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Dear Tom Cruise:

We all know that Katie Holmes is taller than you. We really do. But I saw your wedding pics, and clearly you were standing on a box in some of them. There was one, though, where you looked like you were both the same height, and yet your feet were on the floor. I can only imagine that your new wife was kneeling on a box under her voluminous poofy dress.

This is idiocy. If neither one of you is embarrassed about the fact that she's taller (and in this day and age, no one should be--and keep in mind that it's your face, not your height, that's made you famous), PLEASE BURN THE BOX. Really. I'll send you a personal note of thanks.

~~~Sarah

Dear People Magazine:

Okay. I had no problems when you picked Johnny Depp and Matthew McConaughey as the Sexiest Men Alive. But GEORGE CLOONEY? He's barely even CUTE, never mind SEXY! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING??? Why not Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, or Sean Bean? (We'll give a few years to David Wenham and Karl Urban, who really aren't known enough in the States. Yet.) I can't even name a single movie Clooney's been in (ever!), but the men I named all have long, respectable careers behind them. WHY? WHY, I ASK!

~~~Sarah

Anyway. Sexiest Man Alive issue bragged on the cover that they were featuring 204 sexy guys total.
Number I recognized (as in, I could name something they've been in): 74.
Number I think are actually sexy (as in, whether I recognized them or not, made me look twice and go "ooh!"): 46.
Number I think are downright ugly (including Brad Pitt, another undeserving recipient of the SMA): 16.
Most annoying thing about the whole issue: Elijah has a full-page interview (yes, my scan) in which he discusses Happy Feet and Bobby, but is not featured anywhere among those 204 guys.

ETA: But if you're a Harry Potter fan, particularly of the Weasley twins, this was cool!