January 2003 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

In Da Club

Jan 7 "In Da Club" single is released by 50 Cent (MTV Video Music Award Best Rap Video and Best New Artist 2003, Billboard Song of the Year 2003)

29th People's Choice Awards

Jan 12 29th People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Ray Romano & Jennifer Aniston win (TV)

8th Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Jan 17 8th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: Chicago Best Picture

60th Golden Globes

Jan 19 60th Golden Globes: The Hours, Jack Nicholson, & Nicole Kidman win

Jan 26 19th Sundance Film Festival: "American Splendor", directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jan 26 American late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" debuts on ABC-TV

Birthdays in Film & TV

Jan 4 Jaeden Martell, American actor (Bill Denbrough-It; Knives Out), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Jan 26 Robby Novak [Kid President], American internet personality (YouTube), born in Henderson, Tennessee
Jan 28 Whitney Peak, Ugandan-Canadian actress (Gossip Girl), born in Kampala, Uganda

Weddings in Film & TV

Jennifer Connelly

Jan 1 "A Beautiful Mind" actress Jennifer Connelly (32) weds actor Paul Bettany in Scotland

Jan 1 "Lord of The Rings" actress Miranda Otto (35) weds actor Peter O'Brien (44) at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, Australia
Jan 3 British-American actress Emily Mortimer (31) weds American actor Alessandro Nivola (30) in Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England

Idina Menzel

Jan 11 "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" actor Taye Diggs (32) weds broadway actress Idina Menzel (31) at Round Hill Hotel and Villas in Montego Bay, Jamaica

Jan 11 "The Sixth Sense" actress-singer Toni Collette (30) weds musician Dave Galafassi in a Buddhist ceremony near Sydney, Australia

Deaths in Film & TV

Jan 1 Cyril Shaps, British actor, producer and voice artist (The Pianist), dies at 79
Jan 4 Conrad Hall, Tahitian-American cinematographer, dies at 76
Jan 5 Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (Last Tango in Paris, In the Name of the Law), dies of a heart attack at 84
Jan 11 Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (The Naked Childhood), dies at 77
Jan 11 Richard Simmons, American actor (Sergeant Preston of the Yukon), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 89
Jan 13 Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
Jan 17 Richard Crenna, American actor (Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles), dies at 76
Jan 18 Edward "The Sheik" Farhat, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
Jan 20 Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
Jan 23 Nell Carter, American actress (Gimme A Break; Lobo), dies at 54