July 2016 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

Television Debut

Jul 15 "Stranger Things" debuts on Netflix created by the Duffer Brothers, starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Natalia Dyer and Millie Bobby Brown

  • Jul 22 Japan’s Funai Electric announce they will manufacture world's last videocassette this month

Weddings in Film & TV

  • Jul 8 Model Ana Beatriz Barros (34) weds billionaire beau Karim El Chiaty on the Greek island of Mykonos

Derek Jeter

Jul 9 Fashion model Hannah Davis (26) weds former Yankees player Derek Jeter (42) at Meadowood Napa Valley Resort in St. Helena, California

  • Jul 17 Actress and model Tatyana Ali (37) weds Vaughn Rasberry in Beverly Hills, California
  • Jul 23 Actor Corbin Bleu (27) weds actress Sasha Clements (26) at Hummingbird Nest in Santa Susana, California

Divorces in Film & TV

Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin

Jul 15 American actress Gwyneth Paltrow and British Coldplay singer Chris Martin divorce after 12 years of marriage

Amy Poehler

Jul 29 Comedians and actors Amy Poehler and Will Arnett divorce after 12 years of marriage


Deaths in Film & TV

  • Jul 2 Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress (The Royale Family), dies of cancer at 52
  • Jul 3 Noel Neill, American actress (Adventures of Superman), dies at 95
  • Jul 4 Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian author and director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up, Taste of Cherry), dies at 76
  • Jul 13 Héctor Babenco, film director (Kiss of the Spider Woman), dies at 70
  • Jul 19 Garry Marshall, American TV writer (The Dick Van Dyke Show), TV producer (The Odd Couple; Happy Days; Laverne & Shirley), and film director (Pretty Woman; Runaway Bride; The Princess Diaries), dies at 81
  • Jul 24 (Margaret) "Marni" Nixon [McEathron], American soprano singer and film 'ghost voice' (for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"; Natalie Wood in "West Side Story**"; Deborah Kerr in "The King And I"), dies at 86
  • Jul 25 Benito Wogatzki, German radio and TV writer (My Best Friends), dies at 83
  • Jul 30 Gloria DeHaven, American musical actress (Step Lively), dies at 91