JACKMAN IS OFFICIALLY THE SEXIEST

People magazine announced their Sexiest Man Alive for 2008 today, and I’m willing to bet few women or gay guys will argue with their choice.  Hugh Jackman, with his lean muscled frame and dreamy bedroom stare, his savage stubble and sexy unkempt … his … umm … whoa, sorry about that.  I sort of drifted off there.  (sigh)

At 6 ft. 2 in., all scruff and biceps, Hugh Jackman looms large in the epic Australia, which he says kept him "dirty 95 percent of the time" and left people stammering, "Oh … my … God," according to costar Nicole Kidman, who adds, "Women's jaws drop when Hugh walks into a room."

Not coincidentally, this corresponds nicely with the premier of Jackmans new movie "Australia", in which he plays a hunky rebel who can't be tamed.  Some casting just makes perfect sense.  Like Jackman as a sexy cowboy.  Or me as a hunky football player.  Or Jessica Biel as a hunky football player.