May 2006 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

May 7 52nd British Academy Television Awards: "Help" Best Comedy, "Doctor Who" Best Drama

Music Concert

May 19 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow, and Lenny Kravitz

Pianist, Songwriter and Composer Billy Joel

Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist James Taylor

May 27 "Pan's Labyrinth" fantasy film on the Spanish Civil War written and directed by Guillermo del Toro debuts at Cannes
May 28 59th Cannes Film Festival: "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" directed by Ken Loach wins the Palme d'Or

Weddings in Film & TV

May 6 "Coronation Street" actress Julia Haworth (26) weds Jon Wormald at St. Stephen's CE Church in Burnley, Lancashire
May 6 "Scooter" techno rocker lead singer H.P. Baxxter (40) weds model Simone Mustert at Tremsbuttel Castle near Hamburg
May 6 Duchess of Cornwall's daughter Laura Parker-Bowles (28) weds former Calvin Klein model Harry Lopes (28) at Church of Saint Cyriac in Lacock, Wiltshire

Brock Lesnar

May 6 Former WWF Women's Champion Sable (38) weds IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar (28) in Medina, Minnesota

May 7 Actress Tori Spelling (32) weds actor Dean McDermott (39) at Wakaya Club in Wakaya Island, Fiji
May 13 American actress Sara Bakker (32) weds Sloan Alexander at the United Church on the Green in New Haven, Connecticut
May 20 "Dog the Bounty Hunter" TV personality Duane Dog Chapman (53) weds Beth Smith at the Hilton Waikoloa Village in Hawaii
May 20 Comedian-actress Mo'Nique (38) weds actor Sidney Hicks in an idyllic island ceremony
May 28 "Average Joe" actor Adam Mesh (30) weds Jessica Malca in Miami, Florida
May 29 "America's Next Top Model" first winner Adrianne Curry (23) weds "The Brady Bunch" actor Christopher Knight (48) in Joliet, Illinois; divorce in 2012

Tom Ellis

May 29 Award-winning English actress Tamzin Outhwaite (35) weds former "EastEnders" actor Tom Ellis (27) at All Saints Church in Lullington, Somerset ; divorce in 2014

Divorces in Film & TV

May 6 "Dallas" actress Victoria Principal (56) divorces plastic surgeon Harry Glassman (63) due to irreconcilable differences after nearly 21 years of marriage

Deaths in Film & TV

May 5 Naushad Ali, Indian composer, and Hindi film music director, dies at 86
May 7 Machiko Soga, Japanese actress, singer, and tokusatsu legend, dies of pancreatic cancer at 67
May 10 Val Guest, British film director (b. 1911)
May 11 Frankie Thomas, American actor & author (Tom Corbett Space Cadet), dies of a stroke at 85
May 11 Yossi Banai, Israeli pop and cabaret singer, and actor dies of cancer at 74
May 14 Eva Norvind, Norwegian-Mexican actress, dies from drowning at 62
May 14 Lewis "Lew" Anderson, American actor and musician (The Howdy Doody Show), dies of prostate cancer at 84
May 21 Cherd Songsri, Thai film director (Plae Kao), dies at 74
May 27 Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1944)
May 27 Paul Gleason, American actor (Breakfast Club, Die Hard), dies of lung cancer at 67
May 30 Robert Sterling, American actor (George Kirby-Adv of Topper), dies at 88
May 30 Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (b. 1926)