Timelines for year 2006

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe


He sat his AS Levels in English Literature, History, and Religion and Philosophy for his AS levels (First year college exams).

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney


Attended the 2006 Twilight Zone Convention at the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, August 12-13, 2006.

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson


Named #6 on Maxim magazines "Hot 100" list of 2006

Chosen by FHM readers as "Sexiest Woman Alive" in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World .

Named "Sexiest Woman Alive" by Esquire Magazine .

Named #1 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. .

Was offered the role of Lindsey Farris in Mission: Impossible III .

Was offered the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns .

In 2006, she was earning $2 million per year representing L'Oreal cosmetics.

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren


Was voted 2nd in Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year in December 2006.

Won 29 major awards for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen , including all the awards that are considered the biggest (except Cannes). She was also nominated for 3 more awards for the same film.

She won an Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen , making her the most recent of eleven actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2007). The other ten actors and their respective performances are: Spencer Tracy for playing Father Edward Flanagan in Boys Town , Gary Cooper for playing Alvin C. York in Sergeant York , Patty Duke for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker , Jason Robards for playing Benjamin Bradlee in All the President's Men , Robert De Niro for playing Jake La Motta in Raging Bull , Sissy Spacek for playing Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter , Susan Sarandon for playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking , Geoffrey Rush for playing David Helfgott in Shine , Julia Roberts for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich and Jim Broadbent for playing John Bayley in Iris .

At the premiere of The Queen at the Venice Film Festival, her performance received a 5 minute standing ovation.

Played a Queen a total of six times: The Queen , "Elizabeth I" , The Prince of Egypt , The Snow Queen , The Madness of King George , and Caligula .

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton


In 2006, she donated $500,000 to Fort Sanders Medical Center.

Sang with Solomon Burke on his 2006 CD "Nashville". The two did a duet on the Dolly written track "Tomorrow is Forever". The song was originally recorded by Parton and Porter Wagoner in 1969 and reached #9 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.

Became WIVK Radio's 2006 Americana Highway HEMI Award Hall of Fame Inductee during the 1st Annual HEMI Awards. Winners in all categories were announced September 24, 2006.

On December 31, 2006, Parton was named by the Tennessean newspaper as 2006 Tennessean of the Year for her work with children's literacy. The newspaper has been naming a Tennessean of the Year since 1994.

Dolly, Steven Spielberg, Smokey Robinson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and conductor Zubin Mehta were awarded Kennedy Center Honors in 2006.

Among 120 celebrities and movie industry executives to receive invitations for membership into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on July 5, 2006. The Academy only allows for 30 new members each year, but in 2006 invited more people for membership in order to replace previous members who passed away or were retiring. Other celebrities receiving invitations include Jake Gyllenhaal, Werner Herzog, Felicity Huffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Terrence Howard, Heath Ledger, and Dakota Fanning.