Empire magazine have counted the votes, they've verified the tally with an independent adjudicator and after months of searching they have exclusively revealed that the
sexiest film star (of either sex) of all time is...
Angelina Jolie.
No massive surprise there then, though it might be more of a shock to find that it was Natalie Portman nestling in second place, and if that isn't a shock then the fact that Daniel Craig has managed to trundle that big old miserable leathery face into third has caused me some palpitations.
That's the problem with these polls. Obviously Daniel Craig wouldn't have had a sniff of the top 100 three years ago, but one film later (albeit with that fantastic scene where his testicles are battered flat with a carpet beater) he's suddenly sexier than Paul Newman (19) and Steve McQueen (at 42, a mere 23 places behind Keira Knightley).
Anyway, what would I know? It seems that James MacAvoy (27) is far sexier than Thandie Newton (97), so I clearly don't have my finger on the pulse of the nation here.
Or maybe they could just divide it into separate sexes next time? And to be totally fair, John Travolta and Jodie Foster can qualify for each category, then everybody's happy.