson
5. Ryan Reynolds
Spots 4 and 5 change periodically (like when Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Bon Jovi were on the list), but the top two have been with me since I was 13 and Colin Farrell is...well...aesthetically perfect.
ok, so these are just crushes...not sure i'd wanna do the 'deed' with any of them, considering they're mostly dead...
1. woody guthrie
2. johnny cash
3. j.d. salinger
4. sam beam's voice (iron + wine dude)
5. glenn kotche's drumming
It's really 4, with #5 being the crush of the moment...
1. Elisha Cuthbert
2. Kirsten Dunst
3. Maggie Gylenhallenhilhall
4. Winona Ryder (circa Reality Bites)
5. open...
Angelina Jolie.
She's on everyone's list, right? I mean, my god! Look at her!
I've also been known to go all gooey for Dave Foley, Jon Stewart, Janeane Garofalo, Martin Freeman, and the pre-hairplugs Jeremy Piven. So basically smart, funny, nerdy people. And Angelina Jolie.
For me, it begins & ends with Johnny Depp.
YESSSSS.
This was me-n-Staci's Fuel idea inspired by our mutual love/longing/obsession with/for Joaquin Phoenix, esp. Joaq as Johnny Cash. Go us.
1. Joaquin Phoenix (as JC)
2. Robert De Niro (circa Casino)
3. Jim Heath AKA Reverend Horton Heat
4. Andrew Seward (bass/vox Against Me!)
5. is dedicated to random crushes:
First Crush: William Katt From "Greatest American Hero"
Crush I'm confused about: Boy Geroge
Lesbian crush: Joan Jett
Funny-guy crush: Conan O'Brien
Mainstream rock crush: Dave Grohl
Crush I'm ashamed of: Richard Grieco (hey, I was in junior high!)
I'm with Amy on Angelina. If she's willing to share, of course ;) And you can add Kate Winslet to my girl list.
I'm kinda groovin' on the Lost boys these days too... Naveen Andrews (Sayid) and Josh Holloway (Sawyer) especially. Rowrrr.
1. Jerry Azumah (Chicago Bears)
2. Blair Underwood
3. Fred Shropshire (WGN Reporter)
4. Ron Huberman (Daley Chief of Staff)
5. Usher (can't stand his music or his ego... based solely on looks)
I always change my mind about my crushes, but right now they are Joaquin Phoenix, Paul Banks from Interpol, Ami James from Miami Ink, Eric Bana from Troy, and the guy that plays Pullo on Rome. Hot.
1. John Cusak
2. Rupert Everette
3. Angelina Jolie
4. Johnny Depp
5. Keira Knightly - now that she plays my favorite literary character Elizabeth Bennett
Numbers 1 through 4 have been in regular rotation for eons.
1) Billy Crudup
2) Michael Vartan
3) Dave Grohl
4) Jon Stewart
5) (tie) Wentworth Miller/Hugh Laurie
Number 5 is always reserved for the new guy on the block.
my list would be -
1 - 4. angelina jolie
5. brad pitt
my wife's list would be -
1 -4. brad pitt
5. angelina jolie
Miranda July
Zooey Deschanel
Sela Ward
Mira Sorvino
Aisha Tyler
Because I'm single, I'll add this caveat. Should one of the five become my significant other or be "done", she will be replaced by Jennifer Morrison.
Ditto on Angelina. She's above the list.
1) River Phoenix (circa Mosquito Coast)
2) Harrison Ford (fedora on!)
3) Sting
4) Anderson Cooper (gay or not, he's hot!)
5) Almost any of the guys in the frat pack (Owen/Luke Wilson/Will Ferrell/Vince Vaughan (I know you read this!!)/Ben Stiller/Jason Bateman/Steve Carell) but Paul Rudd is currently in this slot.
Jarvis Cocker circa 1995
Leslie and Leigh Keno (Antiques Roadshow, Find!)
Kyle Mclachlan, circa 1985
Trent from MTV's Daria
Elijah Wood
Lucas Haas
I guess I like them dapper, ambiguously gay, or animated.
I don't know about this issue of one's S.O. allowing "the deed," but surely we all have celebrity crushes, right?
1) johnny depp
2) thom yorke
3) bjork
4) jon stewart
5) scarlett johannsen
the last card is the wildcard slot - i am sure as soon as i post this i will have though of someone better -
1) Alicia Keys
2) Parker Posey
3) Prince
4) Nicole Kidman
5) Amy from Everwood
My bf and i have an agreement that if Benicio Del Toro ever asked me out on a date, I would HAVE to go, no questions asked.
Who's better than Benicio?
No one, that's who.
male actors, in particular order:
paul newman (back in the day)
elijah wood
johnny depp
jake gyllenhaal
ryan reynolds(with a beard)/wentworth miller
girl crushes:
audrey hepborn
bjork
claire daines
miranda july
zooey deschanel
singers/musicians:
sam beam
m. ward
billy spunk
johnny cash
sufjan stevens
Crushed on for ages:
1) Winona Ryder
2) Shalom Harlow
3) Gretchen Mol
Currently, in the mix of rotating admiration: Amber Valletta (I like her now better than I did then when she and Shalom Harlow were blowing up the modelling world) and Evangeline Lilly.
naz, you'll have to fight me for amber and shalom!!
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman........
Lady-crushes:
Kate Moss
Angelina Jolie (duh)
Jennifer Connelly
Keira Knightly
Audrey Hepburn
And my "I'd swing that way" crush:
David Bowie.
Persistently sexy for the past thirty years. Meow.
Naomi Watts
Mary Louise Parker
Rosario Dawson
Charo. Actually, I'm kidding. Jennifer Connelly would occupy this spot.
And my wife would totally bust me on this if I didn't put her on the list because I bitch and moan whenever there's no shots of her in her underpants on lost. The girl who plays Kate.
She would leave me for Christian Bale or Ewan Macgregor, especially from movies in which he shows his wiener. Which is most of them.
damon blur. always no. 1 in my book.
Hands-down Johnny Depp. My boyfriend has admitted that if I had the opportunity to be with Johnny Depp and didn't, I would clearly have lost my mind. Johnny Depp is perfect.
I also used to have a serious crush on Joaquin Phoenix, but the boyfriend didn't understand that one.
These are more celebrity crushes since I'm guessing I 'm more interested the characters they play or their stage personnas than who they are in real life:
1. Peter Wingfield (Geek alert: Methos from the Highlander tv show)
2. Wentworth Miller (duh.)
3. Marshall Crenshaw (circa 1982)
4. David Krumholtz (from Numb3ers - oohhh sexy math thing)
5. Johnny Depp ala Chocolat
I'd happily go girl-on-girl for Angelina.
how could I have forgotten sarah silverman??
wow, add her to my list as number 6.
Kevin - "Kate" is Evangeline Lilly (already on my list as well as a couple others)
all females - who exactly is this Wentworth Miller that keeps showing up on your lists?
everyone - are there really this many bi people on here? or are these merely "what if" scenarios? just curious...
1. Ron Livingston
2. Peter Saarsgaard
3. Catherine Zeta-Jones
4. Ryan Reynolds
5. Spencer Krug (singer of Wolf Parade)
Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez, hmmmmm those lips.
Patrick Dempsey and Rob Lowe, both have gotten better with age
Jay Hernandez, just straight yummy
Anna Davlantes
Ashley Judd
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Phoebe Cates
Megan McCormick
Not too long ago, I made just such a List. Only mine goes to ten.
But here are my top five*, if you're too lazy to click on the link!
Joseph Fiennes
John Cusak
Steve Martin
Dermott Mulroney
Richard Gere
*Meaning my top five straight and alive.
Natalie Portman
Audrey Tautou
Elisha Cuthbert
Ziyi Zhang
Naomi Watts
Angelina Joile
Halle Berry
Nicole Kidman
Liv Tyler
Rene Russo
That's the current list, I just had it laminated.
James Gandolfini
Dick Butkus
John Mahoney
Bobby Jenks (White Sox pitcher)
Mayor Daley
Wait, can I have one more?
Illini basketball coach Bruce Weber.
Thanks
Hmmm... In no particular order, the ones I can think of at the moment:
Scarlett Johansson
Liv Tyler
Audrey Tautou
Alison Hannigan
Keira Knightly
Once upon a time, Bridget Fonda was high up on my list.
Wentworth Miller
Garrett Hedlund
Jake Gyllenhaal
Vince Vaughn
Colin Firth
...and I can't remember his name in real life but I'll just refer to him as Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez from The Sandlot. I still loved that movie, even though I'm not 10 years old anymore.
I don't have a significant other. Thanks for reminding me.
But any future significant other would HAVE to give me Bono. Just Bono.
Okay and George Clooney. That's all I want.
Okay and Benicio del Toro.
Oh! and Antonio Banderas.
Ed Norton. I SWEAR that's it.
roz from frazier.
jennifer connelley.
shakira.
asia argento.
carla gugino.
And entitlement to and ownership of one's own fantasies aside- sara silverman is as sexy as sandpaper handjobs and joaquin phoenix definitely resembles Gollum. Something about the shoulders. I bet the frequency of dude curling up in a ball and muttering is pretty high.
1. Brandon Flowers
2. Ewan McGregor
3. Jake Gyllenhaal
4. Mike Meyers (I know)
There is no 5. I spend enough time on 1 to count for two. I'd let my husband have Maggie Gyllenhaal.
anthony bourdain
johnny depp
anderson cooper
and other random/short-lived folks throughout the years, jeff goldblum, jared leto, matthew mcconaughey, ed o'brien from radiohead
major girl crush: lauren graham
Nancy Cameron- playboy playmate 1/74
Racquel Welch
Ann Margret
Marilyn Lange
Candy Loving
(all too old for poor me in this age of bone 'n' plastic celebs)
and Maria Grazia Cuccinotta
Ya motha and me and a bottle of Jack
MikeH - Wentworth Miller is on Prison Break - he plays MIchael Scofield and he's absolutely dreamy.
Good God in Heaven, Clive Owen!
Legolas, as portrayed by Orlando Bloom (but not Orlando Bloom)
Matthew McConaughey in "Contact" with Jodie Foster
Gregory Peck*
River Phoenix*
George Gordon, Lord Byron*
*My chances with these two are greatly diminished since they are gone
and let's face it, Legolas doesn't exist so really, Clive, baby, HERE I AM! TAKE ME!
In no particular order:
- Nastassja Kinski around the time she was on the snake poster ... '84ish.
- Audrey Tatou too
- Kate Winslet
- Carla Gigino ... that scene in Sin City ...
- Ingrid Bergman circa 1942
If I played for the other team, Rhett Miller.
Amy C first wrote (and others echoed):
Angelina Jolie.
She's on everyone's list, right? I mean, my god! Look at her!
Uh, no. I've never gotten the fascination with Jolie -- and seeing her in any movie basically drives me crazy. Ugh.
The only person who's consistently been on my list is the lovely Elizabeth Shue.
And this "List" discussion pretty seriously led to the breakup of a couple I was friends with who'd been dating/living togetehr for 10 years. Anyone else had/seen that kind of damage?
ladies, id just like to interject here and mention that i look like a perfect combination of brad pitt, john cusack, this wentworth whoeverheis guy, johnny depp, and benicio del toro.
yep, for serious!
and if jennifer tilly is reading this, id like her to know that i would love to have wild dirty sex with her voice. thank you.
I second Mark on Angelina Jolie...
Yes, she's attractive, but I think she's overhyped and overexposed. There are many beautiful women not just in Hollywood, but in everyday "civilian" life as well. I don't see what puts her so head-and-shoulders above the rest...
In no particular order:
TV/ film crush:
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Lauren Graham
Audrey Tautou
Natalie Portman
Elisha Cuthbert
And Scarlett Johansson, if she was a bit older.
Music crush:
Beth Orton
Neko Case
Eleni Mandell
PJ Harvey
Sylvie Lewis
I will amend to my list two forgotten choices -
I had a crush on Liv Tyler for ages, ever since Empire Records! How could I forget.
Liv Tyler and Evangline Lilly sort of remind me of each other at times.
AND, Natalie Portman. However, I think seeing her in the Star Wars movies and watching her "grow up" in stuff like The Professional and Beautiful Girls sort of cancels this crush out sort of.
And Jennifer - you can have Amber, but Shalom's mine!
Mark-
No offense to your friends intended, but if a light-hearted discussion about "celebrities I wouldn't kick out of bed" broke them up, they were a break-up waiting to happen. My two cents.
Angelina Jolie has big comic-book-body boobs and DSLs ... I think she's completely overrated too, but that's why.
I can't rank 'em - my men are
Benecio Del Toro
Vincent D'Onfrio
Eddie Izzard
Peter Sarsgaard
Jack White
(I'm now giggling to myself.)
Zhang Ziyi
Audrey Tatou
Faye Wong
Bjork
Marika Green (ca. Pickpocket)
Re: Angelina Jolie:
Trout-face, I don't get the fascination at all!
Maggie - The Aramis lip comment almost made me spit out my lunch. Thanks. He looks too much like my sis' ex to be sexy to me.
Andrew - It's Alyson with a Y. Too bad, you lose. She's my other girl crush. Now she's mine. Go fight with the hubby over Scarlett.
Alex - Where were you in 1990 when I needed a VP for the RP fan club?
1. Steve Rohealy
2. Craig Aichle
3. Ramsin Canon
4. Jerry Tomany
5. Jake "The Goldsbs" Goldsbie
Revised:
Natalie Portman
Audrey Tautou
Elisha Cuthbert
Paz Vega/Leonor Watling
Ziyi Zhang
The slash should not be mistaken for indecision. I'd like them together.
1. Sean Maher (from Firefly/Serenity)
2. Robbie Williams
3. Tom Welling
4. Jake Ryan from Sixteen Candles*
5. Kevin Smith (shut up.)
*Yes, I know he's a character and not a real person, but I don't care.
My spouse approved list is:
Tyler Florence - Food Network (Food 911)
Jon Stewart - Daily Show
James Spader - Boston Legal
I know his includes:
Summer Sanders - former Olympic swimmer, now sportscaster
Katarina Witt - ice skater
Penelope Cruz
Selma Heyack (sp?)
I had no idea that the Prison Break star was such a crush list guy. I think he's sort of monotone and boring on the show, but I'm way into the show overall. Lots of Chicago actors too!
in serious crush order:
1. giovanni ribisi
2. drew barrymore
3. joaquin phoenix
4. patrick dempsey
5. the young gary oldman
i don't think my husband would "let" me do the deed with any of them...except maybe #2...
Roni, there is a single guy out there who looks like Aramis?
In Strict Order:
** Kim Gordon(hottest bass-playing mom ever!)
** Catherina Zeta Jones (Ocean's 12-style)
** Keira Knightly
** Amanda Beard
** Veronica Vaughn
** Rebecca Romijn
My marriage has long had an Isabella Rosselini clause entitling me to one weekend with her should she begin answering my thousands of letters in a positive fashion.
I am now lobbying for a Catherine Zeta-Jones codicil....
I did the deed with Fred, e_5.
Ok, ok.....kidding....but i do know someone who did.
The bf and I share the same list:
The red head from Coupling (Kate Islit?)
Viggo or Brad, whoever is free that day
The cast of Gattaca (Uma, Ethan, and Jude)
I can't believe no one has sad this one, but then again, he really is too young for a lot of people...
Daniel Radcliffe, aka Harry Potter. Ok, so it isn't to creppy for me since I'm only 20 and he is like 17, but man, he will be one good looking guy in a year or two...sigh.
My list would include the following in no order...
-Pelle from The Hives (lead singer)
-Sufjan Stevens
-Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Bend it like Beckham, hawwwt sigh)
-Ewan McGregor
-And I suppose Daniel Radcliffe...hey, its legal for me...
I would def. go girl on girl for Audrey Tautou or Anna Karina circa Band of Outsiders (french actress) They are two of the most beutiful women, hands down.
sigh.
definitely agree - evangeline lilly.
also: kate beckinsale, shannyn sossamon, and both tegan and sara.
Oh, I like this question!
-- Clive Owen
-- Christian Bale (it all started with "American Psycho")
-- Ewan McGregor (seems like the kind of guy with whom you can spend a lazy weekend)
-- Colin Firth
-- Jon Stewart
None of the above are sanctioned by my husband though he used to call Ewan McG my "other boyfriend" when we were dating. He expressly forbade me from seeing "The Pillow Book" because my friend Alex said his willy was everywhere in that movie.
mark ruffalo, mark ruffalo, mark ruffalo, joaquin phoenix, mark ruffalo
johnny depp
ami james
anderson cooper
jake gyllenhaal
johnny depp
olivier martinez
clive owen
christian bale
joaquin phoenix as johnny cash
james spader as steff from pretty in pink
1. Wentworth Miller
2. Viggo Mortenson
3. Jude Law
4. Johnny Depp
5. this list is too hard to narrow down...
jason bateman
joaquin phoenix
paul rudd
john travolta in 1977
gene kelly in 1950
Pauley Perrette from NCIS. She's the only reason I watch that show.
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Wentworth Miller
Dougray Scott
Russell Wong
Wentworth Miller (yes, I know)
Girl crush: Maura Tierney (yes, I know)
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Wentworth Miller
Dougray Scott
Wentworth Miller (yes, I know)
And ummm... Wentworth Miller
Girl crush: Maura Tierney (Yes, really)
Fred Shropshire
Fred Shropshire
Fred Shropshire
Fred Shropshire
Fred Shropshire
I love him, if he ever looks at this site. I want him to know that I love him!
Joaquin Phoenix - Benecio Del Toro...
I HAVE THIS CRAZY CRUSH ON FRED SHROPSHIRE OF WGN9 NEWS AT 9PM AND IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A GOOD YEAR AND WOULD YOU KNOW THAT HE FREQUENTS A PLACE I AM AT QUITE FREQUENTLY AND I AM SO AFRAID TO APPROACH HIM ALTHOUGH I DID INTRODUCE MYSELF TO HIM. TO TAKE THE CONVERSATION FUTHER WITH HIM-NO WAY! HE LOOKS QUITE SHY HIMSELF.
Michelle--I know Fred--He has a few places he frequents--which place are you talking about? Yeah he is shy. Did you know he's engaged?
Amanda B, Is he really engaged? I love him, where does he hang out at?
Benicio Del Toro
Josh Hartnett
Terrence Howard
Benicio Del Toro
Benicio Del Toro
Marg Helgneberger
Rachel Ray
Samantha Brown
Natalie Portman
Diana Krall
Alison Krauss
Okay so fina completely stole my list... but I will add
6) Robert de Niro - Godfather p2
7) Johnny Depp
8) Colin Firth - Pride and Prejudice
9) Patrick Rafter (my nice boy crush)
10) and Ralph Fiennes
1) Ron Livingston
2) Christian Bale
3) Johnny Depp
4) George Clooney
5) Chris Evans
1. johnny depp (edward scissorhands, yummy)
2.jack white
3. brad pitt in fght club
4. derren brown, shut up hes weird
5. karen elson
1.)Carla Gugino
2.)Carla Gugino
3.)Carla Gugino
(See a pattern here?) LOL
I can't help myself! I'm in love damnit!
5. Davey Havok
4. Leland Chapman
3. Forrest Griffin
2. Michael Madsen
1. John Jarratt
Older men are *yummy!*
MY top 5 biggest crushes:
1)Wentworth Miller
2)Wentworth Miller
3)Wentworth Miller
4)Wentworth Miller--need I say more
5)ooh & Johnny Depp
Daniel Radcliffe
Dylan Sprouse
Tom Cruise
Jhonny Depp
Orlando Bloom
Fred's not married, but he's engaged. He wears a ring because she asked him!!
James Marsters
Johnny Depp
David Boreanaz
Jared Padalecki
Channing Tatum
Ryan Reynolds
Matt LeBlanc
Guy crush:
1. robert plant (circa 1970): sex on a stick
2. jack white
3.mark harmon
4. james spader
5. rik mayall (circa the alan b'stard years and before)
---oh and johnny c. mgcinley
man have i got older guyitis
Girl crush:
1. Pauley Perrette: rocks
2. gillian anderson: cant believe sci-fi sex symbol of the 90s hasnt already popped up on this list
3. drew barrymore
4. marylin monroe (circa when she was alive)
5. ani difranco
CLIVE OWEN
clive owen
Clive Owen
cLiVe OwEn
...and...only,
ClIvE oWeN
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jennifer / November 17, 2005 12:29 PM
-jude law
-britt daniel
-joaquin phoenix
-steve malkmus
-john taylor (duran duran)