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February 27, 2014

The 35 Orangest Men Ever to Grace a Red Carpet

By Kathleen Hou

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Male Academy Award nominees for 2014: Let the following slideshow serve as a visual cautionary tale of the dangers of over-tanning. The apricot-tinged faces of Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Mel Gibson, Adrien Brody, and many more serve as proof of how bad the “tandemonium” can get. Especially when you compare the shade of their skin to the color of their teeth, the whites of their shirts, or, more often than not, the women standing next to them. (Will Ferrell spoofed the trend when he presented the Oscar for Best Achievement in Makeup in 2006.) As you contemplate exactly how tan you would like to be at this Sunday’s Oscars, click through — and remember, a healthy glow is but a few pumps of self-tanner away from pumpkin-in-a-tux.

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Leonardo DiCaprio 
Adrien Brody  Photo: Jeffrey Mayer 2003 All Rights Reserved
Patrick Dempsey  Photo: 2008 Steve Granitz
Jesse Metcalfe 
Will Arnett  Photo: 2013 Jeffrey Mayer
Kiefer Sutherland 
George Hamilton 
Older Sean Penn  Photo: 2013 Getty Images
Alec Baldwin  Photo: 2013 Jeffrey Mayer
Hugh Jackman  Photo: 2013 Mark Sullivan
Al Gore 
Mel Gibson 
Will Ferrell 
Valentino  Photo: 2013 David Livingston
Young Sean Penn 
 James Denton 
Al Pacino 
Pat O'Brien 
Matthew McConaughey 
Simon Cowell 
John Cusack 
Billy Bush  Photo: (c) NBC Universal, Inc.
Liev Schreiber  Photo: 2013 David Livingston
Gerard Butler  Photo: 2013 David Livingston
Bradley Cooper  Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
Alessandro Nivola  Photo: 2013 David Livingston
Bono  Photo: 2013 David Livingston
Andre Balazs  Photo: 2013 David Livingston
Danny Huston  Photo: 2013 David Livingston
Mark McGrath 
Warren Beatty 
Luke Wilson 
Eric Stonestreet  Photo: 2013 Jeffrey Mayer
Alexis Denisof  Photo: 2013 Jeffrey Mayer
Mario Lopez  Photo: 2013 Jeffrey Mayer
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