People Magazine – the veritable Rolls Royce of dentist waiting room reading material – has a yearly feature where they name the world's sexiest man. Past winners include Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, and Nick Nolte. Mel Gibson has also won, that year when having black hearts were a credential. Now it's Bradley Cooper's turn.

It was only a matter of time before Cooper claimed this all-important affirmation of ideal bone structure. He's been rapidly ascending the A-list since that movie about drinking too much came out, and he's not as weird as that Gosling kid, and doesn't berate cinematographers like that Bale guy. He's someone your teenage daughter and your great aunt can fawn over with equal voracity. Today, Renee Zellwegger feels a little more depressed than usual.