Timelines for year 1998

Scarlett Johansson

Received an "introducing" credit for The Horse Whisperer although it was her seventh feature film.

Auditioned for a role in The Parent Trap , which finally went to Lindsay Lohan.

When Drew Barrymore spoke about her film, Home Fries , prior to its release, she revealed that her character was a huge fan of Dolly Parton. She said that several of Parton's songs would appear in the film, and that they spent a two-day shoot at Dollywood. When the film was finally released, the only reference to Dolly Parton was on the walls of Drew's bedroom, which are covered with posters and pictures of Dolly.

Shannen Doherty

Still owns a percentage of "Charmed" even though she left the show.

Macaulay Culkin

He is currently dating Mila Kunis, star of "That '70s Show" .

Meg Ryan

Voted most favorite female movie star by the readers and online users of the "People Weekly Magazine"

Ranked #59 on Entertainment Weekly's most powerful people in Hollywood

Cher

Beat out Céline Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" for the best selling single of 1998 with "Believe."

Tilda Swinton

Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1998.

Cat Deeley

While presenting "SM:TV Live" , she often acted as the assistant to visiting guest magicians, taking part in a number of different illusions. Although she took part in many different illusions, such as being made to vanish or having her head apparently chopped off by a guillotine, the most common was for her to be sawed in half, an illusion she took part in several times during her time on the show.

Michael Jackson

Second child, with Debbie Rowe, daughter Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, is born.

Roy Rogers

Profiled in "Back in the Saddle: Essays on Western Film and Television Actors", Gary Yoggy, ed. (McFarland, 1998).

Dan Aykroyd

He was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on October 21, 1998 for his services to entertainment, scientific research, Carleton University, and Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

A third daughter with wife Donna Dixon, Stella Irene August, was born on April 5, 1998, weighing 6 lb.

Patricia Clarkson

In 2003 she was in two different independent films with prominent cast members from "Dawson's Creek" . In The Station Agent Michelle Williams played an acquaintance from the same small town as Patricia's character and in Pieces of April Patricia played the mother of the title character portrayed by Katie Holmes.

Britney Spears

Though it had been rumored that she would be guesting on the sexually suggestive HBO series "Sex and the City" , playing the niece of Kim Cattrall's character Samantha Jones, a spokesman for HBO denied the reports, saying no such negotiations ever took place.