November 2018 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

Music Awards

Nov 4 Camila Cabello wins four awards at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Bilbao, Janet Jackson accepts the Global Icon award

  • Nov 5 BBC opens its largest news bureau outside the UK in Nairobi, Kenya with 300 journalists

Film & TV History

Nov 6 British actor Idris Elba named "People" magazine's Sexiest Man Alive

Knighthood

Nov 7 Actress Emma Thompson is made a Dame of the British Empire by Prince William at Buckingham Palace, London

Film & TV History

Nov 8 CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's White House clearance revoked after continuing to question President Donald Trump while an intern tried to wrestle the microphone off him

TV Show Appearance

Nov 9 Korean pop band BTS appearance on Japanese TV show cancelled after member Jimin wore shirt with atomic bomb image

Film & TV History

Nov 20 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan confirms he has paid off the debts of 1,398 farmers worth $560,000, amid Indian agricultural crisis

  • Nov 23 Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana apologize for culturally insensitive video and media posts insulting Chinese culture, cancel Shanghai fashion show

Film Premiere

Nov 26 DC superhero film "Aquaman" directed by James Wan starring Jason Momoa and Amber Heard premieres in London


Weddings in Film & TV

  • Nov 14 Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh marry at Lake Como, Italy in first of two ceremonies

Mandy Moore

Nov 18 Actress and singer Mandy Moore (34) weds singer-songwriter and Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith (33) in Los Angeles, California

Justin Bieber

Nov 23 Canadian singer Justin Bieber (24) confirms he has married American model Hailey Baldwin (22)

Quentin Tarantino

Nov 28 Quentin Tarantino (55) marries singer and model Danielle Pick (35) in Los Angeles, California


Deaths in Film & TV

  • Nov 2 Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer, popularized martial arts worldwide, dies at 91
  • Nov 3 Sondra Locke, American actress (The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter; Willard), and director (Impulse), dies at 74 of a heart attack while suffering from breast and bone cancer
  • Nov 7 Francis Lai, French film music composer (Love Story), dies at 86
  • Nov 9 Paula Wayne [Watkins], American stage and Emmy Award-winning actress (Golden Boy; Everglade!), pop vocalist ("Everything's Great"), and civil rights activist, dies of cancer at 84
  • Nov 14 Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, American actress (Little House On The Prairie - "Harriet Oleson"), dies at 93
  • Nov 16 William Goldman, American screenwriter and author (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), dies at 87
  • Nov 20 Levine Andrade, Indian-British violinist (Arditti Quartet, 1974-90), film score composer and conductor, dies at 64
  • Nov 23 Nicolas Roeg, English cinematographer and director (Aria, Eureka), dies of natural causes at 90
  • Nov 24 Ricky Jay [Richard Potash], American magician and actor (Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay), dies at 72

Bernardo BertolucciBernardo Bertolucci (1941-2018)

Nov 26 Italian director (Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor), dies of lung cancer at 77

Stephen HillenburgStephen Hillenburg (1961-2018)

Nov 27 American animator and cartoonist (SpongeBob SquarePants), dies of ALS syndrome at 51