February 2004 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

Music Concert

Feb 1 Wardrobe malfunction: Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines.

  • Feb 5 54th Berlin International Film Festival: "Head-On" wins the Golden Bear

BAFTA Awards

Feb 15 57th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Best Film, Peter Weir Best Director

  • Feb 28 24th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Gigli" wins

Birthdays in Film & TV

Millie Bobby Brown (19 years old)

Feb 19 English actress (Stranger Things) and UNICEF goodwill ambassador, born in Marbella, Spain

Weddings in Film & TV

Rosie O'Donnell

Feb 26 American actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell (41) weds American marketing executive Kelli Carpenter (36) in San Francisco, California; voided in August due to state supreme court ruling

  • Feb 27 American singer-songwriter Solange Knowles (17) weds Texas Southern University football player Daniel Smith (19) at Old Bahama Bay Resort in Grand Bahama Island; divorce in 2007

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Feb 2 Bernard McEveety, American film director (b. 1924)
  • Feb 3 Jason Raize, American musical theatre actor (b. 1975)
  • Feb 5 John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
  • Feb 10 Guy Provost, Quebec actor (b. 1925)
  • Feb 15 Jan Miner, American actress (Crime Photographer), dies at 86
  • Feb 18 Jean Rouch, French filmmaker and ethnologist (b. 1917)
  • Feb 23 Vijay Anand, Indian film director (b. 1934)
  • Feb 24 John Randolph [Emanuel Hirsch Cohen], American actor (King Kong, Lucan, Lucas Tanner, Angie), dies at 88
  • Feb 26 Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor, dies at 94