Events in Film & TV
- May 22 69th Cannes Film Festival: "I, Daniel Blake," directed by Ken Loach wins the Palme d'Or
Television Premiere
May 22 TV series "Preacher", developed by Evan Goldberg, Sam Catlin, and Seth Rogen, premieres on AMC
Film & TV History
May 24 Bill Cosby is ordered to stand trial in a sexual assault case in Norristown
Weddings in Film & TV
Eva Longoria
May 21 Actress Eva Longoria (41) weds Televisa media executive Jose Antonio Baston in Valle de Bravo, Mexico
Divorces in Film & TV
Kaley Cuoco
May 6 Actress Kaley Cuoco and professional tennis player Ryan Sweeting divorce after 2 years of marriage
Billie Piper
May 12 Actress Billie Piper and fellow actor Laurence Fox divorce after 8 years of marriage
Johnny Depp
May 23 Actress Amber Heard (30) files for divorce from fellow actor Johnny Depp (52)
Deaths in Film & TV
- May 6 Niklaus Schilling, Swiss film director (Dormire, Atem, Rheingold), dies at 72
- May 7 John Krish, British documentary filmmaker (Let My People Go), dies at 92
- May 8 William Schallert, American character actor (Patty Duke Show- "Martin"; Get Smart - "The Admiral"), dies at 93
- May 10 Louis van Gasteren, Dutch actor and director (The House, De prijs van overleven), dies at 93
- May 16 Julia Meade [Kunz], American actress and TV hostess (Spotlight Playhouse), dies at 90
- May 19 Morley Safer, Canadian-American TV newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 84
- May 19 Angus "Alan" Young, British actor and voice actor (Mister Ed, Scrooge McDuck), dies of natural causes at 96
- May 24 Burt Kwouk, English actor (Pink Panther movies), dies at 85