For just the third time ever, there is a two-time winner of People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive award.

On Wednesday, Johnny Depp joined Brad Pitt (1995 and 2000) and George Clooney (1997 and 2006) as the only two-time winners of the much-debated title. It was something of a surprise: Usually, People’s sexiest man is coming off a year spent in the public spotlight because of a major movie release. Depp, who won in 2003, breaks the mold, winning despite keeping a low profile in 2009.

And according to the U.K. Daily Mail, that profile is about to get a lot larger. The Web site is reporting that Depp has just signed to film a fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film, “On Stranger Tides,” in return for a whopping $35 million payday.

People editor Julie Jordan said the magazine’s editors considered 2009’s hunk-of-the-moment, “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson, for the award, but decided instead to go with the 46-year-old unmarried father of two for longevity that has withstood the test of time.Another section of the issue is called “Vampire Awards,” and those are broken down into subcategories such as “Hair,” where Robert Pattinson takes the honors. The magazine also put actor Jerry O’Connell in a Speedo swimsuit, then photographed him going through his day’s activities — everything from perusing a book in the library to ordering meat in a deli — calling it “My Life in a Speedo.”

There are also “Celeb Look-Alikes,” where People makes a case that Jon Hamm, for example, looks exactly like Fabio. Then there’s “Leading Men by Leading Ladies,” where the costars of various sexy men dish on the guys’ sex appeal. Men in that group include Matt Damon and Ryan Reynolds.

Source: MSNBC

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