21 Pop Culture Moments From May 2008 That’ll Make You Say “OMG, Can’t Believe All That Happened 10 Years Ago”

    It was a decade ago that the very first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was released.

    Brian Galindo
    by Brian Galindo

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    1. Leona Lewis continued to top the charts with her hit, "Bleeding Love."

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    2. "Lollipop" became Lil Wayne's first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1. (Along with one of the biggest songs that year.)

    Cash Money

    3. Madonna's Hard Candy and Mariah Carey's E=MC² were among the top-selling albums that month.

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    4. Mariah also announced that she had secretly married Nick Cannon at the end of April.

    People Inc.

    5. Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz also tied the knot.

    People Inc.

    6. Kirsten Dunst bravely opened up about going to rehab for depression.

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    7. Heidi Montag very, very vaguely accused Spencer Pratt of betrayal, and said she wanted to model herself after the Beckhams.

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    8. Almost 20 years after its last sequel, the highly-anticipated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull dropped into theaters.

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    9. The highly-anticipated Sex and the City movie was also released into theaters.

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    10. Christian Bale as Batman appeared in a "Got Milk?" ad as part of the promotion for the upcoming The Dark Knight.

    California Milk Processor Board

    11. The Met Gala's theme was "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy."

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    12. Blake Lively and Penn Badgley were Young Hollywood's hottest couple.

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    13. Rihanna appeared on the cover of Elle.

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    14. Zoey 101 aired its final episode...

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    15. ...as did Flavor of Love, after three seasons.

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    16. The race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party presidential nomination was heating up.

    Time Inc.

    17. We got our very first look at the cast for the reboot of Beverly Hills, 90210.

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    18. David Cook shocked everyone by winning American Idol, beating out David Archuleta with 56% of the vote.

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    19. Ashley Tisdale, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Monique Coleman, and Corbin Bleu began promoting High School Musical 3: Senior Year, even though the movie wouldn't be coming out for another five months.

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    20. Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds announced that they were engaged.

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    21. And finally, Marvel Studios released its very first movie in its MCU, Iron Man.

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