January 02, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
No name on the marquee was more pleasing to theater owners in 2008 than Will Smith, according to a survey of movie exhibitors.
Smith, star of “Hancock” and “Seven Pounds,” was voted the star who generated the most box office revenue for theaters in an annual survey by Quigley Publishing Co.
Which other celebs made the list?
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January 01, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Miley Cyrus, “Camp Rock” and Avril Lavigne.
Those are just a few of the things The Jonas Brothers are thankful for in 2008.
The brothers – Nick, Kevin and Joe – took to their MySpace blog to offer up a list of the things they are most thankful for over the past 12 months, which saw the boys shoot from tween sensations to full fledged global superstars.
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January 01, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Taylor Swift was the year’s best-selling artist with more than 4 million albums sold, but music sales have continued to slump in 2008 as the increased number of downloads of digital tracks failed to make up for a plunge in the sale of compact discs.
Year-end sales figures released Wednesday by The Nielsen Co. show total album sales, including album equivalents made up of single digital tracks, fell to 428.4 million units, down 8.5 percent from 500.5 million in 2007.
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December 24, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
The break-ups of Madonna and Guy Ritchie, and Paul McCartney and Heather Mills resulted in two of the most explosive celebrity divorces of the year.
But what about the most expensive? Or surprising?
As we near the end of ’08, it’s time to take a look back at the biggest break-ups of 2008.
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December 23, 2008
By Laura Saltman
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
I’ll be taking some time off for the holidays, but I wanted to leave you all with my annual list of my favorite TV shows of the year.
They may not be the critical favorites or the ratings grabbers but they are the shows I love and just can’t miss. After all this is MY list!
You’ll notice it differs vastly from last year’s list, as only one show continued to be one my favorites list this year.
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December 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
The big news of 2008 might have been Britney Spears’ comeback, but the pop princess wasn’t the most searched for person this year, leading people to AccessHollywood.com.
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December 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
On Thursday, Access Hollywood revealed the Top 5 Male Stars of 2008. Today, we look at the five fierce females who made the most impact, including one star, who seems to outdo herself every year.
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December 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
As we prepare to say goodbye to 2008 and ring in 2009, Access Hollywood took a look back at the stars who have made the biggest impact over the past 12 months.
Today, Access counts down the top five male stars of 2008 – based on how many stories we did on each star throughout the year.
Cruise, Clooney and Obama made the list — but who was our number one male star?
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December 01, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
She did it again: Britney Spears was the most popular search term on Yahoo for the fourth year in a row — her seventh time topping the list.
Spears bested World Wrestling Entertainment, Barack Obama, Miley Cyrus and the online game “RuneScape” as the five most-searched terms of 2008, the Web portal and search company announced Monday, a day before the singer released her new album “Circus.”
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