Events in Film & TV
- Oct 2 Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi are arrested in Vermont after leaving Canada
Music History
Oct 8 American actress and singer Selena Gomez reveals she has Lupus
- Oct 9 Selena Gomez releases her studio album "Revival", goes to #1 on Billboard 200
- Oct 13 First Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast by CNN and held in Las Vegas, Nevada
Television Premiere
Oct 17 Amy Schumer's comedy special "Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo" premieres on HBO
Film Premiere
Oct 26 "Spectre", 24th James Bond film, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig premieres in London
- Oct 28 Third Republican presidential candidates debate run by CNBC in Boulder, Colorado
Weddings in Film & TV
- Oct 8 Actress Angelababy (26) weds long-term boyfriend Huang Xiaoming in Shanghai, China
- Oct 10 "True Detective" actress Leven Rambin (25) weds True Blood star Jim Parrack (35) in Austin, Texas
- Oct 10 Actor Victor Garber (66) weds artist and model Rainer Andreesen in Tofino, Canada
- Oct 10 Supermodel Hilary Rhoda (28) weds former pro hockey player Sean Avery (33) at the Parrish Art Museum in Long Island
- Oct 17 Actress Bridget Moynahan (44) weds businessman Andrew Frankel at Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack, New York
- Oct 24 American Idol winner and singer Phillip Phillips (25) weds longtime girlfriend Hannah Blackwell at the Resora Plantation in Albany, Georgia
- Oct 24 Comedian Tig Notaro (44) weds girlfriend Stephanie Allynne in Pass Christian, Mississippi
Divorces in Film & TV
Ricki Lake
Oct 14 Ricki Lake and Christian Evans divorce after 3 years of marriage
Deaths in Film & TV
- Oct 5 Chantal Akerman, Belgian feminist filmmaker (Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, Je Tu II Elle), dies at 65
- Oct 6 Kevin Corcoran, American actor (Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland), dies at 66
- Oct 8 Hugh Scully, British TV presenter (The Antiques Roadshow), dies at 72
- Oct 9 Gordon Honeycombe, British broadcaster/author, dies at 79
- Oct 12 Joan Leslie, American actress (High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 90
- Oct 17 Danièle Delorme [Gabrielle Girard], French actress (Pardon My Affair), dies at 89
- Oct 21 Marty Ingels, American comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster), dies at 79
Maureen O'Hara (1920-2015)
Oct 24 Irish-American actress (Miracle on 34th Street; The Quiet Man; Only The Lonely), and singer, dies at 95