Timelines for year 2008
Michael McKean
He and his fellow cast members from the recent Broadway revival of "The Homecoming" will be honored with an Outstanding Ensemble Award at this year's Drama Desk Awards to be held in New York on May 18, 2008.
Daniel Radcliffe
Was ranked #29 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actors list..
Was ranked #3 on TV Guide Top 10 Teen Star Countdown .
Was ranked #8 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'.
Ranked #11 on MSN's top searched for stars under age 25 in 2008.
In 2008, Dan and the cast of Equus raised $203,746 for the charity, BroadwayCares/EquityFightsAids 20th Gypsy of the Year competition, setting a record for the most ever raised by a Broadway play. They not only beat the amount raised by other Broadway musicals but also came runner up for the best presentation, again beating out every other musical with their own song and dance. (The winning presentation was the Lion King's). Dan wrote and sang the song. http://www.broadwaycares.org/events/gypsy.cfm.
Scarlett Johansson
Was ranked #1 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actress list. .
Ranked #2 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Married fiancé Ryan Reynolds in a quiet ceremony in Canada on September 27th, 2008.
An avid fan of Tom Waits, she recorded an album comprised entirely of Tom Waits covers, titled "Anywhere I Lay My Head". The album was released on May 16, 2008 but was not widely recognized.
Victoria Principal
Recently teamed up with Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, planning an outer space journey in September, 2008. Will began training in January, 2008 .
Dolly Parton
In 2008 Parton was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel. The highest honor given in the state of Kentucky .
Elected into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
Macaulay Culkin
His 29-year-old sister, Dakota Culkin, passed away after accidentally being struck by a car on December 10th 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
Tilda Swinton
Received a 90 minute tribute at the 2008 AFI (American Film Institute) Festival.
In the top ten of the 2008 International Best-Dressed List.
Funded and held her own very successful Film Festival in her small Scottish highland home-town: The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams. A purely cinephile, glamour-free community event. For eight and a half days in August 2008, she personally introduced and showed an eclectic mix of classics and rare films from around the world. The admission price was 3 pounds for adults, 2 pounds for children or a plate of home-baked cakes.
Dan Aykroyd
Owns Dan Aykroyd's Wine, an Ontario-based distillery/vineyard and plans to open up for the market in 2008. His idea for the name he got from Paul Newman.
