Nov 1 2007 05:01 PM ET

The PopWatch Confessional (Vol. 39)

Which celebs are currently on your Top 5 (the list of people with whom you’d happily have relations — even if it required you making a large donation to their favorite charity)? And which star once made the list and, unfortunately, your friends will never let you forget it?

Here’s why I’m asking: I’ve been without a Top 5 for awhile now, and it’s starting to worry me. Some people may call it maturity; I call it boring. I liked having people who got me giddy on sight. Who’d enter the countdown "with a bullet." Who I’d tell friends could randomly propose marriage to me on the street Jon Stewart, and I’d respond "Sure, I’ll give that a go" and mean it.

So please, share your current Top 5s, and maybe I’ll get inspired. Also, confess those crushes that never should have been — just because it’ll make me (whose friends love to remind her that Adrien Brody reportedly goes by the name A. Ranger when he produces hip-hop beats) smile.

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  • Liz

    I loved Steven Tyler of Aerosmith in seventh grade…and now he just frightens me…Also, Jared Leto has really fallen, he used to be my number one but with his horrid band and faux-goth look he has fallen off the list

  • Elizabeth

    Crucify me, if you will, but you asked, and in no particular order:
    Backstreet Boys (still kickin’ it, inspite of Jive releasing Brit this week – yeah, some of us don’t forget!); Stephen Colbert
    Jon Hamm (how sweet is he on Mad Men?)
    Tina Fey
    Neil Patrick Harris (awe… wait for it, wait for it… some)
    (connect all those together, I dare ya!)

  • Gretchen Weiners

    1) Andy Samberg
    2) Seth Rogen
    3) Casey Affleck
    4) David Beckham
    5) Cole Hauser
    My friends are baffled by Samberg and Rogen, but I would gladly get to know either of them biblically.

  • Maggie

    My top 5 still are Justin Timberlake, Usher, Ryan Phillippe, Zac Efron, and Paul Walker.
    I can’t believe I was ever into Nick Lachey, Nick Carter, Collin Farrell, Jake Gyllenhaal, or Brian Austin Green.

  • annie

    ashton kutcher;
    christian bale;
    ryan gosling;
    eminem;
    jack black is the one i get made fun of for. but i love him.

  • Erica

    I have a top four: 1. Matt Damon, 2. John Krasinski, 3. Paul Walker and 4. Justin Timberlake. I used to be totally in love with Luke Wilson, but he has fallen off the list.

  • GOB

    Nicole Kidman
    Jennifer Garner
    Kristen Bell
    Lucy Liu
    Heidi Klum

  • Pamela

    Matt Damon
    Christian Bale
    Clive Owen
    Cillian Murphy
    I always get a laugh from my friends about Jason Lee, because all they can picture is Earl. I like to remember him in Mallrats and Amy…

  • Heather

    Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman. Keith Urban used to be on the list. (The rest of the spots are taken up by guys that I’m not mentioning here. *g*)

  • DCR

    1. Claire Danes (never got over my Angela Chase crush)
    2. Kelly Clarkson
    3. Natalie Portman
    4. Jenna Fischer
    5. Keira Knightley
    I was a huge Britney Spears defender for the longest time. I was so in love with her, but towards the start of the Federline era, I bid her adieu. My friends like to remind me a lot though of that time.

  • *lauren*

    So easy:
    1. Milo Ventimiglia
    2. Adam Brody
    3. Zachary Levi
    4. Adam Levine
    5. Zachary Quinto

  • mscisluv

    I used to have a top 10…that I actually posted in my dorm room. My friends will never let me forget that Dexter Holland (from The Offspring) at one point topped that list. Will Smith was number 2, and I would say he’s still definitely top 5 all these years later. Also: Jeremy Piven, Patrick Dempsey, and Justin Timberlake. Not sure who else.

  • EP Sato

    Newbies: Vanessa Ferlito (she looks a lot like my wife), Eva Longoria (ditto), Sofia Vergarra (Knights of Prosperity), Gina Torres (She’ll always be my Wonder Woman), Tina Fey (she seems like she’d be a really fun girlfriend, especially in NYC).
    Formers: Brooke Shields was my first crush, and Jane Fonda (thanks to Barbarella) was another one. Shields lost her spot once she (and I) got older. Fonda lost her spot once I realized Barbarella had been made in the 1960s…
    Classic Cougars: Carolyn Monroe (Starcrash), Erin Grey (Buck Rogers), Jennifer Runyon (Charles in Charge), Pam Grier (Foxie Brown) and Diane Lane (Streets of Fire) are my “Classic” crushes from childhood. Per recent photos on IMDB, they’re all still very crush worthy.

  • Kristi

    Gotta go with:
    Clive Owen–Accents make me swoon.
    Ryan Gosling–2 words: The Notebook.
    Michael Vartan–On here in spite of Big Shots, he’ll always be Vaughn to me.
    Mark Ruffalo–A friend and I have a name for his kind of cute–Hot Sloppy.
    Justin–’Nuff said.

  • Minutiae

    OK, so mine are:
    Christian Bale
    Goran Visnjic
    Johnny Depp
    Ryan Reynolds
    Jimmy Fallon (He’s cute! I can’t help it!)
    My friends like to make fun of my love for Russell Crowe, and yes, he’s surly and a bit chunky these days, but in Gladiator he was HOT.

  • Jana

    1. Brad Pitt – always!
    2. Christian Bale
    3. Matt Damon
    4. George Clooney
    5. Brad Pitt

  • MikeNJD

    In no particular order:
    1) Jenna Fischer
    2) Kate Winslet
    3) Sacarlett Johanssen
    4) Natalie Portman
    5) Jennifer Garner
    OK, maybe in that order.

  • Chris

    1. Uma Thurman – I’ll never kill your baby.
    2. Natalie Portman – Let’s get Closer.
    3. Nicole Kidman – I’ll invade you anytime, anywhere.
    4. Eva Green – I’ll be your Bond, James Bond.
    5. Beyonce – that body so booty-licious, baby!

  • Zod

    Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Eliza Dushku, Angelina Jolie (circa the non-crack whore skinny years), and Kevin Smith.
    Of course, friends never understand Kevin, but he’s a funny mofo, so that more than makes up for what he’s lacking in the bod department.

  • Dana

    1.) Wentworth Miller
    2.) James Tupper
    3.) Hugh Laurie
    4.)David Boreanaz

  • Wendy P

    1. Christian Bale
    2. Michael Clarke Duncan
    3. Duane “the Rock” Johnson
    4. Cole Hauser
    5. rotates between Sean Connery, Bruce Willis & Edward Burns.

  • Wendy

    Daniel Craig
    *and then my mind goes blank for awhile thinking about him*
    Nathan Fillion
    Clive Owen
    Michael Vartan
    Gerard Butler

  • Patty

    Daniel Radcliffe
    Zach Braff
    Stephen Colbert
    Trevor Eve (look him up – Brit actor)
    Alton Brown
    Eclectic is my middle name!

  • jezzypooh

    Johnny Depp
    Edward Norton
    Steve Buscemi (I Know)
    Gary Oldman
    Ryan Gosling

  • Anonymous

    1.) Taylor Hanson – I guess I’m still 13 on the inside..
    2.) Wentworth Miller – preferably if he’s acting like Michael Scofield.
    3.) Adrien Brody – he just seems so painfully smart and artsy
    4.) Jason Lee – circa Mall Rats
    5.) Jared Leto – despite his recent appearance

  • kel

    i think about this fairly regularly. i don’t know what that says…
    ryan gosling-hello, notebook!
    edward norton
    clive owen
    christian bale
    justin timberlake
    and i used to love michael phelps, the olympic swimmer. i think it was the abs and back muscles. come summer, this crush may be reborn.

  • DK

    Current top seven, in no particular order, because I can’t limit it to five:
    1. Ryan Adams – I know he’s a mess, but still. See his Gap ad with Willie Nelson, around the 17 second-mark.
    2. Jason Flemyng – Have you seen “The Red Violin?” Oh my word…
    3. Adrien Brody – See the movie “Liberty Heights”
    4. Joaquin Phoenix – Just yum.
    5. Jared Leto – Now, not the “My So-Called Life” era… see the video for “The Kill.”
    6. Davey Havok – See the “Leaving Song Part II” video.
    7. Joe Anderson – The newest addition to this list, thanks to “Across the Universe.”

  • John

    4 Victoria’s Secret Models and Jessica Alba

  • Amy

    1. Eric Bana
    2. Hugh Jackman
    3. Hugh Laurie
    4. Russell Crowe
    5. Chris Evans (The Flame from the Fantastic 4, super hot bod!)

  • coltsfan

    1. Michael J. Fox
    2. John Krazinski
    3.

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