* 1919 – Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer ( d. 2008 )

** Smoky Dawson, Australian singer ( d. 2008 )

On 23 October 2008, 15 years after his death, a bronze statue of Dawson, by sculptor Graham Ibbeson, was unveiled by his widow Tracy and daughter Charlotte.

Jason Winters, a local businessman, successfully defeated incumbent Democratic Commissioner Mike Dawson in the Democratic Primary election in 2008.

* Dein, Simon and Dawson, Lorne L. " The ' Scandal ' of the Lubavitch Rebbe: Messianism as a Response to Failed Prophecy ," Journal of Contemporary Religion, 23, 2 ( 2008 ), 163-180.

** Smoky Dawson, Australian singer ( d. 2008 )

In November 2008, the Dawson Student Union contacted Montreal police after an estimated $ 840, 000 in union funds were misappropriated.

He is perhaps best known in the United Kingdom for his BBC1 chat show Wogan, for his work presenting Children in Need, as the host of Wake Up to Wogan, the original host of the BBC game show Blankety Blank ( before being replaced by Les Dawson ), a presenter of Come Dancing in the 1970s, and as the BBC's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest on radio and television from 1971 to 2008.

To raise money for Sport Relief Paige danced the Tango on Sport Relief does Strictly Come Dancing with Matt Dawson in March 2008, where they were voted second overall.

On 23 October 2008 a bronze statue by sculptor Graham Ibbeson of comedian Les Dawson, who lived in the town, was unveiled by Dawson's widow and daughter in the ornamental gardens next to St Annes Pier.

In 2008, Dawson teamed with Depend to encourage men to visit their doctors and be screened for prostate cancer.

Dawson at the 2008 Willow Awards

In October 2008, Dawson became a spokeswoman for TripAdvisor. com ’ s philanthropy program, More Than Footprints, involving Conservation International, Doctors Without Borders, National Geographic Society, The Nature Conservancy, and Save The Children.

City Principal Tim Dawson being interviewed at the 2008 Baltimore City College football | City-Poly game

* 2008 Dawson Engler

In September 2008 Katon Dawson left Forest Lake Club after a twelve year membership because it still has a whites-only restriction.

On October 11, 2008, Tarver faced rising star Chad Dawson for Tarver's IBF title.

Rugby player Matt Dawson was given an honorary degree in 2007 and writer Terry Pratchett was given an honorary degree at a 2008 graduation ceremony.

2008 saw Matt Dawson co-hosting Mitch and Matt's Big Fish, a seafood lovers tour of the British coast, in which he and Mitch Tonks tasted and cooked a variety of fish dishes using the catch of the British fishing ports.

In 2008 Dawson contributed the song " Anthrax "— about 9 / 11 — to the soundtrack of the Body of War documentary.

Brian Dawson took over as coach of the seniors in 2008 and the club rebounded from disappointing results in the previous two years to play in the 2008 Grand Final which they lost to Subiaco.

* In the 2008 film Eagle Eye, actress Rosario Dawson played OSI Special Agent Zoe Perez.

* Dawson, Jeff ( 31 August 2008 ), " The Wave shows how to turn children into Nazis ", Sunday Times.

From 2004 to 2008, Spader starred as the lead character Alan Shore in the television series Boston Legal, in which he reprised his role from the television series The Practice.

She played the title role in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette ( 2006 ) and starred in the comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People ( 2008 ).

In 2008, Dunst starred alongside Simon Pegg in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, an adaptation of the memoir of the same name by former Vanity Fair contributing editor Toby Young.

Crowe starred in the 2010 Paul Haggis film The Next Three Days, an adaptation of the 2008 French film Pour Elle.

On December 25, 2008, Marley & Me, in which Aniston starred alongside Owen Wilson, was released.

The two have appeared together in the crime drama A Touch of Frost, with Arthur playing police archivist Ernie Trigg ; and again in 2008, in the comic fantasy, The Colour of Magic, where Arthur starred as a character called " Rerpf ".

In March 2008, he starred as Rincewind in The Colour of Magic, and in the two part ITV drama Ghostboat.

In 2008, DiCaprio starred in Body of Lies, a spy film based on the novel of the same name by David Ignatius, set in context of the Middle East and the War on Terror, unfolding the story of three men battling a terrorist organization, and each other.

Christensen next starred with Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell and Rachel Bilson in the film Jumper, the story of a young man who discovers he has the ability to teleport ; the film was released on February 14, 2008 .< ref >

She also guest starred in the TV show Eli Stone in the fall of 2008.

In 2008, De La Hoya starred in a commercial alongside several Mexican boxing champions for Pronosticos lottery in Mexico.

* The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ( 2008 )-The film starred Jet Li, the resurrected mummy called the " Han Emperor " and may be a reference to Qin Shi Huang.

His musical interests led him to a starring role in the critically acclaimed 2008 comedy air-drumming film Adventures of Power, in which he was re-united on-screen with his co-star Jane Lynch ( from " For Your Consideration ") and starred alongside Adrian Grenier, Chiu Chi Ling, and Shoshannah Stern.

In early 2008, Hung starred in Fatal Move, in which he and Ken Lo played a pair of rival triad gang leaders.

He has also starred in numerous other films and television series including Fortunes of War ( 1987 ), Wild Wild West ( 1999 ), The Road to El Dorado ( 2000 ), Conspiracy ( TV ) ( 2001 ), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ( 2002 ), Warm Springs ( TV ) ( 2005 ), Valkyrie ( 2008 ), Wallander ( TV series ) ( 2008 – present ), and My Week with Marilyn ( 2011 ) as Laurence Olivier ( Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor ); and directed such notable films as Dead Again ( 1991 ) ( also starring ), Swan Song ( 1992 ) ( Academy Award nominated for Best Live Action Short Film ), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ( 1994 ) ( also starring ), The Magic Flute ( 2006 ), Sleuth ( 2007 ), and the blockbuster superhero film Thor ( 2011 ).

Lucy starred as Anne Frank in a production of Anne Frank at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington, in 2008.

In 2008, she co-wrote and appeared in the Disney Channel original movie Camp Rock, which starred The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato.

In 2008, Costner starred in Swing Vote.

In 2008, she starred as Tara Thornton in the unaired first pilot of the HBO TV series True Blood, and was subsequently replaced by Rutina Wesley for that role.

She also starred in the 2008 biopic romantic thriller Death Defying Acts.

In 2008, starred alongside Guy Pearce and Saoirse Ronan in Death Defying Acts, a biopic about legendary escapologist Harry Houdini at the height of his career in the 1920s.

She starred in Richard Jones's critically acclaimed production of The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic in 2008, and was reunited with Jones in a new musical production of Annie Get Your Gun, which opened at the Young Vic in October 2009.

She starred in the Broadway company of Avenue Q, beginning her run on September 29, 2008.

From 2008 to 2011, he starred as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.