Events in Film & TV
Film and TV Awards
Jan 7 27th People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Drew Carey & Jennifer Aniston win (TV)
- Jan 9 ABC-TV deputs "The Mole" for the first time
Event of Interest
Jan 12 Disney Channel series "Lizzie McGuire" premieres starring Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff
Event of Interest
Jan 14 Jennifer Lopez scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Love Don't Cost A Thing'
Jennifer Lopez
Film Premier
Jan 19 Cult film "Donnie Darko" written and directed by Richard Kelly, starring Jake Gyllenhaal premieres at the Sundance Film Festival
Jake Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Golden Globes
Jan 21 58th Golden Globes: "Gladiator", Tom Hanks, & Julia Roberts win
Tom Hanks
Julia Roberts
BAFTA Awards
Feb 25 54th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "Gladiator" Best Film, Ang Lee Best Director
Ang Lee
Academy Awards
Mar 25 73rd Academy Awards: "Gladiator", Russell Crowe & Julia Roberts win
Russell Crowe
Julia Roberts
WrestleMania
Apr 1 WrestleMania XVII, Astrodome, Houston, TX: 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin beats The Rock in a no disqualification match for the WWF Championship
Dwayne Johnson
Music Single
Apr 23 Fatboy Slim releases single "Weapon of Choice", music video directed by Spike Jonze starring Christopher Walken dancing
Christopher Walken
Music Awards
May 8 36th Academy of Country Music Awards: Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Toby Keith win
- May 13 47th British Academy Television Awards: "Da Ali G Show" Best Comedy, "Clocking Off" Best Drama
Film Premier
May 16 "Mulholland Drive", directed by David Lynch, starring Justin Theroux and Naomi Watts, premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
David Lynch
Event of Interest
May 18 DreamWorks Pictures "Shrek", starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz in voice-over roles, debuts
- May 25 54th Cannes Film Festival: "The Son's Room" directed by Nanni Moretti wins the Palme d'Or
Event of Interest
Jun 3 55th Tony Awards: "The Producers" and "Proof" win
Matthew Broderick
Television Premiere
Jun 3 TV drama "Six Feet Under" created by Alan Ball, starring Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall and Frances Conroy premieres on HBO
Jill Soloway
Film Premier
Jun 15 Indian epic "Laagan" directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, starring Aamir Khan and Gracy Singh premieres
Aamir Khan
Film Premier
Jun 18 "The Fast and the Furious" film directed by Rob Cohen starring Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez premieres
Paul Walker
Vin Diesel
Film Release
Jun 29 "A.I. Artificial Intelligence", directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law and Frances O'Connor, is released
Haley Joel Osment
Steven Spielberg
Film Premier
Jul 9 "The Office" mockumentary created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, starring Ricky Gervais and Martin Freeman premieres on BBC Two in the UK
Ricky Gervais
Martin Freeman
- Jul 19 34th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
Event of Interest
Jul 20 "Spirited Away " written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki is released in Japan (Academy Award Best Animated Feature 2003)
Hayao Miyazaki
Film Release
Aug 3 The Princess Diaries, starring Anne Hathaway in her film debut, is released
Anne Hathaway
Event of Interest
Aug 27 Angelina Jolie is named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva
Angelina Jolie
- Aug 29 58th Venice Film Festival: "Monsoon Wedding" directed by Mira Nair wins Golden Lion
Television Premiere
Sep 9 "Band of Brothers" based on book by Stephen E. Ambrose, created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks premieres, then most expensive miniseries ever made
Event of Interest
Sep 10 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan is awarded Actor of the Century at the Alexandria Film Festival
Amitabh Bachchan
Television Debut
Oct 2 "Scrubs", starring Zach Braff as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian, premieres on NBC
Zach Braff
- Oct 28 The indie cult hit "Donnie Darko", starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is released
Emmy Awards
Nov 4 53rd Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Sex and the City, James Gandolfini & Edie Falco win
James Gandolfini
Film Premier
Nov 4 "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" 1st film adaptation of the books by J. K. Rowling, premieres starring Daniel Radcliffe
- Nov 6 TV drama series "24" starring Kiefer Sutherland premieres on Fox
Music Awards
Nov 7 35th Country Music Association Award: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack & Toby Keith wins
Toby Keith
Tim McGraw
Film Premier
Dec 5 "Ocean's Eleven" directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts premieres in Westwood, California
Film Premier
Dec 10 "The Fellowship of the Ring" Lord of the Rings film directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen premieres in London
Event of Interest
Dec 12 Winona Ryder is arrested on shoplifting charges in Beverly Hills, California
Winona Ryder
- Dec 13 "A Beautiful Mind" based on the bio by Sylvia Nasar, directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 2002)
Film Release
Dec 19 "The Fellowship of the Ring", 1st Lord of the Rings film is released. Makes US$47 million US opening weekend, $871 million total worldwide.
Liv Tyler
J. R. R. Tolkien
Birthdays in Film & TV
Weddings in Film & TV
- Jan 20 "Fast Lane" actor Peter Facinelli (27) weds actress and director Jennie Garth (28) at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Montecito, California
Wedding of Interest
Feb 8 MLB outfielder David Justice (34) weds model Rebecca Villalobos
David Justice
Wedding of Interest
Feb 10 Singer-comedian Weird Al Yankovic (41) weds Suzanne Krajewski
Weird Al Yankovic
- Feb 18 Comedian Kathy Griffin (37) weds computer administrator Matthew Moline (32) at the 360 Degree Restaurant in Hollywood
Wedding of Interest
Apr 4 Actress and model Brooke Shields (35) weds sitcom writer Chris Henchy (37) in Catalina Island, California
Brooke Shields
Wedding of Interest
May 6 Actress-singer Billie Piper (18) weds media mogul Chris Evans (35) at the Little Church of the West in Las Vegas
Billie Piper
- Jun 9 "Law & Order" actress and model Angie Harmon (28) weds New York Giant NFL player Jason Sehorn (30) at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas
Wedding of Interest
Jul 7 "Charlie's Angels" star Drew Barrymore (26) weds actor-comedian Tom Green (29) in Malibu
Drew Barrymore
Wedding of Interest
Aug 4 "James Bond" actor Pierce Brosnan (49) weds TV host and journalist Keely Shaye Smith (37) at the 785-year-old Ballintubber Abbey in County Mayo, Ireland
Pierce Brosnan
- Aug 4 "Northern Exposure" actor Joshua Morrow (27) weds Tobe Keeney
- Aug 10 "Dixie Chick's" Martie Maguire (31) weds actor Gareth Maguire in Kailua, Hawaii
- Sep 1 "The Accidental Tourist" actress Geena Davis (45) weds Iranian American plastic surgeon Dr. Reza Jarrahy
- Sep 1 "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" actor Nicholas Brendon (30) weds Tressa Di Figlia in Carlsbad
Wedding of Interest
Sep 1 "Six Days Seven Nights" actress Anne Heche (32) weds cameraman Coleman Laffoon in Los Angeles, California
Anne Heche
Wedding of Interest
Sep 29 Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez (32) weds dancer/choreographer Cris Judd (32) in Calabasas, California
Jennifer Lopez
Wedding of Interest
Oct 5 F1 racing driver Ralf Schumacher (26) weds former model Cora Brinkmann at the church of Maria Plain in Salzburg, Austria
Ralf Schumacher
- Oct 14 Actor Breckin Meyer (27) weds "Can't Hardly Wait" director Deborah Kaplan in Malibu
Wedding of Interest
Oct 20 Actor Johnathon Schaech (32) weds actress Christina Applegate (29) at the three-acre Cree Estate in Palm Springs, California
Christina Applegate
- Nov 10 "Four Weddings and A Funeral" actress Andie MacDowell (43) weds businessman Rhett Hartzog (42) at Central United Methodist Church in Asheville, North Carolina
- Nov 20 ABC News political analyst George Stephanopoulos (40) weds actress Alexandra Wentworth (36) at Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan
- Nov 24 "Angel" actor David Boreanaz (32) weds actress Jaime Bergman (26) at Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs, California
- Dec 12 Actress Ashley Judd (33) weds race car driver Dario Franchetti (28) at Skibo Castle in Scotland
- Dec 31 Glamour model and actress Coco Austin (33) weds rapper-actor Ice-T (54) in Las Vegas, Nevada
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
May 22 Actress and former fitness guru Jane Fonda (63) divorces CNN founder Ted Turner (62) due to irretrievably broken marriage 10 years after getting married
Jane Fonda
Ted Turner
Divorce of Interest
Aug 8 Actor Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman divorce after 10 years of marriage
Nicole Kidman
Divorce of Interest
Dec 13 Oscar winning-actress Kate Winslet (26) divorces assistant film director Jim Threapleton (28) due to unreasonable behavior after 3 years of marriage
Kate Winslet
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 1 Ray Walston, American actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees), dies at 86
- Jan 2 Teri Diver, American actress, dies at 29
- Jan 5 Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
- Jan 10 Jacques Marin, French character actor (The Vintage, Charade), dies at 81
- Jan 11 Michael Williams, British actor, husband of Judi Dench (b. 1935)
- Jan 13 Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
- Jan 15 Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916)
- Jan 16 Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (Meet the People, Gus, Ziegfeld Follies), dies of a heart attack at 81
- Jan 18 Al Waxman, Canadian actor (b. 1935)
- Jan 19 Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
- Jan 30 Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (Lili, Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker), dies at 90
- Feb 7 Dale Evans, American actress and singer (Roy Rogers Show), dies at 88
- Feb 7 Robert "King" Moody, American actor and comedian (Shtarker-Get Smart), dies at 71
- Feb 8 Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920)
- Feb 9 Reginald Marsh, British actor (Sicilians, It Happened Here), dies at 74
- Feb 10 Lewis Arquette, American actor (Horror Show, Book of Love), dies at 65
- Feb 12 Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer, dies at 88
- Feb 16 Howard W. Koch, American film director (b. 1916)
- Feb 19 Stanley Kramer, American producer/director (Inherit the Wind), dies at 87
- Feb 20 Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910)
- Feb 23 Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- Mar 3 Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
- Mar 6 Kim Walker, American actress (b. 1968)
- Mar 8 Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)
- Mar 13 John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer (pioneered handheld work, lighting techniques and HD video development), dies at 66
- Mar 15 Ann Sothern, American actress (b. 1909)
- Mar 16 Norma MacMillan, Canadian voice actress (Casper the Ghost), dies at 79
- Mar 21 Anthony Steel, British actor and singer (Malta Story, The Wooden Horse), dies from lung cancer at 80
William Hanna
Mar 22 William Hanna, American animator and studio founder, dies at 90
William Hanna
- Mar 23 Rowland Evans, American news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak), dies at 79
- Mar 23 Irving "Sully" Boyar, American actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Car Wash), dies of a heart attack at 76
- Mar 27 Anthony Dexter [Walter Fleischmann], Canadian actor (The Phantom Planet, Captain John Smith and Pocahontas), dies at 88
- Apr 2 Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
- Apr 5 Brother Theodore, German-American comedian, dies at 94
- Apr 7 David Graf, American actor (Police Academy- Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry), dies of a heart attack at 50
- Apr 7 Beatrice Straight, American actress (Network, Poltergeist, Power), dies of pneumonia at 86
- Apr 11 Harry Secombe, Welsh actor, comedian, singer and goon (The Goon Show, Oliver!), dies of cancer at 79
- Apr 13 Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death), dies at 73
- Apr 20 Maria Karnilova, American dancer and actress (Fiddler on the Roof, Ivan the Terrible), dies at 80
- May 2 Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935)
- May 2 Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (Goodfellas), dies at 39
- May 10 Deborah Walley, American actress (b. 1943)
- May 12 [Pierino] Perry Como, American singer (Catch A Falling Star) and TV personality (The Perry Como Show) dies at 89
- May 13 Jason Miller, American actor and writer (Exorcist, Light of Day), dies at 62
- May 22 Jack Watling, British actor (Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart), dies at 78
- May 22 Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-"Sanford & Son"), dies at 70
- May 26 Anne Haney, American actress (Mrs. Doubtfire - "Mrs. Sellner"; Liar Liar - "Greta"), dies of congestive heart failure at 67
- May 27 Ramon Bieri, American actor (Badlands, The Andromeda Strain), dies at 71
- May 31 Arlene Francis, American actress and radio and television personality (What's My Line?), dies at 93
- Jun 3 Antonio "Anthony" Quinn, Mexican actor (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia, Lust for Life), dies from complications of throat cancer at 86
- Jun 4 Joan Vohs, American model and actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina), dies at 73
- Jun 15 Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)
- Jun 19 John Heyer, Australian documentary filmmaker (b. 1916)
- Jun 21 Carroll O'Connor, American actor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night), dies of a heart attack at 76
- Jun 21 Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (b. 1942)
- Jun 23 Corinne Calvet, French actress (Phantom of Hollywood, Apache Uprising), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 76
- Jun 26 Soccer (dog actor) (b. 1988)
Jack Lemmon
Jun 27 Jack Lemmon, American actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing), dies of colon cancer and metastatic cancer of the bladder at 76
Jack Lemmon
- Jun 28 Joan Sims, British actress ("Carry on" films, As Time Goes By), dies from liver failure and diverticulitis at 71
- Jul 8 John O'Shea, New Zealand film director (b. 1920)
- Jul 16 Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler, dies at 40
- Jul 20 Werner Haentjes, German conductor and composer of operas and film scores, dies at 77
- Jul 21 Steve Barton, American actor (b. 1954)
- Jul 21 Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor (b. 1927)
- Jul 22 Frances Horwich, American educator and television personality (Ding Dong School), dies at 94
- Jul 27 Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- Jul 29 Alex Nicol, American actor (The Screaming Skull, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet), dies of natural causes at 85
- Aug 3 Christopher Hewett, British actor (b. 1922)
- Aug 4 Lorenzo Music, American writer, actor and voice actor (Rhoda - Carlton, the doorman; Garfield), dies at 64
- Aug 6 Dorothy Tutin, British actress (Importance of Being Ernest, Cromwell), dies at 71
- Aug 20 Kim Stanley [Patricia Reid], American actress (Séance on a Wet Afternoon, The Chase, Right Stuff), dies at 76
- Aug 23 Kathleen Freeman, American actress (Beverly Hillbillies, 3 Ring Circus), dies of lung cancer at 82
- Aug 24 Bettejane "Jane" Greer, American actress (Out of the Past, Prisoner of Zenda, Clown), dies at 76
- Aug 25 Aaliyah [Haughton], American singer and actress, dies in a plane crash in the Bahamas at 22
- Aug 25 Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940)
- Aug 29 Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (b. 1926)
- Aug 30 Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), dies of pneumonia at 87
- Sep 2 Troy Donahue, American actor (Hawaiian Eye), dies at 65
- Sep 3 Pauline Kael, American film critic (b. 1919)
- Sep 3 Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), dies at 27
- Sep 5 Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips) and humorist, dies at 87
- Sep 7 Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and comedian, dies at 71
- Sep 7 Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924)
- Sep 11 David Angell, American sitcom creator (b. 1946)
- Sep 11 Berinthia "Berry" Berenson, American photographer, actress, model, and widow of actor Anthony Perkins, dies on American Airlines Flight 11 in the 9/11 attacks at 53
- Sep 12 Victor Wong [Yee Keung Victor Wong], American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), dies of a heart attack at 74
- Sep 13 Dorothy McGuire, American actress (Gentlemen's Agreement, Old Yeller, Summer Magic), dies of cardiac arrest following a short illness at 85
- Sep 15 Fred de Cordova, American film and TV producer (Tonight Show), dies at 90
- Sep 16 Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer and co-founder of American International Pictures, dies at 83
- Oct 1 Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
- Oct 7 Christopher Adams, British-born pro wrestler and judoka (b. 1955)
- Oct 7 Polly Rowles, American actress (Sweet Liberty, Jamie), dies at 87
- Oct 9 Dagmar [Virginia Ruth Egnor], American actress, model, and television personality (Broadway's Open House), dies at 79
- Oct 9 Herbert Ross, American film director and producer (b. 1927)
- Nov 3 Thomas Brasch, German writer and film director, dies at 56
- Nov 5 Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (Desert Victory), dies at 87
- Nov 7 Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (b. 1936)
- Nov 12 Albert Hague [Marcuse], German-American actor, singer and composer (Fame, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), dies of cancer at 73
- Nov 13 Margaret "Peggy" Mount, British actress (Oliver!, Panic in the Parlor), dies following a stroke at 86
- Nov 14 Charlotte Coleman, British actress (Four Weddings and a Funeral), dies of an asthma attack at 33