Best of 2008

Scene Stealers: The TV Stars We Had to Watch

Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester & Ed Westwick! The Hills' Audrina Patridge! See the small-screen stars who kept us captivated. By Serena Kappes

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MICHAEL URIE & BECKI NEWTON ON UGLY BETTY

Urie and Newton play off each other with campy glee as Betty's (America Ferrera) tormentors Marc St. James and Amanda Tanen. Whether whooping it up, pom-poms and all, as Mode's flamboyant cheerleading squad of two ("You're Elle, you smell, your team can go to hell!") or going head-to-head with guest star Lindsay Lohan, they're a laugh-out-loud duo you wouldn't want to cross.

Country's Breakout Year (Hello, Taylor!) | Taylor Swift

Country's Breakout Year (Hello, Taylor!)

From Taylor to Keith Urban, see how Nashville's A-listers took over the world – and MTV!

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