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Hugh Jackman, it's time to pass the baton.

Johnny Depp has been named People's 2009 Sexiest Man Alive.

He joins Brad Pitt and George Clooney as only the third to earn this prestigious title for a second time—Captain Jack Sparrow won in 2003 as well.

Too bad most guessers in the Twitterverse were completely offtrack. The magazine offered clues over the past few days, promising the man on the stands would have roots in a foreign country, has proposed at least once and was taller than Ryan Seacrest. All signs pointed to Robert Pattinson or Ryan Reynolds.

But the magazine tends to choose an older, more established star, and the 46-year-old definitely still has it goin' on.

The issue goes on sale Friday.

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• Nick Lachey broke his silence over Daisy's disappearance. "I think a lot of people forget that Daisy was my dog, too—for years." He's right; we were all so caught up throwing a pity party for Jessica Simpson that we never stopped and asked the 98 Degrees singer about his feelings. "I was upset," he says. "It was sad to hear that happened, but it's part of the cycle of life." Finally, closure for everyone.

• For the record, Tori Spelling weighs 107 pounds, not 95, "if you care about FACTS," Star magazine! Why can't everyone quit Twitter?

• Katy Perry awkwardly interviewed Karl Lagerfeld after his Paris Fashion Week show and it was adorable. It briefly helped us to forget that this is going on.

• Taylor Swift got photobombed by a mustached Daniel Craig.

• Debra Messing wants your help feeding hungry people.

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Death becomes him. But then, so do most things.

Daniel Craig is loaning his smoldering star power to Dream House, a nightmarish psychological thriller directed by Oscar-baiting helmer Jim Sheridan.

Per Variety, the erstwhile Bond turned lickable confection will flex his acting chops as a New York publishing exec who relocates his family to a small New England town, only to discover, once situated, that his new digs were once the scene of a vicious murder.

We can only assume it leaves him both shaken and stirred.

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Who wouldn't want to get a taste of Daniel Craig?

Lucky ladies in the U.K. will have the opportunity to lick his well-chiseled abs freely. Del Monte's Superfruit Smoothies is releasing limited-edition lollies—that's Popsicles to us—of the Bond star's, ahem, delicious torso and head. The purple frozen treats are blueberry, pomegranate and cranberry flavored, and will only be available this week during Britain's National Ice Cream Week. (Sidenote: U.S. National Ice Cream Month is in July—anyone for a Robert Pattinson flavored treat?)

The fruit company conducted a poll asking women who they'd like to see melting from a wooden stick, and 41-year-old Craig was their man.

"Daniel Craig topped our poll of Britain's coolest celebrities and, thanks to our Del Monte lolly replica, he is officially immortalized as super smooth and licensed to chill," spokesman Matt O'Connor said in a statement.

A few other stars have been showing off their sweet tooths lately...

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Prepare to get wet.

Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are making plans to appear in A Steady Rain together on Broadway this fall. According to a report in the New York Post, the stage drama tells the story of two Chicago cops whose friendship is rocked by a case.

No word on whether the stars will be forced to remove their shirts. (But we highly recommend it.)

Though best known as action heroes, Jackman is no stranger to Broadway, having won a Tony for the Peter Allen musical bio The Boy from Oz, and Craig has appeared onstage in England. Also worth noting, both are famous, handsome and really well-built.

And while Wolverine and 007 are away from the multiplexes, reliable action figure Tom Cruise is going to Wichita with Cameron Diaz, the Valkyrie star's rep confirmed to E! News. The action comedy is about a secret agent and a woman and, well, isn't that usually enough? Expect it next summer.

Now let's talk about A Couple of Dicks. Seann William Scott and Adam Brody are all set to bring the funny in the buddy cop movie starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan, per the Hollywood Reporter. Kevin Smith rolls cameras Monday.

Though Dr. Drew Pinsky isn't hunky man-candy, his just-announced third season of Celebrity Rehab, set for early next year, sounds as addictive as earlier installments. With Heidi Fleiss, Dennis Rodman, Mindy McCready and Mackenzie Phillips among the celebs looking to straighten out, this sobering dramafest sounds front-loaded for good television and, we hope, some actual healing and recovery.

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Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have really Bonded over Tintin.

Principal production on the first of a planned pair of 3-D motion-capture films featuring the intrepid Belgian reporter-sleuth has kicked off in Los Angeles, with Billy Eliot star Jamie Bell in the title role and Daniel Craig playing the nasty pirate Red Rackham, whose descendants have a beef with Tintin's pal, Capt. Haddock.

Also onboard The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, due in theaters in 2011, are Brits Andy Serkis as Capt. Haddock, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as the Thompson twins, and Toby Jones as an as yet unknown villain.

Spielberg is doing the directing honors this time out, with Jackson slated to helm the sequel. The über-producer-directors originally planned a trio of Tintin films, but whether there will be a third largely has to do with how well the first two perform at the box office.

There had been some doubt as to whether any Tintin film would be made after the original attached studio, Universal Pictures, was taken aback by the movie's estimated $100 million-plus budget. Spielberg ultimately secured cofinancing from Sony Pictures and Paramount in October.

Tintin first appeared in 1929 in a newspaper comic strip penned by Hergé, the pen name of artist Georges Remi. Twenty-three books based on the serialized Tintin comics have sold more than 200 million copies around the globe.

Activision

Daniel Craig's cover is about to be blown. He's the cool and suave new James Bond, but the dudes working on the Quantum of Solace video game revealed his true identity: game geek. And one who's not quite the killing machine he is onscreen. (If you haven't seen the movie's new trailer, by the way, do so now.)

Garrett Young, executive producer of the Solace tie-in game, shared the scoop with us: He went to Pinewood Studios outside of London to show the star his electronic alter ego and found Craig in his trailer, strumming a fake guitar.

"Yeah, Guitar Hero, that's our game," said Young. "Right on, that's our company, too!"

But would you want this guy in your Halo clan? Well...

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