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1. John Cusack
Relatively speaking, John is still a good-looking man, but Lloyd Dobler is kind of my paradigm of dreaminess. Man.
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2. Paul McCartney
I know it's hip to say you were a John girl—the tortured artist, rebel, etc—but let's be real: from the moment I learned of the Beatles, my heart belonged to Paul. Look at that face, and look at what happened to it. Time is cruel.
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3. Luke Perry
I saw Luke Perry filming an episode of Law and Order: SVU in New York a few months ago. Tough freaking times all around.
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4. James Spader
That's just not the same person. IT'S NOT.
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5. Tom Cruise
Put aside the crazy, the Scientology, the Rob Thomas rumors, and watch Risky Business like a Tom Cruise virgin. You will love him. You can't not.
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6. Andrew McCarthy
I know the Brat Pack did a lot of hard living in the 80s, but man.
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7. Jared Leto
Frankly, this is just mean. Not that I expected anything other than abuse from Jordan Catalano, but come on.
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8. Leonardo DiCaprio
I honestly don't think I will ever get over this. Leo taught me what it was to love through that fishtank. I'll never let go, Jack.
8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs
I was watching Better Off Dead the other night and was reminded just how dreamy John Cusack used to be. The thing about men aging is that most do it pretty well (unlike women), but some hunks turn into totally different people and break your heart all over again. Since I obviously spent some time on Nostalgia Lane after John, here's my list of the saddest old men out there.
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- brianas 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs and thinks it’s Fail
- rebeccaanna 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs and thinks it’s Fail
- nicks18 thinks 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs is Fail
- abbys6 thinks 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs is Win
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I think Leo looks way more attractive now, I used to think he looked like a girl. He's aged well.
- nuy setiawan thinks 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs is Win
- Sarah S. thinks 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs is Fail
- Dayra Gee 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs and thinks it’s LOL
- joeys4 thinks 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs is Fail
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- claudian thinks 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs is Fail
- victoranon thinks 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs is Old & Win
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Leo has always been gorgeous. He's just grown up now. And hot as hell. Also, this list is pretty shitty.
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- Keri K 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs
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Leonardo DiCaprio is still one damn fine man. Its just now he really looks like a man.
- nemzy thinks 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs is LOL
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Well, I may be an older woman,(nine years John Cusacks age) but I think the man is HOT. He is handsome and getting more so. And to top it off, he is one of the most intelligent men on the face of the earth. He's a real human being. Not a hollywood fake.
- 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs was rebuzzed by Cute Boys, Objectified
- Jamie D. 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs and thinks it’s WTF
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This post could have only been written by an individual brainwashed by the present-day megatrend of idolizing youth, which has acquired vampiric proportions. None of the men from the list has aged in an unusual way, although some could probably use a more rational stylist.
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You must be a pedophile or cougar as you prefer the little teenage boy look, let me guess your profile says you like cute boys so you must hang around high schools right? Nothing wrong with anyone here they look like men not teenagers. I can only imagine how pathetic you must look not only physically but mentally as well, and fyi these guys all of them are probably dating women 1/3 your age and your weight.
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BOY , I can't believe how shallow and chronologically age blocked people are ! OMG ! I am never in here ! And I browse in here by accident , and this is what I find all you ignorant obtuse people wasting your time with!And don't bother with lude comments 2 me because I'm sure not coming back here . Stupid f*#@in people !Damn! All those people look fine . I've seen them on tv. Your not being honest , you're being ignorant,shallow and foolish ! And you are the WASTE OF TIME ,IF YOU WANT THE ” HONEST ” TRUTH ! And I honestly NEVER EVER saw LEO as a heartthrob in the first place 2 begin with! And whoever LETO is, He's lookin pretty fine 2 me ! And what the HELL does eyeliner or mohawks or any s#*t defined by morons like you , have to do with supposed youthful things ! You all that think that have just followed everybody else's thinking just like the non independent thinkers and doers that you are !!!!BAAA BAAA BAA BAA ! You all are F#*^ed up in the head , you know that ! GOD ! Age = YOU MUST BE AND LOOK AND BEHAVE AND FEEL THIS ____________________ CERTAIN WAY ! BULLS#*T !!!! And it's not about trying to be somway again or lyin and fakin it ! It's about being what you truly are inside , what you still feel like , who and wat you are for REAL !!!! If you morons still can't comprehend this simple truth and FACT , THEN NOT ONLY WILL YOU “NEVER” EVER BE ENLIGHTENED , BUT I FEEL SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY FOR YOU IN YOUR LIFE !!!! OUTTA HERE , THAAAAAANK GOD !!!!
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dipshits… every person ages. these people look fine.
- robin 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs
- megan leaky 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs and thinks it’s Old & OMG
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To the person who thinks that's George Harrison in the Paul McCartney before pic…um…no, that's Paul! LOL! As far as the others…you've been pretty mean in your picks. (just speaking to the original poster) These people still look good. And Jared's not looking less hot because he's old and haggard, but because he's trying to have that goth thing going on. He can still be hot, he's trying to go for a different look is all. Your grading system is kind of harsh! And Woody Allen…Woody Allen?? Seriously? OK…he has NEVER been handsome. LOL!
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Josef Stalin
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I wasn't even alive when he was handsome, but he was handsome.
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I still think Jared Leto has not past the point of no return - unlike some there. Lose the weird make-up and do something about his hair and he'd still be quite hot.
- Amy Sansom 8 Saddest Aging Heartthrobs
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I guess it'd be poor form to mention Michael J. Fox? Because that's where my mind was at when I read the headline.
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Love John Cusack, no matter how old. I think being hyper-critical of celebrities is ridiculous. They're just people, no matter what they do to try to convince us otherwise.
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We live in a society that judge people by their looks, how sad. If you're one of them, look in their mirror and judge yourself first.
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Most folks are running away from a simple truth - the three characteristics of existence are suffering, impersonality, and impermanence. No one is the same person they were even as long ago as yesterday, yet we cling to the idea that somewhere, someone, something, anything, remains the same. It's a trick your mind plays to trap your heart.
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This could also be called least masculine heartthrobs.
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not too bad imo
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We all get old, wrinkly, fat and bald eventually! Embrace who you are people. Live life to the fullest, young AND old alike. I appreciate a man who has enough confidence to age as himself, instead of “remaking / retouching” with knives and chemicals. This is not “SAD”, this is life lived.
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What about Rupert Everett? That's just tragic.



























