Will It Be Tom Cruise? Russell Crowe? Tiger Woods?
2000 GQ 'Men of the Year' Poll Released -
Exclusively Online At www.gq.com!
Nominees Include Women for First Time
Vote and Win $10,000 Wardrobe and Free Trip to NYC or LA

Gentlemen, start your search engines! GQ Magazine starts the polling for the 2000 GQ "Men of the Year" on Tuesday, May 23rd, and this year, the voting's all on-line at www.gq.com! Will it be Tom Cruise? Russell Crowe? Tiger Woods? Carlos Santana? Art Cooper, editor in chief of GQ, has announced nominees from the fields of film, television, sports, music, fashion, and theater, to be voted exclusively online by GQ readers.

For the first time in GQ's "Men of the Year" history, nominees include women -- Donna Karan, Donatella Versace and Miuccia Prada have been nominated for their contributions to men's fashion. Winners will be featured in the November issue, and honored at the fifth annual GQ "Men of the Year" awards show to be broadcast December 9th on Fox.

Voting at http://www.gq.com begins Tuesday, May 23rd and continues through June 15th. As a bonus for casting a vote, participants will be automatically entered in a sweepstakes to win a trip to New York or Beverly Hills, plus a wardrobe worth $10,000!

Last year's GQ "Men of the Year" were Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Kevin Spacey, Michael J. Fox, Mark McGwire, Dylan McDermott, Will Smith, Oscar De La Hoya, Joe Torre, the Beastie Boys, Eric Clapton, Stone Phillips, Tom Wolfe, Mario Batali, and Michael Dell.

Here are the categories and nominees for the 2000 GQ "Men of the Year":

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-- TELEVISION: DRAMA - Billy Campbell (Once and Again), Eddie Cibrian (Third Watch), David James Elliott (JAG), James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Jason Gedrick (Falcone), Rob Lowe (The West Wing), Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order), Rick Schroder (NYPD Blue), Martin Sheen (The West Wing), Goran Visnjic (E.R.)

(rest of article "snipped"__PR Newswire (May 23, 2000)