Top Gun

Val Kilmer, 48: It's not that we expect Val Kilmer to sport the same glistening, muscular physique he showed off as Iceman during that shirtless, homoerotic-subtext-laden volleyball scene in 1986's "Top Gun." But we do expect that he not let himself go to the point where we're... more concerned for his health. In recent years, the onetime pretty boy has been subjected to such headlines as "Batman Turned Fatman" after paparazzi snapped him looking out of shape as he strolled on a Malibu, Calif., beach sans shirt, and lounged in a bulging wetsuit. But paunchiness doesn't necessarily negate cuteness (see Rogen, Seth). What made this dreamboat spring a leak is his reputation for being difficult and his ego, which appears to be as outsized as ever. "I've been prevented from being acknowledged for my talent because I don't have an Oscar," he pronounced to Blackbook magazine in December 2006. Still, Kilmer remains busy career-wise, although his workload has changed from his Jim Morrison-channeling salad days. Not only was he reportedly shopping around an album last year (sample lyrics from his song "Pigtails": "I've been growing sideways, I've been growing thin, I've been a zombie all day, I've been preventing sin"), but he's also providing the voice of KITT the car for the resurrected "Knight Rider," and is considering a run for governor in New Mexico.