Events in Film & TV
Music Premiere
Dec 1 Ariana Grande releases the music video to her single "Thank U Next", biggest ever launch on Youtube Premiere
Film Premiere
Dec 1 Computer-animated film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" starring Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Award Best Animated Film 2019)
- Dec 1 Egyptian actress Rania Youssef charged for "inciting debauchery" after wearing see-through dress to Cairo film festival
- Dec 1 World's first super-high definition 8K television channel by Japanese broadcaster NHK launches
- Dec 3 7-year old Ryan of Ryan Toysreview is the year's highest-paid YouTube star earning $22 million
Summit of Interest
Dec 3 David Attenborough warns collapse of civilisation and the natural world on the horizon at UN climate summit in Poland
- Dec 4 Scottish artist Charlotte Prodger wins the 2018 Turner Prize with film shot on her iPhone
Film & TV History
Dec 7 Comedian Kevin Hart steps down as 2019 Oscars host after his history of homophobic statements is revealed
- Dec 13 Actress Eliza Dushku revealed received $9.5 million settlement from CBS after sexual harassment on set of "Bull" from actor Michael Weatherley
- Dec 17 Catriona Gray of the Philippines crowned 67th Miss Universe
- Dec 17 CBS announces former Chief Executive Les Moonves will not receive his $120 million exit payout
- Dec 17 US poacher sentenced to watch the film "Bambi" repeatedly during year in prison, for killing hundreds of deer in Missouri
Knighthood
Dec 28 British New Year's honours list include Knights for author Philip Pullman and comedian Michael Palin, a Dame for Twiggy and a Order of the Companions of Honour for Margaret Atwood
Weddings in Film & TV
Priyanka Chopra & Nick Jonas
Dec 1 Singer Nick Jonas (26) and actress Priyanka Chopra (36) marry at Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, India
Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth
Dec 23 American singer Miley Cyrus (26) weds Australian actor Liam Hemsworth (28) in Franklin, Tennessee; divorce in 2020
Deaths in Film & TV
- Dec 1 Kenneth "Ken" Berry, American actor (F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family), dies at 85
- Dec 3 Philip Bosco, American actor (Trading Places, Lend Me a Tenor), dies at 88
- Dec 9 Melvin Dummar, American gas station attendant, claimant to the Howard Hughes estate, and subject of the film "Melvin and Howard", dies at 74
- Dec 16 Lee Leonard, American television personality (ESPN, CNN), dies at 89
Penny Marshall (1943-2018)
Dec 17 American actress (The Odd Couple; Laverne & Shirley), and director (Big; Awakenings; A League of Their Own), and producer (Cinderella Man), dies of diabetes complications at 75
- Dec 20 Donald Moffat, British actor (Logan's Run), dies at 87
- Dec 26 Sono Osato, American Japanese ballet dancer and actress, dies at 99
- Dec 28 June Whitfield, English comedian and actress (Terry and June, Absolutely Fabulous), dies at 93
- Dec 30 Mrinal Sen, Bengali film director (In Search of Famine), dies at 95
