User post: Top 20 Celebrities who had the best year ever in 2008: 11-20

<p><img style="width:182px;height:292px;" alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/B7S0SvGQOhRe/photos/b8602cb40fe0b1576d40b7a829628af9/mr_69a669d94379a5.jpg?ug_____DV5Ie4vC7" align="left" height="292" width="182">As it is every 8 years, it was both&nbsp;an olympic &amp;&nbsp;political year, but this one was&nbsp;filled with more lows than highs. First gas prices skyrocketed, then everything went up with it. Now we are in an economic state that rivals the great depression. But 2008 wasn&#39;t all that bad. It was a historic year--America has finally elected a non-white male president! An African American,&nbsp;Barack Obama,&nbsp;is now the president elect of the United States of America. A moment many thought they would never see.<br>Yes 2008 is bringing a lot of changes with it. Television as we knew it&nbsp;is about to do a 180. A lot of scripted shows are being canceled for cheaper reality and variety shows, major part in thanks to Jay Leno, sending more people heading straight the&nbsp;unemployment lines.<br>We saw low key marriages and high profile divorces, with Jay Z putting a ring on Beyonce&#39;s finger and Madonna &amp; Guy Ritchie calling&nbsp;it caputs.<br>But really who had the best year ever in 2008?<br>I know and I got them all here for ya!<br><br><br><br>Here are&nbsp;the top 11 thru 20:<br><br><br><br><br>20. Michael Phelps<br>Not only is he the record breaking athlete of all-time, he&#39;s also THE most over-exposed athlete of 2008. He won a total of 8 Olympic&nbsp;gold medals, which is more than any other athlete in Olympic history, and he made sure to milk every cent out of it, which is what any smart person would have done, with endorsements all over the place.<br>Resolution for 2009: Use all that money to buy your own country and host your own Olympics Michael Phelps style?<br><br><img style="width:224px;height:273px;" alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/B7S0SvGQOhRe/photos/7db5f3eb8ac0788ac727de50e9c45097/mr_8acf0873c8382f.jpg?ug_____DC7aJv2nJ" align="left" height="273" width="224">19. The Cast of &#39;Sex &amp; The City&#39;<br>Female power reigned for a minute with the return of four of the most fun, fearless and eternally fabulous females ever (say that 5 times fast). Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte all hit the big screen with one of the most anticipated films of 2008. The rumor mill had been going wild: will they make a movie or won&#39;t they. We heard that Kim Cattrall just was not onboard and finally she relented and we got to revisit the fab four all over again. But will they return or was it just a one-night stand?<br>Resolution for 2009: Get to work on a super script for another Sex &amp; the City flick?<br><br></p> <p>18. Elizabeth Banks<img style="width:174px;height:219px;" alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/B7S0SvGQOhRe/photos/d12faeed88ce76310dbda6501a229a8d/mr_ddd9771fc8fe51.jpg?ug_____DQFhgTNCN" align="right" height="219" width="174"><br>She&#39;s got all the qualities of a movie star--looks and talent--but Elizabeth Banks hasn&#39;t been able to take her career to the next level. She isn&#39;t a movie star yet but she was in just about every movie at one point in 2008. Which makes me wonder--did Elizabeth Banks clone herself in 2008?<br>Resolution for 2009: Blow them away in 2009--look for a role that screams OSCAR?!<br></p> <p><img style="width:183px;height:254px;" alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/OyyXKwiBnlMg/photos/c266b7c88d529c744a7b1c5d2358f03f/mr_6b1c8fb0a7f931.jpg?ug_____DFcv90CGi" align="left" height="254" width="183">17. Katy Perry</p> <p>She kissed a girl, although I&#39;m not sure I ever saw it,&nbsp;but she is definitely glad she did because there she was having the best year ever! Katy Perry went from an unknown to a headliner thanks to her monster hit single &#39;I Kissed A Girl&#39;. And she won&#39;t be a one hit wonder thanks to other successful songs she also released in 2008. But was she only a tag word for 2008 or is there more to come for the overnight success?<br>Resolution for 2009: Evolve girl! And Quick!! How about kissing a goat this time?<br><br><br><br>16. Madonna<img style="width:201px;height:178px;" alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/OyyXKwiBnlMg/photos/4e22900d1f6ccdeecd049ade5ce83a95/mr_ddd90873c8382f.jpg?ug_____Dlz7mDvRC" align="right" height="178" width="201"><br>Madonna has had a lot of good years, bad years and so-so years but this year she proved to everyone that age is nothing but an excuse to get senior citizen&#39;s discount. The Queen of Pop turned 50 in &#39;08 and she&#39;s rocking it like it&#39;s still 1985. A Madonna concert ticket was a must have in 2008. Her concerts became red carpet events as celebrities turned out to see Madge rock it with Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. But it wasn&#39;t all fun and games for Madonna. She had the most high profile divorce and romance in 2008. So is Ms. Ciccone about to hit another one out of the ball park (yeah I meant that)?<br>Resolution for 2009: Sleep? No, forget the question mark--SLEEP!<br><br><br><img style="width:156px;height:237px;" alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/OyyXKwiBnlMg/photos/066a9bd00fc7ef4105b864aa5215ba97/mr_4678771fc8fe51.jpg?ug_____DJkKEy8f4" align="left" height="237" width="156">15. Kim Kardashian<br>Paris Hilton has a new face, new&nbsp;ASSets and a new name and it&#39;s Kim Kardashian. It&#39;s the party girl of 2008, Paris meets J.Lo--Kim Kardashian! She&nbsp;has replaced&nbsp;her former BFF Paris Hilton as THE celebrity&nbsp;famous&nbsp;for being famous with no talent to&nbsp;offer and she also comes&nbsp;with her own sex tape. But really, is she all that interesting? Or is it that there&#39;s something around the corner waiting to greet us for all this wasted attention? Hope she manages to keep us watching until then.<br>Resolution for 2009: Be famous for something perhaps?<br><br>14. Brad Pitt<img style="width:243px;height:312px;" alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/p0XzFQrrM2iq/photos/018cfc279a8c2b4786bca74ecedd5e2f/mr_6b921cc2e76e2a.jpg?ug_____DS.7IczHg" align="right" height="312" width="243"><br>He puts the heart in heart throb. Brad Pitt has shown us all that not all roses have thorns and that mortifyingly pretty people can actually put themselves in regular people&#39;s shoes. Brad has fulfilled his promise to build houses for victims of Katrina with people slowing moving in as I write this. He also had twins with his girl wonder--Angelina Jolie, and he left 2008 with rave reviews for his performance in the movie &#39;The Curious Case of Benjamin Button&#39;. Although he lost the box office race to his ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston, he came out a winner with Golden Globe nominations and continued box office success.<br>Resolution for 2009: Turning your family into the effective version of the UN?<br><br>13. Oprah Winfrey<br>Yeah, yeah, yeah, so what her weight has more ups and downs than the Kingdika. The Queen of media has enough $100 bills to blow her nose into, and it will probably be worth more than that after she blows into it anyway (thanks for revealing this Scarlett Johansen). Oprah&nbsp;was most certainly having a wonderful year. No one was rooting more for Barack Obama than Super Winfrey and now that it&#39;s all been successful, and she has been a force behind history, it&#39;s safe to say that it&#39;s a year that Oprah will never forget.<br>Resolution for 2009: Just keep it going!<br><br><br>12. Jennifer Aniston<img style="width:219px;height:271px;" alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/OyyXKwiBnlMg/photos/b7b8b4d5c892bdc558a36f2cedebb9a5/mr_757755188846dc.jpg?ug_____DK9KQ61Ip" align="right" height="271" width="219"><br>She is THE most famous &#39;Friend&#39; and America&#39;s new sweetheart, joining the likes of Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock. Her love life competes with her movies for having the most plots and twists but Jennifer Aniston hasn&#39;t allowed all the scrutiny to distract her from keeping her career on track. She ended the year with the no.1 movie in theaters, every dog lover&#39;s delight--&#39;Marley &amp; Me&#39;, alongside Owen Wilson. She was 2008&#39;s cover girl and most wanted interview. We all want to know what she really thinks about Angelina Jolie, but after seeing those magazine photos, she can count herself as one lucky lady. <br>Resolution for 2009: Find a wonderful guy who deserves all of that!<br><br><br><br><br><img style="width:200px;height:229px;" alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/OyyXKwiBnlMg/photos/c098f69efa0b6809038c32af524c7648/mr_6866520ec8751e.jpg?ug_____DXk8uFX15" align="left" height="229" width="200">11. Rihanna<br>2007 may have been a monster year for Pop&#39;s newest princess, but she is keeping it coming and not wasting a second. This year she continued to top the charts with the re-launching of the album that made her a star--&#39;Good Girl Gone Bad&#39;, with the addition of new chart-topping songs. But what has really put her so high on this list is her amazing sense of style. No one has pushed trends around and made them young and fun again the way Rihanna has since Madonna in her heydays. She plays with fashion and she makes it look all so organically her. She is always a hit on the red carpet and a treat on stage. Rihanna has star quality all right as she has proven to us in 2008.<br>Resolution for 2009: Don&#39;t even think of taking a break!</p>