The Hottest Women Over 40

Gina Gershon maybe peaked in Bound, but what a peak. She also ruled as the dry cleaning lady that Larry David wanted to bone on Curb Your Enthusiasm, but that just made me think about Larry David getting his swerve on which isn't a very auspicious way to get this list rocking.

Halle Berry has kept her looks so platinum it's amazing. She literally doesn't look like she's aged a day since showing the goods in Swordfish. How do you think she does it? I hope it's not Satanism.

Do you remember when Elizabeth Hurley had that kid and it was like a giant baby? Think about it like this: if you had the option to breastfeed on her perfect rack, you'd do it as much as possible, right?

Private Practice's Kate Walsh is one of the hottest redheads in the business today, and she's keeping her good looks remarkably well. Not that I watch that show or anything, because I am a man.

Once touched by the hand (and wang) of Sheen, women are never the same. Thankfully, the lovely Denise Richards has managed to keep looking fresh despite her travails and popping out a couple of kids.

Okay, Lucy Liu was in Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever, which might be the worst movie I ever watched on a bus, but she's still looking mighty fine despite being on the north side of 40. Hope she's in the upcoming Kung Fu Panda sequel.

Even at 57, Ellen Barkin still has a tighter body than women half her age. The actress first broke out in 1982's Diner and continues to work her ass off to this day, despite being rich as hell from her divorce settlement from multimillionaire ex Ronald Perelman.

Now that Courteney Cox is free from the hideous taint that is David Arquette, maybe her career will rebound to at least a fraction of Friends level. The new Scream movie didn't help much, but she still looks great.

It's interesting that a lot of these well-preserved women are brunettes - do blondes just age more harshly? It's a mystery science should figure out. Demi Moore seemingly hasn't aged a day since hooking up with boy-toy Ashton Kutcher, if you believe the Twitter candids.

Former No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani is a mother of two, a fashion impresario, and generally just a hot slice of womanhood with a set of spectacular gams. Who would have thunk it?

Can you imagine how crazy Naomi Watts's home life was growing up? Her dad was Pink Floyd's road manager, for God's sake. There were probably all kinds of shenanigans afoot. And yet, she grew up to be a remarkably beautiful and even-tempered woman.

There seems to be a misconception that Latina women age poorly once they hit a certain threshold, but Salma Hayek is single-handedly disproving this theory. I'm sure she'll look great for all eternity.

Country songstress Shania Twain is holding up remarkably well - I think the clean-living Nashville lifestyle is probably better for your body than, say, Courtney Love's. Don't worry, I promise not to show you any pictures of Courtney Love.

Weeds star Mary-Louise Parker not only has an absolutely smoking body, but she's not shy about it. Remember last season's insane sex scene where she got heavily worked over by Mark-Paul Gosselar? I sure do.