People's Sexiest Men 2010 - same old, same old

For the past several years, I've loved People magazine's special Sexiest Men Alive edition. It's surprising, then, that I'm still surprised by the predictability of it. I wish some people would just be disqualified after a certain number of times so there would be room for new, under-appreciated people.
Ryan Reynolds won this year's title of Sexiest Man Alive, much to my delight. I've had a major crush on him for a while, even if I don't always like his movies. It was nice to have someone different win the big one instead of the usual Johnny Depp or George Clooney or other famous face still hot in Hollywood. Reynolds' career is as hot as he is right now. He isn't in it much, but his role in the first half of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" is my favorite recent memory of him. "Blade: Trinity" is another older one, even though I'm not much into bearded men.

The rest of the list, unfortunately, was nothing shocking. My thoughts:

• I wish Matt Bomer had gotten his own profile instead of just being featured on the Hot at Every Age list. He's doing very well right now in his own starring vehicle "White Collar" on USA network and he deserves his own interview.
  
  
• I'm kind of ticked that Robert Pattinson has to be included. That's a given, but even when cleaned up, I find him incredibly bland. Kind of like a Channing Tatum kind of hot. Nothing about them that makes you weak at the knees (in my opinion), but you wouldn't turn them down if you met them in real life.
  
  
• Apparently, "85% of British women find hairy men more attractive." I'm almost afraid to ask, how do they define a "hairy" man? Scruffy? Bearded? Long hair? Chest hair? Full coverage? Ick. I, personally, am glad the 70s are over and society likes men more clean these days.
  
  
• I'm glad Zachary Levi is included. I feel like a lot of hot guys of TV get overlooked and he could easily get lost in the lists, but he is really sexy and deserves recognition. It's even more surprising to me to see him convincingly play a nerd despite being that naturally hot.
  
  
• I'll admit it right here for the whole world to know - I think Zac Efron is hot. No, I'm not a teenage girl, but I've always had a soft spot for him. I watched the first two "High School Musicals" a time or two, and have secretly been hoping he would transition into a decent adult actor. I just think he's much more appealing and likable than Robert Pattinson or other teen heartthrobs.
  
  
• Second big confession: as crazy as Tom Cruise is now, he was smoking hot back in the day! I had a big crush on him when I was little, back when the early "Mission Impossible" movies were coming out.
  
  
• As a Cincinnati native, I am sick to death of seeing Chad 'Ochocinco' Johnson. Now he's in People magazine. Is there nowhere safe anymore?
  
  
• Thrilled to see Ian Somerhalder in here. He found the perfect role to showcase his sexiness and the world is a hotter place with him in it.
  
  
• I will bribe whoever I need to to make sure Matthew McConaughey never wins Sexiest Man Alive again. It's bad enough he's still listed every year among the ranks. I know it's personal preference, but I do not find him sexy at all.
  
  
• Maybe it's just me, but the list felt shorter this year. Maybe that's just because a LOT of them were repeats. And I think the reason I felt like there were less hot TV men this year is because there were. With a lackluster fall season comes no new breakout fall hotties. What a shame.