* What We'll Find Inside the Atom by Dr. Leon Lederman is an essay he wrote for the September 15, 2008 issue of Newsweek

On September 13, 2008, San Leon, TX received extensive damage from Hurricane Ike.

San Leon Elementary School opened in the beginning of the 2007 – 2008 school year, serves residents from Kindergarten through 4th Grade.

He spent a year lecturing at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua in Leon, Nicaragua, beginning in February 2008.

In 2008, the English folk-singer Leon Rosselson included a tribute song to Brassens, entitled " The Ghost of Georges Brassens ", on his album A Proper State.

In May 2008, Abramovich bought the former Wildcat Ridge estate, near Aspen, Colorado, of American businessman Leon Hirsch, founder of United States Surgical Corporation, for € 21. 2 million (£ 18 million / US $ 29. 7 million ).

* L ' Hiver de Léon ( Leon in Wintertime, 2008 ) directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon and Pascal Le Nôtre

In recent years, keynote graduation speakers have included future Attorney General Eric Holder ( 2001 ), former President Bill Clinton ( 2002 ), GE CEO Jack Welch ( 2003 ), United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan ( 2004 ), CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein ( 2005 ), Late Night comedian Conan O ' Brien ( 2006 ),> American Symphony Orchestra conductor / Bard College president Leon Botstein ( 2007 ), New York Times reporter David Herszenhorn ( 2008 ), actress / alumna Lucy Liu ( 2009 ), David Axelrod, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama ( 2010 ), and writer / alum Gary Shteyngart ( 2011 ).

On December 4, 2008, his wife gave birth to twins, Leon ( Леон ) and Luna ( Луна ).

* 2008: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Sam Goldberg, Leon Kingstone, Amy Millan, Liz Powell ( fall tour only ), Evan Cranley, Jason Collett, Dave Hodge.

Kenny Leon, the director of the 2008 ABC movie A Raisin in the Sun, will be directing this version.

An excerpt from Feldman's 2008 book, The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, appeared in the New York Times Sunday Magazine and was attacked by Leon Wieseltier for " promoting " Islamic law as a " swell basis " for a political order.

In 1974, Smith joined banker Stanton Leon Koop ( 1937 – 2008 ), a native of Pampa, in forming the West Texas Savings Association in Lubbock.

These attacks have produced the broadest, deepest and most rapid reduction in al-Qaida senior leadership that we've seen in several years ."< ref > U. S. Officials: Al-Qaida Leadership Cadre ' Decimated ' by Tom Gjelten, February 14, 2008 < http :// www. npr. org / templates / story / story. php? storyId = 100160836 ></ ref > President Obama's CIA Director Leon Panetta stated that SAD / SOG's efforts in Pakistan have been " the most effective weapon " against senior al-Qaeda leadership.

By 2008, these new members had been replaced by Chendy Leon Jr, Glenda del Monte and Rebecca Campbell ( although Miranda Walsh subbed for an absent Campbell at one 2008 show ).

* Leon Cooper, a US Navy Landing Craft Operator who took part in the WWII battle, returned to the island in 2008 to investigate reports the beach he landed on was littered with garbage.

At an AGM on 23 December 2008, Lowe received several calls to resign from former Chairman Leon Crouch and from fans and shareholders at the meeting.

* " Notion " ( song ), a 2008 song by Kings of Leon

In October 2008, the City of Ambato finished the long-awaited Juan Leon Mera bridge, connecting downtown Ambato to the neighborhoods of Ficoa and Atocha.

* Resident Evil: Degeneration ( 2008 film ), Leon S. Kennedy

They supported the Kings Of Leon and Interpol on their 2008 tours of Australia.

In 2008, Han along with Leon Jay Williams sang the Korean and Chinese versions of Olympic theme song " Friends.

More recently, ' live ' concert performances of the work have been issued on CD, namely those given by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and soloists in 2008, and another from Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra, Bard Festival Chorale and soloists, dating from 2011.

* 2008 " Lost Luggage ", by Leon Bolier vs. Jonas Steur

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.