Tag: 2008
2008 Number One Hits December 1, 2007 – January 4, 2008: No One – Alicia Keys January 5 – March 14: Low – Flo Rida featuring T-Pain March 15 – April 4: Love In This Club – Usher with Young Jeezy April 5 – April 11: Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis April 12 – May… Read More
Quick Facts from 2008: Beer: During a world-wide hop shortage in 2008, The Sam Adams Brewing Company sold craft brewers their hops at cost to keep them in business and even gave cash loans to small breweries, helping the entire micro-brew industry. The Top Song was Low by Flo Rida with T-Pain Influential Songs include: Foundations by Kate Nash, Fifteen by… Read More
Popular and Notable Books From 2008: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Against Medical Advice: A True Story by James Patterson, Hal Friedman Anathem by Neal Stephenson The Appeal by John Grisham Archeron by Sherrilyn Kenyon Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler Audition: A Memoir by Barbara Walters Beautiful Boy… Read More
2008 Oscars 80th Academy Awards Winners Announced: February 24, 2008 Held at: Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, California Host: Jon Stewart Eligibility Year: 2007 2008 Oscar Nominees and Winners Best Picture: No Country for Old Men – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, producers (WINNER) Atonement – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, producers Juno… Read More
2008 Grammy Award Winners Winners Announced: February 10, 2008 Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles Host: no official host Eligibility Year: October 1, 2006 – September 30, 2007 2008 Grammy Winners Album of the Year: River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock Record of the Year: Rehab – Amy Winehouse Song of the Year: Rehab… Read More