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!