Elizabeth star voted coolest hettie

Actress Cate Blanchett is officially the coolest straight person.

The Australian star won the hearts of the editors' at leading gay magazine The Advocate to come top of their Coolest Straight People 2007 list.

Other contenders included rapper Common, journalist Arianna Huffington and environmentalist Phillippe Cousteau.

38-year-old Blanchett, who was delighted by the news, said: "I heard I was going to be the coolest straight person. How kind. There's a lot of us to choose from."

Modest as well as cool.