2009 in Film & Television

• Jan 8 14th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Film

• Jan 25 25th Sundance Film Festival: "Precious" based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

• Feb 5 59th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Milk of Sorrow" wins the Golden Bear
• Feb 8 62nd British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "Slumdog Millionaire" Best Film, Danny Boyle Best Director
• Feb 12 40th NAACP Image Awards: "The Secret Life of Bees" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
• Feb 21 29th Golden Raspberry Awards: "The Love Guru" wins
• Feb 22 81st Academy Awards: "Slumdog Millionaire", Sean Penn & Kate Winslet win

• Apr 6 "Star Trek" film reboot directed by J.J. Abrams, starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto premieres in Austin, Texas
• Apr 9 Mockumentary "Parks and Recreation" starring Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman and Aziz Ansari debuts on NBC in the US

• Apr 26 55th British Academy Television Awards: "Harry and Paul" Best Comedy, "Wallander" Best Drama

• May 24 62nd Cannes Film Festival: "The White Ribbon" directed by Michael Haneke wins the Palme d'Or
• Jun 12 TSC: All television broadcasts in the United States switch from analog NTSC to digital ATSC transmission.

• Jul 23 42nd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
• Sep 2 66th Venice Film Festival: "Lebanon" directed by Samuel Maoz wins Golden Lion

• Sep 18 The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast.

• Sep 23 "Modern Family" premieres on ABC, starring Ed 'Neill and Sofia Vergara
• Oct 21 55th National Film Awards (India): "Kanchivaram" wins the Golden Lotus

• Jan 9 High School Musical actress KayCee Stroh (24) weds Ben Higginson (24) at Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah

• Feb 6 "The L Word" actress Sarah Shahi (29) weds actor Steve Howey (31) in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Feb 7 Actress and skating champ Kristy Swanson (39) weds 1993 World Pair Skater Champion Lloyd Eisler (45) at The Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, California

• Feb 14 Victoria's Secret Angel model Adriana Lima (31) weds NBA player Marko Jaric (33) in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

• Feb 20 "Dog The Bounty Hunter" actress Lyssa Chapman (21) weds Brahman Galanti (35) at Lanikuhonua at Ko Olina in Oahu, Hawaii

• Mar 11 Actress and singer Mandy Moore (28) weds alt-country/rock singer-songwriter Ryan Adams (37) in Savannah, Georgia

• Mar 22 "The Wonder Years" actress Danica McKellar (36) weds composer Mike Verta (36) at St. James by the Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla, California

• Apr 25 TV personality Spencer Pratt (28) weds media personality and singer Heidi Montag (25) at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pasadena

• May 4 Two-time Tony winner singer-actress Bebe Neuwirth (50) weds Napa Valley's Destino vineyard founder Chris Calkins at the Players Club in New York
• May 8 Westlife singer Kian Egan (29) weds actress Jodi Albert (25) in Barbados
• May 9 "The O.C." actress Autumn Reeser (28) weds writer-director Jesse Warren (31) under a 200-year old oak tree at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa in Ojai, California
• May 16 Actress Jennifer Freeman (23) weds NBA guard Earl Watson (29) in Beverly Hills, California

• Jun 27 "Playboy Playmate" model Kendra Wilkinson (24) weds NFL player beau Hank Baskett (26) at the Playboy Mansion in Bel Air, California
• Jul 9 Actress Anna Faris (32) weds actor Chris Pratt (30) in a small ceremony in Bali, Indonesia
• Jul 11 "Step Up" actor Channing Tatum (32) weds actress Jenna Dewan (31) at Church Estate Vineyards in Malibu, California
• Jul 11 "Rushmore" actor Jason Schwartzman (30) weds fashion designer Brady Cunningham in San Fernando Valley

• Jul 25 "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" actor Marc Blucas (37) weds journalist Ryan Haddon (38) in Erie, Pennsylvania

• Aug 1 "Heroes" actress Ali Larter (33) weds stand-up comedian and actor Hayes MacArthur (32) in Kennebunkport, Maine

• Aug 8 International opera group Il Divo singer David Miller weds singer and theater actress Sarah Joy Kabanuck in New York City
• Aug 15 Charmed actress Alyssa Milano (39) weds CAA agent David Bugliari in Bernardsville, New Jersey

• Sep 4 Singer and actress Christina Milian (27) weds singer-songwriter The-Dream (31) at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Sep 12 Financial analyst and only son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Lord Frederick Windsor (30) weds actress Sophie Winkleman (29) at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey, England

• Sep 26 Actress and model Jaime Pressly (35) weds entertainment lawyer Simran Singh (33) at Dick Clark estate in Malibu
• Sep 26 "Half and Half" actress Essence Atkins (37) weds football free safety Jaime Mendez (38) at Ambassador Mansion and Gardens in Pasadena, California
• Sep 26 "American Idol" runner-up Justin Guarini (30) weds Reina Capodici (27) at a private estate in Doylestown, Pennsylvania

• Sep 29 American Idol's first runner-up Justin Guarini (30) weds Reina Capodici (27) in Doylestown, Pennsylvania

• Oct 11 "Mad Men" actress Christina Hendricks (37) weds actor Geoffrey Arend (34) at the couple's favorite Il Buco restaurant in New York City
• Nov 2 "Sex and the City" actor Ron Livingston (41) weds actress Rosemarie DeWitt (34) in San Francisco
• Nov 8 "The Practice" actress Marla Sokoloff (29) weds composer Alec Puro (34) at Il Cielo restaurant
• Dec 19 Actor-singer Kevin Jonas (22) weds Danielle Deleasa (23) at Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York

• Mar 20 "Dawson's Creek" actor Kerr Smith (37) divorces actress Harmoni Everett (34) due to irreconcilable differences after 6 years of marriage
• Jun 5 "Lost" actress Emilie de Ravin (27) divorces actor Josh Janowicz (27) after three years of marriage
• Jun 19 "Malcolm in the Middle" actress Jane Kaczmarek (53) divorces actor Bradley Whitford (49) after 16 years of marriage
• Jul 6 Actress Rachael Bella (25) divorces "Terminator 2" actor Eddie Furlong (31) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage
• Aug 24 American actor Eddie Cibrian (36) divorces TV personality Brandi Glanville (35) due to irreconcilable differences
• Sep 8 90s pop sensation singer Peter Andre (36) divorces glamour model Katie Price (31) due to unreasonable behaviour after 3 years of marriage

Deaths 1 - 100 of 116

• Jan 1 Edmund Purdom, British actor (The Egyptian, Asissi Underground, Pieces), dies at 84
• Jan 2 Jett Travolta, son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston, dies of a seizure at 16
• Jan 3 Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle, American actor (Hang 'em High, Splendor in the Grass, Batman Returns), dies of myelodysplastic syndrome at 84
• Jan 3 Olga San Juan, American actress, dancer and comedian (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus), dies at 81
• Jan 5 Ned Tanen, American movie executive (b. 1931)
• Jan 8 Don Galloway, American actor (Arrest & Trial, Ironside), dies at 71
• Jan 12 Claude Berri, French movie director (b. 1934)
• Jan 12 Russ Conway, Canadian-American character actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye), dies at 95
• Jan 13 Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), dies at 80
• Jan 14 Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II, Naked Gun), dies of congestive heart failure at 88
• Jan 16 John Mortimer, British barrister, screenwriter and author. (b. 1923)
• Jan 18 Tony Hart, English artist and television presenter (Take Hart, Hartbeat), dies at 83
• Jan 18 Bob May, American actor (b. 1939)
• Jan 18 Kathleen Byron, British actress (Abdication, Profile, Saving Private Ryan), dies of breast cancer at 88
• Jan 25 Kim Manners, American television producer and director (b. 1951)
• Jan 31 Nagesh, Indian comedian actor in Kollywood (b. 1933)
• Feb 6 James Whitmore, American actor (The Shawshank Redemption, Give 'em Hell Harry), dies of lung cancer at 87
• Feb 7 Brian Naylor (broadcaster), Australian television presenter (b. 1931)
• Feb 13 Gianna Maria Canale, Italian actress (Go For Broke), dies at 81
• Feb 15 Phil Carey, American actor (One Life to Live), dies at 83
• Feb 17 Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)
• Feb 26 Wendy Richard, English actress (b. 1943)
• Feb 26 Norm Van Lier, Basketball player and broadcaster (b. 1947)
• Feb 26 Johnny Kerr, Basketball player and Chicago Bulls broadcaster (b. 1932)
• Mar 4 Yvon Cormier, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1938)
• Mar 4 Horton Foote, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (b. 1916)
• Mar 4 Salvatore Samperi, Italian film director (b 1944)
• Mar 7 Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress (b. 1982)
• Mar 13 Andrew Martin, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1975)
• Mar 13 Betsy Blair [Elizabeth Boger], American actress (Marty, A Double Life), dies at 85
• Mar 14 Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor. (b. 1947)
• Mar 15 Ron Silver, American actor (Reversal of Fortune, Timecop), dies of cancer at 62
• Mar 17 Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937)

• Mar 22 Jade Goody, English reality TV Star and Entrepreneur, dies of cancer at 27
• Mar 27 Irving R. Levine, American journalist (NBC News), dies at 86
• Mar 29 Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b.1975)
• Apr 15 Clement Freud, British writer, broadcaster and former liberal MP, dies at 84
• Apr 18 Stephanie Parker, Welsh actress (b. 1987)
• Apr 22 Jack Cardiff, British cinematographer (Black Narcissus), dies at 94
• Apr 25 Bea Arthur, American comedian, singer and actress (All in the Family, The Golden Girls), dies at 86
• Apr 27 Feroz Khan, Indian actor, producer and director (known as Clint Eastwood of Bollywood), dies at 69
• Apr 27 Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and model (b. 1983)
• May 4 Dom Deluise, American comedian, actor (b. 1933)
• May 4 Jane Randolph, American actress (Cat People, Railroaded!), dies of complications after hip surgery at 93
• May 13 Frank Aletter, American character actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy), dies of lung cancer at 83
• May 14 Bob Rosburg, American golfer, broadcaster (PGA Championship 1959), dies of head injuries from a fall at 82
• May 15 Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Australian actor, pilot and radio announcer, dies at 86
• May 17 Jung Seung-hye, South Korean film producer (b. 1965)
• May 18 Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (b.1947)
• May 20 Lucy Gordon, British model and actress (b. 1980)
• May 21 Joan Alexander [Louise Abrass], American actress (The New Adventures of Superman, The Tales of Hoffmann), dies of an intestinal ailment at 94
• Jun 3 David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936)
• Jun 10 Tenniel Evans, British actor and clergyman (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper), dies at 83
• Jun 13 Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962)
• Jun 23 Ed McMahon, American television personality (b. 1923)

• Jun 27 Gale Storm [Josephine Owaissa Cottle], American singer and actress (My Little Margie, Gale Storm Show), dies at 87
• Jun 28 Fred Travalena, American comedian and impressionist (b. 1942)
• Jun 28 A. K. Lohithadas, Indian screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1955)
• Jun 29 Joe Bowman (marksman), American sharpshooter, Hollywood consultant, famed bootmaker & master showman (b. 1925)
• Jun 30 Harve Presnell, American actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 75
• Jul 1 Karl Malden [Mladen George Sekulovich], American actor (Streets of San Francisco, American Express, A Streetcar Named Desire), dies of natural causes at 97
• Jul 1 Mollie Sugden, English actress (b. 1922)
• Jul 4 Brenda Joyce [Betty Graffina Leabo], American actress (Tarzan, The Rains Came), dies of complications from pneumonia at 92
• Jul 14 Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1934)

• Jul 22 Peter Krieg, German documentary filmmaker, producer and writer (b. 1947)
• Jul 25 Alexis Cohen, American Idol contestant (unsuccessful), viral phenomenon (b. 1984)
• Jul 25 Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (b. 1958)
• Jul 31 Harry Alan Towers, English film producer and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• Aug 4 Blake Snyder, American screenwriter (b. 1957)
• Aug 5 Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (On the Waterfront), dies at 95
• Aug 6 John Hughes, American film director (Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller), dies of a heart attack at 59
• Aug 19 Don Hewitt, television news producer & director; creator of 60 Minutes (b. 1922)
• Sep 1 Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (b. 1974)
• Sep 4 Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB), dies at 79
• Sep 8 Raymond "Ray" Barrett, Australian actor (The Troubleshooters, Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 82
• Sep 8 Mike Bongiorno, Italian television host (b. 1924)
• Sep 13 Paul Burke, American actor (Naked City, Thomas Crown Affair, Neal-Dynasty), dies at 83
• Sep 14 Patrick Swayze, American actor, dancer, and songwriter (Dirty Dancing), dies of cancer at 57
• Sep 14 Henry Gibson, American actor and comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet), dies at 73
• Sep 19 Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)
• Sep 20 John Hart, American actor (The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Captain Africa), dies from complications of dementia at 91
• Sep 27 Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
• Sep 28 Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor (b. 1956)
• Sep 29 Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1926 or 1932)
• Oct 6 Douglas Campbell, Scottish born Canadian actor (b. 1922)
• Oct 11 Veronika Neugebauer, German actress and voice actress (b. 1969)
• Oct 13 Al Martino [Jasper Cini], American singer and actor (Here in My Heart, The Godfather), dies at 82
• Oct 14 Captain Lou Albano. American Professional Wrestler and Manager. (b. 1933)
• Oct 19 Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables), dies at 91
• Oct 22 Don Lane, American-born Australian television personality (b. 1933)
• Oct 22 Soupy Sales, American comedian and television personality (b. 1926)
• Nov 2 José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, director and comedian (La Cabina, Travels With My Aunt), dies of natural causes at 87
• Nov 6 Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright (b. 1932)
• Nov 10 Gheorghe Dinica, Romanian actor (b. 1934)
• Nov 16 Edward Woodward, British singer and actor (Breaker Morant, Wickerman), dies at 79
• Nov 20 Max Robertson, British sports commentator, dies at 94
• Nov 24 Chan Hung Lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)

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