...on the other side of the lens when we talk with the women who do the modeling.
And the pictures keep surfacing. Monday, Colby star Emma Sams filed a one million dollar lawsuit for fraud against a photographer who took topless photos of the actress during an audition for the film Fire and Ice.
Sams is also requesting that the court impound those pictures.
Hollywood's leading men have always embodied the electric feeling between fans and stars.
Their smoldering passion and macho good looks create a fantasy that ignites feelings and box office revenues.
But of all Hollywood's men, who is the sexiest?
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Hollywood has cast its spotlight on sexy men for quite some time now.
But the kind of man who is considered sexy on screen has changed with the times.
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What is considered sexy in the 80s?
Entertainment Tonight polled the top women's magazines in the country to find out who they considered the sexiest men in Hollywood.
Sexy is someone who's not only great looking but has really wit and charm and the intelligence to keep a conversation going and to make you shine.
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The Glamour magazine picks Tom Cruise as the sexiest man in Hollywood because he's the all American good boy.
He's the perfect hero for these tame times.
He's safe, he's comfortable as an old bathrobe.
He's not going to embarrass you.
Nancy Reagan would approve.
I can see it's dangerous for you.
But if the government trusts me, maybe you could.
The best thing that a man can have in terms of a sexual quotient is that he thinks you are absolutely wonderful.
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Paul Newman is Cosmo's Mr. Wonderful.
I'm not your daddy, I'm not your boyfriend, so don't be playing games with me.
I'm your partner.
Paul Newman receives our respect and whether or not that's a sexual quality, I don't know.
He's not only gorgeous and gorgeous and has enormous acting ability, but he's a very fine, responsible human being along with being really dishy.
Well, sexy has changed. It used to be just the raw masculinity. Now it's a much more subtle blend.
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Heading Good Housekeeping's list of sexy men is this year's Best Actor nominee, William Hurt.
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Use your voice.
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William Hurt combines the two elements absolutely necessary for sexuality.
One is toughness and the other is tenderness.
I am falling in love.
What essence readers are finding attractive in men goes well beyond the way they just look.
It has to do with the roles they play, how they treat women in those roles, and even how they perceive them treating women in their real lives.
Look, just because we're sleeping together doesn't mean that I want you to speak up for me. I mean, it makes me look bad.
Essence readers, I think, pick Denzel Washington as the sexiest man in Hollywood.
Consistently, Denzel plays roles that are extremely dignified and we're proud of him.
And also, we know a lot about how Denzel is in real life, how he treats his family, and the importance of his wife and his child.
Family Circle defines sexy as anything that's physical. It's just a physical attraction.
Anything that's on the surface, what you see, that you like.
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At the top of Family Circle's list of sexy men is Don Johnson.
He's got a bad boy image. He's got those mysterious eyes, that devilish grin.
There's something about him that you just want to control. He's challenging.
And he's got good buns.
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Well, those are the picks the magazines liked, but who did you choose for the sexiest?
Last week, thousands of entertainment tonight viewers phoned into our special 900 poll, and here are the results.
William Hurt is fifth in the voting with just over 6,000 ballots.
Denzel Washington is fourth, just under 9,500 votes.
Paul Newman made enough pulses a race to rate third sexiest, with nearly 15,000 votes.
Don Johnson is a solid second, with over 19,500 ballots.
And Hollywood's sexiest leading man, according to Entertainment Tonight viewers, namely you, is Tom Cruise, with over 27,000 of you agreeing.
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Coming up next, we'll have top designer Bob Mackie grade the stars on their Grammy fashions.
Who passes, who fails? Mackie will lay it on the line.
And ahead, Willie Nelson. How did the redheaded stranger spend three million dollars in 41 days?
For starters, he did it spending in Texas.
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We know who took home the Grammys by now, but who won the fashion derby at the awards show?
Lisa Gibbons went to noted Hollywood designer Bob Mackie to get the results.
You would think that the Grammy people would be more avant-garde, but they're not.
Well, that's the thing. I missed this year, that there weren't more avant-garde kind of dressings.
The Cyndi Lauper's and the Tina Turner's and the Madonna's. I mean, those ladies were out of town or wherever.
And then there was the Madonna and Naomi, the Judds.
Well, you know, they always look like they're going someplace special when they go to these kind of things, and I like that.
You may not always like the way they dress, but boy, they're festive, and I appreciate that. It's special for them.
Can we assume that cleavage is in?
Well, it is for mama.
Whitney Houston.
Well, you see, I like Whitney in this outfit. I didn't care for her in what she sang in.
It's a designer's dream as far as her body.
Oh, I'd like to get my hands on her.
I bet.
Oh, I like the way Olivia looks. It was fun and young and squeaky clean and just looked like her.
You know, it looks like she always has the right attitude about how she should look.
Doc Severinsen is not exactly unnoticeable.
No, but he's always dressed up. I mean, he always has something kind of wild on.
Oh, Herbie Hancock. Well, he looks kind of fun. I just don't think that looks like a formal outfit, and that bothers me.
He looks like he's going to a football game.
Yeah.
Are these guys a nightmare or what?
Now, these guys have class. That's really, you know, that's the way I dress.
Oh, sure. Right.
Give us your overall grade. Was this a boring year?
You hit it right on the nose. Everybody looked nice. Nobody looked terrible.
But basically, they just looked nice. They didn't look exciting.
I miss Bette Midler and I miss Cyndi Lauper and I miss Madonna.
And you always say, oh, they look just terrible, but you pay attention to them because they were exciting.
You know, my mother always said, oh, I hated the way she looked. I hate the way she looked.
But she doesn't remember anybody else. She only remembers the ones she hated.
And usually they're the ones that look exciting.
This year, your mother would probably have worn all those outfits.
Absolutely. She could have worn anything on that stage except for maybe Olivia Newton-John.
And I've been very happy in it. And I don't think that's, it's good for my mother, but it's not good for a rock singer.
The Academy Awards, the next big Hollywood fashion event happens next month and we'll see how many people heed Bob Mackie's advice.
Feel a little more daring.
America's favorite television commercials for 1986 were revealed in a published report by Adweek Magazine today.
Thirty thousand consumers put Isuzu's liar ad in tenth place among last year's ads.
And in ascending order, Bill Cosby's Jell-O commercials came in ninth.
The infamous herb of Burger King fame placed eighth.
And Light's popular Funny Lights was ranked seventh.
Those rustic Hucksters Bartles and James were sixth.
Pepsi Cola's Michael J. Fox spots placed fifth.
Miller Lite was the fourth most popular campaign.
The California Raisin Advisory Board came in third with its Motown theme.
The runner-up placing second was McDonald's highly praised Silent Persuasion ad.
And the winner? Well, how about Coca-Cola's Max Headroom? Spokes head extraordinaire.
Hi, Max Headroom here with...
This is my guest.
I heard you were big time in the old pop biz.
Well, I'm gonna take that as a no comment.
So, nitty gritty time.
What I'm talking about, and you're not, is that more people prefer the new refreshing taste of Coke over Pepsi.
Sweating?
With that commercial, Coca-Cola replaced the number one commercial campaign launched by Pepsi back in 1985.
But remember, Pepsi has two new ads with the two Super Michaels. J. Fox and Jackson waiting in the wings.
On Friday, we'll meet eager young actresses who pose nude.
They tell us how those pictures can haunt their future.
Also, these men have a magnetism beyond mere sex appeal.
We call them Hollywood's real men.
And on Entertainment This Week, Shelly Long tells us the anguish she's going through leaving cheers.
And the Judds, Mom Naomi and daughter Winona, are adding another Judd to the group.
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If you had listened to the advice of the Hollywood experts, singer Willie Nelson would have abandoned his dream.
It took him more than a decade, but he saw it to the end.
Now we can see it on the big screen.
Redheaded Stranger is based on his 1975 concept album of the same name.
It's a gothic western rooted in love and loss, sin and redemption.
Unwilling to sell the rights to a major studio and insisting on playing the title role himself,
the picture took Nelson almost 12 years to get to the screen his way.
I just didn't think anyone knew the project well enough to make the movie as well as I did.
I knew the songs, I had written most of them.
I knew the album, I sang it every night.
I knew what scenes should be where and what the guy should say and how the other guy should react.
Because I'd done it all the time, every night for years.
I just didn't think that I could put that through another two or three minds
and have it come out on the screen the way I wanted to see it.
Nelson shot the film in and around his native Austin, Texas.
He took a risk and put the financing together himself
and learned a lesson about partnerships right from the start.
Things got hectic real quick because everyone was there, all the stars were in town, the cameras were rolling.
And me and the money guy had a falling out.
Lord, the devil's own disciples have gathered in our door today.
On shaky ground with cash depleted, the redheaded stranger's salvation came as if by a miracle.
A Boston woman and a fan of Nelson's
anteed up a half a million dollars as an investment in the production.
Out of the blue, here come the lady with the big $500,000 check
and it was just enough to take us on out.
Nelson said the wait was well worth it.
This one has been an obsession for like 12 years and it's like labor pains for all those years that I had to get it out.
I thought I'd stay with it like Rocky.
Willie Nelson is back on the road again playing a concert Friday over in Yuma, Arizona.
The outlook at the video stores this weekend is just about as bleak as the winter weather,
but Eric Burns has discovered a few good prospects among the duds in this week's video preview.
Eric?
Before we get to that, let me ask both of you,
if you saw Aliens.
And you liked it?
Yeah, I thought it was a good movie.
Terrific.
Well, what would you say if I told you that the person who reviews videos on entertainment tonight
is in that tiny minority of people who didn't like it?
This could very well be the stupidest person on the face of the earth.
Well, he may be right, but I can't help it.
I thought Aliens was poorly acted, poorly paced,
and filled with stereotypical characters.
I guess we're not going to be leaving now, right?
I'm sorry, nude.
You don't have to be sorry. It wasn't your fault.
Ta-da!
Why is Danny DeVito so happy?
Because somebody just kidnapped his wife, played by Bette Midler.
Nice butt.
The butt belongs to her kidnapper Judge Reinhold,
whose attempts to make the kidnapping a success run into a lot of complications.
Do I look that stupid?
Yes, you do.
This is Ruthless People, a crass comedy which is the week's best bet.
Other movies new to the video store this week include a highly regarded,
but somewhat cold and unengaging French film called Vagabond,
about a woman living on the underside of life,
and 42nd Street, the classic Busby Berkeley musical.
As you saw, 42nd Street, originally in black and white, has been colorized.
Next week, another old movie, a superb old movie,
which has not been colorized, but has been restored to its original length and condition.
It was quite a project and worth it, and it's out on home video next week.
Can the two of you wait?
Not a chance.
What a tease.
When we come back, Ricardo Modelbon tells us about his first star-studded lunch at the MGM Commissary.
I am on the contract to this studio with all those people, you know,
people that I had admired from afar when I was growing up in Mexico.
I couldn't believe it. I was a part of that.
And that's a Hollywood that will forever live in my mind,
that I shall never, never forget.
Now people react that way to meeting him.
Yeah, I tell you, the guy's delivery is amazing,
whether he's telling a story or acting or even selling a car.
Right, it is. He's a real gentleman.
Tune in tomorrow as we investigate, speaking of gentlemen,
the qualities that drive women wild in Hollywood's Sexiest Men Part II.
And Jonathan Winters may not be one of Hollywood's sexiest,
but he certainly ranks as one of the craziest.
We'll try to rein him in just long enough for an interview.
Tom Cruise shot the fame in Risky Business.
The movie is now out on Warner Home Video.
And here now as we say goodbye is the scene that helped make Cruise your choice for Hollywood's Sexiest Man.
Take care. Bye-bye.
– Just take those old records off the shelf. I've never listened to them by myself. Today's music ain't got the same song.