The 2008 film The Wrestler, about a washed-up professional wrestler, garnered several Oscar nominations.

Street Fighter IV, which incorporated online multiplayer modes, was released in early 2009 to critical acclaim, having garnered praise since its release at Japanese arcades in 2008.

The MPR newsroom has garnered international acclaim, most recently earning the inaugural Knight News Innovation EPpy Award in 2008.

On 16 May 2008, Leonel Fernández, running on the Dominican Liberation Party, garnered about 54 % of the vote for a second consecutive term in office.

It has also garnered considerable national attention from its recent success in these sports: in particular, three-time Division I NCAA Football champion Appalachian State Mountaineers, who stunned the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolverines 34 – 32 on September 1, 2007 ; and from the Davidson Wildcats, who reached the Elite Eight in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by upsetting power programs Gonzaga ( a mid-major school which became a power program in the 2000s ), Georgetown and Wisconsin.

In November 2008, she earned rave reviews as Gladys Bumps in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of the classical Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey on Broadway and garnered her third consecutive Tony nomination, this time for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

* Since the Indiana Association of Communities and Towns ( IACT ) began awarding the " Green Communities of the Year " in 2008, only Greencastle has garnered the honor in back-to-back-to-back years.

His tenure as program director for the Edge garnered acclaim for both him and the station, as he was awarded Canadian Program Director of the Year three times-in 2005, 2006, and 2008.

In 2008 Frum published Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again, which garnered " lavish praise from his friends.

Conversely, Gloucester Rugby have garnered an unfortunate reputation for leading the table at the end of the regular season, only to fall short of winning the Premiership title in 2003, 2007 and 2008.

Flair's fight to keep his career going garnered him the 2008 PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year award.

Camp Lisa garnered NAPPA Honors, 2008 Parents ' Choice and NPR's year-end Top 10 list of the best kids music for 2008.

In the presidential election on March 2, 2008, Zyuganov garnered 17. 76 % of the vote and came in second to Medvedev's 70. 23 %.

His first starring role in a feature film was in the 2008 indie release Johnny Got His Gun which garnered excellent reviews for his solo performance.

He drew seven intentional walks during the 2008 season, the first season he had garnered any, and also led the AL with a. 353 batting average after the sixth inning.

from 2007-09, which garnered the actress an Emmy Award in 2008.

On Election Day 2008, Cooper easily won re-election with 66 percent of the vote, defeating Republican John Gerard Donovan and Independent Jon " Trailerpark " Jackson, who garnered 31 percent and 2 percent respectively.

This was highlighted by the media after an anonymous editor uploaded a parody 1984 ad depicting Senator Hillary Clinton ( D-NY ) as " Big Brother " during the 2008 Democratic primaries, which garnered over five million views online.

Saadiq's third solo album, The Way I See It, released on Columbia Records on September 16, 2008, available in a collector's edition box set of 7 " 45 rpm singles as well as on traditional CD, was critically well-received, made several critics ' 2008 best albums lists, and garnered three Grammy nominations including Best R & B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ( for " Never Give You Up ", featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton ); Best Traditional R & B Vocal Performance ( for " Love That Girl ") and Best R & B Album for The Way I See It.

Daniels garnered 20 percent of the African American vote and 37 percent of Latinos in his 2008 re-election campaign.

After joining the program with 798 career wins, Sutton garnered his 800th win on February 2, 2008, making him the fifth NCAA Division I men's basketball coach to reach the milestone.

In both 2006 and 2008, Higgins garnered over 70 percent of the vote.

Another milestone came on May 21, 2008, Fox took the No. 1 general households rating crown for the first time, based on the strength of Super Bowl XLII and American Idol.

According to the India State Hunger Index ( 2008 ) compiled by the International Food Policy Research Institute, the malnutrition situation in Madhya Pradesh was " extremely alarming ", receiving a severity rating between Ethiopia and Chad.

In October 2008 Rybka was rated top in the CCRL, CEGT, CSS, SSDF, and WBEC rating lists and has won many recent official computer chess tournaments such as CCT 8 and 9, the 2006 Dutch Open Computer Championship, the 16th IPCCC, and the 15th World Computer Chess Championship.

In 2008 Brighton was the first university in the country to achieve an ' outstanding ' rating for management and quality assurance across the full range of primary, secondary and post-compulsory ( 16 +) teacher education courses.

In February 2008 the Agency ' Fitch Ratings ', recategorised the city, increasing its rating from BBB -( stable forecast ) to BBB ( stable estimate ).

In late February 2008 Standard & Poor's lowered their rating of Jefferson County bonds to " junk " status.

Between 2005 and 2008, the Audit Commission found that services improved from an overall rating of three stars and " improving well " to four stars and " improving strongly ".

During his reign as world champion, Kramnik never regained the world number-one ranking, doing so only in January 2008 after he had lost the title to Viswanathan Anand ; as in 1996, Kramnik had the same FIDE rating as Anand ( 2799 ) but became number-one due to more games played within the rating period.

As of 2008, the crime index rating was 446. 8.

The Municipal Bond Fairness Act ( HR 6308 ), introduced September 9, 2008, included the following table giving bond default rates up to 2007 for municipal versus corporate bonds by rating and rating agency.

Yet the New Year's Day 2006 episode of The Mystery of the Blue Train attracted a high 30 percent audience rating ( 7. 4 million viewers ), and the show's enduring popularity was shown once again in August 2008, when a repeat received 3. 2 million viewers and a 16 percent of the viewing population.

The 2008 model of the Scirocco received a five star safety rating from EuroNCAP even after the driver test dummy hit its head off the steering wheel because of the airbag " bottoming out ".

On September 15, 2008, the holding company received a credit rating agency downgrade ; from that date through September 24, 2008, WaMu experienced a bank run whereby customers withdrew $ 16. 7 billion in deposits over those 9 days, and in excess of $ 22 billion in cash outflow since July 2008, both conditions which ultimately led the Office of Thrift Supervision to close the bank.

In previous years, it had received a Double Gold Medal rating in 2008, a Gold Medal rating in 2004, and four silver ratings in other years ( 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 ).

" Facing more criticism over rating albums without listening to them, Maxim magazine maintains it was previewing CDs in its March 2008 issue, not reviewing them, and the mistake was to include star ratings.

In 2008, Syfy, then the Sci Fi Channel, averaged a 1. 0 Household rating ; 242, 000 Adults 18 – 34 ( up 4 % vs 2007 ); 616, 000 Adults 18 – 49 ( up 5 % vs 2007 ); 695, 000 Adults 25 – 54 ( up 6 % vs 2007 ) and 1, 278, 000 total viewers ( up 7 % vs 2007 ).

Goodpaster Hall, an academic building devoted to Chemistry, Psychology, and Educational Studies that opened in January 2008, was built to a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ( LEED ) rating of Silver.

In May 2008, EarthBound was added to the ESRB database, listed with an E rating on the Nintendo Wii platform.

The rollout of such modifications allowed the VE range to be upgraded in stages ( dependant on model ) to the five-star ANCAP safety rating during 2008 and 2009.