Events in Film & TV
- Jan 5 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test
- Jan 5 Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990
- Jan 13 "Ryan's Hope" ends 13½ year run on ABC-TV
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Jan 13 British comedy sketch show series "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie debuts on BBC1
Golden Globes
Jan 28 46th Golden Globes: "Rain Man", Dustin Hoffman, & Jodie Foster win
- Jan 29 5th Sundance Film Festival: "True Love" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jan 3 Alex D. Linz, American actor, born in Santa Barbara, California
- Jan 3 Anya Rozova [Anya Kop], Russian American model and America's Next Top Model contestant, born in Leningrad, USSR
- Jan 15 Celinde Schoenmaker, Dutch stage singer and actress, born in Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
- Jan 30 Khleo Thomas, American actor & rapper, born in Anchorage, Alaska
Weddings in Film & TV
Leonard Nimoy
Jan 1 American actor and director Leonard Nimoy (57) weds American actress Susan Bay (45), until his death
Lorenzo Lamas
Jan 21 "Falcon Crest" actor Lorenzo Lamas (31) weds actress Kathleen Kinmont (23) at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 8 Kenneth McMillan, American actor (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of liver disease at 56
- Jan 13 Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51
- Jan 16 Pierre Boileau, French screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82
- Jan 16 Romo Vincent, actor (Naked Jungle), dies
- Jan 16 Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies
- Jan 19 Norma Varden, actress (Loose in London), dies
- Jan 20 Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (b. 1938)
- Jan 20 Beatrice Lillie, actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 94
- Jan 27 Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor [Okey Ka Fairy Ko!], dies at 70
- Jan 31 Jack Douglas, English comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
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