Maxim # 136, April 2009

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!