The sexiest man in the world

smash out the Bordeaux, the whoopee cushions and the bangin' Keith Richards guitar solos.

The 2009 Sexiest Man Alive party is officially under way.

Say hello, once more, to Johnny Depp.
Bringing the fun with him anywhere he goes -- whether it's onscreen in fizzy roles like Captain Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise or at home with his family on their private Bahamian island -- is just one reason why Depp, who also scored the respect in 2003, has joined an elite club of two-time SMA title
holders (only Brad Pitt and George Clooney have matched the feat).

t 46, the father of two still reigns as Hollywood's most appealing iconoclast; as one-of-a-kind as his beloved 15-year-old boots and as smoldering as his favorite Cuban cigars.

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