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Dr. McDreamy Dempsey named Star of the Year by People magazine

23.12.2007 17:00 Arts - Source: cbc.ca

It's a McDreamy year for actor Patrick Dempsey, anointed People magazine's "Star of the Year."

The 41-year-old actor, whose character of the TV hit drama Grey's Anatomy is known as "Dr. McDreamy," is featured on the cover of the celebrity magazine's year-end issue.

Patrick Dempsey, seen celebrating a win for his TV show Grey's Anatomy at the People's Choice Awards in January, has been named People magazine's Star of the Year.
(Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press)

"I'm just enjoying life more than I ever have … I'm trying to enjoy the moment while it's here and to be able to provide for my family so that I can step away and enjoy raising them away from all this," Dempsey told the magazine.

The actor, who is also starring in the current box-office hit Enchanted, recently celebrated the birth of twin boys with his second wife.

The issues highlighted eight other celebrities who made a mark in 2007.

Dempsey's TV co-star Katherine Heigl was named "America's New Sweetheart" while his leading lady in Enchanted, Amy Adams, was simply called "The Breakout."

Matt Damon was named "The Sexiest Hero" for his turn in the Jason Bourne spy thrillers and Johnny Depp "Most Versatile Actor" after moving from a swaggering swashbuckler in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy to portraying a serial killing barber in Sweeney Todd.

Country singer Carrie Underwood, winner of the fourth season of American Idol, was named "The Chart Topper" as Will Smith was handed "The Biggest Legend."

TV actress Christina Applegate was "Comeback of the Year." The 36-year-old, who played teenage dimwit Kelly Bundy in Married … with Children, bounced back with this year's acclaimed new TV sitcom Samantha Who?

Not surprisingly, a poll of readers decided that the most talked about star of the year was Britney Spears.

The pop princess's year included a stint in rehab, all-night partying, shaving her hair off, estrangement from her mother and a continuing custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline over their two young sons.

Coming in on the reader's good side was actor and director Ben Affleck, voted as "Best Behaved Star" of 2007. Affleck kept a low profile, flexing his directorial chops with the movie Gone Baby Gone and had a baby with his wife, Jennifer Garner.