Britain’s Idris Elba named People mag’s ‘sexiest man alive’
06 November 2018 |
8:21 am
British actor Idris Elba was named the sexiest man alive on Monday (Nov 5) by People magazine, becoming only the third non-white man to win the annual honor.
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