Our 15 Favorite Guys

Celebrities to follow Our 15 Favorite Guys We are very normal girls. We also fantasize about George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Johnny Depp. But these 15 guys, we love them, we follow them! David Bowie the mythical Why we love him Physically, he could pass as David Beckham's older brother. He buried the 60s, tried all drugs, genders, looks, and musical genres. But today, Bowie is the model of a fifty-something in excellent health. On Mondays and Fridays, he boxes, and one day a week he visits the acupuncturist. And every morning, a 7:00 AM wake-up call to take care of Alexandria, his three-year-old baby girl. Why we follow him He was the first rock star listed on the Stock Exchange, the first patron to open an online art gallery, the first artist to launch his album "Reality" globally via satellite media. His Belgian concert date, November 5th at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, has been sold out for months. To console yourself, get the reissues of his prestigious albums, "Ziggy Stardust" and "Aladdin Sane". Ariel Wizman the philosopher Why we love him He must be the only philosopher-DJ-TV presenter and big joker. He is sometimes confused with Edouard Baer, with whom he lit up Canal + back in the days of "Nulle part ailleurs", the mythical show. Word has it he has a wife and two children, but no one has ever seen them... With Baer, he sometimes engages in flirting contests in nightclubs. People also recite his best jokes out loud in the offices of Radio Nova or Technikart. And there's also talk of his curious habit of never buttoning his cuffs. Why we follow him From Monday to Friday, at 7:05 PM unencrypted on Canal +, we follow him in "20h10 pétantes", the talk show he co-hosts with Stéphane Bern, whom he is finally going to teach trendiness! If you don't have a TV, console yourself by listening to the album "Shampoo Victims" which he recorded under the name "Grand Popo Football Club"... Jean-Luc Fonck the funny rocker Why we love him He is Sttellla all by himself. The funniest Belgian rock band in the world. Unlike international stars, Jean-Luc likes interviews to last an hour in a cafe or in his living room where the cat comes to say hello. He cultivates his inimitable accent and puns. Proud of his Belgian identity, he dedicated a song to Émilie Dequenne, starred in a short film with Cécile de France, and got good old Benoît Poelvoorde singing before anyone else... Why we follow him He became a sex symbol again thanks to Montignac, which allowed him to lose the weight he picks up on tour (yes, there's a play on words in that sentence). He treated himself to a best-of album with a bonus DVD, and on the cover he looks like Gainsbourg photographed by William Klein. In this lovely month of November, Jean-Luc releases a collection of short stories with Casterman. Its title: "Histoires à délire debout". Makes sense, he only sleeps four or five hours a night... Go Fonck yourself! Carl de Moncharline the king of the night Why we love him We met him when he worked at Mirano. He remained a king of Brussels' nightlife. At least for as long as the experience of Who's Who Land lasted, a nightclub that revived Chantal Goya and Casimir... Always kind and smiling, even at four in the morning, Carl has become, through nights and days, an essential figure appreciated by night owls, normal people, politicians (mostly left-wing), and journalists (mostly fierce anti-bores). Why we follow him He believed before everyone else (and perhaps against everyone else) that Brussels could have its Roller Parade just like Paris. His concept went like clockwork and no fewer than seven cities in the country show off on Friday evenings when the weather is nice. Carl also declared the annual Neighbors' Day so that residents of the same building or street get to know each other and maybe love each other... Benoît Poelvoorde the "Namurois" Why we love him In barely ten years, the man from Namur has become the greatest comedian in French cinema. Yes, really. Just his description of the trendy salesman on Rue Dansaert eating Moroccan olives while listening to Italian opera is hilarious (it was live in an interview he gave to Gael!). Highly prized by these funny French people (José Garcia and Gérard Lanvin leading the pack), Benoît insists on staying rooted in Belgium. Why we follow him He just recorded a duet with Francis Cabrel for the album "Sol en Cirque". He plays Spleen the Bumblebee, and during the two hours he was in the studio, the singers (from Zazie to Souchon via Voulzy and Calogero) did nothing but laugh... Next February, he will play the role of Claude François's double in the movie "Podium", adapted from Yann Moix's novel of the same name. Benoît will then be in love with Vanessa Paradis in "Le retour de James Bataille", a rock 'n' roll movie by the Poiraud brothers. Sergi Lopez the charming Catalan Why we love him He has a build that is both round and square, a bit like a teddy bear. Even when he plays a completely disgusting hotel manager as in Stephen Frears's "Dirty Pretty Things", you want to slip into his arms... In any circumstance, any film, any language (from French to English), this 36-year-old Barcelonan keeps his Spanish accent. In fact, it was because Manuel Poirier was looking for an actor with a Spanish accent six years ago for "Western" that Sergi got his chance. Married, father of two, handsome Sergi admits to being completely incapable of hammering a nail. A true artist! But he kept his childhood friends: a greengrocer, an agronomist, and an optician... Why we follow him He doesn't hesitate to take on the role of a somewhat shady insurance broker in Samuel Benchetrit's "Janis et John", the last feature film shot by Marie Trintignant. In 2004, we will see him in Manuel Poirier's "Chemins de traverse", a tender and funny road movie just like Sergi. Justin Timberlake the future of pop Why we love him He is only twenty-two years old and his life and career are already very rich. We are obviously not talking about the millions of dollars he accumulated with or without N'SYNC, the American boy band where he was born (show-business wise). Justin proved, like Robbie Williams before him, that there is life after boy bands. He is THE new artist! The one who moves like Michael Jackson, sings like himself (with or without Christina Aguilera to encourage him), and dates Cameron Diaz... Why we follow him He just snatched three MTV awards at the last ceremony right under Eminem's nose. Britney Spears finally confessed that he didn't just give her kisses. His concert date at Flanders Expo in Ghent on November 16 is obviously sold out. In the crowd, there will also be girls and boys older than twelve and a half, because all the industry pros realized that Justin already belongs to the future of pop music.