February 2016 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Feb 4 Fifth Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast on MSNBC, held in Durham, New Hampshire
Feb 6 Eighth Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by ABC, held in Goffstown, New Hampshire

Debut of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Feb 8 Late-night talk show "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" debuts on TBS in the US

Feb 11 Sixth Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast on CNN and PBS, and held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Film Release

Feb 12 Marvel superhero film "Deadpool" starring Ryan Reynolds is released

Feb 14 69th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "The Revenant" Best Film, and Best Director - Alejandro González Iñárritu
Feb 21 66th Berlin International Film Festival: Italian documentary "Fire at Sea" wins the Golden Bear

Film & TV History

Feb 25 Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller are honoured by unite4:humanity for their work promoting awareness of and fundraising for Alzheimer's research

Feb 25 Tenth Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by CNN, held in Houston, Texas

Film & TV History

Feb 28 36th Razzies Awards: "Fifty Shades of Grey" wins worst film, worst actor and actress

Academy Awards

Feb 28 88th Academy Awards: Best Picture - "Spotlight", Best Director - Alejandro G. Iñárritu ("The Revenant"), Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Revenant"), Best Actress - Brie Larson ("Room")

Weddings in Film & TV

Feb 14 Model and actress Liberty Ross (37) weds producer Jimmy Iovine (62) in Malibu, California
Feb 20 TV personality and actress Casey Reinhardt (30) weds longtime beau Sean Brown in California
Feb 29 Actor Michael C. Hall (45) weds editor Morgan MacGregor at New York's City Hall

Deaths in Film & TV

Feb 2 Bob Elliott, American comedian (Bob & Ray, Get a Life), dies at 92
Feb 3 Joseph Francis "Joe" Alaskey, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and impressionist (Buggs Bunny, Daffy Duck), dies from cancer at 63
Feb 3 Mary Healy, American actress (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, He Married his Wife), dies of natural causes at 96
Feb 4 Jimmie Haskell [Sheridan Pearlman], American arranger (Ricky Nelson; Chicago; Sheryl Crow), and film and television score composer, dies at 89
Feb 15 George Gaynes, Dutch-Finnish-American singer, stage and screen actor (Tootsie; Police Academy; General Hospital), dies at 98
Feb 15 Vanity [Denise Matthews], Canadian R&B singer, Prince protege ("Nasty Girl"), actress (52 Pick Up), and evangelist dies of kidney failure at 57
Feb 22 Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Raiders of the Lost Ark), dies at 103
Feb 22 Yolande Betbeze Fox, Miss America 1951, first to refuse to parade in a swimsuit, dies at 87
Feb 23 (Hendricus) "Henk" Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom Tien), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 83
Feb 24 Nabil Maleh, Syrian film director and writer, dies at 79
Feb 25 Tony Burton, American actor (Rocky films) and boxer, dies at 78
Feb 27 George Kennedy, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Naked Gun films), dies at 91
Feb 28 Frank Kelly, Irish stage and screen actor (Father Ted), dies at 77