Events in Film & TV
Television Debut
May 20 Reality TV series "America's Next Top Model", created by Tyra Banks, debuts on UPN
Academy of Country Music Awards
May 21 38th Academy of Country Music Awards: Toby Keith, Martina McBride & Kenny Chesney win
- May 25 56th Cannes Film Festival: "Elephant" directed by Gus Van Sant wins the Palme d'Or
Film Premiere
May 30 Animated fish tale "Finding Nemo", directed by Andrew Stanton, and starring Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres premieres in US and Canada
Birthdays in Film & TV
- May 19 JoJo Siwa, American dancer, singer and YouTube personality, born in Omaha, Nebraska
Weddings in Film & TV
Matt LeBlanc
May 3 "Friends" actor Matt LeBlanc (35) weds former model Melissa McKnight (38) at a private estate overlooking Anini Beach in Kilauea, Hawaii
- May 10 "Broadway" singer-actress Carol Channing (82) weds Harry Kullijian at Big Valley Grace Community Church in Modesto, California
Steven Soderbergh
May 10 "Ocean's Eleven" director and producer Steven Soderbergh (40) weds former fashion model Jules Asner (35) in Manhattan, New York
- May 18 Actress Rena Sofer (34) weds director and producer Sanford Bookstaver (29) in Malibu, California
Kevin Hart
May 22 American actor and comedian Kevin Hart (23) weds Torrei Skipper (25); divorce in 2011
Kenneth Branagh
May 24 Actor and film director Kenneth Branagh (42) weds film art director Lindsay Brunnock in a secret ceremony
Kate Winslet & Sam Mendes
May 24 Oscar winning-actress Kate Winslet (27) weds director Sam Mendes (36) in Anguilla Island
Divorces in Film & TV
Angelina Jolie
May 27 Actress Angelina Jolie (26) divorces actor Billy Bob Thornton (47) due to irreconcilable differences
Deaths in Film & TV
- May 1 Miss Elizabeth [Hulette], pro wrestling valet (Randy Savage), dies of overdose at 42
- May 3 Suzy Parker, American model and actress (Chamber of Horrors), dies at 70
- May 14 Robert Stack, American actor (The Untouchables, Unsolved Mysteries, Written on the Wind), dies of a heart attack at 84
- May 14 Wendy Hiller, English actress (Major Barbara, David Copperfield), dies at 90
June Carter Cash (1929-2003)
May 15 American Grammy Award-winning country singer (The Carter Family; Johnny Cash Show), songwriter ("Ring Of Fire"), and actress, dies from complications after heart valve replacement surgery at 73
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