msnbc.com: Year in Review http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28164802/ Msnbc.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism. Copyright 2009 msnbc.com en-us http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/SiteManagement/SiteWide/Images/msnbc_logo.gif msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:25:11 GMT News 60 2008 was a tough year for TV Viewers who loved "Pushing Daisies" were loyal and vocal, but in the end, even the Pie Man couldn't bring the show back to life after a writer's strike threw it off-stride.January 2008 saw television stumble  in the midst of a devastating writers' strike and finish with the  announcement that a Big Three network would be stripping a talk show into the 10 p.m. weekday prime time slot.




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]]> Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:50:06 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28269714/ns/entertainment-year_in_review/ Worst films 2008: Awful is the new awesome Mike Myers stars in the career-killingly awful, "The Love Guru."The worst movies of the year that you should totally see anyway include "The Love Guru," "Seven Pounds" and "Pathology."




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]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:42:29 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28317061/ns/entertainment-year_in_review/ Ledger’s death top entertainment story of ’o8 What a year! Msnbc.com's Courtney Hazlett wraps up the good, the wild and the crazy headliners of 2008. (msnbc.com)Writers strike, Paul Newman's death, political comedy and ‘The Dark Knight’s box office success also make the list.




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]]> Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:11:23 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28369361/ns/entertainment-year_in_review/ No Oscar bait in the top 10 films of the year Penelope Cruz had a great year, with two films in msnbc.com's top 10: "Elegy" and "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."Popcorn films soared while prestige titles bored. "Cloverfield," "In Bruges" and "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" are just a few of the films that made msnbc.com's top 10.




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]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:25:11 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28303301/ns/entertainment-movies/ 5Top: The best movie scenes of 2008 Javier Bardem plays the seducer in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," while Meryl Streep and Viola Davis debate a young man's future in "Doubt."<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:eae044e8f718571956e0fa142b9bd569:E1HsknrPryqVqiFoLY7fj%2BiKvEt0mtl4OEV3Kw612nHvGVfmFtnISHFq045tHk%2BA%2BnlL1tBImbCK'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:2bd5b292203efa86b7249142e3917c08:QieJW%2BVnBKhmV5EapYjdOuJmvCIpI1s%2BnUc6HGMjJUb1sWxdjuthOSb%2B%2FAH6FxhHRe3ho6y6wCLvng%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Newsvine' alt='Add to Newsvine' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/newsvine.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=591bded32df9a53de92df50aecc92765&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=591bded32df9a53de92df50aecc92765&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2223"/> http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=591bded32df9a53de92df50aecc92765 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28353440/ns/entertainment/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:23:38 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28353440/ns/entertainment/ Wacky & Tacky: Celebrity escapades of 2008 Baseball star Alex Rodriguez denied a romance with Madonna — who spent all year denying an impending split from hubby Guy Ritchie.The good thing about Hollywood — just when one celebrity gets on the straight and narrow, there are plenty of others who act the fool. Here's a look at 2008's wacky and tacky celebrities.




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]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:01:35 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28142159/ns/entertainment-year_in_review/ Celebrities get their day in court in '08 Christie Brinkley gestures to reporters during a break in her divorce trial against Peter Cook at New York State Supreme Court in Central Islip, N.Y., on July 7.Stargazing at Los Angeles courthouses is common, but most of the A-list celebrity justice action took place away from Hollywood in 2008.




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]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:04:22 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28140613/ns/entertainment-year_in_review/ Hollywood has-beens turn it around in '08 Britney Spears wons three awards at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles — a remarkable turnaround from her panned performance the previous year.Who woulda thunk it? After downward spirals, former Hollywood pariahs Britney Spears, Mickey Rourke and Robert Downey Jr. managed to turn it around this year.




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]]> http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=de0d184acb48a842e140731e521f8bd2 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28140602/ns/entertainment-year_in_review/ AP file Britney Spears wons three awards at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles — a remarkable turnaround from her panned performance the previous year.


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