Events in Film & TV
Television Premiere
Oct 2 "Scrubs", starring Zach Braff as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian, premieres on NBC
Film Release
Oct 28 The indie cult hit "Donnie Darko", starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is released
Birthdays in Film & TV
Weddings in Film & TV
Ralf Schumacher
Oct 5 F1 racing driver Ralf Schumacher (26) weds former model Cora Brinkmann at the church of Maria Plain in Salzburg, Austria
- Oct 14 American actor Breckin Meyer (27) weds "Can't Hardly Wait" director Deborah Kaplan (30) in Malibu, California; divorce in 2014
Christina Applegate
Oct 20 Actor Johnathon Schaech (32) weds actress Christina Applegate (29) at the three-acre Cree Estate in Palm Springs, California
Deaths in Film & TV
- 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 (Footloose, Steel Magnolias, dies at 74
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