While many comic films are lighthearted stories with no intent other than to amuse, others contain political or social commentary ( such as Wag the Dog and Man of the Year ).

He appeared in the primetime TV movies The Satan Murders ( 1974 ) and Thursday's Game before landing the role of Al Pacino's transsexual wife in Dog Day Afternoon ( 1975 ), a performance which earned him nominations for Best New Male Star of the Year at the Golden Globes and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Rob Sitch and Working Dog Productions followed the success of The Castle with period comedy The Dish, which was the highest grossing Australian film of the Year 2000 and entered the top ten list of highest grossing Australian films.

Gilbert's Cosmo Dog Park has twice made Dog Fancy magazine's list of top dog parks in the nation since opening in 2006, including being named Dog Park of the Year in 2007.

He recorded his next album, Year of the Dog ... Again, while switching record labels, which caused numerous delays.

* 2006: Year of the Dog ... Again

* Whitbread Book of The Year Award: Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel

The Year of the Dog is associated with the earthly branch symbol 戌.

Paper-cut for Dog Year celebration.

In the 1690s and first decade of the 18th century, Tsunayoshi, who was born in the Year of the Dog, thought he should take several measures concerning dogs.

Kind, curious, quick thinking, creative and often bossy, Sagwa, according to a story told by Nai-Nai in one episode, was born in the Year of the Dog.

*# " Year of the Dog "

Coren's other books include The Dog It Was That Died ( 1965 ), The Sanity Inspector ( 1974 ), All Except The Bastard ( 1978 ), The Lady from Stalingrad Mansions ( 1978 ), Rhinestone as Big as the Ritz ( 1979 ), Tissues for Men ( 1981 ), Bumf ( 1984 ), Seems Like Old Times: a Year in the Life of Alan Coren ( 1989 ), More Like Old Times ( 1990 ), A Year in Cricklewood ( 1991 ), Toujours Cricklewood?

He campaigns vigorously for animal rights and his German Shepherd Dog, Tag, was voted Westminster Dog of the Year in October 2006.

In 2006 Triumph made an appearance on Conan celebrating the Chinese New Year being " The Year of the Dog ," stating " It's my year!

In 2007, the Element won the Dogcars. com " Dog Car of the Year " award.

In 2007, the Honda Element won the Dogcars. com's " Dog Car of the Year " award.

Relaxed Muscle only recorded three other songs not included on this album: " Branded " and " Year Of The Dog " as B-sides and " This Is As Good As It Gets " on the compilation album " The Electronic Bible ".

Molly Helen Shannon ( born September 16, 1964 ) is an American comic actress best known for her work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 – 2001 and for starring in the films Superstar and Year of the Dog.

The Philosophers Dog was shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, 2003 and The Age Book of the Year, 2003.

Paula is also a dog lover who raised awareness about National Guide Dog Month in May 2009 and she teamed up with Dick Van Patten to help people with blindness to have more independence through the help of guide dogs.

Protests led by Elim Students Against Uranium ( ESAU ) have included demonstrations in 2008 and 2009 at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ceremonial start, and on the Iditarod trail in Elim.

* In 2009, Cage The Elephant gave away a free cover version of I Wanna Be Your Dog on their website if users signed up to their mailing list service.

In 2009 Perkins ' formed Big Dog 3, a trio with bassist Chris Donohue and drummer Brady Blade.

Brush Shiels returned to his Skid Row legacy once more releasing Mad Dog Woman ( originally titled Skid Row Revisited )-an album of new material and re-recordings of Skid Row songs-through his website in June 2009.

On October 6, 2009, Cornell joined Pearl Jam onstage to perform " Hunger Strike " in Los Angeles, collectively reuniting Temple of the Dog once again.

In 2009, she donated the short story Dog Days to Oxfam's Ox-Tales project comprising four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors.

In 2009, Simon & Schuster published Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography, written by Leiber and Stoller with David Ritz.

Reruns are played on Cartoon Network's classic animation network Boomerang in 2005 through 2006, and returned on June 1, 2009 ( though only showing it every summer ), and also returned on July 5, 2011, to Cartoon Network for the first time in ten years, but it left on September 23, 2011 and it was removed from the lineup for a replacement for Courage the Cowardly Dog on September 26, 2011.

In 2009, startup game developer Monkey Gods, founded by Naughty Dog co-founders Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin, licensed the rights to Snood and announced that they were releasing an all-new version of Snood for the iPhone and iPod Touch Platforms.

** " You Can't Teach an Orange Dog New Tricks " ( 2009 ) TV episode ... Himself

* the nickname of Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee, the 2009 " Best In Show " winner at the Westminster Dog Show

Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, Santo Cilauro and Rob Sitch formed Working Dog Productions, and made the successful TV programmes Frontline ( 1994 – 1997 ), Funky Squad ( 1995 ), A River Somewhere ( 1997 – 1998 ), The Panel ( 1998 – 2004 ), All Aussie Adventures ( 2001 – 2004 ), and Thank God You're Here ( 2006 – 2009 ), and the successful movies The Castle ( 1997 ), The Dish ( 2000 ) and Any Questions for Ben?

On October 24, 2009, Three Dog Night released two new songs – '" Heart of Blues "/" Prayer of the Children ".

* Hair of the Dog Brewing Company, Portland, 15, 000 barrels per year in 2009

* 2009 The Dog Who Came in from the Cold ( published online daily in serial form ; also published as a hard cover book on 1 May 2010 )

In the 2009 documentary, " Sibling Rivalry: Growing Up Van Pelt ," included on the " I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown " DVD, Schulz's widow, Jean Schulz, speculated that Rerun's expanded presence in the comic strip may have resulted from the presence of grandchildren in Schulz's life.

Barack Obama meets with Blue Dog Democrats on February 10, 2009

In the summer of 2009, The Economist magazine said " he debate over health care ... may be the pinnacle of the group ’ s power so far " and quoted Charlie Stenholm, a founding Blue Dog, as saying that " this is the first year for the new kennel in which their votes are really going to make a difference.

In July 2009, Blue Dog members who were committee members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee successfully delayed the House vote on the Health Insurance Reform Bill ( HR3200 )) until after the Summer Recess.

Districts represented by members of the Blue Dog Coalition in 2009, during the 111th United States Congress.

When Dreamworks closed in 2005, Keith founded his own label, Show Dog Nashville, which became part of Show Dog-Universal Music in December 2009.

* May 2009: Australian Cattle Dog

* August 2009: Portuguese Water Dog

On 7 February 2009 a major bushfire destroyed houses on Ninks, Muller, Jacksons and Wild Dog Creek Roads, as well as Buttermans Track and Olives Lane.