What have you spent way too much time thinking about recently? Here’s why I’m asking: For the last 48 hours, I’ve been talking about Taylor Hanson’s triceps.
In truth, I first found them noteworthy a few months ago, when I stumbled onto this performance clip of Hanson from 2003. But it wasn’t until Tuesday, when I sat down with the band in-person to chat about their new album The Walk (out now) that I felt myself allot actual brain space to the muscles’ lasting image. I blame the fact that Taylor sat across from me, mindlessly playing with his right shirt sleeve and raising it to expose them. But perhaps it also didn’t help that at last night’s show at NYC’s Webster Hall, he wore a long-sleeved shirt that clung to them. (Even my plus-one Ian was forced to turn to me during the opening song and reluctantly acknowledge their greatness.)
Will my fleeting infatuation with Taylor’s upper body cloud the pieces you’ll be reading about the trio in EW and on EW.com in the coming weeks? No. Would I recommend Hanson’s new album, to which EW’s Leah Greenblatt gives a B+ in the current issue of the magazine, even if the release hadn’t given me a chance to ogle his guns at close range? Yes. Don’t believe me: Check out their performance of the track "Great Divide" on Tuesday’s The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet below. (Nice arm shots around 2:25. What? I’m just sayin’.) Then make me feel better by sharing what random thoughts — or celeb body parts (keep it clean!) — have had you transfixed.
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Adrianna Costa’s, um…dresses on “On the Lot.” It’s the only reason to watch that unwatchable show. Seriously it is. I turn it on to see what she’s wearing, and then I change the channel. Really.
david beckham! how does he look so good EVERY DAY? luckily there are just that many pictures for me to verify every day.
i enjoyed the hanson video… but EW to taylor’s pornostache. ew!
Wentworth Miller’s eyes…I don’t care what is happening on Prison Break anymore!!
Ryan Reynold’s whole body!!
I’m probably not alone, but I’ve been thinking way too much about Harry Potter which leads me to think way too much about Daniel Radcliffe and my semi-inappropriate crush on him (I scored a 6 on the quiz) and what steps I intend to take to get him to fall in love with me (I am only three years older so it’s not too creepy).
Perfect timing for this post. Saw the first preview of Grease on Tuesday night and ever since, I find my mind wandering back to Max Crumm in his wee running shorts (when Danny joins the track team). We were sitting in the front row…and he has very nice legs.
Robbie Williams’ eyes.
Brad Pitt’s smile can enthrall me for hours on end.
I happened to receive the excellent “Little Children” from Netflix and see “Evening” within a couple weeks of each other. Since then, I have been transfixed by Patrick Wilson’s yummy gaze.
Chris Klein’s hair. Have had several run-ins with him around town as he is up in Western Mass lending support to his girlfriend while she summer-stocks it up. Didn’t give a second look to him or his greasy mop in any of the American Pies but in person? Follicular fabulousness.
Usher’s abs.
George Clooney’s smile. His eyes just light up.
you call THAT a tricep?
Too easy- Michael Jackson’s nose. Ever since the first couple of cuts, I’ve been obsessed with dude’s nose!
I’ve always thought Angela Bassett had an amazing body and always admired how in shape she always looks. Why wasn’t she cast as Storm in the X men movies? She would have rocked in that role (pun not intended, but let’s roll with it anyway).
My BFF and I have spent the last 48 hours talking about all things Harry Potter and Alan Rickman.
You know in Newsies during that “Seize the Day” dance sequence on the streets when Christian Bale juts his chin up and punches the air. That moment is worn out on my video tape. The man has the jawline of a Greek god, and the best facial expressions of any actor in history. Best. Movie. Ever.
I can’t stop thinking about the Simpsons movie. I’m so excited! And I’m such a geek.
British actor James McAvoy’s smile…
Watching this I was thinking that Zac Efron would be lucky to look as good as Taylor Hanson in five years. Which brings me to what I’ve spent WAY too much time thinking about lately: Zefron and his baby blues.
Alan Rickman’s voice. I got this CD of sonnets – his is amazing.
Luke Perry’s smile, especially circa 90210’s first season.
A couple recent obsessions (that oddly enough belong to white boys—sorry y’all, that’s strange for me)
1) Zac Efron’s curl, eyes and cute gaze in “Hairspray”. I’ve been obsessing about this for almost a week.
2) Patrick Wilson’s toned and oiled- up body in “Little Children” and “Evening”. Little Children was a serious movie, but my friend and I kept making inappropriate moaning sounds in the theater every time his bare body was exposed…which was ALOT!
OH, WAIT!!! A man of color:
Jimmy Jean Louis (The Haitian on HEROES, fine a$$ DR. in Phat Girlz). Not one body part, but all of the body parts, plus the smile, and that sexy accent!!! WHEW, LORD!!!
I’m done…
I can also obsess about Orlando Bloom’s anything and eveything for days on end. Johnny Depp in pirate gear as well.
I did not even notice Taylor’s arms, I was so transfixed at that dirt on his upper lip. Please have someone tell him to shave it off.
kats: YOU GO GIRL!!!! Orlando’s eyes, arms (in Kingdom of Heaven), smile, hair (in Pirates!), and OOOO the way he swordfights and shoots a bow and arrow (Legolas!). Somebody PLEASE bring Orlando’s play to Broadway! I agree about Johnny Depp, his eyes and lips are to DIE for, and those amazing accents he does! In addition to Pirates, ‘From Hell’ is also one of my favorite Johnny performances. Hugh Jackman’s everything is high on my list of yummy things to obsess about as well. Those Wolverine arms are perfection in every sense of the word!
OK, so I used to freeze frame Hayden Christensen’s face in Life As a House, when he finds his mom and dad kissing. There is one part where it is so completely adorable and sexy all at once. I had to stop after a while though, I think I was getting a little obsessed?
Sarah~ Knew you’d be on board the Orlando and Johnny train as well ; )
Can’t wait to see Orlando on Broadway!!! Theater owners must know the audience that’s out there just for him.
Here’s a facial expression obsession . . . In Spiderman 3 James Franco telling the waitress that the pie is “so good.” So devilishly delish!
One more obsession of mine. The kiss between Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams when they won the best screen kiss on MTV Movie Awards. I’ve watched that over and over and over again. Oh to be kissed like that….
kats: I also have a thing for voices. I could listen to Orlando, Johnny and Hugh’s voices til the cows come home. If only one of them would read me a bedtime story…..
I’m also an Orlando Bloom fan ever since he first said, “And you have my bow” in LOTR Fellowship. In addition to his other previously listed amiable qualities, he has very nice hands. That scene in ‘Troy’ when he’s with Helen in her bedroom is quite freeze-frame and drool worthy!
Dylan McDermott’s eyes. Actually, it’s an old fixation that’s been renewed. I used to love The Practice (only partially because of those piercing eyes). When I upgraded my cable, I learned that FX shows The Practice in the morning. And that’s reminded me that that man has beautiful eyes. And I’m now contemplating checking out ABC’s new fall show “Big Shots” because of Dylan McDermott’s eyes.
Catherine, I hear ya on Ryan and Wenty. However, I’ve always had a thing for a guy’s forearm, especially if it shows all his little separate muscles moving when he’s got something in his hand-like when Brad Pitt casts a fishing pole in the movie “River Runs Through It” or when Keanu Reeves is pulling himself from up under the bus when he was in “Speed.” And since I’m from Chicago, Michael Jordan’s arms and legs. And lastly, any body part of Christian Bale’s. If I see him here while he’s filming the second Batman, my knees might collapse on sight. And this could be weird, but I have a fem-crush on Sandra Bullock-she’s got a rockin physique. Great legs.