Events in Film & TV
Film Release
May 2 First film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe released "Iron Man" directed by Jon Favreau, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark
Robert Downey Jr
Agreement of Interest
May 4 Seth MacFarlane reaches an agreement worth $100 million with Fox to keep "Family Guy" and "American Dad" on television until 2012, making MacFarlane the world's highest paid television writer
Seth MacFarlane
TV Show Appearance
- May 25 61st Cannes Film Festival: "The Class" directed by Laurent Cantet wins the Palme d'Or
Weddings in Film & TV
- May 17 Singer-songwriter and actress Ashlee Simpson (23) weds rock band Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz (28) in Encino, California
Wedding of Interest
May 19 Film actress Jessica Alba (31) weds film and TV producer Cash Warren (33) at the Beverly Hills Courthouse in Beverly Hills, California
Jessica Alba
Wedding of Interest
May 30 Film actor Charlie Sheen (42) weds socialite Brooke Mueller (30) at a private estate in Los Angeles, California
Charlie Sheen
- May 31 "Law & Order" actress Alana De La Garza (31) weds writer Michael Roberts in Orlando, Orange County, Florida
Divorces in Film & TV
- May 16 "24" actor Kiefer Sutherland (37) divorces former model Elizabeth Kelly Winn (42) due to irreconcilable differences after nearly 8 years of marriage
Deaths in Film & TV
- May 2 Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)
- May 10 Jessie Jacobs, Australian Actress (b. 1990)
- May 15 Alexander Courage, composer of original Star Trek theme (b. 1919)
- May 24 Dick Martin [Thomas Richard], American actor and comedian (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Carbon Copy), dies of respiratory complications at 86
Sydney Pollack
May 26 Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (Out of Africa, Tootsie) dies at 73
Sydney Pollack