Features
48 Hilary Duff
Now that she's 21, America's sexiest sweetheart is ready to leave her good-girl
image behind for some badass film roles. Thankyou, God!
54 Young Hot Hollywood 2009 Scarlett Johansson, Blake Lively, Katy Perry, Hayden Panettiere, Vanessa Hudgens,
and the rest of Tinseltown's most tempting new talent get top billing!
58 The Drinking Man's Guide to Beer
From the hoppiest microbrews to the tastiest tallboys, we tap the 99 best brews
in the world. Better luck next time, O'Doul's!
64 Winterize YourAss
From super-fast snowmobiles to super-sexy hot tubs to super-delicious after-ski
drinks, we've got your cheat sheet to having the most pleasin' season of your
life!
70 Red Tide
New Smyrna Beach, Florida is the undisputed shark-bite capital of theworld. But,
still, surfers keep comingto test the waters.We dive in to find out why.
BY JULIA CHAPLIN
76 Icon: Keanu Reeves
The perennially cool movie starwaxes about his connection to The Matrix, the joys
of free ice cream, and why he still thinks Bill &Ted is, well, excellent.
BY ALLISON GLOCK
78 Hero Worship
Dania Ramirez can kill a man with just one look on Heroes, so ogle this devastating
Dominican dime piece at your own risk.
BY GUY CIMBALO Departments
16 Incoming
Heading to Tampa for the Super Bowl? Maxim maps out the ultimate guide to Florida's
sleaziest city. Plus, the definitive New Year's Eve playbook and the world's porkiest
cuff link!
25 Rated Frank Miller's comic book noir The Spirit gets us in theaters, Fall Out Boy's
latest gets us onthe dance floor, and our favorite British cross-dressing comic,
Eddie Izzard, gets 24 hours to live.
32 Stuff
We rev up the fastest Lotus coupe, torture-test the greenest eco-products, shred
powder on the world's coolest snowboards, and play fetch with Denis Leary's hairiest
Irish wolfhounds!
42 Columns
Can NHL superstar AlexanderOvechkin make us give a puck about hockey? Plus, Penn
Jillette rates America's tastiest candy bars, and we tryto explain to you (yet
again) how to be better in bed.
84 Style
Nine-time world surfing champion, dater of super-models, and all-around fashionable
dude Kelly Slater shows why he's Chairman of the Board.
96 The Decider
Fantasty football obsessive? Compulsive bologna eater? Hand puppet molester? Pinpoint
your most shameful habit and be rewarded by learning your corresponding New Year's
resolution!
