FEATURES 44 MONEY SPECIAL!
Maxim Beats the Recession!
You maybe eating govemment cheese, but we' ll show you how to live like a king
- fast cars, exotic travel, bargain butlers - without breaking the bank. Thank
us later!
56 Malin Akerman
The sultry Swede plays Silk Spectre II in this year's most anticipated superhero
blockbuster, Watchmen. We're just praying forX-ray vision!
62 2009 Baseball Preview .
Baseball isn't boring! At least not anymore.We go to bat for the All-Maxim team
and pitch 20 reasons America's pastime is more awesome than ever.
68 Hollywood Knockout
Real World alum Jamie Chung is the ultimate kung fu cutie in Dragonball: Evolution.
By IAN SPIEGELMAN
72 Icon: Clive Owen
The super-suave star of Duplicity dishes on his hottest leading ladies, making
Jude Law cry, and blowing up the Guggenheim.
BY PATRICK CASONE
74 Love Potion Number Six
Battlestar Galactica's sexiest cyborg, Tricia Helfer shows why she's out of this
world.
By JESSE BRUKMAN
76 The Hunt for White October
A mysterious criminal is crafting high-tech submarines that calasmuggle hundreds
of millions of dollars of cocaine out of Colombia. But the DEA, Coast Guard, and
Navy are hot on his trail.
BY FRANK OWEN DEPARTMENTS
16 Letters
Blood, sweat, and tears. Hey, those were just some of the fluids used to write
us this month. Pass the latex gloves!
18 Incoming
America's hottest money honeys, the feathery menace that is birds, and our desperate
plea to screamers at the gym.
31 Rated
Jimmy Fallon rules the night! (Sorry, invincible army of marauding midgets.) Plus,
we take Halo Wars into battle.
40 Stuff
Pump it up with the return of the coolest kicks to survive the'80s, an NBA superstar's
skating obsession, and affordable sports cars worth lusting after.
44 Columns
You'll love our roundup of America's goofiest governors. Plus, women reveal what
sexual tricks turn them to Jell-O.
83 1 Expert
Fill up your tiniest cups with our sake guide, host a gourmet pig roast, and sweat
away those pesky man-boobs!
88 Style
Spring has sprung, but your wardrobe is still in hibernation. Come out of the
cold with our essential A—Z guide to style.
98 The Decider
Bills? Rent? Puppet porn? How should you spend your pitiful tax refund? The Decider
reveals the exciting answers!
Features
Covergirl Malin Akerman Photographed by Warwick Saint/August (Not Nude)
Capitol Offenders: The 10 Weirdest Pols In America
Maxim Defeats The Recession! Cheap Trips, Hot Rides & Budget Butlers!
Magazine History
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its revealing pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, none of whom are nude in the American version.
In the United States, Maxim is an industry leader, reporting a circulation of 2.5 million readers which they claim is enough to outsell leading competitors GQ, Esquire, and Details combined. The magazine is now using the brand name to market a myriad of other magazines and projects.
