(Saturday, June 3, 2006) — “Ridin'” by Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (June 3/10, 2006).
Category Archives: 2000s
‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ premieres at Cannes Film Festival 10 years ago today (May 27 2006)
Video: 'Pan's Labyrinth' trailer
(Saturday, May 27, 2006) — Pan’s Labyrinth, a Spanish-Mexican dark fantasy film that centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the film starred Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil and Álex Angulo.
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‘An Inconvenient Truth’ goes into limited release 10 years ago today (May 24 2006)
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).
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‘SOS’ by Rihanna peaks at #1 in USA 10 years ago today (May 13 2006)
(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).
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‘Bad Day’ by Daniel Powter peaks at #1 in USA 10 years ago today (Apr 8 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).
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‘Temperature’ by Sean Paul peaks at #1 in USA 10 years ago today (Apr 1 2006)
(Saturday, April 1, 2006) — “Temperature” by Sean Paul peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Social media website Twitter established 10 years ago this hour (Mar 21 2006)
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.”
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‘So Sick’ by Ne-Yo peaks at #1 in USA 10 years ago today (Mar 18 2006)
(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).
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‘You’re Beautiful’ by James Blunt peaks at #1 in USA 10 years ago today (Mar 11 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.
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‘Crash’ walks away with top prize at Oscars 10 years ago this hour (Mar 5 2006)
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(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)
