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<p>Okay, two more nominees from the modern day: Russell Crowe and Denzell Washington.</p>

<p>Can you guess what movie I saw last weekend?</p>

<p>Actually, Crowe’s nomination does not spring from that particular role–good acting, but he looked too much the part. Denzell looked good, though.</p>

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<p>Sad, though not surprising, unfortunately (re: L. Garrett).</p>

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<p>How about sexiest man not alive - Cary Grant. He just kept getting better and better and better…my crush then, now, and always.</p>

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<p>Although my just-for-fun hearthrob is Orlando Bloom (seriously embarrasing my son).</p>

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<p>Ricky Nelson. Robert Redford and Hugh Grant. I don’t even see what they have in common but they are my three favorites. Now…if Ricky Nelson had an english accent, there would be no contest.</p>

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<p>I’ll second Cary Grant. Two of my favorite movies are “To Catch a Thief” and “Charade.”</p>

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<p>Oh, Kyle Chandler. Dreamy.</p>

<p>For some reason my biggest crushes were in elementary school, not in my teens. But Balthazar Getty was high on the list in the teeny-bopper stage. (I seem to remember a photo spread in Seventeen featuring him and Milla Jovovich when I was maybe twelve…I was wildly jealous.) I had a major thing for James Spader in high school.</p>

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<p>My biggest crushes in elementary school were other elementary school kids. Luckily, I married my biggest crush ever.</p>

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<p>Two of my favorite <em>sexy</em> actors who are not alive are:</p>

<p>Clark Gable
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<p>Rock Hudson
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<p>Okay…this is weird I know. But my first crush was Speed Racer…rofl. </p>

<p>Then Bobby Sherman, then nothing until Hawkeye. </p>

<p>Now…I’m totally taken with Clive. It’s all about Clive for me. Quite an improvement over a cartoon I must say.</p>

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<p>My childhood crush was the olympic speed skater Eric Heiden…as well as several Dallas Cowboys football players like Tony Dorsett and Charlie Waters. I moved to the US when I was 11, and I guess I was awed by all those muscle-bound hunks! (Don’t laugh, I was even fascinated with Arnold Schwarzenegger…I remember secretly peeking at a weightlifting book about him in our local bookstore).</p>

<p>It’s funny because now I find excessive musculature gross and I am not a fan of professional football.</p>

<p>OMG Idmom, I also loved Speed Racer (the cartoon) and Batman and Robyn (not the cartoon, the old timey one with “Pow!” “Crash!” etc.)…They were always placed in such dangerous situations and, if I remember correctly, both shows had many “To be continued…” episodes to keep you thinking about (and swooning over) the heroes all day. I watched both of those shows in Spanish in Mexico.</p>

<p>Idmom, have you seen Queen Elizabeth: The Golden Age? Clive Owen is sooo dreamy in it!</p>

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<p>I was rightfully selected for this same distinguishing honor way back in back the 70’s.
(The fact that there was a very small electorate should not be considered germane) </p>

<p>So,…………… I’ve had my day in the Sun. </p>

<p>(Tongue firmly poking cheek)</p>

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<p>curiousmother - I can’t WAIT to see The Golden Age…if I can just get some time off from being a ‘band mom’. (We’re in playoffs.) </p>

<p>My husband and I saw Elizabeth as part of a celebratory birthday weekend years ago. (My only birthday wish was to see that movie.) And I think I’ve waited long enough for the sequel thank you very much! I just hope it’s not out of the theatres by the time I get my chance.</p>

<p>(Btw…wasn’t Vincent Cassel a hoot in the first movie? lol!)</p>

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<p>I’m afraid Orlando seriously damaged his heart throb status by portraying the weakling Paris, in Troy. He needs to be more careful choosing his roles, at least as far as my daughter goes.</p>

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<p>I’ll second Cary Grant. Two of my favorite movies are “To Catch a Thief” and “Charade.”</p>

<p>father goose…</p>

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<p>Can I be the first to say—</p>

<p>Who is Matt Damon?</p>

<p>(I do think H is kinda cute. . .)</p>

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<p>Breakout film was “Good WIll Hunting” with Ben Affleck (sp?) and Robin Williams. He played a brilliant kid from South Boston who took a job as a janitor at Harvard, solving problems late at night on the blackboard that staggered his math professors. He was blocked and R.Williams, playing the psychiatrist, discovered why his life was so weird. His “Southie” neighborhood pals included Ben Affleck.</p>

<p>In real life, Damon had written this screenplay for a senior course in his theater major at Harvard. When it was produced, he called upon his friend Ben Afflec to act with him in it.</p>

<p>Most recently, he’s been in a series of Spy Thrillers called “Bourne Identity.”</p>

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<p>Current sexiest man alive on MY list is Hugh Jackman…when he laughs and crinkles his nose, I get weak at the knees. He has replaced my previous contender, Adrian Paul, when he was in television show “Highlander.”</p>

<p>Childhood crushes: Robert Conrad when he played James West in “Wild, Wild West.” I even carved his initials in my eraser in 2nd grade. </p>

<p>I clearly have a thing for athletic, not-too-tall, dark-haired men, although my husband of 26 years is (was) a strawberry blond and is 6’8. But then, I’m not the 6’ blond Amazon that my husband was looking for, and we’ve still managed to keep things going for all these years.</p>

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<p>atomom, I don’t mean this to be rude, but are you serious? I guess I just can’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t know who Matt Damon is, even if they’re not a movie fan. :slight_smile: For the past ten years, he has been one of the busiest actors in Hollywood, and is now considered one of the best, not to mention one of the most bankable. During that time, he’s appeared in some of the most popular, and most award-nominated, movies, and in his twenty year career has been in 40+ films. He’s received dozens of award nominations with probably close to 20 wins, including an Oscar.</p>

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<p>At risk of losing any and all respect from anyone here on CC, I will confess that my childhood crush was… Glen Campbell.</p>

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<p>Galveston, oh Galveston…</p>

<p>I heard that song at least 10 million times on the juke box in my mother’s blue collar bar. No Glen Campbell for me.</p>