Events in Film & TV
- Jan 10 18th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: Argo wins Best Film
People's Choice Awards
Jan 10 39th People's Choice Awards: Robert Downey Jr & Jennifer Lawrence win (Movie Star) and Nathan Fillion & Ellen Pompeo win (TV Drama)
Golden Globes
Jan 13 70th Golden Globes: Argo, Daniel Day-Lewis, & Jessica Chastain win
- Jan 27 29th Sundance Film Festival: "Fruitvale Station", directed by Ryan Coogler, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
The Americans Premieres
Jan 30 TV spy drama "The Americans" created by Joe Weisberg, starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys premieres on FX
Weddings in Film & TV
- Jan 15 "Gomer Pyle" actor Jim Nabors (82) weds retired performer Stan Cadwallader (64) at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 1 Christopher Martin-Jenkins, British cricket journalist & broadcaster (President MCC; BBC Radio), dies of cancer at 67
- Jan 2 Ned Wertimer, American actor (The Jeffersons), dies from complications from a fall at 89
- Jan 3 Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian film director, dies from surgical complications at 82
- Jan 4 Tony Lip [Frank Anthony Vallelonga], American author and actor (Sopranos, Donnie Brasco, Good Fellas), dies at 82
- Jan 11 Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (Swept Away; Flash Gordon: Summer Night), dies from pancreatic cancer at 71
- Jan 14 Conrad Bain, Canadian actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes), dies from natural causes at 89
- Jan 15 Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar's Opera; Hobson's Choice), dies at 90
- Jan 15 Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director and screenwriter, dies at 80
- Jan 17 Robert F. Chew, American actor, dies from heart failure at 52
- Jan 21 Michael Winner, English film director and producer (Death Wish), dies at 77
- Jan 22 Leslie Frankenheimer, American film set designer, dies from leukemia at 64
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