Events in Film & TV
- Jan 11 7th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: A Beautiful Mind wins Best Film
Film and TV Awards
Jan 13 28th People's Choice Awards: Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Kelsey Grammer, Ray Romano & Jennifer Aniston win (TV)
Golden Globes
Jan 20 59th Golden Globes: "A Beautiful Mind", Russell Crowe, & Sissy Spacek win
Sissy Spacek
Russell Crowe
BAFTA Awards
Feb 24 55th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Best Film, Peter Jackson Best Director
- Mar 3 33rd NAACP Image Awards: "Ali" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
Television Premiere
Mar 5 American reality TV program The Osbournes" featuring family of Ozzy Osbourne premieres on MTV
Ozzy Osbourne
Sharon Osbourne
Film Premier
Mar 12 Animated film "Ice Age" directed by Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha, with voices by Denis Leary and John Leguizamo premieres
John Leguizamo
- Mar 12 US crime series "The Shield" starring Michael Chiklis premieres on FX
WrestleMania
Mar 17 WrestleMania XVIII, Skydome, Toronto, ON (68,237): Triple H beats Chris Jericho for the undisputed WWF Heavyweight title
Triple H
- Mar 23 22nd Golden Raspberry Awards: "Freddy Got Fingered" wins
Academy Awards
Mar 24 74th Academy Awards: "A Beautiful Mind", Denzel Washington and Halle Berry win; Berry is the first woman of colour to win the Best Actress award
Halle Berry
Denzel Washington
Film Premier
May 3 "Spider-Man", starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin, premieres
Tobey Maguire
Film Premier
May 15 "Bowling for Columbine", a documentary directed by Michael Moore has its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival
Michael Moore
Film Release
May 16 "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" directed by George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman opens in cinemas
Event of Interest
May 26 55th Cannes Film Festival: "The Pianist" directed by Roman Polanski wins the Palme d'Or
Roman Polanski
Television Debut
Jun 2 Crime drama "The Wire" created by David Simon and starring Idris Elba and Dominic West debuts on HBO
Idris Elba
Film Premier
Jun 6 "The Bourne Identity" directed by Doug Liman and starring Matt Damon premieres in Los Angeles, California
Matt Damon
Event of Interest
Jun 11 "American Idol" created by Simon Fuller with judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson premieres on Fox
Simon Cowell
Paula Abdul
- Jun 14 "The Bourne Identity" directed by Doug Liman and starring Matt Damon is released in the US
Film Premier
Jul 12 Hindi film "Devdas" premieres directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and starring Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit (Best Film Filmfare Awards)
Aishwarya Rai
Shah Rukh Khan
Event of Interest
Jul 24 On 200th anniversary of his birth French author Alexandre Dumas' ('The Three Musketeers') ashes are interred in the Panthéon in Paris in a televised ceremony
Alexandre Dumas
Event of Interest
Sep 4 Before a U.S. Congressional panel, Doris Roberts testifies that age discrimination is prevalent in Hollywood
Doris Roberts
Television Debut
Sep 16 Talk show "Dr. Phil" with Phil McGraw and co-created by Oprah Winfrey debuts on syndicated US TV
Phil McGraw
Oprah Winfrey
Emmy Awards
Sep 22 54th Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Friends, Michael Chiklis and Allison Janney win
Film Release
Nov 14 Film "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is released, based on the second book by J. K. Rowling
Film Release
Nov 20 "Die Another Day", 20th James Bond film released, directed by Lee Tamahori, starring Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry
Pierce Brosnan
Halle Berry
- Nov 22 In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest
- Dec 5 "The Two Towers" 2nd Lord of the Rings film directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen premieres in New York
Film Premier
Dec 6 "Adaptation" directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep premieres
Nicolas Cage
Meryl Streep
Film Premier
Dec 9 "Star Trek: Nemesis" film directed by Stuart Baird, and starring Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes premieres
Patrick Stewart
Film Release
Dec 18 "The Two Towers", 2nd of the Lord of the Rings films is released. Makes US$62 opening weekend and $926 million total worldwide.
Liv Tyler
J. R. R. Tolkien
Film Premier
Dec 18 "The Hours" premieres in the US, based on the novel by Michael Cunningham and starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman
Film Release
Dec 20 "Gangs of New York", starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz, is released
Film Release
Dec 27 "Chicago" (Best Picture 2003), based on John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical, directed by Rob Marshall, starring Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, and Catherine Zeta-Jones released.
Birthdays in Film & TV
Maddie Ziegler
Sep 30 Maddie Ziegler, American dancer, actress and model, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Maddie Ziegler
- Dec 23 Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician (Stranger Things, IT), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
Jan 12 TV Host Conan O'Brien (38) weds Liza Powel (31) at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Washington
Conan O'Brien
- Feb 17 Actress Joan Collins (68) weds theater company manager Percy Gibson at Claridge's Hotel in London
Wedding of Interest
Mar 16 Oscar-winning entertainer Liza Minnelli (56) weds producer David Gest (48) at the Marble Collegiate Church in New York City
Liza Minnelli
Wedding of Interest
Jun 11 Musician Paul McCartney (59) weds former model and anti-landmines campaigner Heather Mills (34) at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan, Ireland
Paul McCartney
Heather Mills
- Jun 15 "American Pie" actress Shannon Elizabeth (28) weds actor Joe Reitman (34) in Jalisco, Mexico
Wedding of Interest
Jun 15 Actor Charlie Sheen (36) weds actress Denise Richards (31) under a rose arch dotted by over 1000 blooms in Brentwood, California
Charlie Sheen
Wedding of Interest
Jul 4 Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts (34) weds L.A. cameraman Danny Moder (33) at her 82-acre ranch in Taos, New Mexico
Julia Roberts
Wedding of Interest
Aug 10 Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage (38) weds "Princess of Rock and Roll" Lisa Marie Presley (34) at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii
Lisa Marie Presley
Nicolas Cage
- Aug 10 "Baywatch" actress Angelica Bridges (28) weds Canadian hockey player Sheldon Souray (26) at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Aug 24 Journalist Bryant Gumbel weds model Hilary Quinlan at Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida
- Aug 25 "Baywatch" actress Yasmine Bleeth (34) weds strip club owner Paul Cerrito at Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara, California
Wedding of Interest
Sep 1 Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar (35) weds actor Freddie Prinze Jr. (36) at El Careyes Resort in Mexico
Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Sep 1 "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" actress Terry Farrell (38) weds actor Brian Baker (35) at Paris Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada
Wedding of Interest
Sep 20 "The Matrix" actor Laurence Fishburne (41) weds actress Gina Torres (33) at The Cloisters museum in New York City
Laurence Fishburne
- Oct 5 "Angel" actress Charisma Carpenter (32) weds Damian Hardy
Wedding of Interest
Oct 26 American singer-songwriter and TV personality Jessica Simpson (22) weds singer-songwriter Nick Lachey (28) at Riverbend Church in Austin, Texas
Jessica Simpson
- Dec 31 Actress Rachel Griffiths (34) weds Australian artist Andrew Taylor (35) at Star of the Sea Chapel in Gardenvale, Australia
Divorces in Film & TV
- Mar 1 "12 Angry Men" actor Edward James Olmos (55) divorces "Sopranos" actress Lorraine Bracco (47) after 8 years of marriage
Divorce of Interest
Oct 15 Comedian Tom Green (30) divorces actress Drew Barrymore (26) due to irreconcilable differences after less than a year of marriage
Drew Barrymore
Divorce of Interest
Nov 25 Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage (38) files for divorce from the "Princess of Rock and Roll" Lisa Marie Presley (34) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 months of marriage
Nicolas Cage
Lisa Marie Presley
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 1 Julia Phillips, American film producer, dies at 57
- Jan 2 Margaret "Bibi" Osterwald, American actress (As Good as It Gets, Bridget Loves Bernie), dies of lung disease at 83
- Jan 6 Fred Taylor, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster (Ohio State University 1959-76; MLB Washington Senators 1950-52), dies at 77
- Jan 7 Avery Schreiber, American comedian and actor (My Mother the Car), dies at 66
- Jan 11 Henri Verneuil, French-Armenian playwright and film director (Mélodie en sous-sol), dies at 81
- Jan 12 Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911)
- Jan 13 Ted Demme, American film director, dies at 38
- Jan 13 Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, reputed model for Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (b. 1897)
- Jan 13 Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster), dies at 85
- Jan 16 Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952)
- Jan 17 Queenie Leonard, American actress (b. 1905)
- Jan 20 Carrie Hamilton, American actress (Fame), dies at 38
- Jan 22 Sheldon Allman, American-Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter (Nevada Smith, Harris Against the World), dies at 77
- Jan 24 Peter Gzowski, Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter (b. 1934)
- Jan 29 Harold Russell, Canadian actor (Best Years of Our Life, Dogtown), dies from a heart attack at 88
- Feb 1 Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (Touch of Class, Mozambique), dies at 76
- Feb 1 Irish McCalla, American actress & artist (Sheena Queen of Jungle), dies of a brain tumor and stroke complications at 73
- Feb 4 George Nader, American actor (Robot Monster, Away All Boats), dies at 80
- Feb 11 Barry Foster, British actor (b. 1931)
Kevin Smith
Feb 15 Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (Hercules - "Ares"), dies at 38 after falling from a prop tower
Kevin Smith
Spike Milligan
Feb 27 Spike Milligan, Irish-British actor and comedian (The Goon Show, 3 Musketeers), dies of kidney failure at 83
Spike Milligan
- Feb 28 Mary Stuart, American actress (Jo-Search for Tomorrow), dies at 75
- Mar 4 Claire Davenport, English actress (The Elephant Man), dies at 68
- Mar 4 Eric Flynn, British actor/singer (b. 1939)
- Mar 17 Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (Family Matters, The Brother from Another Planet), dies from diabetes at 90
- Mar 23 Eileen Farrell, American soprano (I Got A Right To Sing The Blues; Metropolitan Opera, 1960-66) and film voice (Interrupted Melody), dies at 82
- Mar 25 Kenneth Wolstenholme, British BBC football commentator, dies at 81
Milton Berle
Mar 27 Milton Berle, American comedian and TV host (Uncle Miltie, Mr Television), dies at 93
Milton Berle
Dudley Moore
Mar 27 Dudley Moore, English comedian, actor (10; Arthur; Bedazzled), jazz pianist, and composer, dies at 66
Dudley Moore
Billy Wilder
Mar 27 Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American film director (The Lost Weekend, Some Like it Hot), dies at 95
Billy Wilder
- Mar 29 Rico Yan, Philippine Young Movie & TV Actor (b. 1975)
- Mar 31 Barry Took, British comedian (b. 1928)
- Apr 2 Jack Kruschen, Canadian character actor (The Apartment, Busting Loose), dies at 80
- Apr 4 Harry L. O'Connor, Czech film stuntman
- Apr 7 John Agar, American actor (Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache), dies at 81
- Apr 8 María Félix, Mexican actress (Doña Bárbara), dies at 88
- Apr 16 Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)
- Apr 18 Wahoo McDaniel, American football player & professional wrestler, dies at 63
- Apr 25 Michael Bryant, British actor (Sakharov, Girly), dies at 74
Lou Thesz
Apr 28 Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler, dies at 86
Lou Thesz
- Apr 29 Lor Tok [Sawong Supsamruay], Thai comedian and actor (Ngern, Ngern, Ngern), dies at 88
- May 2 John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b. 1947)
- May 5 George Sidney, American film director (b. 1916)
- May 10 Yves Robert, French actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1920)
- May 12 Erich Kulas, ECW Wrestler (Mass Transit)
- May 13 Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (Mother and Son), dies at 76
- May 16 Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (b. 1968)
- May 18 Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (WWF Intercontinental Championship; British Bulldogs), dies of a heart attack at 39
- May 25 Patricia "Pat" Coombs, British comedienne and actress (Carry On Again Doctor, Cranford), dies at 75
- Jun 5 Gwen Plumb, Australian actress (b. 1912)
- Jun 26 Dolores Gray [Sylvia Dolores Finkelstein], American singer and actress (Designing Woman' Kismet), dies at 78
- Jun 29 Rosemary Clooney, American singer (Come On-a My House) and actress (White Christmas), dies of lung cancer at 74
- Jun 29 François Périer [Pillu], French actor (Gervaise, Fantasia, Les Mains Sales), dies at 82
- Jul 5 Katy Jurado, Mexican actress, 1st Latin actress to win a Golden Globe (High Noon, Broken Lance), dies at 78
- Jul 6 John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930)
- Jul 8 Ward Kimball, American animator (b. 1914)
Rod Steiger
Jul 9 Rod Steiger, American actor (Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker), dies of pneumonia at 77
Rod Steiger
- Jul 23 Reginald "Leo" McKern, Australian actor (Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared), dies of health complications at 82
- Jul 24 Maurice Denham, British actor (Mr Love, Damn the Defiant), dies at 92
- Aug 3 Carmen Silvera, Canadian-born British actress ('Allo 'Allo!), dies of lung cancer at 80
- Aug 5 Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)
- Aug 5 Chick Hearn, American NBA broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers games), dies at 85
- Aug 16 Jeff Corey [Arthur Zwerling], American actor (Getting Straight, Superman & Mole Men), dies at 88
- Aug 18 Dean Riesner, American film and television screenwriter (Bill and Coo), dies at 83
- Aug 25 William Warfield, American concert bass-baritone singer and actor (Show Boat), dies at 82
- Aug 29 Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (To Serve Them All My Days), dies at 82
- Aug 30 J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)
- Aug 31 Lionel Hampton, American Jazz vibraphone player and actor, dies at 94
- Sep 5 John "Jackie" Kelk, American actor and stand-up comedian (The Aldrich Family, The Adventures of Superman), dies of a lung infection at 79
- Sep 7 Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (b. 1961)
- Sep 11 Kim Hunter [Janet Cole], American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire, Planet of the Apes), dies at 79
- Sep 14 LaWanda Page [Alberta Peal], American actress (Aunt Esther-Sanford & Son), dies of complications from diabetes at 81
- Sep 16 James Gregory, American actor (My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller), dies at 90
- Sep 23 Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan pioneer radio broadcaster, died at 75
- Oct 3 Bruce Paltrow, American television and film producer (b. 1943)
- Oct 4 André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- Oct 4 William "Buddy" Lester, American comedian and actor (Barney Miller, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 85
- Oct 8 Phyllis Calvert [Bickle], British actress (Crash of Silence, The Man in Grey), dies at 87
- Oct 9 Charles Guggenheim, American film director and producer (b. 1924)
- Oct 10 Teresa Graves, American actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love!), dies in a fire at her home at 54
- Oct 11 Dina Pathak [Ghandi], Indian Gujarati theatre actress, director and activist (President-National Federation of Indian Women), dies of a heart attack at 80
- Oct 13 Keene Curtis, American character actor (The Rothschilds, Cheers, Amanda's), dies at 79
- Oct 13 Dennis Patrick, American actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals), dies in a house fire at 84
- Oct 18 Kam Fong Chun, American actor (Hawaii Five-0, Magnum, P.I.), dies of lung cancer at 84
- Oct 20 Barbara Berjer, American actress (b. 1920)
- Oct 20 Bernard Fresson, French actor (b. 1931)
- Oct 23 Marianne Hoppe, German theater and film actress (Der Schimmelreiter), dies at 93
- Oct 24 Mary Jeanette "Peggy" Moran, American actress (Double Date, Horror Island), dies from injuries at 84
Richard Harris
Oct 25 Richard Harris, Irish actor (A Man Called Horse, This Sporting Life) and singer (MacArthur Park) dies of Hodgkin's disease at 72
Richard Harris
- Oct 28 Margaret Booth, American film editor (b. 1898)
- Oct 29 Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960)
- Oct 30 Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Oct 31 Raf Vallone, Italian actor (A View From the Bridge), dies at 86
- Nov 2 Tonio Selwart [Antonio Selmair-Selwart], German actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja), dies from natural causes at 106
- Nov 3 Jonathan Harris, American actor (Dr Zachary Smith-Lost in Space), dies at 87
- Nov 4 Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker (Yor, the Hunter from the Future), dies at 72
- Nov 5 Vinnette Carroll, American actress and 1st African-American woman to direct on Broadway (1972: Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope), dies of heart disease and diabetes at 80