2008

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(front 1-r) Kyohei Sekino, Nancy Tong; (front 1-r) Audrey Manding, Joni Shimomura,
v (row 2) Geraldine Ribao, Chelsea Fortuna, Alissa Tseu, Cheri Amas, Shanda Lee, Caitlin
' j Joy Yi, Christina Chu, Juliana Besenbruch; Viloria, Casey Watson; (row 2) Amanda
la.i (row 3) Reigna Burns, Marshall Au Young, Macadangdang, Gwynne Palacio-Manzano,
Brittany Atiburcio, Kassandra Pascual; (row 3)
Alissa Tseu, Shelby Nakakura, Kristee Melanie Yoneda, Lindsay Abrigo, Kimberly
Ogata, Mrs. Rie Mizumura (advisor). Pafundi, Amy Fisk, Ross Nakahara, Marcia
Leung, Melissa Abe, Vanessa Kang,
Christianne Liongson.

Prom Committee

(front 1-r) Kayla Suehiro, Julia Pang, Jena
Saito, Jessica Muneno, Kelcie Calabrese,
Christina Chu; (row 2) Christine Yee, Miho
Arai, Lindsay Abrigo, Nicklaus Park, Erin Lau,
Caitlin Viloria, Javen Correia.

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Spanish Club (9-10) Robotics Team

(front 1-r) Jan Garo, Brandi Kamanao, Stacey (front 1-r) Richard Slake, Brandon
Nguyen, Kimiko Mitchell, Samantha Ky, Funai, Michael Chang, Krystina
Claire Hann, Eri Yamaguchi, Erin Chau, Begonia, Jason Lau, Jeremy Dulay;
(row 2) Kristen Asato, Danielle Sato,
Jenna Yamane; (row 2) Jensen Lau, Lindsey Regina Zabanal, Alissa Tseu, Shanda
Bass, Angelica Guevera, Marissa Chang, Lee, Nancy Ruan, Shelby Nakakura;
Stephanie Taguma, Stacie Lau, Nicole (row 3) Ms. Selene Cadirao, Mr.
Edward DaSilva, Mr. James Cramer,
Kamada, Jen Ventura, Kacie Harada; (row 3) Mr. Matthew Capps, Mr. William
Desiree Tavera, Brooke Blumke, Nicole Lee, McFeeley (advisors).
Teressa Sung, Maria Sciulli, Krystina Begonia,
Kayla Godinet, Suzette Biddle, Kiana-Marie Spanish Club (11-12)
Fuller; (row 4) Ms. Jennifer Severson (advisor),
(front 1-r) Geraldine Ribao, Krystal Sales,
David Macadangdang, Corissa Bueno- Megan Lambert, Alexandria Crighton,
Kanei,Katrina Masuda, Natalie Lee, Regina Brittany Maluyo, Kayla Suehiro, Alyssa
Zabanal, Ann Macarayan, Dane Malinovich, Nada; (row 2) Amanda Macadangdang,
Christian Rayray, Chrisline Yee, Jena ■*Ti
Tracy Yen, Mr. Chris Cramer (advisor). Saito; (row 3) Reid Fukumura, Judy W(
Arnobit, William Klauberg, Andrew
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Julia Pang, Josh Arakaki; row (4) Ms.
Jennifer Severson (advisor).

Speech Team Student Ambassadors

(front 1-r) Jessica Chang, Alexandria (front 1-r) Claire Hann, Kara Funakoshi,
Crighton, Nicole Schaffer, Christianne Joni Shimomura, Krystal Sales, Chase
Liongson, Wendy Chapman; (row 2) Kara Kinoshita, Janie Moon, Gwynne Palacio-
Funakoshi, Chelsea Liu, Stephanie Beebe; Manzano, Audrey Manding; (row 2)
(row 3) Ms. Christina Simpson (advisor), Brittany Atiburcio, Casey Watson,
Jensen Lau, Brie Adams, Colleen Leung, Vanessa Kang, Eri Yamiguchi, Chelsea
Liu, Tim Hogan, Kaimilani Aioni,
Regina Zabanal, Mr. Bruce Smith Masashi Uematsu, Kahoku Palafox; (row
(advisor). 3) Javen Correia, Britanny Thurgood,
Maxine Koyanagi, Janelle Ho, Melissa
Student Senate Abe, Erika Nelson, Dennius Liu, Justin
Lee.
(front 1-r) Secretary of Spirit Cheri
Amas, President Joni Shimomura; (row 99

2) Junior Treasurer Kayla Saunders,
Secretary of Communications Audrey
Manding; (row 3) Mr. Troy Kamiya
(advisor), Treasurer Candace Akiona,

Vice-President Chasen St. Onge.

The Toad (Literary Magazine) Theatre Group -

(front 1-r) Karen Pham, Krystal Sales, Adrienne (front 1-r) Samantha Ky, Reigna Burns,
Yamamoto, Kathryn Kinder, Alissa Tseu, Juliana Brandon Funai; (row 2) Kristee Ogata,
Besenbruch, Sharon Chan, Claire Hann; (row 2) Aubrey Regina Zabanal, Christianne Liongson,
Wong, Nancy Tong, Kristee Ogata, Krystina Begonia, Nicole Schaffer, Alexandria Crighton;
Megan Cagasan, Kila Chan, Elie Uchida, Nicole (row 3) Mrs. Stephanie Conching
Schaffer, Alexandria Crighton; (row 3) Mr. Bruce Smith (advisor), Aubrey Wong, Jamie Hee,
Casey Watson, Amy Fisk, Wendy
(advisor), Liam Mueller. Chapman, Liam Mueller.

Tribute (Yearbook) iff Bi

(front 1-r) Alyson Kintscher, Kristen Asato, ShMtl
Aya Togashi, Regina Zabanal, Vanessa Kang,

Karen Pham, Danielle Sato, Kacie Arawaka;
(row 2) Samantha Ky, Natalie lee, Jonie

Shinsato, Joy Yi, Chelsea Fortuna, Hannah
Toyama, Chrislin Yee, Jena Saito; (row 3) Mr.

Elliott Chamizo (advisor).

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Winter Ball Committee (front l-r) Jake Nowicki, Sean Allison, Chasen St.
Onge, Aaron Tom, Puna Choo, Matt Chun; (row 2)
(front l-r) Brandi-Ayn Kamano, Cyani Mr. Chris Cramer (advisor), Krystal Sales, Christian
Horikawa, Timothy Hogan, Stacey Nguyen, Rayray, Christian Buneo-Kanei, Norman Santos,
Chad Kim, Kelson Kai, Dane Malinovich, Mr.
Jan Garo, Mayanne Bum; (row 2) Tiffany Franklin Gonzales (advisor).
Wong, Jennifer Wu, Samantha Chung,
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Lindsay Abrigo, Jennifer Ventura, Samantha
Ky, Nicole Kamada; (row 3) Vinh Luong,

Christen Young, Miho Arai, Mei Kaminaga,
I Camille Velasco, Natasha Arzaga-Kaio, Mrs.

Suzeth Carreon (advisor).

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attendants); Anthony Kwon, Marissa Kozuma (sophomore attendants); Brian Fung, Danielle Miayamoto (freshman
attendants); Liana Whitford, Chasen St. Onge (junior attendants)

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Freshmen Attendants

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(top left) Cheer Dancers
perform during a school
assembly; (top right) Cheer
Dancers excite a pep rally at the
grade school campus; (above)
Pac-Five Varsity Cheerleading
Team (MHS members): Ashley
Gabriel, Francene Batalon,
Jamiee Arnobit; (right) Varsity
Cheer Dance Team: Geraldine
Ribao, Joy Yi, Kayla Suehiro,
Britney Asao, Desiree Talavera,
Julia Pang, Janelle Chang.
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(top left) Pac-Five JV Football
Team (MHS members); (top right)
Pac-Five players in action.
(above) WOLA Intermediate
Football player (MHS member):
John Poggi.
(left) Pac-Five Varsity Football
Team (MHS members): (row 1)
Ridge Dunlap, Zachary Fujimoto;
(row 2) Anthony Kwon, Christian
Bueno-Kanei, Shaven Silva, Jordan
Napoleon; (row 3) Javen Correia,
Maika-'Akoni Motas.

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IIIIIM (left) Varsity players defend at the net; (below) Boys JV
Volleyball Team; (bottom left) Boys Varsity Volleyball
Team; (bottom right) Jordan Victorino goes for a set.

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(right) Girls Varsity Bowling Team: (row 1) Melanie Chan, Shelley
Deakins, Alissa Tseu; (row 2) Melanie Yoneda, Casey Watson, Desiree

Talavera, Kimberly Okaneku.

(top left) Boys Varsity Bowling Team: (row 1) Matthew Ho, Dexter
Magday, Norman-Jay Santos; (row 2) Albert Moniz, Keenan Kurihara, Sean

Wright, Philip Choo; (above) Albert Moniz gets ready for a strike;
(center) Boys JV Bowling Team; (right) Girls JV Bowling Team (ILH

Champions).
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(top left) Pac-Five Varsity
Kayaking Team (MHS
members): Marcia Leung, James
Casken, Colleen Leung, Andrew
Montalvo, Ryan Dolan, James
Pentz, Jake Nowicki, Adrienne
Yamamoto; (top right) Pac-Five
Boys Water Polo Team (MHS
members): Kainoa Jimenez, Eric
Weinhardt; (center) Varsity/JV
Sailing Teams; (above) Eric
Weinhardt readies to pass; (left)
Pac-Five Swimming Teams.

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(right) Boys Intermediate Basketball Team; (below)
Boys JV Basketball Team; (center) J aven Correia
readies other team members for play; (bottom left)
Micah Kalepa goes for a block against Punahou.

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(right) Boys Varsity Basketball
Team: (row 1) Dillon Keaney, Brian

Saxton, Tyler Terai, Scott
Kamimura; (row 2) Javen Correia,
Rian Huizingh, Richard Herring,
Shelby Nakakura, Ross Lum, Jordan

Napoleon, Micah Kalepa, Kent
Kawahara, Garrick Chock, Christian

Buneo-Kanei.

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(left) Kimberly Henderson plays defense; (below) Girls JV
Basketball Team: (row 1) Amanda Busmente, Stacie Lau,
Gasandria Perdido, Amanda Tseu; (row 2) Taylor Wong, Kimiko
Mitchell, Brittney Shiroma, Kayla Godinet, Kelcie Lau.

(above) Kristen Canencia dribbles
the ball down court; (left) Girls
Varsity Basketball Team (ILH
Division II Champions): (row 1)
Ashley Agcaoili, Corine Gushikuma,
Melissa Ching, Kristen Canencia,
Shiulina Wu, Kimberly Henderson;
(row 2) Nicole Lee, Amanda
Macadangdnag, Tiana Kawaihoa-
Marquez, Lihau Cox, Ashley
Shiroma; (row 3) Soana Fifita, Miho
Arai, Dahea Chung.

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(right) Boys Varsity Baseball Team: (row 1) Philip Choo,
Ridge Dunlap, Jeffrey Hagino, Joshua Arakaki, Gavin

Oyadomari, Zachary Fujimoto; (row 2) Joseph Ayres, Jr.,
Jordan Kurokawa, Todd Tyler, Craig Shoji, Trevor Saiki,

David Nishiki, Matthew Guzman; (below) Boys
Intermediate Baseball Team.

(above) Joni Shimomura gets ready to bat; (center)
Batter up... strike! Out or safe? (right) Girls Varsity

Softball Team: (row 1) Hillary Uekawa, Melissa
Ching, Lihau Cox, Jessica Guillermo, Ashley Shiroma;

(row 2) Shay Shibata, Kristen Canencia; (row 3) Kori
Nishitomi, Shelcie Rapozo Dela Cruz, Ariel Silva, Mr.
Perry Martin, Joni Shimomura, Shiulina Wu, Kimberly

Okaneku.

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(top) Maryknoll Canoe Paddling
Crews; (above) Boys varsity
paddlers power their canoe;

(center and right) Boys and girls
individual paddling crews
compete in their races.

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(top left) Pac-Five Girls Varsity Soccer Team (MHS members):
(row 1) Hillary Uekawa, Cassie Anduha; (row 2) Caitlin Viloria,
Kendal Kagawa, Shanda Lee, Jenna Kim, Wendy Chapman.
(top right) Pac-Five Boys Varsity Soccer Team (MHS members)
: Kyohei Sekino, Trevor Monahan, Christian Bradley.
(center left) Pac-Five Boys JV Soccer Team (MHS members);
(center right) Christian Bradley aims for a kick; (above) Pac-Five
girls engage in a soccer match; (left) Pac-Five Girls JV Soccer
Team.

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(right) Boys Varsity
Goll Team: Aaron,
Alex, Jason Tanaka,
Jeremy Bac, Keith
Wong, Joshua Mau;

(far right) Girls
Varsity Golf Team:
Kacie Harda, Ashlyn

Kawasaki; (below)
BoysJV Golf Team.

(center right) Girls Varsity Tennis Team: (row 1) Melissa
Abe, Jan Matsumoto, Vanessa Kang, Elie Uchida; (row 2)
Jessica Chang, Jacqueline Lee, Keri Bustamante, Vinhthuc
Luong; (above) Girls JV Tennis Team; (above right) Boys
JV Tennis Team; (right) Boys Varsity Tennis Team: (row
1) Bryan Doan, Chase Kinoshita, Garrett Nada; (row 2) Yi

Chen, Ellis Matro.

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(top left) Pac-Five Judo Team
(MHS members): (row 1) Sean
Tachibana; (row 2) Anthony
Kwon, Mackenzy Tachibana;
(top right and above) Pac-Five
Wrestling Team (MHS
members): Sean Tachibana,
Mackenzy Tachibana, Brandon
Oshiro; (left) Air Riflery
Varsity/JV Teams.

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► As the war in Iraq passes the four-year mark,
tours of duty are lengthened and recruitment
standards are relaxed.

To ease the mortgage crisis, the U.S.
Senate passes legislation allowing
homeowners with delinquent sub-prime
mortgages to refinance into federally
insured loans.

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UNDER FORECLOSURE ► The U.S. Postal Service issues
a forever stamp featuring an
HOME AUCTION! image of the Liberty Bell. It will
always be valid for first class
◄ Several cities in the postage on envelopes weighing
southeastern U.S. one ounce or ess.
are mere months away
from running out of
water as drought
conditions persist in
the region.

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▼ Six men are trapped when a
Utah coal mine collapses on
August 6. Ten days later, the
mine collapses again, killing
three rescue workers. After
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During televised debates, ▲ The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to former Vice President Al Gore
Democratic and Republican and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, represented by
presidential candidates answer Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, for their efforts to call attention to global warming.
tough questions submitted by
voters via YouTube.

Schools across the nation are Dozens of tornadoes tear
thoroughly disinfected—and across Tennessee, Arkansas,
some are even shut down— Mississippi, Kentucky and
to quell outbreaks of staph Alabama on February 5, 2008,
infections, including antibiotic­ killing nearly 60 people.
resistant strains.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger A American consumers lose
declares a state of emergency
due to wildfires that burn more their confidence in China’s
than half a million acres in manufacturers when children’s
southern California. toys tainted with lead trigger
widespread recalls.

AP/The Jackson Su da Herron

◄ The Nintendo “Wii-nomenon" sweeps the nation
as the game console outplays the competition
with sales of more than 13 million units.

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► In Littleton, Colorado, A Writers hit the picket lines and television production
construction is completed is halted for months when the Writers Guild of America
on the $1.5 million goes on strike to protest compensation policies for
Columbine Memorial to new media such as iTunes downloads.
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▲ On August 1, a six-lane I-35W bridge stretching across
the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapses into the
river during the height of the afternoon rush hour.

Global 0

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► People around the world cast more than 100
million online votes to determine the New
Seven Wonders of the World. The winning
wonders are announced at a gala in Lisbon.

▼ More than 150 of the world's leading music
acts perform in concerts staged around the
world for Live Earth, a star-studded event to
draw attention to the global climate crisis.

The One Laptop Per Child
Foundation launches a
limited-time “Give One,
Get One” program to spur
donations of XO $100
laptops to children in
developing nations.

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▼ Labour Party leader Gordon ▼ In December, Pakistani
Brown succeeds Tony Blair opposition leader Benazir
as the new Prime Minister Bhutto is assassinated
of the United Kingdom of following a political rally
Great Britain. in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

A The melting of the Arctic Sea Tropical cyclone Sidr is
the deadliest storm to hit
ice spurs an international Bangladesh in a decade.
network of climate scientists It destroys thousands of
to conclude that global warming homes, ruins crops and
is indisputable, and that human forces more than a million
activity has been causing villagers to evacuate.
temperatures to rise since 1950.

▼ U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson Getty Images AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
is the first female commander at
the International Space Station. ◄ The digital smiley face
celebrates its 25th
birthday. Its inventor,
Carnegie Mellon
professor Scott E.
Fahlman, first used
the icon on an electronic
bulletin board in 1982.

Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley ◄ Using mice, biologists
develop a method to
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in Utah, Wyoming and New cells into all-purpose
Mexico as park rangers and stem cells. This discovery
wilderness homeowners report
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•4 Crops are threatened when honeybee colonies

in the U.S. and Europe suffer from Colony Collapse

Disorder, losing up to 70 percent of their bees due

to unknown causes.

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► In a medical experiment,
salmonella germs take
a ride on the space
shuttle. When they
return to Earth, the
germs are far more
lethal than their
earthbound counterparts.

◄ An excavation site in
Argentina yields the
fossilized remains of
a previously unknown
species of dinosaur, the
Futalognkosaurus dukei,
measuring more than
105 feet.

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> Social networking websites continue to surge
in popularity. MySpace and Facebook remain
dominant as the sites of choice for young
people and inspire a host of innovative imitators.

▼ Concerns about overweight dogs and cats
hit the headlines. Veterinarians prescribe a
regimen of fewer treats, more walks around
the neighborhood and no people food.

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4 The healthy growth trend
for vitamin waters and
other nutrient-boosted
consumables continues
with the introduction of
specialized formulas
for immunity, focus
and more.

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▼ User-generated content grows ▼ Concerns over the environment ▼ The Apple iPhone, with its
more popular as network and increasing energy costs revolutionary touch screen,
television shows, mainstream create a growing consumer packs mobile phone, camera,
musical acts and wannabe demand for energy-saving, iPod, Web browser, email and
media stars join amateur home long-lasting compact fluorescent IM capabilities into a sleek,
moviemakers on YouTube. One light bulbs. portable package.
of the most-watched videos of
2007 features a feline pianist.

PA Photos/Landov

A Higher prices for coffee beans

do not lessen the nation’s
craving for coffeehouses.
Independents and chains
alike continue to be popular
with younger consumers.

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Cute and comfy baby doll jumper
tops and dresses with button
straps start as a summer trend
and morph into fall fashion layered
over close-fitting sweaters and
matching tights.

◄ The A-line silhouette ◄ Under Armor athletic
comes to outerwear, apparel is a popular
as swingy trapeze coats fashion choice for
become one of the athletes both on and

. year’s most surprising .. off the field.
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► Fashion takes a look back ► The ubiquitous, slouchy suede
Ugg boot is reinvented with
to the 1980s with the return < cozy knitted uppers that keep
of leg warmers, worn as an ' toes toasty and add a soft,
accessory with short skirts or tweedy, textured look to fall
skinny jeans and fashionable and winter ensembles.
ballet flats or moccasins.

◄ Quilted Vera Bradley “•

handbags and totes

sweep college campuses,

sororities and high school
L hallways from coast to coast.

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◄ Guys sport patterned
hoodies that are worn
alone or layered under
jackets and blazers for
an edgy, urban look.

▲ Stephon Marbury inspires a host of
celebrities, including Sarah Jessica
Parker and Venus Williams, to
battle the high-priced fashion industry
by creating their own affordable apparel.

4 The craze for oversized
leather bags—in metallic
shades of copper, silver

and gold—inspires a
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Entertainment ▼ The music video game Guitar Hero
III: Legends of Rock is released with
▼ The music video game Rock Band is a soundtrack of 71 playable songs.
released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Slash and other real-life guitarists
Players perform together in virtual bands, appear as in-game characters.
using peripherals to hit notes as they
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▼ After a two-year format war, Sulake Corporation ▼ Harry Potter and the Deathly
Toshiba pulls its HD DVD Hallows, the seventh and final
product out of contention, b 3B0 nn book in the enormously popular
leaving Sony Blu-ray as the series, is released. Its first U.S.
sole next-generation successor print run is a record-breaking
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Large-scale multiplayer Beading makes a comeback
online gaming gives rise as a way to relax and creatively
to virtual worlds where spend time with friends.
players interact via avatars
and the computer-generated
environment is similar
to the real world.

Television

▼ The second season of ▼ In the 36th season of CBS's Bill Records/© NBC/courtesy Everett Collection
NBC’s Heroes continues the The Price Is Right, host Bob
adventures of ordinary people Barker retires and comedian
with extraordinary powers and Drew Carey takes over the helm
reveals more about the shadowy at the world’s second-longest-
dealings of ‘The Company. running game show.

EAST HIGH SCHOOL

A High School Musical 2 becomes The NBC drama series Friday
the highest-rated cable Night Lights, about a fictional
broadcast in the nation’s high school football team, is
history when 17.2 million U.S. taped documentary-style,
viewers tune in to the Disney without rehearsals, to give it
Channel for its debut. a more authentic feeling.

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■< On The CW, Blake Lively portrays socialite teen
Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl, a drama
series that follows the lives of prep school students
from New York’s Upper East Side.

► America Ferrera,
who plays Betty
Suarez on the popular
ABC comedy-drama
Ugly Betty, is the
first Latina to win the
Emmy for Outstanding
Lead Actress in a
Comedy Series.

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◄ ABC’s Dancing with
the Stars rules the
ratings thanks to
popular celebrity
participants such
as Sabrina Bryan of
The Cheetah Girls.

Favorite TV Shows:

▼ A 90-minute episode of The
Simpsons takes six years to
make. The Simpsons Movie
finally makes its big-screen
debut and is a major hit.

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▼ Shia LaBeouf portrays a teenager who is
plunged into a high-tech battle between good
and evil alien robots in Transformers, a live
action adaptation of the 1980s cartoon series.

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lead acting nods for
Keira Knightley and
James McAvoy.

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► Disney’s National ▼ The Great Debaters, based on
Treasure: Book of the real-life victories of a black
Secrets nets the debate team in the 1930s,
third-highest box-office P receives eight NAACP Image
Award nominations.
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weekend release.

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◄ Disturbia, a surprise hit thriller about a A Joel and Ethan Coen write and
bored teenager under house arrest who
thinks his next-door neighbor may be direct No Country for Old Men,
a notorious serial killer, spends three a film adaptation of Cormac
weeks at the top of the box office. McCarthy’s bleak, moody modern
western novel. The film receives
eight Oscar nominations.