Did Brad Pitt really fail to make AARP’s Hottest Actors over 50 list?

Is Brad Pitt still hot at What about a septuagenarian and former James Bond like Pierce Brosnan What to do with a obstacle like Tom Cruise And who really is the sexiest male celebrity born anytime before Gerald Ford was in the White House Could it be Idris Elba Keanu Reeves Jamie Foxx Pedro Pascal Hugh Jackman Or another former James Bond Daniel Craig NEW YORK NEW YORK - JUNE Idris Elba attends Amazon's Heads Of State World Premiere at Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center on June in New York City Photo by Jamie McCarthy Getty Images AARP the nonprofit that advocates for older Americans on a range of issues also likes to dip into tradition and entertainment and the latest issue of its popular AARP magazine has gotten into the People challenge of turning society s gaze onto the desirability of male stars as opposed to famous women The magazine has done so by releasing its first ever list of the Hottest Actors over Over the years People s annual Sexiest Man Alive cover has celebrated the attractiveness of such male idols as Pitt George Clooney Denzel Washington Harrison Ford and even of Dwayne The Rock Johnson Blake Shelton and Adam Levine NORTHAMPTON ENGLAND - JULY Actor Keanu Reeves looks on in the paddock before qualifying ahead of the F Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone Circuit on July in Northampton England Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan Getty Images Not surprisingly there is certain overlap between People magazine s Sexiest Men and this new list produced by AARP magazine Of curriculum AARP focuses on the attractiveness of men of a certain age AARP also gives out its own annual Movies for Grownups awards to celebrate films that resonate with older audiences as a way to fight ageism in the entertainment industry For its Hottest Actors list AARP has created a list of men in their s s and s who it says exude the kind of magnetism vibrancy heart and soul that amounts to that rare intangible superpower star quality LONDON ENGLAND - JULY Johnny Depp attends the Modigliani - Three Days On The Wing Of Madness UK Premiere at the Curzon Mayfair on July in London England Photo by Gareth Cattermole Getty Images And while several of People s Sexiest Men have graduated into becoming AARP Hottest Actors there are particular SMA guys who have been left off the new list In a meager cases the reasons for the snubs seem obvious Cancel values has seeped into the Hottest Actors consideration Hence the omission of Mel Gibson and Johnny Depp the latter a two-time SMA cover star In a insufficient other cases the actors have largely retreated from the center of the cultural conversation i e Nick Nolte and Richard Gere the latter who also was twice put on a People SMA cover LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA - AUGUST Harrison Ford attends the Apple TV Shrinking Panel during the TV Academy's Inaugural Televerse Festival at JW Marriott LA Live on August in Los Angeles California Photo by Frazer Harrison Getty Images Still it s a bit mysterious that Harrison Ford didn t make the Hottest Actors list especially since the SMA cover boy is still making movies walking red carpets and looking pretty good at And what about the adorably ageless Paul Rudd who was the Sexiest Man as not long ago as Yes Pitt made the Hottest Actors list A two-time Sexiest Man from and Pitt placed quite high on the AARP list though he wasn t No despite looking pretty hot and dashingly weathered in the hit summer film F Pitt genuinely came in No behind his Ocean s co-star Clooney who also was honored twice as People s SMA One gripping snub is Ben Affleck an SMA from while his good friend and frequent collaborator Matt Damon made the AARP list Damon who was an SMA in is No on the AARP list He was praised for being one of the industry s bulk bankable yet still easygoing and accessible stars Affleck isn t known to be easygoing and maybe the AARP judges thought they were over-exposed to his personal messiness via his Jennifer Lopez drama INGLEWOOD CALIFORNIA - MAY L-R Matt Damon and Ben Affleck attend Netflix Tudum The Live Event at The Kia Forum on May in Inglewood California Photo by Kevin Winter Getty Images The AARP list also doesn t include particular other major male stars who are still working While these actors never received People magazine honors they attained heartthrob status at least once in their careers These omissions include Antonio Banderas Daniel Day-Lewis Colin Firth Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner Since Leonardo Di Caprio and Bradley Cooper both turned this year they also could been included on the AARP list but they weren t So here are the actors that AARP considers to be the Hottest Actors Over and see if you agree with their choice for no Jamie Foxx Robert Downey Jr Billy Porter Ken Watanabe Pierce Brosnan Hugh Jackman Benjamin Bratt Rob Lowe Ricky Martin Javier Bardem Jon Hamm Morris Chestnut Matthew McConaughey Matt Damon Colman Domingo Keanu Reeves Dwayne Johnson Patrick Dempsey Daniel Craig Brad Pitt Denzel Washington George Clooney Noah Wylie Pedro Pascal Idris Elba