June 2007 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Film & TV History

Jun 4 Designer Ralph Lauren is presented with the American Fashion Legend Award by Oprah Winfrey at the CFDA Awards in New York

Jun 10 "The Sopranos" series finale on HBO (infamous "cut to black" ending)

Film Premiere

Jun 12 "Transformers", directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox premieres in Sydney

Weddings in Film & TV

Jun 8 "Desperate Housewives" actor Dougray Scott (41) weds actress Claire Forlani (35) at the Council Common Hall in Pievebobigliana, Italy
Jun 9 "Ugly Betty" actress Ana Ortiz (36) weds musician Noah Lebenzon at the Horned Dorset Primavera Hotel in Rincon, Puerto Rico
Jun 16 "Two and a Half Men" actor Jon Cryer (41) weds entertainment reporter Lisa Joyner (40) at the Chapel at Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Rod Stewart

Jun 16 British singer Rod Stewart (62) weds model Penny Lancaster (36) in a cloistered medieval abbey at La Cervara

Divorces in Film & TV

Nikki Sixx

Jun 27 Former Playboy playmate and Baywatch actress Donna D'Errico (38) divorces Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx (48) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 years of marriage

Deaths in Film & TV

Jun 2 Kentaro Haneda, Japanese pianist, composer and arranger for film, anime, and video games, dies of liver cancer at 58
Jun 4 Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (Zorba the Greek), dies at 66
Jun 10 Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist and television presenter, dies at 67
Jun 11 Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers, American actress (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Wild Wild West), dies of leukemia at 75
Jun 12 Don Herbert, American scientist and TV host (Watch Mr Wizard), dies at 89
Jun 15 "Sensational" Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (WWF), dies of an overdose at 49
Jun 16 Mikhail Kononov, Soviet actor (b. 1940)
Jun 18 Bernard Manning, British comedian, dies at 76
Jun 19 Antonio Aguilar [Barraza], Mexican singer, producer and actor (Emiliano Zapata) who popularized the Mexican equestrian sport la charrería, dies of pneumonia at 88
Jun 19 El Fary, Spanish singer and actor, dies at 69
Jun 22 Nancy Benoit, former professional wrestling valet (b. 1964)
Jun 24 Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1967)
Jun 27 William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)
Jun 29 Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (Yi Yi), dies of cancer at 59
Jun 29 Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943)