Even More Women We Love of 2013

When Being Great At One Thing Just Isn't Enough Lake Bell, 34 Her first feature as a director, the thoughtful send-up of voice-over acting In a World…, was a lesson in comedy and self-awareness. Bell doesn't take herself too seriously. She doesn't take her movies too seriously. And it works, but only because both are actually very serious propositions.

When Being Great At One Thing Just Isn't Enough Lolo Jones, 31 As if being an Olympic hurdler weren't enough, this year Jones took up Olympic bobsledding. And bar fighting.

When Being Great At One Thing Just Isn't Enough Kate Bosworth, 30 Yes, it's what actors do. But the fury (and ease) with which she portrays a short-fused meth head in Homefront is nothing short of reinvention.

Specifically, the Australian women of Instagram. More specifically, the Australian women surfers of Instagram. @sally_fitz

Specifically, the Australian women of Instagram. More specifically, the Australian women surfers of Instagram. @elliejeancoffey >>

Specifically, the Australian women of Instagram. More specifically, the Australian women surfers of Instagram. @lauraenever >>

Things we did not watch and would not watch, but, because of her appearance in them, did briefly consider considering: - True Blood - Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor

...But Deep Down We Know It's Fleeting: - Julianne Hough - Nicole Scherzinger - Elle Evans

It's easy to make fun of female sideline reporters — to say that they're hired only to provide eye candy amid the beards and fromunda. But isn't it possible that a woman could be attractive and a talented journalist and really into sports? Isn't it possible that women like Jenny Dell (above, NESN), Amy Gutierrez (Comcast SportsNet in San Francisco), and Alex Flanagan (NFL Network), all of whom have spent plenty of time reporting in the trenches, actually know what they're talking about? From whom would you rather hear about what Jim Leyland said between innings — some dude, or the lovely Shannon Hogan, a former all-American swimmer who worked her way up covering hard news in a crime-riddled California city before becoming the Tigers in-game correspondent? And even if you're right — even if it's not possible — so what?

Miley Cyrus We're pretty sure that's not how you use a sledgehammer.

...And of the Year >> Emily Ratajkowski May your flash burn as brightly as the pan will allow.

We Don't Know Where They've Been, But We're Glad They're Back Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep, Enough Said) She makes selfishness and spite more charming than they ever ought to be.

We Don't Know Where They've Been, But We're Glad They're Back Alice Braga (Elysium) There is no actress more capable of embodying vulnerability and tenderness.

We Don't Know Where They've Been, But We're Glad They're Back Sarah Michelle Gellar (CBS's The Crazy Ones) Do they give Emmys for the ability to distract from Robin Williams's inanity?

Farrah Abraham Who, again?

Dakota Fanning Even when you're forty, it'll still feel too soon.

Selena Gomez See you in six years.

Women Recently Denied Their Due Name: Brenda Song Snubbed by: The writers of the new Fox sitcom Dads The snubbing: An inability to write jokes not based in racism. Song's career should flourish. Dads should not.

Women Recently Denied Their Due Name: Olivia Munn Snubbed by: Gravity The snubbing: An accident on an indoor swing. (See: TwitPic)