For more Best Things in Texas coverage, read about the Texas Olympians who dominated at the Paris Games, the greatest show over Earth, the issue that brought Republicans and Democrats together, and the horny toad’s likely comeback. For less dignified behavior, read the 2025 Bum Steer Awards. He’s been on the scene for what seems like forever (okay, since 2023), but it wasn’t until 2024 that the world finally saw this charming scamp ascend to bona fide A-list Hollywood hunkdom. Brisket Powell, who was born in California but got to Texas as soon as he could, was the internet’s summer crush, dazzling fans during a press tour that helped turn Twisters—a film starring his “father,” Glen Powell—into a box office hit. With soulful brown eyes…