02009: The MovieLiars, and Tiger, and Bernie, oh my! Who would portray the year’s biggest newsmakers in the Hollywood version? The Daily Beast goes to the casting couch.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 8:51PM EDT / Published Dec. 28, 2009 7:12AM EST Enny Nuraheni / Reuters; Evan Agostini / Getty Images Barack Obama (Will Smith)Enny Nuraheni / Reuters; Evan Agostini / Getty Images Michelle Obama (Taraji P. Henson)Martin H. Simon / Getty Images; Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images Bernie Madoff (Dustin Hoffman)Jason Decrow / Rapport Press; Kristian Dowling / Getty Images Ruth Madoff (Barbra Streisand)Mary Altaffer / AP Photo; Jennifer Graylock / AP Photo Governor Mark Sanford (Chris Cooper)Jonathan Ernst, Reuters / Landov; Chris Weeks / Getty Images Jenny Sanford (Mary Steenburgen)Mary Ann Chastain / AP Photo; John M. Heller / Getty Images Jon Gosselin (Rex Lee)Ethan Miller / Getty Images for Wet Republic; Noel Vasquez / Getty Images Kate Gosselin (Kelly Ripa)Michael Kovac, FimMagic / Getty Images Chesley Sullenberger (Sam Elliott)Jean Baptiste Lacroix, WireImage / Getty Images; Frazer Harrison / Getty Images Sonia Sotomayor (Sara Ramirez)Alex Wong / Getty Images; Joe Kohen, WireImage / Getty Images Sarah Palin (Megan Mullally)Robyn Beck, AFP / Getty Images; Steve Mack, FilmMagic / Getty Images Levi Johnston (Joshua Jackson) AP Photo (2) David Letterman (John Michael Higgins) French President Nicolas Sarkozy (Vincent Cassel)Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images; AP Photo Carla Bruni (Ellen Pompeo)Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images; Soul Brother, FilmMagic / Getty Images Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (Joe Pesci)Mark Wilson / Getty Images; Vince Bucci / Getty Images Michael Jackson (LaToya Jackson)KMazur, WireImage / Getty Images; Ron Galella, WireImage / Getty Images Elizabeth Edwards (Blair Brown)Neilson Barnard / Getty Images; Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Jeffrey Wright)Gretchen Ertl / AP Photo; Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (Simon Baker)Mark Wilson / Getty Images; Lance Staedler, CBS / Getty Images Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein (Wallace Shawn)Saul Loeb, AFP / Getty Images; Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (John C. McGinley)Wang Tiantian, ChinaFotoPress / Getty Images; Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (Bob Hoskins)Karen Bleier, AFP / Getty Images; Claire Greenway / Getty Images Jim Cramer (Louis C.K.)Scott Gries / Getty Images; Barry Brecheisen / Getty Images Susan Boyle (Jack Black)Scott Gries / Getty Images for Comedy Central Adam Lambert (Joan Jett)Barry King, FilmMagic / Getty Images; Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for IMG Dan Brown (Gordon Clapp)Stefania D'Alessandro / Getty Images; Vince Bucci / Getty Images Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene (Patrick Warburton)John Moore / Getty Images; Frazer Harrison / Getty Images Balloon Boy Falcone Heene (A Cardboard Box)John Moore / Getty Images Carrie Prejean (Dianna Agron)Michael Loccisano / Getty Images; Carlos Diaz / Retna Amanda Knox (Mandy Moore)Tiziana Fabi, AFP / Getty Images; Chris Ashford, Camera Press / Retna Glenn Beck (Tom Wilson)M. Caulfield, WireImage / Getty Images; Bobby Bank, WireImage / Getty Images Harry Reid (James Cromwell)Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images; Joe Corrigan / Getty Images Joe Lieberman (Ian McDiarmid)Peter Kramer / Getty Images (2) Nancy Pelosi (Jessica Walter)Mark Wilson / Getty Images; Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images Tiger Woods (Daniel Sunjata)L. Cohen, WireImage for PGA Tour / Getty Images; Bryan Bedder / Getty Images Elin Nordegren (January Jones)L. Cohen, WireImage for PGA Tour; Jon Kopaloff, FilmMagic / Getty Images Rachel Uchitel (Jamie-Lynn Sigler)David Zentz / AP Photo; Jason LaVeris, FilmMagic / Getty Images TMZ's Harvey Levin (Steve Gutenberg)John M. Heller / Getty Images; Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi (Emmanuelle Chirqui)Jason LaVeris, FilmMagic / Getty Images; Dr. Billy Ingram, WireImage / Getty Images
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