2008

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▼ In / Am Legend, Will Smith is ▼ Starring Zac Efron, Amanda Best Picture
the last man alive in New York, Bynes and newcomer Nikki Oscar
after a man-made virus wipes Blonsky, Hairspray is a zany
out most of the world's population musical based on the Broadway Nominations
and turns the survivors into smash hit.
dangerous mutants.
Atonement
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Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Matt Damon reprises his role
as amnesiac CIA assassin
Jason Bourne for The Bourne
Ultimatum, the third film in the
Bourne trilogy based on Robert
Ludlum’s novels.

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•< After a 19-year hiatus, Harrison Ford returns as
Steven Spielberg’s adventurous archaeologist
in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

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A Tim Burton directs and Johnny Depp stars as

the title character in Sweeney Todd: The Demon
Barber of Fleet Street, an adaptation of the hit
Broadway musical.

Jf and the Buena A Using a combination of live action and animation,

J** KINEDtJITI DF I Enchanted tells the story of Giselle, a fairy-tale
character seeking a “happily ever after” ending
THE ER YS TRL SKLJL L in modern-day Manhattan.

▼ Fergie continues to place
singles from her triple-platinum
solo album, The Dutchess, on
the Billboard charts.

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▼ Fall Out Boy headlines the Honda Civic tour,

performs at Live Earth concerts and reaches
the top of the charts with the release of their
album Infinity on High.

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■4 British singer Amy

Winehouse brings
: back the beehive and

wins five Grammy
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▼ Canadian pop singer Feist ▼ Newcomer Sean Kingston
enjoys soaring sales for her third tops the U.S. Billboard Hot
solo album, The Reminder, after 100 and Pop 100 with “Beautiful
the single “1234” is featured in a Girls,"his first single from his
commercial for the iPod nano. self-titled debut album.

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A Rihanna records her third A Malibu singer-songwriter
album, Good Girl Gone Bad,
featuring Jay-Z and Ne-Yo. Colbie Caillat rises to stardom
from MySpace. Her song
She receives six Grammy “Bubbly” garners more than
nominations. 31 million plays and her CD
goes platinum.

AP Photo/Jason DeCrow

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▼ Carrie Underwood releases her Country star Kenny Chesney
double-platinum second album, releases his 13th album, Just
Carnival Ride, and contributes Who I Am: Poets & Pirates.
the Oscar-nominated song “Ever His Flip Flop summer tour is
Ever After'1 to the soundtrack for the highest-grossing country
the movie Enchanted. tour of 2007.

A After facing off at the MTV Music A Hip-hop artist T-Pain releases

Awards, rapper rivals Kanye his second album, Epiphany.
West and 50 Cent release The album receives four
albums on September 11 and 2008 Grammy nominations
vie for top sales. Kanye’s and the Vibe 2007 Song of
Graduation is the victor. the Year Award.

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4 Soulja Boy reaches the top
of the Billboard Hot 100 with
the single “Crank That (Soulja
Boy)" and his distinctive,
loose-limbed dance style
becomes a nationwide craze.

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IN/ RAIN ws A Punk-pop princess Avril Lavigne releases

iN^to her third album, The Best Damn Thing,
featuring “Girlfriend,” her first No.1 single
INaROM on the Billboard Top 100.

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Sports ▼ The American League Champion
Boston Red Sox defeat the National
▼ Tiger Woods achieves his record 14th League Champion Colorado
World Golf Championships win at the Rockies in a decisive four-game
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and sweep to capture their second
claims his 60th PGA Tour win at the World Series title in four years.
BMW Championship.

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◄ Norwegian golfer
Suzann Pettersen
wins five LPGA events
including her first major
championship in a
break out season.

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▼ Former Senator George Mitchell ▼ The veteran San Antonio Spurs,
releases a list of Major League led by Tim Duncan, beat the
Baseball players, including Cleveland Cavaliers and their
seven MVPs and 31 All-Stars, young phenom, LeBron James,
under investigation for illegal in a 4-0 sweep to win the 2007
use of steroids and other NBA finals.
performance-enhancing drugs.

▲ At X-Games 13, Ricky The LSU Tigers pounce on
Carmichael wins the first Ohio State early on their way
MotoX Racing Circuit, Simon to a 38-24 victory. LSU is the
Tabron does back-to-back first two-loss team to compete
900s in BMX Vert and Jake for and win the BCS National
Brown survives a 40-foot fall. Championship.

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▼ California native Jimmie ▼ The Anaheim Ducks claim their
Johnson speeds to victory first Stanley Cup, beating the
as the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Ottawa Senators in five games
Cup Champion, defeating his for the 2007 NHL championship
Hendrick Motorsports teammate
Jeff Gordon by T7 points.

A Athletes from around the world A Super Bowl XLII MVP Eli
Manning leads the New York
train for the 2008 Summer Giants on a last-minute scoring
Olympics in Beijing as the
city prepares for the arrival drive to upset the heavily favored
of hundreds of competitors New England Patriots 17-14,
and millions of spectators. shattering the Patriots' bid for
a perfect 19-0 season.

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4 Belgian Justine Henin defeats Russian Svetlana
Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-3 to win her second U.S. Open
title in New York.

▲ Power hitters Barry Bonds, Frank Thomas,
Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez. Craig Biggio and
Jim Thome all achieve home run milestones
in their Major League Baseball careers.

AP Photo/AJ Mast

► Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers
surpasses Dan Marino’s touchdown
pass record with number 422. 2007
NFL MVP Tom Brady of the New
England Patriots sets the single
regular-season mark for touchdown
passes with 50.

Faces

• Election ’08 Candidates ► Entertainment Weekly names
J.K. Rowling—author of the
After Super Tuesday primaries on February 5, 2008, seven-volume, 4,100-page
the presidential race heats up among frontrunners Hillary Harry Potter series of best-selling
Clinton, Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Barack Obama. children’s books—as its
Entertainer of the Year.

Hillary Rodham Clinton Mike Huckabee

A Heartthrob Zac Efron, who came to fame

with his performance in the first High School
Musical, becomes an even bigger teen star
with the release of High School Musical 2.

► The Best of Both Worlds tour, starring
Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana, sells
out in every city, prompting ticket lotteries,
heartbroken fans and scalping scandals.

John McCain Barack Obama

▼ In January 2008, Academy ▼ At London’s Wembley Stadium, RAtzroy Barrett/Landov
Award-nominated actor Heath Princes William and Harry
Ledger, 28, is found dead in host the Concert for Diana
his Lower Manhattan apartment to commemorate the tenth
from an accidental overdose of anniversary of the death of their
prescription medication. mother, the Princess of Wales.

A Multi-talented star Queen As Izzie Stevens on ABC’s
Grey's Anatomy, Katherine
Latifah becomes the latest Heigl is a small-screen star.
spokeswoman for Jenny As Anne Fletcher in the
Craig. Her message isn’t comedy 27 Dresses, she
about getting skinny, but conquers the big screen
about losing weight to reduce as well.
the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
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