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IMDb.com Announces Top Movie Stars of 2008

IMDb.com, an online source of information on movies, TV, and celebrities, and a subsidiary of Amazon.com, has released the list of top 25 stars of 2008. The positions are determined by the site’s STARmeter, a tool that ranks celebrities’ popularity among IMDb.com’s visitors – claimed to be over 57 million a month.

Below is a full list of the year’s Top 25 Celebrities as well as the Top 20 Under 25. 

STARmeter Top 25 for 2008         STARmeter Top 20 Under 25

1. Johnny Depp                                       1. Shia LaBeouf 

2. Christian Bale                                      2. Megan Fox 

3. Heath Ledger                                       3. Kristen Stewart 

4. Brad Pitt                                             4. Miley Cyrus 

5. Angelina Jolie                                      5. Zac Efron 

6. Shia LaBeouf                                       6. Scarlett Johansson 

7. Megan Fox                                          7. Ellen Page 

8. Kristen Stewart                                    8. Keira Knightley 

9. Will Smith                                           9. Hayden Panettiere 

10. Gerard Butler                                    10. Mila Kunis 

11. Tom Cruise                                       11. Robert Pattinson 

12. Miley Cyrus                                      12. Blake Lively 

13. Jessica Alba                                     13. Lindsay Lohan 

14. Zac Efron                                          14. Daniel Radcliffe 

15. Leonardo DiCaprio                             15. Emma Watson 

16. Scarlett Johansson                            16. Michael Cera 

17. Ellen Page                                        17. Vanessa Hudgens 

18. James McAvoy                                  18. Emile Hirsch 

19. Keira Knightley                                  19. Ashley Tisdale 

20. Mark Wahlberg                                  20. Amanda Bynes 

21. Natalie Portman                          

22. Edward Norton                          

23. Hayden Panettiere                          

24. Jason Statham                          

25. Ryan Reynolds                                                    

Available through IMDbPro.com (www.imbdpro.com), IMDb.com’s subscription service, the STARmeter ranks celebrities’ weekly popularity based on the actual search behavior of the industry professionals and film enthusiasts who use IMDb.com each month.  

The STARmeter, according to  IMDb.com, does not reflect box-office performance or critical assessments. The list of the year’s top 25 celebrities is an aggregate of the 2008 weekly STARmeter rankings.  

Photo courtesy: IMDb.com

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