25. Ryan Reynolds
24. Jason Statham
23. Hayden Panettiere
22. Edward Norton
21. Natalie Portman
20. Mark Wahlberg
19. Keira Knightley
18. James McAvoy
17. Ellen Page
16. Scarlett Johansson
15. Leonardo DiCaprio
14. Zac Efron
13. Jessica Alba
12. Miley Cyrus
11. Tom Cruise
and Top 10
10. Gerard Butler (Last year: #14)
The 300 star continued his winning ways, as P.S. I Love You became a surprise DVD fave among the ladies, and RockNRolla proved he still had what it takes to hang out with the rabble-rousing guys. Next up: it's rom-com fun in The Ugly Truth.
9. Will Smith (Last year: #23)
Coming off yet another massive hit with I Am Legend, Smith turned the love-it-or-hate-it superhero flick Hancock into a major box office hit, and courted Oscar yet again with the redemptive drama Seven Pounds.
8. Kristen Stewart (Last year: Uncharted)
Critics gave her lots of attention for her sensitive, stand-out performance in Into the Wild, but the population at large shreiked at her turn as the teen-girl heroine of the moment, Isabella Swan, in the highly anticipated vampire romance Twilight.
7. Megan Fox (Last year: Uncharted)
No longer playing second banana to robots, Ms. Fox became a paparazzi fixture and buzz-worthy babe this year, snagging the lead in Diablo Cody's next flick, Jennifer's Body, and walking away with the otherwise-forgettable comedy How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.
6. Shia LaBeouf(Last year: Uncharted)
The It Boy of 2008 chased down villains and treasure alongside Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, broke his hand filming Transformers 2, weathered an arrest scandal, and still had another flick come out this year (Eagle Eye). Busy much?
5. Angelina Jolie (Last year: #5)
You can't turn around in a supermarket without seeing her on a magazine cover, and she played the press like a Stradivarius this year, giving birth to twins in France and doing the press rounds for Changeling, which may snag her a second Oscar nomination.
4. Brad Pitt (Last year: #2)
In addition to the massive press attention he received this year, Mr. Pitt found favor with a group that's often eluded him: film critics, who took a shine to his comic turn in Burn After Reading and started talking Oscar for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
3. Heath Ledger (Last year: Uncharted)
His tragic and untimely death by accidental overdose generated what's arguably the year's biggest pop culture story, and turned his last completed film, The Dark Knight, from an expected summer hit into a massive screen sensation. Will a posthumous Oscar follow?
2. Christian Bale (Last year: #4)
The star of The Dark Knight found unexpected controversy on the opening of his blockbuster flick in London, where he was arrested on charges of assaulting his mother and sister. The charges were later dropped, as The Dark Knight went on to become the second-highest grossing film after Titanic.
1. Johnny Depp (Last year: #1)
Mr. Depp now claims the top spot on the IMDb's STARmeter for the fifth year in a row -- even though his biggest appearances of the year were on the red carpet of the Oscars (where he was nominated for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) and at the MTV Movie Awards, where he snagged trophies for both Sweeney Todd and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. And fans couldn't stop talking about his upcoming roles in Michael Mann's Public Enemies (as John Dillinger) and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (as the Mad Hatter), as well as salivating at the concept of him playing The Riddler in the next Batman flick. Check back with us next year to see if that comes to fruition -- we're sure he'll be somewhere at the top of this list again!
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