Google Zeitgeist

Celebrities

Stars these days: They're in tabloids, in magazines, in blogs. They're at film premieres, on the red carpet and on Twitter. And they're on your minds as you search Google for the who's who in Hollywood. Here are some of the most popular celebrity-related searches of the year. Unless otherwise noted, these queries were most popular in the U.S. in 2009.

Celebrity Scandals

A few very public scandals erupted this year in the celeb world–Chris Brown's arrest for assaulting Rihanna, Jon and Kate's divorce and Kanye West "crashing" Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the VMAs.

Celebrity Tweeps*

  1. miley cyrus
  2. lance armstrong
  3. taylor swift
  4. ashton kutcher
  5. shaq
  6. selena gomez
  7. john mayer
  8. lindsay lohan
  9. demi lovato
  10. bill simmons

*These celebs' Twitter accounts were the most searched-for on Google.com this year.

Rest In Peace

  1. michael jackson
  2. billy mays
  3. steve mcnair
  4. dj am
  5. david carradine
  6. farrah fawcett
  7. patrick swayze
  8. marilyn chambers
  9. walter cronkite
  10. les paul

Breaking Up

  1. jon & kate gosselin
  2. usher & tamika foster raymond
  3. todd & sarah palin (rumored)
  4. bam margera & missy rothstein (rumored)
  5. mel & robin gibson
  6. hulk & linda hogan
  7. dwayne & siovaughn wade
  8. kim kardashian & reggie bush
  9. jennifer aniston & john mayer
  10. kristen stewart & michael angarano*

*Searchers may also have been interested in Kristen's alleged on-and-off romance with her fellow Twilight castmember Robert Pattinson.

I Thee Wed

  1. khloe kardashian & lamar odom
  2. ivanka trump & jared kushner
  3. kendra wilkinson & hank baskett
  4. fergie & josh duhamel
  5. ellen degeneres & portia de rossi
  6. scarlett johansson & ryan reynolds
  7. tom brady & gisele bundchen
  8. channing tatum & jenna dewan
  9. andy roddick & brooklyn decker
  10. heidi montag & spencer pratt

Baby Talk

  1. david (jennifer hudson & david otunga)
  2. ikhyd (m.i.a. & benjamin bronfman)
  3. seraphina (jennifer garner & ben affleck)
  4. knight (kelis & nas)
  5. sparrow (nicole richie & joel madden)
  6. shaelyn (cobie smulders & taran killam)
  7. lou (heidi klum & seal)
  8. satyana (alyson hannigan & alexis denisof)
  9. charlie (tiger woods & elin nordegren)
  10. adele & roman (molly ringwald & panio gianopoulos)