Hottt List 2009

Our Editors Pick the Best Nine of '09

By Venus Zine Staff
Published: January 23rd, 2010 | 5:45pm

Get to know our editorial staff by seeing who they picked for best music, fashion, and culture in 2009:

Jill Russell

Editor in Chief

Favorite Album: The Antlers - Hospice

Favorite Song: Fight Like Apes - "Tie Me Up With Jackets"

Favorite Designer: Round Designs Jewelry

Favorite Film: A Serious Man

Favorite Book: Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro

Favorite TV Show: "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia"

Favorite Actor: Jesse Eisenberg in Adventureland

Favorite Actress: Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air

Favorite Etsy Designer: Lirola

Denise Gibson

Art Director

Favorite Album: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

Favorite Song: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Heads Will Roll"

Favorite Designer: Alexander McQueen

Favorite Film: Inglourious Basterds

Favorite Book: The Girls' Guide to Rocking by Jessica Hopper

Favorite TV Show: "Mad Men"

Favorite Actor: Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Favorite Actress: Carey Mulligan in An Education

Favorite Etsy Designer: Topsy Turvy Design

Selena Fragassi

Music Editor

Favorite Album: Metric - Fantasies

Favorite Song: Band of Skulls - "Honest"

Favorite Designer: Vivienne Westwood Spring Collection

Favorite Film: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Favorite Book: The Impostor's Daughter by Laurie Sandell

Favorite TV Show: "Mad Men"

Favorite Actor: Robert Downey, Jr. in Sherlock Holmes

Favorite Actress: Charlyne Yi in Paper Heart

Favorite Etsy Designer: Hand of Fatima

Andrea Kasprzak

Fashion Editor

Favorite Album: The xx - xx

Favorite Song: Phoenix - "1901"

Favorite Designer: Isabel Marant

Favorite Film: 500 Days of Summer

Favorite Book: The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

Favorite TV Show: "True Blood"

Favorite Actor: Andrew Garfield in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Favorite Actress: Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer

Favorite Etsy Designer: Aragon LTD

Agree? Disagree? Tell us what you think. Get started on the Hottt List '09 conversation by posting your picks in the comment field below or sending to feedback@venuszine.com. We'll pick the best three lists and print them in our upcoming spring issue!