Video: 'An Inconvenient Truth' trailer
(Wednesday, May 24, 2006) — An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s campaign to educate citizens about global warming, went into limited release today (it had premiered Jan. 24, 2006, at the Sundance Film Festival).
(Saturday, May 13, 2006) — “SOS” by Rihanna peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (May 13/20/27, 2006).
(Saturday, April 8, 2006) — “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for five consecutive weeks (Apr. 8/15/22/29, May 6, 2006).
(Saturday, April 1, 2006) — “Temperature” by Sean Paul peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'A look at the early days of Twitter'
(Monday, March 21, 2006, 9:50 p.m. PST) — The social media website Twitter was established with the sending of the first “tweet” by co-founder Jack Dorsey, who wrote: “just setting up my twttr.”
(Saturday, March 18, 2006) — “So Sick” by Ne-Yo peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Mar. 18/25, 2006).
(Saturday, March 11, 2006) — “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: '2006 Oscars' (27 videos)
(Sunday, March 5, 2006, 8:00 p.m. EST) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named Crash the best film of the year tonight during the 78th Academy Awards at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, turning its back on Brokeback Mountain, a film about the love affair between two gay men, which had dominated virtually every other movie award in the run-up to the Oscars. Continue reading ‘Crash’ walks away with top prize at Oscars 10 years ago this hour (Mar 5 2006)
Video: 'Highlights of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics'
(Sunday, February 26, 2006, during the 2006 Winter Olympics) — On the final day of the Turin Winter Olympics, Sweden beat Finland 3-2 today to win the men’s hockey gold.
Germany finished first in overall medals with 29 and golds with 11, while the Americans won 25 medals overall, nine of them gold.
Video: 'Shani Davis | Great Moments In Team USA History'
(Saturday, February 18, 2006, during the 2006 Winter Olympics) — American Shani Davis won the men’s 1,000-meter speedskating today in Turin, Italy, becoming the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal in Winter Olympic history.
