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The people have spoken — more than a quarter of a million of them. PEOPLE revealed the winners of its 2026 Sexiest Man Alive Readers’ Choice Poll on Tuesday, October 20, closing a vote that drew over 250,000 ballots and more than 600 comments across 14 categories. From silver foxes to cat dads, fake hockey … Read more
There is a moment, in every interview Jonathan Bailey has given this year, when the Sexiest Man Alive title comes up and he smiles the smile of a man who has decided, on principle, to find the whole thing funny. It is worth pausing on that decision, because it is the reason his reign worked … Read more
To understand how Jonathan Bailey arrived at his Sexiest Man Alive year, start a decade before the crown — in the rehearsal rooms and on the stages where the whole performance was built. Long before Netflix or Oz, Bailey was a Stage Actor in the fullest sense: a child performer who grew up inside productions, … Read more
Every reign ends with a handover, and Jonathan Bailey is approaching his with characteristic good humour. After twelve months as PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive, the 38-year-old actor has been reflecting on what the year actually involved — and sharing some advice for the soon-to-be-announced successor who is about to find out for himself. The title, … Read more
Four words did the work of a thousand press releases: “officially complete.” When Kaley Cuoco announced the birth of her second daughter on October 14, that was her verdict on the family she and Tom Pelphrey have built — Matilda, three, Philomena, newborn, and no vacancies. Three days later, Pelphrey’s first family selfie illustrated the … Read more
Most actors who win an Emmy spend the following month doing victory laps. Tom Pelphrey spent his switching bedrooms around and waiting for a baby. Six weeks after his September triumph, the 44-year-old actor and his fiancée Kaley Cuoco welcomed their second daughter, Philomena, on October 12 — and the story of how the two … Read more
It took five days, one pumpkin patch and a three-year-old with a feeding bottle, but the picture is finally complete. Tom Pelphrey, 44, shared the first Family Selfie of his household as a Family of Four on Instagram on Saturday, October 17 — himself, his fiancée Kaley Cuoco, 40, their daughter Matilda, and the family’s … Read more
Kelly Clarkson went shopping for a singing bird and came home with a feud. The singer and talk show host has described, on air and online, a visit to Art of Play, a Brooklyn shop full of beautiful, whimsical objects, in which she asked about a mechanical bird called Molly the Automaton — and says … Read more
Let us begin with respect for the craft. A 61-year-old actress posts a work photo in which a diamond happens to face the camera. Her 65-year-old boyfriend replies, three days later, with a photograph, a ring song and the words “kinda has a ring to it.” No publicist issued a statement; no representative could be … Read more
It began, as modern celebrity news so often does, with a hand. When Elizabeth Hurley posted behind-the-scenes photos from The ‘Burbs season 2 on October 12, the diamond on her left hand turned a routine first-day-at-work update into an international ring watch. Three days later, Billy Ray Cyrus answered with a post of his own … Read more