Adam Levine

IS HIS FACE MAROON—UPDATE: It’s official, ladies. Adam Levine has been named People's Sexiest Man Alive. "As a musician, you have fantasies that you want to win Grammys, but I didn't really think that this was on the table," Levine said on learning he’d been so honored. "I was just amazed and stunned and it almost seemed like they were kidding, but they weren't, so that's cool." Levine succeeds Channing Tatum, who must now hand over his Chippendale’s outfit to the new champ. This latest accolade represents yet another feather in the cap of manager Jordan Feldstein of CAM, who has ably navigated his client's career ascent to this peak moment. (11/20a) / Original item: SEXIEST RUMOR MILL ITEM EVER: When asked how he felt about the likelihood that he'd be named People's Sexiest Man Alive, Maroon 5 frontman and The Voice co-star Adam Levine has been low-key. "I'm just as excited as you to see who they choose," he told The Today Show. But with multiple sources naming him as the probably next recipient of the honor, Levine looks set to join a fraternity that has included such stars as Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and, um, Nick Nolte? Anyhoo, the ratings for The Voice suggest that viewers find the show very sexy indeed; Entertainment Weekly's recent "Fall TV Winners and Losers" rundown put it first in the "winners" column, along with "whatever airs after it." The other music competition series mentioned in the piece, Simon Cowell's beleaguered The X Factor, was listed among the "losers." (11/18a)