January 2009 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Film & TV History

Jan 6 Dakota Fanning receives the Rising Star Award at the 20th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival

People's Choice Awards

Jan 7 35th People's Choice Awards: Will Smith & Reese Witherspoon win (Movie Star) and Hugh Laurie & Christina Applegate win (TV)

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

Golden Globes

Jan 11 66th Golden Globes: Slumdog Millionaire, Mickey Rourke, Kate Winslet win

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

Music Single

Jan 26 "Blame It (On the Alcohol)" single released by Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain (Billboard Song of the Year 2009)

Weddings in Film & TV

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

Fergie & Josh Duhamel

Jan 10 "The Black Eyed Peas" singer Fergie (33) weds actor Josh Duhamel (36) at Church Estate Vineyards in Malibu, California

Deaths in Film & TV

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 11 David Vine, British sports broadcaster (BBC Match of the Day, World Snooker C'ships, Olympics coverage), dies of a heart attack at 74
Jan 12 Claude Berri, French actor, director and screenwriter, dies at 74
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 Bob May, American actor (b. 1939)
Jan 18 Kathleen Byron, British actress (Abdication, Profile, Saving Private Ryan), dies of breast cancer at 88
Jan 18 Tony Hart, English artist and television presenter (Take Hart, Hartbeat), dies at 83
Jan 24 Diane Holland, British actress and dancer (Crossroads - "Sarah"; Hi-de-Hi! - "Yvonne"), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 78
Jan 25 Kim Manners, American television producer and director (b. 1951)
Jan 29 Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (BBC, "the Bearded Wonder"), dies from Legionnaires' disease at 69
Jan 31 Nagesh, Indian comedian actor in Kollywood (b. 1933)