Not Robert Pattinson!  There was a fake cover going around yesterday, with Robert on the cover of People’s Sexiest Man issue.  Well, those were just pipe dreams! The title really goes to Johnny Depp, with whom I must agree, is quite sexy.

Break out the Bordeaux, the whoopee cushions and the bangin’ Keith Richards guitar solos, because the 2009 Sexiest Man Alive party is officially under way. Bringing the fun with him wherever he goes – whether it’s onscreen in fizzy roles like Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise or at home with his family on their private Bahamian island – is just one reason why Johnny Depp, who also scored the honor in 2003, has joined an elite club of two-time SMA title holders (only Brad Pitt and George Clooney have matched the feat). At 46, the father of two still reigns as Hollywood’s most irresistible iconoclast; as one-of-a-kind as his beloved 15-year-old boots and as smoldering as his favorite Cuban cigars.

Joining Johnny as the sexiest men alive are Robert Pattinson, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Ryan Reynolds, David Beckham and more…

What do you think? Johnny hotter than Robert?