Year In Review

 
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  • First Lady Michelle Obama listens to the national anthen at the White House Correspondents� Association annual dinner on May 9, 2009 at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington.
  • First lady Michelle Obama attends the annual White House Correspondents’ Association gala dinner May 9, 2009
  • President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at MTV and ServiceNation’s ‘Be the Change: Live From The Inaugural Ball’ at the Washington Hilton on January 20, 2009 in Washington, D.C.

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    First Lady Michelle Obama listens to the national anthen at the White House Correspondents� Association annual dinner on May 9, 2009 at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington.
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    First lady Michelle Obama attends the annual White House Correspondents’ Association gala dinner May 9, 2009
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    President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at MTV and ServiceNation’s ‘Be the Change: Live From The Inaugural Ball’ at the Washington Hilton on January 20, 2009 in Washington, D.C.
 
 

Michelle Obama Named ‘Most Fascinating’ Person Of 2009 By Barbara Walters

First Lady Michelle Obama listens to the national anthen at the White House Correspondents� Association annual dinner on May 9, 2009 at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington.

December 10, 2009

NEW YORK, N.Y.

First Lady Michelle Obama has been named the “Most Fascinating” person of 2009 by Barbara Walters.

The First Lady bested a cast of memorable people that made the TV journalists annual top 10 list, including Lady Gaga, Sarah Palin, Adam Lambert, Michael Jackson’s children and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, to take the top honor.

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MovieMantz: Best Films Of 2009 (‘The Best Of Times, the Worst Of Times’)

George Clooney and Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”

December 09, 2009

By Scott Mantz

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

For the first time in a while, I actually had a hard time picking just 10 movies for my annual year-end best-of list. Ah, if I only had this problem every year…

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Will Smith Voted Biggest Box Office Draw Of 2008

Will Smith arrives at the premiere of Columbia Pictures’ ‘Seven Pounds’

January 02, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

No name on the marquee was more pleasing to theater owners in 2008 than Will Smith, according to a survey of movie exhibitors.

Smith, star of “Hancock” and “Seven Pounds,” was voted the star who generated the most box office revenue for theaters in an annual survey by Quigley Publishing Co.

Which other celebs made the list?

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Jonas Brothers Reflect On 2008: ‘What A Year This Has Been’

Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Kevin Jonas of The Jonas Brothers pose in the press room during the Grammy Nominations concert

January 01, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Miley Cyrus, “Camp Rock” and Avril Lavigne.

Those are just a few of the things The Jonas Brothers are thankful for in 2008.

The brothers – Nick, Kevin and Joe – took to their MySpace blog to offer up a list of the things they are most thankful for over the past 12 months, which saw the boys shoot from tween sensations to full fledged global superstars.

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Album Sales Plunge In 2008; Digital Downloads Rise

Taylor Swift sings from her heart at the Grammy Nominations concert

January 01, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Taylor Swift was the year’s best-selling artist with more than 4 million albums sold, but music sales have continued to slump in 2008 as the increased number of downloads of digital tracks failed to make up for a plunge in the sale of compact discs.

Year-end sales figures released Wednesday by The Nielsen Co. show total album sales, including album equivalents made up of single digital tracks, fell to 428.4 million units, down 8.5 percent from 500.5 million in 2007.

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Year In Review: 2008’s Biggest Break-Ups

Raffaello Follieri, Anne Hathaway, George Clooney, Sarah Larson

December 24, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

The break-ups of Madonna and Guy Ritchie, and Paul McCartney and Heather Mills resulted in two of the most explosive celebrity divorces of the year.

But what about the most expensive? Or surprising?

As we near the end of ’08, it’s time to take a look back at the biggest break-ups of 2008.

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Dish Of Salt: Top 10 TV Shows Of 2008

Leighton Meester and Zuzanna Szadkowsk on the CW’s Gossip Girl

December 23, 2008

By Laura Saltman

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

I’ll be taking some time off for the holidays, but I wanted to leave you all with my annual list of my favorite TV shows of the year.

They may not be the critical favorites or the ratings grabbers but they are the shows I love and just can’t miss. After all this is MY list!

You’ll notice it differs vastly from last year’s list, as only one show continued to be one my favorites list this year.

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Year In Review: AccessHollywood.com’s Top 10 Searched Stars

David Archuleta, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus

December 23, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

The big news of 2008 might have been Britney Spears’ comeback, but the pop princess wasn’t the most searched for person this year, leading people to AccessHollywood.com.

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