July 2010 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Film Premiere

Jul 8 "Inception", directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, premieres in London

Jul 22 43rd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center

Television Debut

Jul 25 British TV series "Sherlock" debuts starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss

Weddings in Film & TV

Jul 3 "The Office" actress Jenna Fischer (36) weds screenwriter Lee Kirk (38) in Malibu

Martin Lawrence

Jul 10 "Big Momma's House" actor Martin Lawrence (45) weds longtime girlfriend Shamicka Gibbs (35) on an intimate wedding in Beverly Hills

Carrie Underwood

Jul 10 Actress and fourth season American Idol winner Carrie Underwood (29) weds Nashville Predators ice hockey player Mike Fisher (32) at Ritz Carlton Lodge in Greensboro, Georgia

Emily Blunt & John Krasinski

Jul 10 Actress Emily Blunt (29) weds actor John Krasinski (32) at the luxurious Villa D'este hotel in Como, Italy

Jul 10 NBA star Carmelo Anthony (25) weds actress Lala Vasquez (30) at Cipriani 42nd St. in New York City
Jul 11 Former "Las Vegas" actress Vanessa Marcil (42) weds "CSI: NY" actor Corey Feldman (39) in New York City
Jul 17 Actress Khadijah Haqq (29) weds New Orleans Saints defensive end Bobby McCray (29) at Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles

Orlando Bloom & Miranda Kerr

Jul 21 Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr (27) weds British actor Orlando Bloom (33) in a secret ceremony

Jul 24 "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" actress and a well-known model Cynthia Bailey weds entrepreneur Peter Thomas at Fernback Museum of Natural History in Atlanta

Divorces in Film & TV

Sean Penn & Robin Wright

Jul 22 "The Princess Bride" actress Robin Wright (44) divorces actor-director Sean Penn (49) due to irreconcilable differences after 14 years of marriage

Deaths in Film & TV

Jul 1 (Jacqueline) "Ilene" Woods, American radio singer and actress (Disney's Cinderella), dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at 81
Jul 2 Laurent Terzieff, French actor (Head Over Heels, Milky Way), dies at 75
Jul 12 Buff Cobb [Patrizia Cobb Chapman], American actress and TV personality (Masquerade Party), dies at 82
Jul 16 James Gammon, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Nick-Nash Bridges), dies at 70
Jul 18 Bernard Giraudeau, French actor (L'Annee des Meduses), screenwriter, and director, dies of cancer at 63
Jul 19 Cécile Aubry, French actress (The Black Rose), author (Belle et Sébastien), television screenwriter and director, dies at 81
Jul 23 Daniel Schorr, American broadcast journalist (CBS), dies at 93
Jul 25 Redford White, Filipino comedian (b. 1955)
Jul 27 Maury Chaykin, American-born Canadian actor (b. 1949)