2012 in Film & Television

• Jan 12 17th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: The Artist wins Best Film

• Jan 29 28th Sundance Film Festival: "The House I Live In", directed by Eugene Jarecki, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

• Feb 9 62nd Berlin International Film Festival: "Caesar Must Die" wins the Golden Bear
• Feb 12 65th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "The Artist" Best Film, Michel Hazanavicius Best Director
• Feb 17 43rd NAACP Image Awards: "The Help" wins Outstanding Motion Picture

• Mar 16 George Clooney and other several prominent participants, including Martin Luther King III, are arrested outside the Sundanese Embassy for civil disobedience
• Mar 20 Disney movie John Carter records one of the largest losses in cinema history with a $200 million dollar write down

• Apr 1 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Jack and Jill wins

• May 3 59th National Film Awards (India): "Deool" wins the Golden Lotus
• May 22 Philip Philips is crowned the eleventh American Idol
• May 27 65th Cannes Film Festival: "Amour" directed by Michael Haneke wins the Palme d'Or
• May 27 58th British Academy Television Awards: "Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle" Best Comedy, "The Fades" Best Drama

• Jun 18 2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards: Community wins Best Comedy Series, Homeland wins Best Drama Series
• Jun 22 Cult Bollywood film "Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1" directed by Anurag Kashyap is released in India

• Jul 12 45th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center

• Jul 20 12 people are killed and 59 injured after a gunman opens fire at a Dark Knight movie premier in Aurora, Colorado,
• Aug 29 69th Venice Film Festival: "Pieta" directed by Kim Ki-duk wins Golden Lion

• Sep 2 A decades-long ban on veiled female news presenters is lifted from State television in Egypt

• Oct 23 "Skyfall", 23rd James Bond film, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem premieres in London

• Nov 24 Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed Youtube video surpassing 808 million views

• Dec 21 "Gangnam Style" by Psy becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube
• Dec 21 Flavor Flav's Chicken & Ribs opens in Sterling Heights, Michigan

• Jan 19 Indian bollywood actress Deepshikha Nagpal (34) weds Indian actor Kaishav Arora in Mumbai
• Feb 18 Activist and contributor for ABC News Elizabeth Smart (24) weds Matthew Gilmour (22) in Hawaii
• Feb 29 "Diagnosis Murder" actor Dick Van Dyke (86) weds make-up artist Arlene Silver (40) in Malibu
• Mar 10 "Curly Sue" actress Alisan Porter (30) weds former "Days of Our Lives" actor Brian Autenrieth (33) at Diablo Dormido in the Santa Monica
• Apr 6 "Sex and the City" actor Chris Noth (57) weds actress Tara Wilson (30) in Hawaii
• Apr 8 American actress and television host Ricki Lake (42) weds jewerly designer Christian Evans in a secret ceremony at Southern California
• Apr 21 Actress Carey Mulligan (26) weds "Mumford & Sons" lead singer Marcus Mumford (25) in Somerset, England
• May 5 Actress Julie Benz (40) weds marketing executive Rich Orosco (39) at the historic John Sowden house in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles
• May 7 Former "Dexter" actress Julie Benz (40) weds marketing executive Rich Orosco (39) at the historic John Sowden house in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles
• May 10 Food Network chef Robert Irvine (46) weds "TNA" pro wrestler Gail Kim (35) in California
• May 12 McFly guitarist Tom Fletcher (27) weds actress Giovanna Falcone (27) at One Marylebone in London
• May 12 "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress Mercedes McNab (30) weds real estate developer Mark Henderson at the CostaBaja resort in La Paz, Mexico

• Jun 16 Supermodel Agyness Deyn (29) weds "Avatar" actor Giovanni Ribisi (36) in Los Angeles
• Jun 16 "Superbad" actress Aviva Farber (27) weds actor Ken Baumann (22) in Malibu, California
• Jun 16 "Think Like a Man" and "Jumping the Broom" actress Meagan Good (30) weds Columbia Pictures VP DeVon Franklin (33) in Malibu, California
• Jun 17 "Revenge" actress Ashley Madekwe (30) weds "Secret Diary Of A Call Girl" actor Iddo Goldberg (36) in London, England
• Jun 21 Actor Aaron Johnson (22) weds film director and artist Sam Taylor Wood (45) in Somerset
• Jun 23 "NCIS: Los Angeles" actor Eric Christian Olsen (35) weds Sarah Wright near Jackson Hole, Wyoming

• Jul 4 NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson (34) weds "Basketball Wives" TV personality Evelyn Lozada in Saint Martin
• Jul 4 "Grey's Anatomy" actress Sara Ramirez (36) weds TIMEC's business analyst Ryan Debolt in a private beachside ceremony in New York

• Jul 21 2010 American Idol winner Lee DeWyze (26) weds model-actress Jonna Walsh at Maravilla Gardens in Camarillo, California
• Jul 26 NBA guard Rafer Alston (36) weds "Basketball Wives" star Ashley Walker at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida
• Jul 28 "Franklin & Bash" actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar (38) weds advertising executive Catriona McGinn at the Sunstone winery in Santa Ynez, California

• Aug 9 "Martin" and "Everybody Hates Chris" actress Tichina Arnold (43) weds St. John's University's basketball assistant coach Rico Hines at Oasis Oceanfront Estate in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Aug 11 "The Hangover" actor-comedian Zach Galifianakis (42) weds co-founder of the Growing Voices charity Quinn Lundberg at the UBC Farm in Vancouver, Canada
• Aug 18 "Melrose Place" actor Grant Show (50) weds "The Campaign" actress and former ballet dancer Katherine LaNasa (45) at The Oak Grove at Ribbit Tree & Plant Nursery in Topanga, California
• Aug 18 Former "Martin and Everybody Hates Chris" actress Tichina Arnold (43) weds Rico Hines in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Aug 26 "The Campaign" actress Kate Lang Johnson (28) weds musician Justin Miner at La Venta Inn in Palos Verdes, California
• Aug 26 "Bridesmaids" actor Chris O'Dowd (32) weds British TV presenter Dawn Porter (33) at an intimate ceremony with family and friends in London
• Sep 1 "Grey's Anatomy" actor Jesse Williams (31) weds real estate broker Aryn Drake-Lee (32) in Los Angeles
• Sep 8 "How I Met Your Mother" actress Cobie Smulders (30) weds "Saturday Night Live" actor Taran Killam (30) at the Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort in Solvang, California
• Sep 8 "Big Brother" TV personality winner Rachel Reilly (27) weds fellow Big Brother player Brendon Villegas (32) at the top of AT&T Center in downtown Los Angeles
• Sep 9 "Gossip Girl" actress Blake Lively (25) weds "Green Lantern" actor Ryan Reynolds (35) at Boone Hall in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
• Sep 23 Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. (40) weds singer-songwriter Cheryl Moana Marie at a private Anini Beach estate on the island of Kauai

• Sep 29 "Kings of Leon" bassist Jared Followill (25) weds model Martha Patterson (21) in Charlotte, Tennessee
• Sep 29 "The Lovely Bones" actor Stanley Tucci (52) formally weds British literary agent Felicity Blunt at Middle Temple Hall in London

• Oct 12 Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham (50) weds fitness model Audrey Murdick (32) at the Sunstone Vineyards in Santa Ynez, California
• Oct 13 "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" actor Alfonso Ribeiro (41) weds Angela Unkrich (31) in California

• Oct 20 "Clueless" actress Elisa Donovan (41) weds Charlie Bigelow (36) on a outdoor ceremony on the Vineyard Lawn at The Carmel Valley Ranch in Carmel, California
• Oct 30 Actress Evan Rachel Wood (25) weds "Billy Elliott" actor Jamie Bell (26) in California
• Nov 10 Actor Ben Hollingsworth (28) weds lingerie designer Nila Myers in Malibu
• Nov 17 Award-winning Chinese actress Chen Yao (33) weds cinematographer Yu Cao in Queenstown, New Zealand
• Dec 1 "X Factor" and "Extra" host Mario Lopez (39) weds actress Courtney Mazza (31) in an outdoor ceremony in Punta Mita, Mexico
• Dec 15 "Scrubs" actor Donald Faison (38) weds CaCee Cobb (35) in Los Angeles, California
• Dec 17 Minnesota Vikings football quarterback Christian Ponder (25) weds ESPN reporter Samantha Steele (27) in Hudson, Wisconsin
• Dec 20 Actor Facundo Arana (40) weds Maria Susini at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nordelta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Dec 21 CNN anchor Erin Burnett (36) weds finance executive David Rubulotta (42) in New York City Hall
• Dec 25 "Arrow" actor Stephen Amell (31) weds America's Next Top Model Cassandra Jean (27) in the Caribbean
• Dec 29 "The Glades" actress Kiele Sanchez (36) weds "Friday Night Lights" actor Zach Gilford (31) in Napa Valley, California

• Feb 9 Actress Parminder Nagra files for divorce from photographer James Stenson due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage
• Mar 18 "Twilight" actor Peter Facinelli (38) divorces "Beverly Hills 90210" actress Jennie Garth (39) due to irreconcilable differences after 11 years of marriage

• May 25 Actress Halina Mlynkova (35) divorces actor Lukasz Nowicki (39) after 9 years of marriage
• Jun 4 "The Wonder Years" actress Danica McKellar (37) divorces composer Mike Verta (36) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage
• Jun 5 NBC musical drama series "Smash" actress Debra Messing (43) divorces actor and producer Daniel Zelman (44) by their mutual decision after 10 years of marriage
• Jun 18 "The L Word" actress Laurel Holloman (41) divorces architect Paul Macherey (44) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 years of marriage
• Jun 28 "Spy Kids" actress Alexa Vega (23) divorces film producer Sean Covel (36) due to irreconcilable differences after less than two years of marriage

• Jul 20 "Game of Thrones" actress Lena Headey (38) divorces musician Peter Loughran due to irreconcilable differences
• Jul 25 Actress Sunny Mabrey (36) divorces "Brotherhood" actor Ethan Embry (34) due to irreconcilable differences after almost 7 years marriage
• Aug 14 "Basketball Wives" TV personality Evelyn Lozada divorces NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson (34) due to irretrievably broken marriage only 41 days after getting married
• Aug 22 "General Hospital" actress Vanessa Marcil (39) divorces actor Carmine Giovinazzo (44) due to irreconcilable differences after 2 years of marriage

Deaths 1 - 100 of 103

• Jan 1 Bob Anderson, English Olympic fencer and renowned film fight choreographer, dies at 90
• Jan 4 Harry Fowler, British actor (Great: Isambard Kingdom Brunel), dies at 85
• Jan 5 Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright and screenwriter, dies at 111
• Jan 6 Robert Dozier, Hollywood screenwriter, dies at 81
• Jan 6 Louise Annand-MacFarquhar, Scottish painter and filmmaker, dies at 96
• Jan 6 Robert Holness, English radio and television presenter, dies at 83
• Jan 22 Richard "Dick" Tufeld, American voice actor (Lost in Space), dies at 85
• Jan 24 James Farentino, American actor, dies from heart failure at 73
• Jan 24 Theo Angelopoulos, Greek film director (The Travelling Players, Eternity and a Day), dies at 76
• Jan 26 Ian Abercrombie, English actor (Birds of Prey, Desperate Housewives), dies from kidney failure at 77
• Jan 26 Dimitra Arliss [Arlys], American actress (Rich Man Poor Man II, The Sting), dies at 79
• Jan 30 Frederick Treves, English actor, dies at 86
• Feb 1 Don Cornelius, American television host, commits suicide by gunshot at 75
• Feb 3 Ben Gazzara, American actor, dies from pancreatic cancer at 81
• Feb 3 Zalman King, American actor and director, dies from cancer at 69
• Feb 5 Sam Coppola, American actor (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 79
• Feb 6 Peter Breck, American actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji), dies at 82
• Feb 7 Phil Bruns, American actor and writer (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), dies of natural causes at 80

• Feb 12 Zina Bethune, American actress, dies from hit and run at 66
• Feb 12 David Kelly, Irish actor (Grandpa Joe-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fawlty Towers), dies of pneumonia and lung cancer at 82
• Feb 15 Lina Romay, Spanish actress (Conan the Barbarian), dies at 57
• Feb 16 Elyse Knox, American actress and model (Hit the Ice, Black Gold) dies at 94
• Feb 21 Pierre Juneau, Canadian film and broadcast executive, dies at 89
• Feb 23 Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer (Dirty Harry, Lenny), dies at 74
• Feb 25 Erland Josephson, Swedish actor, dramatist and author (The Sacrifice, Utflykt), dies of Parkinson's disease at 88
• Mar 1 Jerome Courtland, American actor (Tonka, Tharus), dies at 85
• Mar 2 Nydia Ecury, celebrated Afro-Dutch writer, translator and actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera), dies at 86
• Mar 3 Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer (Star Wars, E.T.), dies at 82
• Mar 3 Leonardo Cimino, Italian-American actor (The Monster Squad, V, Dune, Waterworld, Hudson Hawk), dies from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 94
• Mar 9 Peter Bergman, American Comedian, dies from leukemia at 72
• Mar 14 Pierre Schoendoerffer, French Academy Award winning director and screen writer (The Anderson Platoon), dies from surgical complications at 83
• Mar 19 Israel "Ulu" Grosbard, Belgian-born American actor and director (Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love), dies at 83
• Mar 27 Warren Stevens, American actor (Richard Boone Show), dies from lung disease at 92
• Mar 28 Harry Crews, American writer and actor (Indian Runner), dies from neuropathy at 76
• Apr 4 Claude Miller, French director and screen writer, dies at 70

• Apr 20 Peter Carsten, German actor and film producer actor (A Study in Terror, Mr Super Invisible), dies at 83
• Apr 28 Patricia Medina, British actress (The Three Musketeers, High-Low), dies from natural causes at 92
• Apr 30 George Murdock, American actor, dies at 81
• May 6 George Lindsey, American actor, dies at 83
• Jun 2 Kathryn Joosten, american actress, dies from lung cancer at 72
• Jun 2 Richard Dawson, British-American actor, comedian, and game show host (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud), dies from esophageal cancer at 79
• Jun 8 Frank Cady, American actor (Rear Window, Green Acres), dies at 96
• Jun 11 Ann Rutherford, Canadian actress (Gone with the Wind, Whistling in the Dark), dies from heart disease at 94
• Jun 18 Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor, dies from prostate cancer at 82
• Jun 19 Richard Lynch, American actor, dies at 76 (body found on this date)
• Jun 20 Andrew Sarris, American movie critic (Village Voice), dies at 83
• Jun 26 Nora Ephron, American author/screenwriter, dies from pneumonia at 71
• Jun 27 Don Grady [Agrati], American actor (Robbie Douglas-My Three Sons), dies from cancer at 68
• Jul 2 Ben Davidson, American actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R) and football player, dies from prostate cancer at 72
• Jul 3 Andy Griffith, American actor, comedian, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock), dies from a heart attack at 86
• Jul 4 Eric Sykes, English writer, actor and director (Goon Show, Sykes and A...), dies at 89

• Jul 13 Richard Darryl Zanuck, American Academy Award winning film producer, dies from a heart attack at 77
• Jul 15 Celeste Holm, American actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve), dies at 95
• Jul 18 Rajesh Khanna, Indian Bollywood actor officially titled "The First Superstar of Indian cinema," dies from kidney problems at 69
• Jul 20 Simon Ward, English actor, dies at 70
• Jul 20 Sir Alastair Burnet [James William Alexander Burnet], British journalist and broadcaster (News at Ten), dies at 84
• Jul 22 Nan Merriman, American-Dutch singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra), dies at 92
• Jul 24 Chad Everett [Raymon Lee Cramton], American actor (Medical Center, Airplane II), dies from lung cancer at 75
• Jul 24 Sherman Hemsley, American Actor, dies from natural causes at 74
• Jul 27 Norman Alden, American character actor (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden), dies from natural causes at 87
• Jul 27 R G Armstrong [Robert Golden], American actor (Predator, Dick Tracey, T.H.E. Cat), dies of natural causes at 95
• Jul 27 Geoffrey Hughes, British actor, dies from prostate cancer at 68
• Aug 7 Judith Crist, American film critic (TV Guide, Today), dies at 90
• Aug 10 Al Freeman Jr, American actor, dies at 78
• Aug 14 Ron Palillo, American actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter), dies from a heart attack at 63
• Aug 14 Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (Nora, Fort Worth), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 92
• Aug 14 John Herbert "Jonathan" Frid, Canadian actor (Barnabas Collins-Dark Shadows), dies of pneumonia at 87
• Aug 16 William Windom, American actor, dies from heart failure at 88
• Aug 19 Tony Scott, English film director and producer (Top Gun, Revenge, Days of Thunder), commits suicide at 68

• Aug 26 A K Hangal, Indian freedom fighter and Bollywood character actor (Aaina, Sholay), dies of respiratory disease at 98
• Aug 31 Max Bygraves [Walter William Bygraves], British actor (Charley Moon, Spare the Rod, Tom Brown's School Days), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 89
• Sep 3 Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (The Green Mile), dies from respiratory failure at 54
• Sep 6 Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer, dies from cancer at 71
• Sep 9 Ron Taylor, Australian shark expert and cinematographer, dies from myeloid leukemia at 78
• Sep 10 Lance LeGault, American actor (The A-Team), dies at 75
• Sep 16 John Ingle, American actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), dies from cancer at 84

• Sep 26 Johnny Lewis, American actor, dies from injuries from a fall at 28
• Sep 27 Herbert Lom, Czech-born British actor (Pink Panther, Dorian Gray), dies at 95
• Sep 30 Turhan Bey [Sahultavy], Austrian-born actor dubbed "The Turkish Delight" (Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves), dies from Parkinson's disease at 90
• Oct 9 Harris Savides, American cinematographer., dies from brain cancer at 55
• Oct 13 Gary Collins, American actor (6th Sense, Home Show), dies at 74
• Oct 13 Gary Ennis Collins, American film and television actor, dies from natural causes at 74
• Oct 17 Sylvia Maria Kristel, Dutch actress, dies from throat and liver cancer at 60
• Oct 21 Dann Cahn, American film editor, dies of natural causes at 89
• Oct 24 Anita Björk, Swedish actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People), dies at 89
• Oct 31 Brian Cobby, British actor (Evita, The Nudist Story) and the first male voice of the British speaking clock, dies from health complications at 83
• Nov 6 Clive Dunn, British actor (Dad's Army, The Avengers), dies from complications following an operation at 92
• Nov 8 Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH), dies from natural causes at 96
• Nov 9 Bill Tarmey, English actor (Coronation Street), dies at 71
• Nov 23 Larry Hagman, American actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas), dies of complications from throat cancer at 81
• Nov 25 Dinah Sheridan, British actress (Genevieve, The Railway Children, Don't Wait Up), dies at 92
• Dec 14 Kenneth Kendall, British broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt), dies from a stroke at 88
• Dec 24 Charles Durning, American actor (Fury, Sting, Tootsie), dies from natural causes at 89
• Dec 24 Jack Klugman, American actor (Oscar-Odd Couple, Quincy, Goodbye Columbus), dies at 90

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