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2009: The Movie

Liars, 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.

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Enny Nuraheni / Reuters; Evan Agostini / Getty Images
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Enny Nuraheni / Reuters; Evan Agostini / Getty Images
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Martin H. Simon / Getty Images; Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images
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Jason Decrow / Rapport Press; Kristian Dowling / Getty Images
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Mary Altaffer / AP Photo; Jennifer Graylock / AP Photo
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Jonathan Ernst, Reuters / Landov; Chris Weeks / Getty Images
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Mary Ann Chastain / AP Photo; John M. Heller / Getty Images
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Ethan Miller / Getty Images for Wet Republic; Noel Vasquez / Getty Images
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Michael Kovac, FimMagic / Getty Images
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Jean Baptiste Lacroix, WireImage / Getty Images; Frazer Harrison / Getty Images
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Alex Wong / Getty Images; Joe Kohen, WireImage / Getty Images
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Robyn Beck, AFP / Getty Images; Steve Mack, FilmMagic / Getty Images
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AP Photo (2)
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Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images; AP Photo
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Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images; Soul Brother, FilmMagic / Getty Images
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Mark Wilson / Getty Images; Vince Bucci / Getty Images
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KMazur, WireImage / Getty Images; Ron Galella, WireImage / Getty Images
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Neilson Barnard / Getty Images; Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images
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Gretchen Ertl / AP Photo; Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images
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Mark Wilson / Getty Images; Lance Staedler, CBS / Getty Images
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Saul Loeb, AFP / Getty Images; Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images
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Wang Tiantian, ChinaFotoPress / Getty Images; Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images
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Karen Bleier, AFP / Getty Images; Claire Greenway / Getty Images
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Scott Gries / Getty Images; Barry Brecheisen / Getty Images
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Scott Gries / Getty Images for Comedy Central
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Barry King, FilmMagic / Getty Images; Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for IMG
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Stefania D'Alessandro / Getty Images; Vince Bucci / Getty Images
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John Moore / Getty Images; Frazer Harrison / Getty Images
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John Moore / Getty Images
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Michael Loccisano / Getty Images; Carlos Diaz / Retna
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Tiziana Fabi, AFP / Getty Images; Chris Ashford, Camera Press / Retna
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M. Caulfield, WireImage / Getty Images; Bobby Bank, WireImage / Getty Images
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Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images; Joe Corrigan / Getty Images
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Peter Kramer / Getty Images (2)
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Mark Wilson / Getty Images; Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images
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L. Cohen, WireImage for PGA Tour / Getty Images; Bryan Bedder / Getty Images
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L. Cohen, WireImage for PGA Tour; Jon Kopaloff, FilmMagic / Getty Images
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David Zentz / AP Photo; Jason LaVeris, FilmMagic / Getty Images
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John M. Heller / Getty Images; Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images
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Jason LaVeris, FilmMagic / Getty Images; Dr. Billy Ingram, WireImage / Getty Images

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