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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
You might think this odd from a gay man but I am so in love [but non-sexually] with Diane Keaton - I have been for years!

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WW. This is going off at a tangent but your posting has triggered something I've never understood. Do you know why is it some gay men have crushes on Judy Garland (as Dorothy) and Doris Day for example?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
[tangent]That has puzzled me for a long time, neither have ever particularly appealed to me.

[Doubtless I will now be drummed out of the all the local gay venues as a heretic!]
[/tangent]
 

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Posted by PrettyFly (# 13157) on :
 
I have a secret crush on Howie Mandel The one time I confessed this to someone she didn't stop laughing for the rest of the evening and she still likes to joke about me being "hot for Howie".

I also have a small thing for Eddie Izzard, but mostly my crushes are on fictional characters (it's not Colin Firth, it's Mr Darcy as Firth portrays him; it's not Johnny Depp, who I could take or leave, it's Jack Sparrow, and so on).

My husband has pointed out that all these people are rather odd in some way and often rather narcissistic.
 

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Posted by Pegasus (# 1966) on :
 
For a long time post-LOTR I had a secret crush on Orlando Bloom (yes, I know, I know). I think it was the pointy ears that did it. I must have been quite badly smitten, because at the time I didn't even find it embarrassing.
 

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Posted by Benny Diction 2 (# 14159) on :
 
I thought for the benefit of non UK reidents I should put a link to a photo of Delia. There are loads if you Google her, but this link has a double crush benefit! (Delia and Kate Bush)

http://www.radiotimes.com/content/features/galleries/delia-smith/04/mainImage.jpg
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
OMG, Prettyfly, I've got an anti-crush on Howie Mandel. I literally have to turn the channel when I catch him on anything but the odd re-run of St. Elsewhere, which I liked.

I used to be an ardent X-Phile and adored David Duchovny as Fox Mulder. I still think he is a cutey and try and catch him when he appears on talk shows.
 

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Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on :
 
Fox Mulder definately.
Neo is a real crush, not Keanu Reeves, just the character. Oh and of course Jack Sparrow. Odd isn't is that it is so often the character not the actor.
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 

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Originally posted by Benny Diction 2:
(Delia and Kate Bush)

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Originally posted by Benny Diction 2:
... Delia and Kate Bush ...

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Most red-blooded men wouldn't have even noticed Delia in that photograph ...

For myself, as I've said on previous celebrity-crush threads, give me
Captain Slow any time. Please.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Anderson Cooper. Those piercing blue eyes set against the prematurely-silver hair. And during his Hurricane Katrina reporting, when he'd walk through New Orleans in jeans and a black t-shirt... oh, my....
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 
I have a list.
1)Phillip Glenister as Gene Hunt. Such ill-manners, loud brash, drunkard yet tenderness and loving at the same time. Those blue eyes and that masculine face. YOWZA.
2)Robert Downey, Jr. as Sherlock Holmes. That wit, brains and brawn...sharp, dark piercing eyes. Such intensity. Detective, come inspect me now!
3)Kevin James as Paul Paul Blart. Such pretty eyes and makes me laugh, plus he can kick some butt. The Segway PT looks cool to me. I know I am weird but hey.
4) Secret guy-I-know-through-church. Nerd, quirky, sensitive very bold guy, came right up to me and told me his life story. I want so badly to rip off his...read his bible with him. *sigh*

There you go.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
...4) available?
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
...4) available?

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I think so. But he must just not be that into me as we run in the same circles and he ain't done nuthing since that day to reach out.
 

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Posted by PurpleDaisy (# 4290) on :
 
Not such a secret crush but definitely an embarrassing one - Phillip Schofield. Especially since he stopped dyeing his hair and has gone beautifully grey! He was my first crush as a little girl and has stayed with me ever since
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
My first was (blush) Gil Gerard, from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

In my defence, I was about 9 at the time.

My first real, send-the-actor-a-birthday-card crush was Lee Curreri, who played Bruno in Fame. Strangely enough, a few hundred miles away a certain Hugal was having similar feelings for Valerie Landsburg who played Doris. Funny old world.
 

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Posted by Lord Jestocost (# 12909) on :
 
Sarah-Jane Smith, Dr Who, 1974-1976 - strangely enough, just covering the period I was gearing up for adolescence. And dammit, she's still hot 30 years later just as I'm gearing up for my mid-life crisis.
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
My male friends and brothers think she is ugly, with a terrible voice; but I have a crush on (Australian Deputy Prime Minister) Julia Gillard. This is not new but started 12 or so years ago when I first saw her on a late night news programme. My partner knows and is not jealous or worried (there are resemblances).
 

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Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on :
 
Purple Daisy - don't worry. I'm with you on Philip Schofield (altho it's not widely known!) Whereas my Alan Rickman "Thing" is.

I'm afraid I had a bit of a (really I can't explain it at all, because it wasn't due to physical attraction) Thing for Baldrick in Blackadders 2 & 4. Now that really is wierd.
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 

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Originaly posted by PurpleDaisy

Phillip Schofield. Especially since he stopped dyeing his hair and has gone beautifully grey!

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Me too, and I'll add David McCallam, first as Illya Kuryakin in 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E' and now as Dr (Ducky) Mallard in NCIS.
 

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Posted by amber. (# 11142) on :
 
Well, I used to be very keen on Paul Michael Glaser. Then there's Johnny Depp...and Patrick Stewart is splendid, as is Cameron Diaz.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Yes to Alan Rickman - in fact YES! Yes! Oh, YESSS!!! to Alan Rickman.

Years and years ago when I was a little lad just becoming aware of such things my first serious celebrity crush was on Barry Curtis who played Ricky North in Champion the Wonder Horse. I wanted us to ride off into the sunset together - I don't think I was clear at that point what we do once we got wherever we were going but I was in lurve!
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 

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Originally posted by duchess:

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
...4) available?

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I think so. But he must just not be that into me as we run in the same circles and he ain't done nuthing since that day to reach out.

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quote:

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Originally posted by AgnosticJim:
Lorraine Kelly.

To me she is the embodiment of the not-too-common phenomenon of the friend's really nice mum that you fancied in your teenage years. Sort of like Perry's feelings towards Mrs Paterson (both of Harry Enfield's Kevin & Perry)

My wife is aware of this crush, but I can't recall if I explained the above rationale. Plus I like her accent.

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Yes to Alan Rickman - in fact YES! Yes! Oh, YESSS!!! to Alan Rickman.

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Indeed! And since watching Spider Man 2 the other day, I realised my new crush is Alfred Molina. Yum.
 

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Posted by PurpleDaisy (# 4290) on :
 
Dormouse and ElaineC - it is so comforting to know I am not alone! It has been suggested by some that I may need psychological help. They just don't understand

My husband and I have a "get out of jail free" clause. Mine is Phillip Schofield, his is Kylie. We both acknowledge that out love of these people was formed long before we met each other

Because, of course, Phillip is just dying to go out with me, he just doesn't know it yet
 

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Posted by Benny Diction 2 (# 14159) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lord Jestocost:
Sarah-Jane Smith, Dr Who, 1974-1976 - strangely enough, just covering the period I was gearing up for adolescence. And dammit, she's still hot 30 years later just as I'm gearing up for my mid-life crisis.

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Here, here!
 

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Posted by Erroneous Monk (# 10858) on :
 
Current crushes:

a) Fictional people: Sir Harry Pearce from Spooks

b) Real people: One of my bosses who is (i) gay and (ii) in a long term relationship. But we have chemistry, really, I know we do... sigh...
 

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Posted by PurpleDaisy (# 4290) on :
 
Also just been reminded of the following weird crushes:

1) Alan Davies - it's the curly hair
2) James Cordon - he's just so cuddly!
3) Denise Van Outen - I know, I know, I'm straight, but there's just something about her...
 

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Posted by TraineeChristian (# 12972) on :
 

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Originally posted by basso:
Flicka. (The American mezzo Frederica von Stade, for those not in the know.)

I first saw her (as Cherubino) when I was 18 or so. (Kiri was the Countess in the same production - it was the first at San Francisco Opera for both.)

Mmmm.

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Oh heck, me too. I'm also developing a bit of a crush on Renee Fleming. Fine, except I'm a straight female. Mind you, opera's pretty good at mucking around with gender and sexual identity at the best of times (trouser roles etc), with general diva-worship too it can be a heady mix!
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
If we're talking opera singers, what about Carolyn Sampson ? 'Endless Pleasure, Endless Love'- now there's something to disturb (or perk up) your dreams......
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 

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Originally posted by Albertus:
Have you done anything? If not, why not give it a go- needs courage but what have you got to lose?
If someone owned up to having a secret thing about me, even if I wasn't interested (as I wouldn't be, being very happily attached), I might be a bit embarrassed but I'd probably also be very flattered.

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Nein, chap. Nyet. Thanks for your concern about my state of affairs.

I've left out
5) Alan Rickman - that voice, melts me like honey...loved him in Love Actually, even though he was not very nice in that movie
6) Simon LeBon - new wave retro. Ahhh. Vanilla Chocolate
7) Michael Tait - DC Talk black singer who loves heavy metal. I dreamt once like 6 or 7 years back we were engaged and my friends were giving us a party at Chevy's.
8) MacGyver - that ingenuity, that charm, that mullet.
 

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Posted by Matariki (# 14380) on :
 
As we are amongst friends,

Fictional; Ianto Jones in 'Torchwood.' i have this fetish for Welsh accents and he is very attractive.

Real life; Josh Kronfeld; NZ Rugby player. Very attractive and a really nice guy. :

As you can tell I am a chap's chap but I would like to put in a special mention for the lovely, beautiful Halle Berry.
 

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Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :
 
duchess - I'm with you about Tait!!

And really, really about Alan Rickman

Other crushes:
*Nathan Fillion (as Captain Malcolm Reynolds, and now as Rick Castle)
*Cary Grant (yes, long dead, but I really don't care!)
*Gary Cooper (see note on Cary Grant)
*Edward Norton (as Eisenheim in The Illusionist and as Bruce in The Incredible Hulk)

eta - Both the 9th and 10th Doctor Who. Not the actors, the characters.

[ 13. January 2010, 15:37: Message edited by: Joyeux ]
 

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Posted by PurpleDaisy (# 4290) on :
 
Oh Joyeux, so right about Nathan Fillion. Why oh why was that show cancelled?
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
David Boreanaz as Sealie Booth on Bones. Rrrrraaawwwrr!
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 
There's not much secret about my crush on Anne Hathaway. More secretly though I'm hoping the Muslims are right: she can pop grapes into my mouth eternally any day ...
 

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Posted by St Everild (# 3626) on :
 
Mmmm - Alan Rickman definately, especialy as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Best bit of that movie!
Christopher Ecclestone as Dr Who
David Tennant ditto.
James thing - the one who was Spike from Buffy
Colin Firth as just about anyone really
David Boreanaz - Angel from Buffy
John Barrowman - yes I know he's gay, but this is a dream, right? And he is "sigh" sooo handsome!
 

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Posted by markey (# 14847) on :
 
Now I have this thing for
James May
It's the dishevelled look that does it for me every time!

When I was younger I rather liked Paul Michael Glaser as well. And Richard O'Sullivan from 'Man About the House'and Peter Firth when he was in 'The Double Deckers' Going back a bit, I know.


I did mention James May?, didn't I?
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
most of my celebrity crushes aren't so secret, I am happy to announce them.

BUT - a few weeks ago I happened to admit a strong attraction to Jack Black. I was teased and ridiculed by my friends.

but there's just something wonderful about him. perhaps it's the 12-year-old in the 40-year-old body. I don't know.

shut up.

stop laughing.
 

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Posted by georgiaboy (# 11294) on :
 

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Originally posted by Benny Diction 2:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
You might think this odd from a gay man but I am so in love [but non-sexually] with Diane Keaton - I have been for years!

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WW. This is going off at a tangent but your posting has triggered something I've never understood. Do you know why is it some gay men have crushes on Judy Garland (as Dorothy) and Doris Day for example?

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Also Joan Crawford; also Bette Davis. To quote a lyric, 'I don't know why, but I do.'
 

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Posted by Leaf (# 14169) on :
 
Freddie Mercury's singing voice and Alan Rickman's speaking voice.
 

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Posted by Benny Diction 2 (# 14159) on :
 
I suppose as I started this thread off I should fess up to various crushes over the years. So by way of confession being good for the soul, in no particular order:

Daphne from Scooby Doo
Sarah Greene (one time Blue Peter presenter)
Claire Grogan (lead singer with Altered Images)
Wonder Woman (not fussed about Linda Carter though)
Nigella Lawson
Anna Chancellor ("Duckface" in Four Weddings)
Fiona Bruce
And as others have mentioned opera singers Leslie Garrett.

There I feel so much better for sharing!

Does anyone know a good therapist?


 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
I think Alan Rickman and Johnny Depp are more or less obligatory.

But I would put in a word for Jeff Bridges (the word is MINE!)
 

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Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :
 

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Originally posted by comet:
BUT - a few weeks ago I happened to admit a strong attraction to Jack Black. I was teased and ridiculed by my friends.

but there's just something wonderful about him. perhaps it's the 12-year-old in the 40-year-old body. I don't know.

shut up.

stop laughing.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Firenze:
I think Alan Rickman and Johnny Depp are more or less obligatory.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Benny Diction 2:

Nigella Lawson

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My girlfriend is trying to convince me to switch my food crush from Giada de Laurentis to Nigella Lawson, who is one of her idols. I would probably be game, except the only time Nigella is on TV here is at 5:30 on Saturday morning, and I don’t have DVR.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
OK, since we're all sharing...
My crushes have been characters rather than the actual people playing them, like several others here.
Mr. Spock...first and most long-lasting crush.
Another fan of Alan Rickman here, playing Col. Brandon.
Qui-Gon Jinn. Surprise! He's my peer-hunk.

I'm sure there are others, though.

It's really funny when Daughter-Unit and I are comparing our crushes. Hers are "really hot" to her, and look like little kids to me.

Now that I think about it, that's as it should be!

[deleted extraneous ]

[ 13. January 2010, 20:56: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
 

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Posted by LutheranChik (# 9826) on :
 
My (nonsexual) TV crushes include Mary Alice and Geoff of Ace of Cakes, and Cap'n Sig and his brother Edgar of The Deadliest Catch. I also find Nigella Lawson...interesting to watch. DP has not-very-secret crushes on Anne Murray and Jamie Lee Curtis.
 

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Posted by Erin (# 2) on :
 
Giada looks like a bobblehead doll, Og.

I had nearly all of my crushes confined to Friday night television, but Enver Gjokaj and Tahmoh Penikett will be off the air in another week and they've moved Matt Bomer to Tuesdays starting next week. But I think he'll go good with the Michael Weatherly and Mark Harmon crushes. Fridays belong solely to David Conrad now, but I hate the whole Sam storyline with the white-hot intensity of a thousand burning nuns so it is hard to watch GW any more.
 

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Posted by Og, King of Bashan (# 9562) on :
 
And that’s why you should never have the crush conversation in a coed group. (I was always amazed in college at how the otherwise perfectly pleasant female friends I had would suddenly accuse other women of being brainless or cokeheads whenever I mentioned that they were attractive). And don't get me wrong- men are just as bad.

[ 13. January 2010, 21:48: Message edited by: Og, King of Bashan ]
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 

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Originally posted by Joyeux:
duchess - I'm with you about Tait!!

And really, really about Alan Rickman

Other crushes:
*Nathan Fillion (as Captain Malcolm Reynolds, and now as Rick Castle)
*Cary Grant (yes, long dead, but I really don't care!)
*Gary Cooper (see note on Cary Grant)
*Edward Norton (as Eisenheim in The Illusionist and as Bruce in The Incredible Hulk)

eta - Both the 9th and 10th Doctor Who. Not the actors, the characters.

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Ed Norton in the Painted Veil.
Damn handsome and passionate, forgiving.

hawtness
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Certainly a yes to Cary Grant - AND he batted for my team!

In opera circles the first and foremost would have to be Jessye Norman - what charisma, what a voice!

Sidney Poitier, anyone?
 

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Posted by Matariki (# 14380) on :
 
Welease Woderick,
Cary Grant, oh yes.
And what about Paul Newman in his prime? Those good looks, those eyes!
As for a gal crush I always had a soft spot for Charlie Dimmock; no other woman can make a spot of bedding in a herbaceous border sound quite so appealing.

[ 14. January 2010, 07:42: Message edited by: Matariki ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Oh, yeah. I wanted to be in his class in To Sir With Love. And he's still a stud to this day.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

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Originally posted by Matariki:
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And what about Paul Newman in his prime? Those good looks, those eyes! ...

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Oh yes, in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with all that smouldering sexuality I think that was his sexiext ever performance.
 

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Posted by Yerevan (# 10383) on :
 

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Another for Fox Mulder (not necessarily David Duchovny, just the character Fox). There is a vulnerability about him that scores very high on my Men Who Need to be Mothered meter.

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Another fan of Alan Rickman here, playing Col. Brandon.

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Originally posted by Yerevan:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that hot men look even hotter in frock coats.

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And with pointy ears* - but not in frocks, unless they're Eddie Izzard.


*Yes, I too, had a Spock crush though, in my case, (she says, with a sense of smug superiority ) it didn't last into adulthood.
 

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Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on :
 

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Originally posted by Yerevan:

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Another fan of Alan Rickman here, playing Col. Brandon.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that hot men look even hotter in frock coats.

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Excuse me while I wipe up my drool...I certainly wouldn't have kept Col Brandon waiting...
 

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Posted by virtuous sloth (# 15364) on :
 
The only celebrity crush that comes to mind is Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp, the band). Embarrassingly, this crush has lasted over ten years now.

More often I have secret crushes on people I know irl.
 

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Posted by Cottontail (# 12234) on :
 
Okay, this is an embarrassing one, because it means admitting that not only am I obsessed with a soap opera, but the one I am obsessed with is the German equivalent of Neighbours. Called Verbotene Liebe ('Forbidden Love'), it is filled as you would expect with the beautiful and the young. I got hooked in Germany and now keep up via Youtube.

Anyway, there is this gay couple on the show, called Olli and Christian, and they've been going strong two years now, and the story's been really well done, esp. at the beginning, we've been cheering them on as Christian won the boxing championship at the same time as battling prejudice, and they are two unfeasably hot men, incredible kissers, and the one I like in particular is far too young for me of course, and ... ... rats ... okay then ...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Thore Schölermann
 

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Posted by Pegasus (# 1966) on :
 

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Originally posted by Cottontail:
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Thore Schölermann

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He'd be better looking after a decent shave.
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 
Of course, if ever I were stranded on a desert Island with the aforementioned Jeremy Irons, in the absence of the aforementioned Anne Hathaway I could be forced to overcome my straightness and, as Wodders so delicately put it, bat for the other side.
 

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Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :
 
As my husband and son are also shipmates, I'll only confess to my teenage crushes - Paul Michael Glasier in Starsky and Hutch, Neil Diamond (voice like brown velvet) and Alan Alda in MASH. Darllenwr was around when I agreed with comments regarding Neil Oliver off Coast (gorgeous long hair), but otherwise, I'm afraid it's no comment!
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 

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Originally posted by Cottontail:
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Thore Schölermann

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Cradle snatcher.
 

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Posted by Cottontail (# 12234) on :
 

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Originally posted by QLib:

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Originally posted by Cottontail:
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Thore Schölermann

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Cradle snatcher.

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I know
Though to be fair, he's 26 now. Far too young still, but not indecent!
 

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Posted by Enoch (# 14322) on :
 
About twenty years ago, there was a comedy series about a man who could not make up his mind whether to stay with his wife or run off with his mistress. Jane Asher played his wife, and Felicity Kendal the mistress. Not a dilemma that comes the way of most of us.

It perhaps says something about me that I've no recollection at all as to who played the husband.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Y'know, Ed Norton Jr. strikes me as someone I could crush on, if I put in the effort.

My long-time celebrity crush has been Dwight Schultz-- this guy. But, in bingeing on a Dr. Who Marathon recently, I realised David Tennant kind of reminds me of him. Hopefully my mooning wasn't obvious.

Celebrity crushes, Guilty Secret variety-- I don't know what the hell it is, except he's kind of a laid-back wiseass, but every time I see Snoop Dogg in a non-singing capacity (for instance, when he was a presenter at the Friar's Club Roast for Flavor Flav) I find myself suddenly accessing my inner ho. Not particularly interested in his music, though. Go know.
 

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Posted by Graven Image (# 8755) on :
 
Robert Redford, I still love ever wrinkle on his face. He lives part of the year not far from us, but I have yet to have a sighting, while others have. One 20 year old told me he said, "Good Morning," to her and her heart skipped a beat. Guess it just not only us old ladies who still find him sexy.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

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Originally posted by Enoch:
About twenty years ago, there was a comedy series about a man who could not make up his mind whether to stay with his wife or run off with his mistress. Jane Asher played his wife, and Felicity Kendal the mistress. Not a dilemma that comes the way of most of us.

It perhaps says something about me that I've no recollection at all as to who played the husband.

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As my beloved would say (he might yet - he's a Shipmate), Felicity Kendal is Thinking Man's Crumpet.

And although I'm a straight woman, I don't remember who the husband was either; in fact, I didn't even remember that Jane Asher was the wife ...
 

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Posted by Foxy (# 2409) on :
 
Robert Downey Jr. makes my heart thud.

James Franco, especially in Freaks and Geeks, makes me giggle and blush like a schoolgirl.

And if he and I were both single, I would move to New York and stalk Jon Stewart.
 

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Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :
 
Originally posted by Yerevan:

quote:

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that hot men look even hotter in frock coats.

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Not just men!

I'm straight, but that look works for me.

Another 'fessing to Jack Sparrow. Also, I would have a crush on David Tennant, were it not for the fact that he's the spitting image of my daughter's godfather.
 

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Posted by Yerevan (# 10383) on :
 
Lets face it, EVERYONE looks good in a frock coat. I'm not sure if that says something inate about frock coats or if its just exposure to a succession of smouldering Mr. D'Arcy's...

I'm straight, but if I had a same sex crush it would be Drew Barrymore. Something about the pouty lips.
 

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Posted by Otter (# 12020) on :
 
Sean Connery, although that's never been a secret. Alton Brown isn't hard on the eyeballs, either.

Morgan Freeman's voice. As one review of "March of the Penguins" said, he could keep me fascinated reading the phone book. And I'd say the same for James Earl Jones.

For fictional characters, I have a strange fascination for Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) as played by Robert Downey Jr. Downey doesn't normally do much for me, and if I had to really be around somebody as conceited as Tony Stark I'd be tempted to commit murder, but on screen...
 

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Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :
 
I started my 'Secret Crush' career young, with Mr Spock and David McCallum as Ilya Kuriakin in the Man from U.N.C.L.E. I spent ages trying to do the Vulcan salute and trying to say Ilya Kuriakin!
Then it was onto the swashbucklers, and Errol Flynn - and I've not grown out of that one yet. (Orlando Bloom did a pretty good imitation of Errol Flynn in Pirates of the Caribbean, even down to the little 'tache).
More recently, I've discovered Antonio Banderas.
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 
Inspector Lynley(Nathaniel Parker IRL) hubba hubba.

[added IRL name.]

[ 16. January 2010, 21:22: Message edited by: duchess ]
 

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Posted by Sir Pellinore (ret'd) (# 12163) on :
 
Juliet Binoche, Fanny Ardant and Audrey Tautou would be a good start.

BTW my wife's late father was French.
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 
The late, great Rich Mullins
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 
Did I mention Anne Hathaway? Oh? I did? Sorry!
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Kelly Alves:

quote:

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Celebrity crushes, Guilty Secret variety-- I don't know what the hell it is, except he's kind of a laid-back wiseass, but every time I see Snoop Dogg in a non-singing capacity (for instance, when he was a presenter at the Friar's Club Roast for Flavor Flav) I find myself suddenly accessing my inner ho. Not particularly interested in his music, though. Go know.

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Oh, I quite understand. The term "bedroom eyes" was made for ol' Snoop. He had a little walk-on in the program Las Vegas. All he did was get introduced (as himself) and start discussing the superiority of walnut, hardwood floors and ...Yowza!

ETA: Why would anyone need to roast Flavor Flav? Doesn't he sort of exist pre-roasted?

[ 17. January 2010, 06:34: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by mrs whibley (# 4798) on :
 
Alex James, formerly of Blur. He writes a column about country living in the Independent and I blush just reading it!
Also John Simm, who is just about my only blond (more so as the Master recently, of course).
 

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Posted by leo (# 1458) on :
 

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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
I once had a boss named Leo who was very good-looking. I had a secret crush on him.

This may be why I appreciate the postings of a certain Shipmate, even though I know that that's not his real name and he probably looks nowhere like my old boss.

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Oh, I quite understand. The term "bedroom eyes" was made for ol' Snoop. He had a little walk-on in the program Las Vegas. All he did was get introduced (as himself) and start discussing the superiority of walnut, hardwood floors and ...Yowza!

ETA: Why would anyone need to roast Flavor Flav? Doesn't he sort of exist pre-roasted?

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Hardwood floors. Daaaaammmn.


Flavor Flav is gifted with an admirable ability to laugh at himself. And I mean, piss- ya- damn-pants laugh. Which makes one wonder if most of what he does is geared toward that purpose. Anyway, this quality seemed to really egg the roasters on.

In any case, it was gratifying to see four or five nervous whitefolk Friar's club members delicately edge around the race issue, then watch Snoop mount the podium, flash a warm, twinkly-eyed smile, and casually unload about a dozen dozens on Flav. Masterful.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Almost forgot; from the time I was little, I had a crush on Jimmy Stewart. He always seemed like a very nice man.

Fred MacMurray, too. (Always the older men.)
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 
The whole band makes me see stars, God help me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv-5snutHG0&feature=player_embedded

[eta: Switchfoot "Stars"]

[ 19. January 2010, 04:00: Message edited by: duchess ]
 

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Posted by Presbyopic (# 10596) on :
 

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Originally posted by Og, King of Bashan:

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Originally posted by Benny Diction 2:

Nigella Lawson

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My girlfriend is trying to convince me to switch my food crush from Giada de Laurentis to Nigella Lawson, who is one of her idols. I would probably be game, except the only time Nigella is on TV here is at 5:30 on Saturday morning, and I don’t have DVR.

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Originally posted by Presbyopic:

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Originally posted by Og, King of Bashan:

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Originally posted by Benny Diction 2:

Nigella Lawson

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My girlfriend is trying to convince me to switch my food crush from Giada de Laurentis to Nigella Lawson, who is one of her idols. I would probably be game, except the only time Nigella is on TV here is at 5:30 on Saturday morning, and I don’t have DVR.

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She's certainly an attractively put together woman (the whole package I mean) but don't you find her head is freakishly big for her tiny little body? I find it so odd that I can't barely watch her as I fixate on her massive head.

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Nigella has a tiny little body? I think you need your eyes testing or a new TV!

 

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Posted by PrettyFly (# 13157) on :
 

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Originally posted by RuthW:

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Originally posted by comet:
BUT - a few weeks ago I happened to admit a strong attraction to Jack Black. I was teased and ridiculed by my friends.

but there's just something wonderful about him. perhaps it's the 12-year-old in the 40-year-old body. I don't know.

shut up.

stop laughing.

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I am totally with you on this.

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Originally posted by leftfieldlover:
Thinking about Mr Darcys - the guy who played him in a spoofish Pride and Prejudice (Lost in Austen...?) was the best yet. His smouldering levels were off the scale

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Heretick! Firth is the One True Darcy, as any fule no.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Absolutely, QLib - any other actor as Mr. Darcy has ideas above his station.
 

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Posted by leftfieldlover (# 13467) on :
 
Nope. Firth didn't do it for me.
 

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Posted by PurpleDaisy (# 4290) on :
 

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Originally posted by leftfieldlover:
Nope. Firth didn't do it for me.

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Don't worry leftfieldlover, I will pray for you to see the light!
 

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Posted by Pine Marten (# 11068) on :
 
What an interesting read over my lunchtime sarnie!

Here goes a few as I think of them:

Johnny Depp in most things, especially Capt Jack Sparrow, and also the dishevelled Mort in Secret Window [another character asks if Mort is ok : ‘you don’t look so hot...’ --- ack! Are you insane?? Any hotter and Mort would melt the screen...]

Aidan Turner (phwoar)– currently in Being Human, also played Rossetti in Carry on up the Easel..oops.. Desperate Romantics

Faith in Buffy - I’m straight but would leave home for Faith (another phwoar!)
and Angel, of course

Sawyer & Desmond in LOST

Richard Armitage as Guy of Gisborne – also a beautiful voice

The gorgeous, velvet voices of James Mason; Alan Rickman; Morgan Freeman

...and another vote for Alfred Molina
 

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Posted by leftfieldlover (# 13467) on :
 
I forgot about Sawyer. Just thinking about him makes me blush.
 

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Posted by Yerevan (# 10383) on :
 

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Originally posted by QLib:

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Originally posted by leftfieldlover:
Thinking about Mr Darcys - the guy who played him in a spoofish Pride and Prejudice (Lost in Austen...?) was the best yet. His smouldering levels were off the scale

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Heretick! Firth is the One True Darcy, as any fule no.

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Originally posted by PurpleDaisy:

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Originally posted by leftfieldlover:
Nope. Firth didn't do it for me.

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Don't worry leftfieldlover, I will pray for you to see the light!

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Originally posted by Yerevan:

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Originally posted by QLib:

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Originally posted by leftfieldlover:
Thinking about Mr Darcys - the guy who played him in a spoofish Pride and Prejudice (Lost in Austen...?) was the best yet. His smouldering levels were off the scale

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Heretick! Firth is the One True Darcy, as any fule no.

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Matthew Macfadyen was pretty hot though.

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He was indeed. So much so that I was very excited when I heard he had another movie out- Death at a Funeral . Ugh--was it just the missing frock coat, or what the hell else happened?
 

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Posted by Cinnamon cicada (# 14205) on :
 
I have been in love with Al Pacino for ever so long...

My other secret crushes are a bit more obscure:
There's Vladimir Putin. Even though short blond power-hungry men aren't my type, there's just something about him.

Then there's English actor Michael Kitchen. He played Foyle in Foyle's War. Sigh.

I'm leaving now, so you can laugh as hard as you like.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
Jewel Staite. Especially as Kayleigh in Firefly, but just generally, on hot girl.

And Dr Alice Roberts. I am watching a rerun of time team, and noticed one of the diggers had wonderfully dyed pinkish-red hair. It turned out to be Alice, looking ravishing ( as she always does ) with her hair in pigtails with flowers on!

So give me Jewel straddling a motor, or Alice getting dirty anytime.
 

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Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on :
 
I have recently come across Tom Ward

He's fairly hot.

This isn't so much about secret crushes any more, but just them wot make us drool. Which is fine. Just saying...
 

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Posted by birdsoftheair (# 15219) on :
 
I would have to say Kenneth Branagh as seen in Warrender, such brooding vulnerability!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Going back to the subject of chaps in frock-coats, I've just seen the first episode of Desperate Romantics, and I'm beginning to see what all the frock-coat freaks are getting at. Especially the bloke who plays Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
 

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Posted by Otter (# 12020) on :
 

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Originally posted by Cinnamon cicada:
Then there's English actor Michael Kitchen. He played Foyle in Foyle's War. Sigh.

I'm leaving now, so you can laugh as hard as you like.

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Originally posted by leftfieldlover:
...Now for the very secret crush from when I was a teenager - Gene Pitney (US singer)...

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Oh yes! Definitely one from my teenage years.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Yes! to Ken Branagh. He did the bedtime stories on cbeebies a couple of Christmasses ago and I ahem, thought it was very important that the children and I had some collective telly-time.

Also - Adrian Lester. Especially in Hustle. Goodness me.

I have a bit of a thing for posh-but-scruffy men, especially if they come with a fine singing voice (Jon Boden) and/or a mop of unruly curls (Pete Flood, Steve Punt, Ben Goldacre..)

Wibble.
 

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Posted by Chelley (# 11322) on :
 
Do these all have to be celebrity crushes?
If not, I can still remember (about 25 years later) being hit by a major crush on the A&E doctor I saw when I broke my arm aged about 14!

As for the celebrity kind though - nothing new (and also the characters mainly) -
Jack Sparrow
David Tennant's Doctor Who (when he's being 'English' - yes I know he's from Gallifrey!)
Colin Firth's Mr. Darcy
John Hannah - in anything but it started with 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. (Also proving I'm not biased against the Scottish accent!)
 

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Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on :
 
Here's a slightly off the wall one - Hugh Dennis...particularly in his role as wearied father in "Outnumbered", which I think is the best recent comedy (except Gavin & Stacey, of course!)
See this example.
 

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Posted by Benny Diction 2 (# 14159) on :
 

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Originally posted by Chelley:
Do these all have to be celebrity crushes?
If not, I can still remember (about 25 years later) being hit by a major crush on the A&E doctor I saw when I broke my arm aged about 14!
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No any crushes will do. I started the ball rolling with celebs as most people will see the fascination - or not! But if we're talking other crushes from my teen years there was:

Tricia,
Suzanne (I'd walk the dog past her house every evening hoping that she'd be around)
Louise (who I was about to ask out on a date then she moved away with her parents)
Katherine (who I found out at a school reunion 30 years later was always wondering when I'd ask her out!)

 

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Posted by leftfieldlover (# 13467) on :
 

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Originally posted by Dormouse:
I have recently come across Tom Ward

He's fairly hot.

This isn't so much about secret crushes any more, but just them wot make us drool. Which is fine. Just saying...

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Don't you think there's just a hint of David Tennant there? No matter.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
I just saw Sherlock Holmes. Oh. My. God. Robert Downey, Jr. If I had been that chamber maid, (Bed. Holmes. Naked. Cuffs.) running would have been the last thing on my mind!
 

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Posted by cosmic dance (# 14025) on :
 
Another big David Tennant fan here, especially as he appeared in "Blackpool". (Anyone remember that?) What is it about those teeth......

From my extreme youth....Peter "Easy Rider" Fonda. Yum yum.

And currently, its Martin Shaw, featuring in anything at all. Aaahhhh, mid-life fantasy.
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
What, even in this dodgy haircut?
 

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Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on :
 

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Originally posted by Albertus:
What, even in this dodgy haircut?

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
I just saw Sherlock Holmes. Oh. My. God. Robert Downey, Jr. If I had been that chamber maid, (Bed. Holmes. Naked. Cuffs.) running would have been the last thing on my mind!

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Originally posted by kingsfold:

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Originally posted by Albertus:
What, even in this dodgy haircut?

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That haircut is, admittedly, not good.

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No, but in the mid-70s, it didn't stop me having a poster of him above my bed ...

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But the voice... I could listen for hours (and this isn't bad either)

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It certainly isn't. **sigh**
 

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Posted by Pine Marten (# 11068) on :
 

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Originally posted by Joyeux:

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
I just saw Sherlock Holmes. Oh. My. God. Robert Downey, Jr. If I had been that chamber maid, (Bed. Holmes. Naked. Cuffs.) running would have been the last thing on my mind!

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I haven't seen Sherlock Holmes yet, but I had a similar, gut-level reaction watching Iron Man.

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I've seen both of these, and ... um...oh, yes, indeed ...
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
Anyone remember Martin Shaw as Chauvelin in The Scarlet Pimpernel? Definitely a high point. If I'd been Marguerite, I'd have dumped the Pimpernel like a shot and gone off with Chauvelin at the first available opportunity.

(That is, in that version with Richard E Grant, in the classic one I'd have dumped Chauvelin like a shot and gone off with Leslie Howard.)
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
I just saw Sherlock Holmes. Oh. My. God. Robert Downey, Jr. If I had been that chamber maid, (Bed. Holmes. Naked. Cuffs.) running would have been the last thing on my mind!

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Originally posted by Zappa:

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
I just saw Sherlock Holmes. Oh. My. God. Robert Downey, Jr. If I had been that chamber maid, (Bed. Holmes. Naked. Cuffs.) running would have been the last thing on my mind!

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Naughty girl. Naughty naughty girl!

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Yes, just.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
I just saw Sherlock Holmes. Oh. My. God. Robert Downey, Jr.

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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
I just saw Sherlock Holmes. Oh. My. God. Robert Downey, Jr.

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I think Jude Law is sexier.

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In the Sherlock Holmes movies, mama mia Robert Downey, Jr. to me is way sexier. a-sexy yowza
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
I'm surprised nobody's yet mentioned Merlin and Arthur, as played by Colin Morgan and Bradley James in the BBC Merlin series.
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ariel:
I'm surprised nobody's yet mentioned Merlin and Arthur, as played by Colin Morgan and Bradley James in the BBC Merlin series.

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Bit young.
 

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Posted by cygnus (# 3294) on :
 
Do they have to be living people? I've always had a crush on Rupert of the Rhine.

http://bob.fooguru.org/content/bio/images/RupertOfTheRhine.jpg

Those eyes! And a man who can look good in lace!
 

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Posted by Matariki (# 14380) on :
 
I am so pleased that this thread is ticking along. Just got back today from a few days in my little house by the sea doing not much (it rained a lot) but listening to favourite old CDs I only play when in holiday mode. Mostly I listened to Annie Lennox and had a bit of a (quite platonic ) thing for her after a couple of days. Her singing goes from lush, almost camp, to a quite austere beauty. Also she is a striking woman with beautiful eyes. Oh Annie! (sigh.)
Some poor excuse for a gay bloke I've turned out to be. Oh well never mind! There are fag hags and obviously hag fags.
 

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Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on :
 
Well apart from a not so secret crush on Bob Dylan, my most puzzling was the sports presenter Jimmy Hill. Can't think why, not the sort of looks I usually like and I'm not that keen on sport. My most recent is the guy that plays Cutty in The Wire. But that's understandable, he's just SO good looking.
 

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Posted by Benny Diction 2 (# 14159) on :
 

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Originally posted by Matariki:
I am so pleased that this thread is ticking along. Just got back today from a few days in my little house by the sea doing not much (it rained a lot) but listening to favourite old CDs I only play when in holiday mode. Mostly I listened to Annie Lennox and had a bit of a (quite platonic ) thing for her after a couple of days. Her singing goes from lush, almost camp, to a quite austere beauty. Also she is a striking woman with beautiful eyes. Oh Annie! (sigh.)
Some poor excuse for a gay bloke I've turned out to be. Oh well never mind! There are fag hags and obviously hag fags.

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Originally posted by Gussie:
... my most puzzling was the sports presenter Jimmy Hill. Can't think why ...

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Neither can I.
 

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Posted by Augustine the Aleut (# 1472) on :
 
O yes. Annie Lennox. o yes.

And then there is Miranda Stone. Heavenly days.
 

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Posted by Matariki (# 14380) on :
 

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Originally posted by Gussie:
my most puzzling was the sports presenter Jimmy Hill. Can't think why, not the sort of looks I usually like and I'm not that keen on sport.

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Gussie what can I say? As Freud would no doubt observe, big chin, big err personality!!!
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 

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Originally posted by cygnus:
Do they have to be living people? I've always had a crush on Rupert of the Rhine.

http://bob.fooguru.org/content/bio/images/RupertOfTheRhine.jpg

Those eyes! And a man who can look good in lace!

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Originally posted by piglet:

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Originally posted by Gussie:
... my most puzzling was the sports presenter Jimmy Hill. Can't think why ...

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Neither can I.

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Now I come to think of it, and seeing we're in the realms of the frankly inexplicable, my most puzzling was the film critic Barry Norman.

And why not?
 

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Posted by Sir Pellinore (ret'd) (# 12163) on :
 
When I was in my 20s I was fascinated by the husky voiced Fenella Fielding.

She is still alive and in her 80s.

It could be I'm fickle but, forty years on...
 

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Posted by Benny Diction 2 (# 14159) on :
 
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Originally posted by Albertus
Oh, if we're doing people from the past, for me it has to be Lady Colin Campbell; I occasionally drop into the National Portrait Gallery for the specific purpose of allowing myself to be reduced to a state of blissful gibbering by Boldini's portrait of her.

[edited to correct URL]

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