February 1999 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Feb 10 49th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Thin Red Line" wins the Golden Bear

Music Concert

Feb 12 Ringo Starr's fifth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Todd Rundgren, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Simon Kirke, and Timmy Cappello

Feb 14 30th NAACP Image Awards: "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
Feb 23 British TV drama "Queer as Folk" written by Russell T. Davies, starring Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly and Charlie Hunnam premieres on Channel 4

Grammy Awards

Feb 24 41st Grammy Awards: "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)" and Lauryn Hill win

Feb 26 15th Soap Opera Digest Awards - General Hospital wins

Weddings in Film & TV

Ajay Devgan

Feb 24 Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan (29) weds actress Kajol Mukherjee (24) on a traditional Maharashtrian style ceremony in Juhu, Varsha

Divorces in Film & TV

Angelina Jolie

Feb 3 Actress Angelina Jolie (23) divorces actor Jonny Lee Miller (26) after 3 years of marriage

Deaths in Film & TV

Feb 1 Barış Manço, Turkish singer, composer, television producer and celebrity, dies at 56
Feb 7 Robert "Bobby" Troup, American jazz pianist and actor (Emergency, Acapulco), dies of a heart attack at 80
Feb 9 Bryan Mosley, British actor (b. 1931)
Feb 17 Shirley Stoler, American actress (The Honeymoon Killers, Seven Beauties), dies at 69
Feb 18 Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (Sanford & Son, Bob Newhart), dies at 66
Feb 20 Gene Siskel, American film critic (b. 1946)