hunk of the day

It's a battle of the Brads! These two leading men steal their scenes in movies and have stolen our hearts. Brad Pitt first achieved heartthrob status back in the '90s, but Bradley Cooper has shown that newcomers can bring the heat, too. Who do you think is more swoon-worthy?

Meet Colt Prattes. Sure, his name makes him sound like a porn star, but he's a bodybuilder who is fond of taking shots of himself on Twitter. He's also the star of Pink's violently erotic new video 'Try,' where they engage in four minutes of mutual butt-kicking and MMA disguised as dancing.

We ain’t scared of no ghosts, not as long as Zak Bagans is by our side, anyways. This leading man on ‘Ghost Adventures‘ tracks phantoms down on a regular basis and knows how to keep his cool after dark. If we’re being completely honest with ourselves, though, we only keep up with the show for those once in a blue moon episodes when Bagans goes shirtless.

Eat your heart out Michael Phelps. We’re starting to like your pal Ryan Lochte better. Speedo’s fashion show and the Fatskin3 Racing System launch that took place in London a couple weeks ago re-opened our eyes to the world of cute-guy swimmers. Lochte, with his smoldering good looks, athletic body and tons of gold medals, clearly stood out from the rest of the US Olympic team.

We all owe Ellen DeGeneres a big “thank you” for getting the ‘X Factor’s’ Steve Jones to take his top off on her show Tuesday. It really wasn’t that hard — all it took was a simple “I was hoping that you would take what you have on off…” She did give him a black, ‘Ellen’ v-neck as a cover up, though, but for a few moments of glory we got to gawk at the man’s furry abs.

In the above image from left to right, we’ve got Melih F. Cologlu, Kirk Miller, Shane Raymond, Jamie Alderton and James St. Leger. These ripped — and we mean ripped — hardcore athletes make up part of Team Grenade, the shirtless, British hunks behind the Grenade vitamin supplement.

Once every week day, one man, who's hotness surpasses all those around him, is hand selected by our team of stud finders to be crowned Hunk of the Day. Alone, each guy is a god in his own right, but when all the month's Hunks get together, choosing the hottest, most manly hunk of them all is shear madness.Fortunate ...

Pierre Spies is the 6′ 4” tall, 228-pound South African rugby star who’s captaining the Bulls for the 2012 Super Rugby season. The god-like athlete amazes even his teammates with his skills, and, according to ESPN, has the leg strength to jump more than four-and-a-half feet in the air. What can we say? The man is as close to a real-life superman as you can get.

Twenty-three-year-old gymnast Kalon Ludvigson caught our attention when footage emerged of him competing in the International Gymnastics Federation’s (FIG) World Championship Qualifiers. The Ohio-bred athlete won the Men’s Tumbling title this year and received the silver medal in the competition for his skills on the trampoline.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane… No, it’s the hot guy who played Aquaman in ‘Smallville.’ You’ve probably seen Alan Ritchson somewhere, whether in an underwear ad or on TV. He just doesn’t go away, but we’re not complaining. Any excuse to stare at his abs is completely acceptable.

Often times it’s hard to think of goofballs like Joel McHale as studly men, but just remember the old saying, “don’t judge a book by its cover.” As McHale can attest to, you can find some of the best pecs and abs of steel underneath a funny-guy persona. Hopefully PEOPLE magazine figures this out in time, as McHale is a candidate for their 2011′s Sexiest Man Alive title, which will be announced Nov

Stephen Amell is seriously ‘Hung’… and we mean that in the cleanest possible sense. He plays the younger heart-throb, mouth-watering male escort in the HBO original series ‘Hung.’ The whole premise behind Amell’s character is that he threatens Thomas Jane’s business with arguably better looks and a better body. What better choice to play this role than Amell?