May 2015 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

May 10 61st British Academy Television Awards: "The Graham Norton Show" Best Comedy, "Happy Valley" Best Drama

May 20 David Letterman hosts the "Late Show with David Letterman" for the last time, ending 33 years in late night television

May 21 Flavor Flav is arrested near Las Vegas on charges including speeding and driving under the influence

May 22 Netflix announce that Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen will not appear on "Full House" revival

May 24 68th Cannes Film Festival: "Dheepan" directed by Jacques Audiard wins the Palme d'Or

May 29 "Jurassic World", directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard premieres in Paris

May 31 5th Critics' Choice Television Awards: Silicon Valley wins Best Comedy Series, The Americans win Best Drama Series

May 2 Actress and singer Amy Adams (40) weds American artist Darren Le Gallo (40) at a ranch near Santa Barbara, California

May 16 Glee singer/actress Heather Morris (28) weds high school sweetheart Taylor Hubbell at Old Canyon Ranch in Topanga, California
May 24 Actress and model Michelle Keegan (28) weds TV presenter Mark Wright (28) at Hengrave Hall estate in Suffolk
May 30 Actor Eric Balfour (38) weds fashion designer Erin Chiamulon (31) in Pacific Palisades, California

May 1 Grace Lee Whitney, American singer and actress (Yeoman Rand-Star Trek), dies at 85
May 8 (Antoni) "Ton" Hartsuiker, Dutch pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator, dies at 81
May 9 Christopher Wood, English screenwriter & novelist (Confessions), dies at 79
May 9 Elizabeth Wilson, American screen & stage actress (Doc, East Side/West Side), dies at 94
May 13 Robert Drasnin, American clarinetist, composer, and film and television music supervisor (CBS, 1977-91), dies after a fall at 87
May 16 Prashant Bhargava, American filmmaker (Patang: The Kite), dies of cardiac arrest at 42
May 23 Anne Meara, American comedian and actress (Stiller & Meara, Archie's Place, The Other Woman), mother of Ben Stiller, dies at 85
May 23 John Carter, American actor (Scarface, The Hoax, Badlands, Max-Falcon Crest), dies at 87