Events in Film & TV
Film & TV History
Apr 11 Amy Schumer hosts the 2015 MTV Movie Awards
Film Premiere
Apr 13 "Avengers: Age of Ultron", directed by Joss Whedon, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner, premieres in Los Angeles
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Apr 18 30th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band; Green Day; Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; Lou Reed; Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble; Bill Withers; The "5" Royals; and Ringo Starr
Weddings in Film & TV
- Apr 12 Actor David Arquette (43) weds entertainment host Christina McLarty in a quiet ceremony
- Apr 12 Fashion designer Tina Knowles (61) weds actor Richard Lawson (68) in Newport Beach, California
- Apr 26 "The Vampire Diaries" actor Ian Somerhalder (36) weds Twilight actress Nikki Reed (26) in Malibu, California
Deaths in Film & TV
Richie Benaud (1930-2015)
Apr 10 Australian cricket all-rounder and captain (62 Tests, 3 x 100s, 248 wickets; NSW CA) and broadcaster (9 Network, BBC), dies from skin cancer at 84
- Apr 15 Jonathan Crombie, Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 48
- Apr 23 Sawyer Sweeten, American actor (Everyone Loves Raymond), commits suicide at 19
- Apr 26 Jayne Meadows, American actress (Dark Delusion, David and Bathsheba) & wife of Steve Allen, dies of natural causes at 95
- Apr 27 Suzanne Crough, American child actress (The Partridge Family), dies at 52
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