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Top 50 Pop Culture Stories and Scandals in 2008

Miley Exposed, Palin, Bigfoot and Pregnant Man

— December 28, 2008 — Pop Culture
Bigfoot, Pregnant Man, Hot Sarah Palin, Miley Cyrus Exposed, Eva Mendes asked to get fat and more… This pop culture countdown features the top pop culture trends of 2008. The report is a crowd-filtered ranking based on TrendHunter.com monthly traffic (several million monthly views) and our pop culture trend database, which now has more than 2499 pop culture trends.

If you are looking for professional pop culture trend research and trend, check out our 2009 Trend Reports.
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Cheesy Retro
Cheesy Retro
Reality Star Heidi Montag Shocks in "Overdosin"
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42
Fighting Feminine Power
Fighting Feminine Power
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin Leads to Talk of 'Bimbo Doctrine'
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41
Olympic Cover Spoofs
Olympic Cover Spoofs
Michael Phelps in Haute Couture
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40
Frenemies
Frenemies
Shannen Doherty & Jennie Garth on EW Cover
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39
Record TV Premieres
Record TV Premieres
Sarah Palin & Michael Phelps Boost SNL Ratings
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38
Palin Power Products
Palin Power Products
Sarah Palin Merchandise
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37
Models as First Ladies
Models as First Ladies
Tyra Banks as Michelle Obama in Harper's Bazaar
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36
Bigfoot Captured
Bigfoot Captured
Scientists to Reveal Bigfoot and DNA (Proof or Hoax?)
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35
Fashion Designers as Rappers
Fashion Designers as Rappers
Karl Lagerfeld, Armani, Versace & More for Harper's Bazaar
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34
Boyfriend Jeans (UPDATE)
Boyfriend Jeans (UPDATE)
Katie Holmes Ignites Bandwagon of Baggy Boy Jeans
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33
Glass Toilet Cubicles
Glass Toilet Cubicles
Swiss Public Bathrooms
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32
Custom Birthing Soundtracks
Custom Birthing Soundtracks
Nicole Kidman's Delivery Room Music
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31
Recreating Magazine Covers
Recreating Magazine Covers
Halle Berry Is Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive, 75th Anniversary
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30
Asian Adaptations of Blockbuster Movies
Asian Adaptations of Blockbuster Movies
Twilight Gets Filipino TV Version
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29
Songs to Fight Poverty
Songs to Fight Poverty
Scarlett Johansson & Fergie Sing “In My Name”
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28
Sarah Palin Lookalikes
Sarah Palin Lookalikes
Tina Fey, Peggy Hill & Other Sightings
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27
VP Babygates
VP Babygates
Did Sarah Palin Fake Pregnancy for her Teen Daughter?
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26
10 Hollywood Weight Fluctuations
10 Hollywood Weight Fluctuations
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25
High School Musical Meets Grease
High School Musical Meets Grease
Retro-Cool Elle Photoshoot
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24
Extreme Political Parodies
Extreme Political Parodies
Obama Girl Hits Sarah Palin Below The Belt
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23
Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony Video
Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony Video
Official Footage
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22
Toyota Prius Campaign
Toyota Prius Campaign
Prostitute, Lover, Killer
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21
Fattening Requests
Fattening Requests
Megan Fox Ordered to Beef Up for Robots
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20
Disastrous Uber Editing
Disastrous Uber Editing
Famous Photoshop Bloopers
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19
Backstage Photoshoots
Backstage Photoshoots
Alessandra Ambrosio & Gisele at Victoria's Secret Behind The Scenes
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18
Donating Breasts for Charity
Donating Breasts for Charity
Katy Perry Helps "Keep a Breast"
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17
Blending Fake and Real Tattoos
Blending Fake and Real Tattoos
Angelina Jolie's 'Wanted' Transformation
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16
Stylish Vampires
Stylish Vampires
Twilight is In Style December 2008
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15
Natural Boobs
Natural Boobs
Keira Knightley Rejects Cleavage Airbrushing
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14
Vampire Photoshoots
Vampire Photoshoots
The Twilight Zone in VMAN
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13
10 Photoshop Disasters
10 Photoshop Disasters
From Missing BellyButtons to Giant Heads
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12
Inspirational Spoof Posters
Inspirational Spoof Posters
Funny London Paper Galleries Ads
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11
Small Boob Support Sites
Small Boob Support Sites
Keira Knightly Is Flat Chested Icon
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10
Political Fashion Icons
Political Fashion Icons
Michelle Obama Style
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9
Photoshoot Recycling
Photoshoot Recycling
Megan Fox's FHM UK July 2008 Spread is FHM US 2005
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8
Extreme Digital Makeovers
Extreme Digital Makeovers
The Photoshop Diet
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7
Contradictory Weight Loss
Contradictory Weight Loss
Jennifer Love Hewitt's Weight Loss, Thoughts on Body Image
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6
Designer Eyeglass Frenzy
Designer Eyeglass Frenzy
Sarah Palin Fuels Kawasaki 704 Glasses Craze
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5
Naked Celebs For Breast Cancer
Naked Celebs For Breast Cancer
Amy Winehouse, Sade & Helena Bonham Carter
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4
Exposing Airbrushing
Exposing Airbrushing
Excessive Before and After Pictures
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3
Wearing Nothing
Wearing Nothing
Sports Illustrated 2008 Body Paint Shoot
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2
Recreating Famous Naked Celebrity Shoots
Recreating Famous Naked Celebrity Shoots
Mario Lopez Bares All for People
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1
Wearing Nothing (II)
Wearing Nothing (II)
Heidi Klum Body Paint Shoot by Rankin
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