Maxim # 143 - November 2009

Features 68 Grace Park & Tricia Heifer Nerd alert! Battlestar Galactica's sexy Cylons are back for one last Earth-shattering movie, this month's The Plan. By Jesse Brukman 74 The 10 Biggest Busts, Choke Artists & Goats in Sports History You guys suck! 80 Death Becomes Real When reality star Ryan Jenkins stopped acting polite, murder followed. 86 One Hot Numb3r TV's sexiest mathematician, Nevi Rawat By Kevin Jordan 92 Icon: LeBron James The king wants to give you a million dollars. By Jesse Brukman 94 A Visual History of the Sex Tape A salute to one A/V club we wouldn't mind joining. 96 La Dolce Elisabetta Italian TV's sexiest supermodel. By Dan Bova 102 Rise of the Machines The five sickest supercars in the world. By Jesse Will 114 Wet & Wild What happens belowdecks on cruise lines. By Stinson Carter Departments 16 Letters Our mailbag is bursting with monkey business and Mille Jovovich love letters. Plus, a few Hometown Hotties submissions that just didn't make the grade. 19 Circus Maximus Check out the fine ladies who did earn a spot in our Hometown Hotties Top 10, the three sweetest spots for gamblers, and the best reason to watch 2012: Béatrice Rosen 39 Rated Director Roland Emmerich blows up his latest disaster pic, Patton Oswalt gives us his last day on Earth, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 gives us a serious case of PTSD. 51 Stuff We take Activision's DJ Hero for a spin, some home fryers for a dip, and Dominic Monaghan to a psychiatrist about his creepy-crawly obsession. 59 Columns Study up on the secrets of vacation sex, and get hungry for America's best delis. L'Chaim! 123 Style There ain't nothing sexy about a neck beard, fellas. Luckily, you can shave, moisturize, and save face with sex siren Aubrey O'Day. 140 The Decider Thanksgiving: A time for food, family, and bouts of uncontrollable rage. But who's going to be the first to lose it this year? Find out now!