* 1935 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1927 – Edie Adams, American actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1910 – Anita Page, American actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1968 – Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress and model ( d. 2008 )

* 1922 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1976 – Ashley Callie, South African actress ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Kathy Staff, British actress ( b. 1928 )

* 1920 – Judith Holzmeister, Austrian actress ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress ( b. 1945 )

* 1932 – Majel Barrett, American actress ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress ( b. 1916 )

* 1976 – Natasha Collins, English actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1955 – Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1927 – Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-born American actress ( b. 1921 )

* 1945 – Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1922 – Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer ( d. 2008 )

* 1902 – Madeleine Milhaud, French actress ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Elena Nathanael, Greek film actress ( b. 1941 )

* 2008 – Semka Sokolovic-Bertok, Yugoslavian-born Croatian actress ( b. 1935 )

* 1916 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1943 – Julie Ege, Norwegian actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1960 – Maddie Blaustein, American actress ( d. 2008 )

As of June 2008, plans to remake the film Barbarella with Rose McGowan as the lead have been delayed ; the actress and director are instead remaking the film Red Sonja.

* 1977 – Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress ( d. 2008 )

During his post-ABBA career Andersson won four Swedish Grammis awards, and together with Ulvaeus received the " Special International " Ivor Novello award from ' The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters ', twice " The Music Export Prize " from the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Trade ( 2008 ), as well as the " Lifetime Achievement " award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association ( SMFF ).

The loss marked a major turning point in Northern Territory politics, a result which was exacerbated when, at the 2005 NT election, the ALP won a second landslide victory, reducing the once-dominant party to a total of just four members in the Legislative Assembly. The 2008 saw the CLP reverse its earlier election losses, increasing its representation from four to 11 members.

In January 2008, he appeared on the second episode of Thank God You're Here and won.

Despite the drop on popularity of the romantic dramas, some of them have enjoyed big box office and critical success, as the controversial, groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) for example, that won several awards and Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), a critically acclaimed romantic-drama that has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, and went on to win eight of them, including Best Picture.

The figure skating team won the national championship five straight times from 2004 through 2008.

Former heavyweight rower Dominic Seiterle is a member of the Canadian national rowing team and won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's 8 + event.

In the national elections held in early months of 2008 the DPP won less than 25 % of the seats ( 38. 2 % vote share ) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin ( 41. 55 % vs. 58. 45 %).

The Monarchs have won the Premier League 3 times 2003, 2008 and 2010.

Capello took charge of his first game on 6 February 2008 against Switzerland, in which England won 2 – 1.

In 2008, Marion Cotillard won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of legendary French singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, the first French-language performance to be so honored.

At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, Entre les murs ( The Class ) won the Palme d ' Or, the first French victory at the festival in 21 years.

In 2008 Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo, a biographical film based on the life of Giulio Andreotti, won the Jury prize and Gomorra, a crime drama film, directed by Matteo Garrone won the Gran Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

This was won by Inis Mór in a 2 – 0 match allowing them to use the title of Craggy Island until February 2008, while Inis Oírr was given the title of Rugged Island.

The 2008 election was won by the National Democratic Congress under Tillman Thomas with 11 of the 15 seats.

At the July 2008 election the NDC won a comfortable 7 seat majority over the government of former Prime Minister Keith Mitchell.

The 2008 and 2012 elections were both won by Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party candidate.

They have entered two plays into the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, D. C .. Their 2007 show, For Boston, won " Best Comedy ", and their second show, The Sticking Place, won " Best Overall " in 2008.

Despite recording the most successful home and away season in the game's history, the club went one win short of back-to-back premierships in losing the 2008 AFL Grand Final, but won the 2009 Grand Final against St Kilda.

At the 2008 Olympics, Vijender Singh Beniwal won a middleweight ( 75 kg ) bronze medal and Vikas Krishan Yadav boxer from Bhiwani district won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category.

On November 4, 2007 the Patriots defeated the Colts 24 – 20 ; in the next matchup on November 2, 2008, the Colts won 18 – 15 in a game that was one of the reasons the Patriots failed to make the playoffs ; in the 2009 meeting, the Colts staged a spirited comeback to beat the Patriots 35 – 34 ; in the most recent 2010 game, the Colts almost staged another comeback, pulling within 31 – 28 after trailing 31 – 14 in the fourth quarter, but fell short due to a Patriots interception of a Manning pass late in the game.

In 2008, Torbay Council finally permitted the film to be shown after it won an online vote for the English Riviera International Comedy Film Festival.

The 2008 – 09 Manchester display, titled " Lindow Man: A Bog Body Mystery Exhibition at the Manchester Museum ", won the category " Best Archaeological Innovation " in the 2010 British Archaeological Awards, run by the Council for British Archaeology.