✦Included in People magazine's annual "100 Most Beautiful People" list in April 2007.
✦Included in Time magazine's annual list of 100 Most Influential in May 2007.
✦Teaming up with Discovery Communications to executive-produce a 13-part reality series, titled "Eco-Town", chronicling the eco-friendly rebuild of Greensburg, Kansas, which was destroyed by a fierce tornado on May 4, 2007 (July, 2007).
✦Chosen 4th on Forbes' list of Hollywood's Best Paid Actors, raking in an estimated $45 million between June 1, 2007 through June 1, 2008.
✦Making the annual list of GQ's Men of the Year in 2008.