STARmeter Top 25 of 2009

Here's our list of our top 25 stars for 2009. These STARmeter™ rankings were not based upon critical assessments or box-office performance but the actual search behavior of over 57 million users of IMDb.com. The results are an aggregate of weekly STARmeter rankings from IMDbPro.com (try a free, two-week trial), IMDb.com's professional subscription service designed specifically for people in the entertainment industry. We also have the complete Top 100 STARmeter rankings for 2009 and 2008.

Photos Message Boards More 25. Jennifer Aniston (Last year: #43) The tabloid favorite started off well with Marley & Me and He's Just Not That Into You, but Love Happens just didn't.	Photos Message Boards More 24. Heath Ledger (Last year: #3) A posthumous Oscar win for The Dark Knight kept him in the spotlight, and December brings his last film appearance, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.	Photos Message Boards More 23. Clint Eastwood (Last year: #82) He made "Get off my lawn!" the catchphrase of the year with Gran Torino, and may be Oscar-bound as director of Invictus.
Photos Message Boards More 22. Will Smith (Last year: #9) No big movies for Mr. Smith this year (aside from 2008 holdover Seven Pounds), but he remained a big and bright star in tabloids and on the red carpet.	Photos Message Boards More 21. Nicolas Cage (Last year: #31) Before his name became synonymous with overspending, he found a surprise hit with Knowing and critical acclaim in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call.	Photos Message Boards More 20. Seth Rogen (Last year: #32) The slimmed-down comedian was one of Judd Apatow's Funny People this summer, and courted controversy with Observe and Report.
Photos Message Boards More 19. Miley Cyrus (Last year: #12) She took Hannah Montana: The Movie to $80 million, and courted controversy again with a slightly risque performance at the Kids' Choice Awards.	Photos Message Boards More 18. Tom Cruise (Last year: #11) While Valkyrie proved a surprise success, he was still number one alongside wife Katie Holmes in tabloids galore, and started filming Knight & Day for 2010.	Photos Message Boards More 17. Scarlett Johansson (Last year: #16) The blonde beauty graced the cast of He's Just Not That Into You, and scored a high-profile villainous role in the upcoming Iron Man 2.
Photos Message Boards More 16. Shia LaBeouf (Last year: #6) He rode the waves of the year's biggest hit, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and scored the lead in the upcoming Wall Street 2.	Photos Message Boards More 15. Nikki Reed (Last year: Uncharted) Twilight fever gave the Thirteen star plenty of attention as one of the many photogenic vampires in New Moon.	Photos Message Boards More 14. Leonardo DiCaprio (Last year: #15) After the lackluster Revolutionary Road, he turned to Martin Scorsese and thriller Shutter Island, which was abruptly postponed until 2010.
Photos Message Boards More 13. Gerard Butler (Last year: #10) One of the hardest-working men in showbiz, he did the action thing with Gamer and Law Abiding Citizen, and rom-com duty in The Ugly Truth.	Photos Message Boards More 12. Angelina Jolie (Last year: #5) She did the awards show circuit for 2008's Changeling, and appeared alongside partner Brad Pitt at seemingly every red carpet event.	Photos Message Boards More 11. Ashley Greene (Last year: Uncharted) As sympathetic vampire Alice Cullen, she proved to be one of the biggest breakout stars from the Twilight series.
Photos Message Boards More 10. Ryan Reynolds (Last year: #25) One of the fastest-rising stars this year, he helped turn The Proposal into a surprise summer hit, and appeared also in X-Men: Wolverine.	Photos Message Boards More 9. Zooey Deschanel (Last year: #50) (500) Days of Summer helped propel this indie favorite into the upper ranks, and moved into the music world as part of the group She & Him.	Photos Message Boards More 8. Dakota Fanning (Last year: Uncharted) No longer the cute little moppet of yore, she brought pure (and fun) evil to the Twilight series as part of the dreaded Volturi in New Moon.
Photos Message Boards More 7. Christian Bale (Last year: #2) Last year's Batman was this year's John Connor in Terminator: Salvation, and shared the screen with Johnny Depp in Public Enemies.	Photos Message Boards More 6. Brad Pitt (Last year: #4) After scoring an Oscar nod as Benjamin Button, he became one of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds in the World War II action hit.	Photos Message Boards More 5. Taylor Lautner (Last year: Uncharted) The shirtless lycanthrope of New Moon had fans shouting "Team Jacob!" as they compared his tanned pecs to co-star Robert Pattinson's pale, sparkly skin.
Photos Message Boards More 4. Megan Fox (Last year: #7) Jennifer's Body may have been dead on arrival, but she was hotter than ever in summer blockbuster Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.	Photos Message Boards More 3. Johnny Depp (Last year: #1) The king of STARmeter was finally dethroned this year, but not before playing John Dillinger in Public Enemies and being named "Sexiest Man Alive."	Photos Message Boards More 2. Kristen Stewart (Last year: #8) She excelled in indie comedy Adventureland, but it was all-Bella-all-the-time for the female lead of the Twilight movies this past year.
1. Robert Pattinson (Last year: #33) The man once best known as doomed Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire rocketed into the stratosphere as moody-sexy vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight films, and developed a fervent following of both fans and photographers who couldn't get enough of his sparkly skin, wayward hair, and magnetic screen presence. With the third Twilight film coming this summer, expect no downward turn in his popularity. Photos | Message Boards | More

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