Events in Film & TV
- May 3 59th National Film Awards (India): "Deool" wins the Golden Lotus
- May 22 Philip Philips is crowned the eleventh American Idol
- May 27 58th British Academy Television Awards: "Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle" Best Comedy, "The Fades" Best Drama
- May 27 65th Cannes Film Festival: "Amour" directed by Michael Haneke wins the Palme d'Or
Weddings in Film & TV
- 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 10 Food Network chef Robert Irvine (46) weds "TNA" pro wrestler Gail Kim (35) in California
- May 12 "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress Mercedes McNab (30) weds real estate developer Mark Henderson at the CostaBaja resort in La Paz, Mexico
- May 12 McFly guitarist Tom Fletcher (27) weds actress Giovanna Falcone (27) at One Marylebone in London
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May 27 Actress Cynthia Nixon (46) weds education activist Christine Marinoni in New York City
Divorces in Film & TV
- May 25 Actress Halina Mlynkova (35) divorces actor Lukasz Nowicki (39) after 9 years of marriage
Deaths in Film & TV
- May 6 George Lindsey, American actor (Andy Griffith Show -"Goober"), dies at 83
- May 16 Doug Dillard, American country rock musician (The Dillards, Gene Clark, Dillard & Clark) and actor (Clem-Popeye), dies of a lung infection caused by a collapsed lung at 75
- May 29 Mark Minkov, Russian/Soviet theater and film score composer, dies at 67
- May 31 Christopher Challis, British cinematographer (worked with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger), dies at 93
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