Carrie & Danielle’s Evolved Men We Love List: From Prophets to Hunks
People | September 26th, 2008
Where to begin? We love men. Adore them. Really, really like them. And hey, where men fall short, women make up for it. All’s well.
Do-Gooder Hot Guys We’re Happy To Have A Slight Crush On:
- Mike Meyers and Deepak Chopra, for being the most unlikely and refreshing creative duo on the self-help scene (Read: Why Is God Laughing? By Chopra. Foreword written by Mike Meyers. Watch: Sundance Channel’s ICONOCLASTS – beautiful!)
- Barack Obama, a new voice of reason, with a truth-talkin’ first lady at his side.
- Elie Wiesel, for showing the world what peace, atonement and human dignity can be. (Read: Night)
- The Founder of Good Magazine, Ben Goldhirsh. For doing something damn good with his inheritance.
- TreeHugger.com founder, Graham Hill. Green looks good. Very good.
- The Satorialist, Scott Schuman, for finding the glamour in everyday people.
- Julian Schnabel, for having the kahunas to wear his jammies on the red carpet, and for making The Diving Bell and The Butterfly in French, with heartbreaking, tremendous sensitivity.
- Eckhart Tolle, for kicking some new age ego. (Read: A New Earth. 6 million people are on to something.)
- Sean Penn, for opposing the Iraq war. (Sean, we’re not sure we would have taken you back after you dyed your hair and meandered with that model – but we trust Robin’s better judgment. Peace activists can be irresistible, after all.)
- Charlie Rose. Charlie, man, is there any subject you aren’t well versed in? (Get: Charlie Rose, 12-Month Subscription)
- Dr. Oz, for asking people to take responsibility for their own health. (And looking so damn good in scrubs.)
- Malcolm Gladwell. You had us at The Tipping Point, Malcolm. And thank you for believing that Canada is a nation, not just a notion.
- Jerry Seinfeld. Jer’ we’ll excuse the Microsoft debacle because you said this in your Oprah interview: “First, bust your ass. That’s a universal law, no matter what you do. Second, pay attention. Learn from everything and everyone all the time. One of my favorite expressions is ‘Wherever you look, there’s something to see.’ Finally, fall in love. Fall in love with your street, your tennis game, a pillow.”
- Mr. Sydney Poitier. For going beyond race to marry for love. And for helping to make sure that Jamie Foxx doesn’t make Bootie Call 2.
- Paul Newman. Because Newman’s Own food line is a business-philanthropy model to which every company should aspire.
- Kenneth Cole, for making his medium the message.
- Brad Pitt & Bono, for being a) relentless well-informed do-gooders, b) family men c) sizzling hot.
- Mohammad Yunus, for empowerment through micro lending.
- Leonard Cohen, for being the dark angel and a woman-loving monk.
- Bobbi McFerrin, for his boombastic gospel. (Listen to: Bang! Zoom)
- Andre Agassi, for sportsmanship and hands-on fatherhood.
- Isaac Mizarahi, for making great style affordable.
- Tyler Brule, the founder of Wallpaper Magazine brought style in print up by many a notch.
And just because they’re intensely intense:
Daniel Craig. Even though you refused to wear tightie swim trunks in the new 007 movie, we’d fight bad guys with you any day.
Daniel Day Lewis. You’re worth the wait, you crazy thespian, you.
Know a few good men? Please add to our esteemed list.
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September 26th, 2008 at 6:00 am
The men of Pearl Jam, especially Eddie Vedder and Stone Gossard, for continuing to produce their style of rock against the grain of the music industry and for having political consciousness.
September 26th, 2008 at 6:09 am
Jian Ghomeshi- smart and sexy
C.R. Avery
Hawksley Workman
Greg Brown
George Stroumbouloupolous
September 26th, 2008 at 6:28 am
Robert Redford- for supporting artist's of many genres, Sundance, having a friend like Paul Newman and well his looks aren't bad either. P.S. another great iconoclast to enjoy is Paul Newman and Robert Redford
September 26th, 2008 at 6:31 am
Simon Doonan, for digging and loving and praising and highlighting the beauty of different.
September 26th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Thank you for that Malcolm Gladwell/Adam Gopnick link! I was about to list Adam Gopnick as one of my favorite men.
I've got to hand it to my husband for being completely romantic, completely enlightened, and completely macho.
And Bill Maher, for, ahem, not being afraid to offend.
September 26th, 2008 at 7:23 am
love Hawksley and George.
September 26th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Brad Pitt on your list for being a family man? Come on. I can respect him for the do-good part, but being a cheating husband and making babies outside of marriage – there's nothing laudable about that.
September 26th, 2008 at 7:46 am
How could I have forgotten Eddie?!
September 26th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Alan Rickman.
a) the voice
b) the accent
c) the passion
oh, yeah.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
My husband Eric for having the courage to stop his dead-end career path and return to school full-time so our daughter can have a Papa who loves his job.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
C.R. Avery!! Whatta man…
And Jian Ghomeshi. You've got good taste Joan!
September 26th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
one might have to include Buddhist activist sex symbol dad and husband, Richard Gere…first man to make People's sexiest man alive #1 at the age of 50…
September 26th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I'd have to add The Clooney for his work on Darfur and other African issues (and his villa in Como). And Jon Stewart for being the only reliable news source in America.
September 27th, 2008 at 9:05 am
love him too ! the vulnerability he shows!
September 27th, 2008 at 9:07 am
When a man love his work, so sexy! Yea to Eric!!! And to you M!
September 29th, 2008 at 9:57 am
have you seen SnowCake with Alan and Sigourney Weaver? He was perfection.
September 29th, 2008 at 9:58 am
yes and yes – and let's add Don Cheadle to the list. He's one committed, smart guy.
September 29th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Anyone else in favor of adding Johnny Dep? For being his inimitable self and looking good after all this time?
October 1st, 2008 at 3:50 pm
purely for being so purely sizzling hot? I'm in.