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Glamour's 30 Sexiest Under 30

Glamour Magazine's 30 Sexiest Under-30 list:

30. Name: Hayden Christensen
Born: 1981
Why They're Sexy: We had a crush on Hayden as soon as he hit screens as the good-gone-bad Jedi in Star Wars. Since then he’s wiggled his way onto the A-list in many ‘a leading man spot – and off-screen he’s had quite a string of beauties...

29. Name: AnnaLynne McCord
Born: 1987
Why They’re Sexy: It takes a lot of guts to work the ‘80s trend these days, let alone pull it off. This blonde bombshell will quite happily squeeze herself into a Hervé Leger dress for just about any occasion!

28. Name: Ashley Greene
Born: 1987
Why They’re Sexy: Before becoming an actress, Ashley was told she could never be a model because she wasn't tall enough. All we can say is good things come in small packages...

27. Name: Ashley Tisdale
Born: 1985
Why They’re Sexy: Anything but sickly sweet, Ashley was the mean girl in High School Musical - and we all wanted to be in her gang.

26. Name: Jake Gyllenhaal
Born: 1980
Why They’re Sexy: One of the few stars that can actually get away with facial hair, Jake’s never off our radar. Or Reese Witherspoon’s. Grrrrr.

25. Name: Emma Watson
Born: 1990
Why They’re Sexy: No wonder Burberry picked Emma to be their new face - the actress even manages to make her Hogwarts uniform look fashionable.

23. Name: Cam Gigandet
Born: 1982
Why They’re Sexy: Cam’s abs momentarily took our attention away from Robert Pattinson in Twilight. Plus, since the birth of his daughter Everleigh, we vote him Hollywood’s sexiest new dad.

22. Name: Chris Pine
Born: 1980
Why They're Sexy: Back in the 60s Star Trek fans thought their Captain Kirk (William Shatner) was hot. WRONG. We’re the lucky ones with the 00s Kirk brimming with all that is hot and delicious in a man. Great body, great actor and if you ever wondered if you can have sexy eyebrows...you can!

21. Name: Evan Rachel Wood
Born: 1987
Why They’re Sexy: There’s something mysterious about this sassy redhead, or at least something that attracts older men. Any girl who’s dated Marilyn Manson and Mickey Rourke gets our respect, (although rather you than us Rachel).

20. Name: Sienna Miller
Born: 1981
Why They're Sexy: Sienna started stealing the hearts of men as a model from an early age, starting with Jude Law and swiftly working her way into Hollywoodland. She is a true English rose and a trendsetter to boot. Women remain divided on Sienna but men seem to have clear feelings...

19. Name: Justin Timberlake
Born: 1981
Why They’re Sexy: JT started off as your classic boy band fodder (with very bad hair, may we add) but then he showed us his dance moves and invested in a seriously impressive wardrobe - and truly brought sexy back.

17. Name: Amanda Seyfried
Born: 1985
Why They're Sexy: The Mamma Mia star ticks all the boxes for ‘sexy’ – great figure, body-beautiful blonde hair and big blue eyes – oh yes and she snogged Megan Fox in Jennifer’s Body. Nuff said. Sexy it is!16. Name: Ben Barnes
Born: 1981
Why They're Sexy: Oh lord – how excited are we about this one? Fresh on the scene Ben is an instant hit with the GLAMOUR.com team. It could be the fact that he’s portrayed a prince (long hair, sword) and Dorian Gray (the most beautiful man in the world) that helps significantly, but we see a massive future for Ben.

15. Name: Ed Westwick
Born: 1987
Why They’re Sexy: This British actor works brooding, dark and dangerous. Works for us.

14. Name: Freida Pinto
Born: 1984
Why They’re Sexy: Freida’s subtle beauty has already entranced Woody Allen, who’s made her his latest muse, and Dev Patel, who’s made her his girlfriend.

13. Name: Zooey Deschanel
Born: 1980
Why They're Sexy: She could be the new indie-boy’s crumpet – or maybe she’ll breakout the mainstream, either way she’s got ‘quirky/cute’ covered and we’re excited to see where this will go for the pretty brunette.

11. Name: Leighton Meester
Born: 1986
Why They’re Sexy: Leighton might not be as overtly sexual as some of her Gossip Girl co-stars, but her broad smile and natural beauty endear her to men and women alike.

9. Name: Jessica Alba
Born: 1981
Why They’re Sexy: The Fantastic Four actress is renowned for having Latino curves in all the right places. She gave birth to daughter Honor Rose last year and motherhood seems to have made her all the more sexier. Go Jessica!

8. Name: Taylor Lautner
Born: 1992
Why They’re Sexy: Taylor went from high school-er to hunk last year, beefing up a massive 30lbs of pure muscle to secure the part of Jacob in New Moon. We’re SO not complaining.

7. Name: Shia LaBeouf
Born: 1986
Why They're Sexy: Ok, so he’s not your archetypal ‘pr
etty boy’ – but that Shia sure is a charmer! Oozing charisma and character that puts him up there with the god-like types of Zac and R-Patz in our eyes, we can’t wait for our next big screen fix of this hottie.

6. Name: Scarlett Johansson
Born: 1984
Why They're Sexy: What isn’t sexy about Scarlett? She made it ok for girls to have curves again, she bought the concept of talent back into the acting arena, she was indie-magic-made-Hollywood A-list, she’s beautiful, smart. Yup - it’s a girl crush.

5. Name: Vanessa Hudgens
Born: 1988
Why They’re Sexy: Vanessa is one half of Hollywood's cutest couple just don't mention those internet pictures

4. Name: Kristen Stewart
Born: 1990
Why They’re Sexy: She may be a hot, young thing, but this actress doesn’t play by the Hollywood rules. Whether it’s wearing Converse trainers on the red carpet or refusing to conform to a squeaky-clean stereotype, K-Stew does things her way and doesn’t care what anyone else thinks.

3. Name: Zac Efron
Born: 1987
Why They're Sexy: Possibly the hottest thing to ever emerge from the Disney staple, Zac is not only the number one heartthrob for teenagers but he has us older gals all of a flutter too. Is it the hair, the pretty face, the great body or the ridiculously ‘nice boy’ persona? Who cares – we think we love him.

2. Name: Megan Fox
Born: 1986
Why They're Sexy: Erm – have you seen Megan Fox? Fox stands for Foxy. This outspoken lass has topped every Sexiest Woman list known to man over the last year. She’s all woman and we kinda think she knows it. Seems to be working...

1. Name: Robert Pattinson
Born: 1986
Why They’re Sexy: R-Patz has the face of a Greek God but none of the arrogance that goes with it. Millions of teenage girls can’t be wrong". Source: www.glamourmagazine.com

Jake Gyllenhaal - Safari photoshoot

Jake Gyllenhaal, Safari photoshoot.Jake Gyllenhaal, GQ magazine Session #2.
Pictures courtesy by Iheartjakemedia.com

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, New York Times photoshoot.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Vanity Fair photoshoot.

Emile Hirsch - Mixte Spring/Summer 2008 photoshoot.

Emile Hirsch in Flaunt January 1, 2008 by Michael Mulle.

Robert Pattinson - Theo Wenner for Us magazine.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart shooting "Twilight", on 7th April 2008.

Something sweet about Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal at 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, January 2006.

"With his new film, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", he didn’t think he would have any trouble raising the finance because of its cast: Heath Ledger, Oscar-nominated for Brokeback Mountain, had just finished playing the Joker in The Dark Knight, which was clearly going to be huge.

'I thought this one would be a piece of cake, to get £25 million with Heath Ledger on board’, Gilliam says. 'You would think that there’s intelligent life in Hollywood. But then you discover that there’s just fear.

He giggles disarmingly, the famous high-pitched, faintly psychotic Terry Gilliam giggle, like Muttley in Wacky Races having inhaled helium.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a voluptuous, gothic, sprawling, glorious, ambitious, chaotic, gorgeous feast of a film. Dr Parnassus, played by Christopher Plummer, is 1,000 years old, his immortality secured in a series of Faustian pacts with the devil (Tom Waits). With his daughter, Valentina (lucky Lily Cole, who gets to tango with Tom), travelling actor Anton (Andrew Garfield) and sidekick dwarf (Verne Troyer), he tours with his very uncontemporary travelling show around contemporary London, offering to take his audience – usually late-night drunks and shoppers – through the mirror of his Imaginarium, while he goes into a trance and they get a taste of their ultimate dreams.

In order to avoid handing Valentina over to the devil on her 16th birthday, as arranged, Parnassus has engaged the devil in one last wager – the first to five souls. Enter Heath Ledger as Tony, an enigmatic, charming, worryingly insincere character who has, apparently, lost his memory.

Ledger first worked with Gilliam on The Brothers Grimm in 2005, after Gilliam had learnt about him from his long-time collaborator the cinematographer Nicola Pecorini. They became good friends.
'I loved working with Heath on Brothers Grimm, he was fantastic’, Gilliam says.

'He went through an interesting time after Brokeback Mountain because he was so inundated with the big time. I would ask him about certain roles and he would say yes, and then no, so I learnt not to put any pressure on him because everyone else was. I didn’t actually ask him about this one, I waited until he asked me.’

The shoot began in London in late 2007. Ledger was struggling in his personal life: he had recently split up with the actress Michelle Williams and was fighting with her lawyers over custody of their beloved two-year-old daughter, Matilda. Already suffering from chronic insomnia, he was exhausted after the Batman shoot and was fighting off pneumonia. But he threw himself into the work, ad-libbing a lot of the dialogue, and helping the other less experienced actors – Cole especially, as it was her first major role.

Gilliam was working in the art department when his daughter Amy, one of the film’s producers, called him into her office and showed him the ABC website with the news that Ledger was dead.

Gilliam had an idea: Johnny Depp, a long-term friend and collaborator, was also a good friend of Ledger’s. 'I just called him, as a friend, to say, “We’re f***ed.” Johnny said, “Whatever you want, I’ll be there.” Johnny has a huge heart’.

'Johnny, Jude and Colin, they all did their job brilliantly, but what we’ll never know is what the effect of the film would have been if Heath had played all of it: when the audience suddenly realises how horrible he is – what would that have been like? Because there’s something so sweet about Heath.’

Terry Gilliam grew up in Minnesota – 'happy kid, lived in the country’ – building treehouses, drawing, dressing up, swordfighting with sticks, entertaining himself in haunted houses in the woods, the swamp across the street. 'There were endless things to do,’ he says. 'I listened to the radio a lot; we didn’t have a TV till I was 11. It was, unfortunately, incredibly idyllic, and very Tom Sawyerish.’ Source: www.telegraph.co.uk