Events in Film & TV
- May 14 Seinfeld's final 2-part episode "The Finale" airs on NBC-TV to 76.3M viewers with commercials priced at $2M for 30 seconds
- Jun 6 TV sitcom "Sex and the City" premieres in the US on HBO, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon
- Oct 20 Comedian Richard Pryor is awarded the 1st ever Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
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Film & TV Awards in 1998
- Jan 11 24th People's Choice Awards: Harrison Ford & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Oprah Winfrey win (TV)
- Jan 18 55th Golden Globes: "Titanic", Peter Fonda and Judi Dench win
- Jan 20 3rd Critics' Choice Movie Awards: L.A. Confidential wins Best Film
- Jan 25 14th Sundance Film Festival: "Slam" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
- Feb 11 48th Berlin International Film Festival: "Central Station" wins the Golden Bear
- Feb 14 29th NAACP Image Awards: "Soul Food" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
- Feb 27 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards - General Hospital wins
- Mar 22 18th Golden Raspberry Awards: The Postman wins
- Mar 23 70th Academy Awards: "Titanic", Jack Nicholson & Helen Hunt win
- Apr 18 51st British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "The Full Monty" Best Film, Baz Luhrmann Best Director
- May 18 44th British Academy Television Awards: "I'm Alan Partridge" Best Comedy, "Jonathan Creek" Best Drama
- May 24 51st Cannes Film Festival: "Mia aioniotita kai mia mera / Eternity and a Day" by Theo Angelopoulos wins the Palme d'Or
- Aug 13 31st San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
- Sep 3 55th Venice Film Festival: "Cosi ridevano" directed by Gianni Amelio wins Golden Lion
- Sep 13 50th Emmy Awards: The Practice, Frasier, Andre Braugher & Christine Lahti win
- Sep 19 23rd Toronto International Film Festival: "Life Is Beautiful" directed by Roberto Benigni wins the People's Choice Award
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- Jan 5 "Hercules" actor Kevin Sorbo (39) weds actress Sam Jenkins (33) at the Beurge Chapel in Pacific Palisades, California
- Feb 14 Golden Globe Award-winning actress Sharon Stone (40) weds San Francisco Examiner executive editor Phil Bronstein (47) in Beverly Hills, California
- Feb 20 The warrior monk "Kung Fu" actor David Carradine (61) weds actress Marina Benjamin (45) on the Laramie Street on the back lot of Warner Bros. Studio
Divorces in Film & TV
- Jan 8 Roseanne Barr files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas
- Feb 28 "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (31) divorces Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee (35) after 3 years of marriage
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