Events in Film & TV
Golden Globes
Jan 6 76th Golden Globes: "The Americans", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Green Book", Glenn Close and Rami Malek among the winners
Event of Interest
Jan 25 Documentary "Leaving Neverland" detailing singer Michael Jackson's relationship with two boys premieres at the Sundance Film Festival
Michael Jackson
- Feb 10 72nd British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "Roma" Best Film, Alfonso Cuarón Best Director, Olivia Coleman, Rami Malek best actors
- Feb 16 69th Berlin International Film Festival: Israeli film "Synonyms" wins the Golden Bear
Election of Interest
Feb 18 Australian political parties hacked by a "sophisticated state actor" Prime Minister Scott Morrison says, just months ahead of general election
Scott Morrison
Academy Awards
Feb 24 91st Academy Awards: Best Picture "Green Book", Best Director Alfonso Cuarón, Best Actor Rami Malek, Best Actress Olivia Colman
- Feb 25 Influential film review site Rotten Tomatoes implements changes to its site after internet trolls target "Captain Marvel" film
Film Premier
Feb 27 "Captain Marvel" film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, starring Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson premieres
Brie Larson
Samuel L. Jackson
Event of Interest
Feb 27 Actor Luke Perry (52) suffers a stroke in Los Angeles
Luke Perry
Event of Interest
Feb 28 YouTube announces it will stops all comments on videos featuring children because of paedophiles leaving inappropriate comments
Susan Wojcicki
- Mar 2 FESPACO, Africa's largest film festival in its 50th year awards the Golden Stallion of Yennenga to "The Mercy of the Jungle" by Joel Karekezi, in Burkina Faso
Event of Interest
Mar 5 Kylie Jenner is the world's youngest-ever billionaire at 21, according to Forbes
Kylie Jenner
Event of Interest
Mar 12 Dozens charged in US college admission scandal by US federal prosecutors, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman
Felicity Huffman
Event of Interest
Mar 20 The Walt Disney Company acquires Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox entertainment business for $71 billion
Rupert Murdoch
Event of Interest
Mar 21 Emilia Clarke reveals she suffered two brain aneurysms while filming "Games of Thrones" in an article for "The New Yorker"
Emilia Clarke
- Mar 25 Apple introduces new TV streaming platform Apple TV+, news service Apple News+ and an Apple credit card at star-studded event featuring Oprah
Event of Interest
Mar 31 Elton John joins George Clooney's call to boycott hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei after Brunei plans new anti-gay laws to make homosexual sex punishable by death
Elton John
George Clooney
- Apr 4 Kathie Lee Gifford leaves NBC's "Today" show after 11 years
- Apr 7 WrestleMania XXXV, Metlife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ: Becky Lynch beats Raw women's champion Ronda Rousey and SmackDown champion Charlotte Flair to win both titles
- Apr 8 Actress Allison Mack pleads guilty to sex-trafficking charges for her involvement in suspected sex cult Nxivm
Album Release
Apr 17 Beyoncé releases a live album of her 2018 Coachella performance on the same day as her Netflix documentary "Homecoming"
Beyoncé Knowles
- Apr 21 Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky wins the country's presidential election in a landslide
Film Premier
Apr 22 Marvel film "Avengers: Endgame" directed by Anthony and Joe Russo starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and an ensemble cast, premieres in Los Angeles
Event of Interest
Apr 28 TV series "Game of Thrones: The Long Night" episode debuts with the longest battle ever screened (nearly 80 mins), surpassing "Lord of the Rings" Battle of Helm's Deep (44 mins)
Event of Interest
May 2 The cast of "The Big Bang Theory" are the first TV actors to be immortalized in cement outside Hollywood's Chinese theater in Los Angeles
Jim Parsons
Johnny Galecki
Event of Interest
May 11 American actress and #MeToo activist Alyssa Milano urges women to go on a "sex strike" after Georgia state passes new abortion law
Alyssa Milano
BAFTA Awards
May 12 British TV Awards (Baftas): "Killing Eve" Jodie Comer and Benedict Cumberbatch win
Sandra Oh
- May 13 Actress Felicity Huffman pleads guilty for her part in the US college admissions scandal
- May 16 UK talk show "The Jeremy Kyle Show" axed by ITV after a guest dies
Event of Interest
May 16 Last episode of TV sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" starring Jim Parson, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco after 12 seasons
- May 16 "Rocketman" film based on life of singer Elton John starring Taron Egerton premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
- May 25 72nd Cannes Film Festival: Bong Joon-ho's South Korean film "Parasite" wins the Palme d'Or, Mati Diop, first black woman in competition wins Grand Prix award for "Atlantics"
Event of Interest
May 31 Former "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson is announced as the new Batman
Robert Pattinson
- Jun 1 Price of a movie ticket rises in Japan for the first time in 26 years from ¥1,800 to ¥1,900, while some cinemas keep the price the same
Event of Interest
Jun 9 73rd Tony Awards: "Hadestown" best musical, "The Ferryman" best play, Bryan Cranston and Elaine May win
Bryan Cranston
- Jun 9 Ali Stroker becomes the first actress in a wheelchair to win a Tony award for musical "Oklahoma!"
9/11 Attack on New York's World Trade Towers
Jun 11 Comedian Jon Stewart delivers angry rebuke to Congress for the lack of funds for 9/11 victims
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Event of Interest
Jun 19 First debate for a decade in Congress over reparations for slavery with Danny Glover one of the witnesses
Danny Glover
Film Release
Jun 26 Japanese animation film "Spirited Away" by Hayao Miyazaki is released in China and tops the box office, 18 years after its initial release
Hayao Miyazaki
Event of Interest
Jun 26 Former Gambian beauty queen Fatou "Toufah" Jallow says she was raped by former President Yahya Jammeh as part of a Human Rights Watch and Trial International report
Yahya Jammeh
- Jul 17 Streaming service Netflix reaches 150 million subscribers worldwide, but with slower growth than forecast
Event of Interest
Jul 21 Marvel announces 10 new superhero films at Comic Con including Blade with Mahershala Ali, Natalie Portman as a female Thor and first Asian American super hero film Shang-Chi
Natalie Portman
Mahershala Ali
Event of Interest
Jul 23 US Senate passes bill championed by comedian Jon Stewart to ensure 9/11 first responders fund never runs out of money
Jon Stewart
Event of Interest
Jul 28 Meghan Duchess of Sussex, revealed as the first guest editor for UK Vogue in 103 years for its September 2019 issue
Meghan Markle
Event of Interest
Aug 21 The Rock [Dwayne Johnson] named highest paid actor for a second year in a row, earning $89.4m
Dwayne Johnson
Film Awards
Sep 7 "The Joker" directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
Joaquin Phoenix
Todd Phillips
Event of Interest
Sep 9 John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen fire back at Donald Trump on social media after he calls them "boring" and "filthymouthed" in tweets over Criminal Justice Reform
Chrissy Teigen
Donald Trump
John Legend
- Sep 13 US actress Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in prison for her role in the college admissions scandal
Event of Interest
Sep 15 "Jojo Rabbit" directed by "Taika Waititi and starring Scarlett Johansson wins the top award at the Toronto Film Festival
Scarlett Johansson
- Sep 15 Norman Lear becomes the oldest person to win an Emmy at 97, in the variety special category for ABC’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience"
Event of Interest
Sep 16 Marvel actor Mark Ruffalo rebuffs UK PM Boris Johnson, who compared himself to Hulk, "Boris Johnson forgets that the Hulk only fights for the good of the whole"
Boris Johnson
Emmy Awards
Sep 22 71st Emmy Awards: "Fleabag", "Game of Thrones", "Chernobyl", Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jharrel Jerome win
- Sep 25 Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige reported to have been asked to develop a Star Wars film by the Walt Disney Company
Event of Interest
Oct 1 Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex sue British newspaper The Mail on Sunday claiming it published her private letter
Prince Harry
Meghan Markle
Event of Interest
Oct 16 Netflix reveals its most popular original movie was Sandra Bullock's "Bird Box" and TV series "Stranger Things" for the year
Sandra Bullock
Event of Interest
Oct 17 Lana Del Rey's ballad "Video Games" named song of the decade at Q Awards in London
Lana Del Rey
Event of Interest
Nov 3 Olivia Newton-John's black leather outfit from the film "Grease" sells for $405,700 at auction in Beverly Hills, California
Olivia Newton-John
Event of Interest
Nov 5 Actress Emma Watson interviewed in Vogue magazine says she is happy to be single "I call it being self-partnered" launching worldwide discussion on the term
Emma Watson
- Nov 7 Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda, the "Terminator" is the to be convicted of sexual slavery by the International Criminal Court and is sentenced to 30 years in prison on 18 charges
- Nov 12 Disney launches its streaming service Disney+
- Nov 13 South Korean girl group Blackpink are the first K-pop group to have a single reach 1 billion views on YouTube for "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"
- Nov 15 "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix is the 1st R-rated film to earn $1 billion worldwide
- Nov 16 Britain's Prince Andrew refutes claims he had sex with 17 year-old connected to sex offender and friend Jeffery Epstein in BBC interview
Event of Interest
Nov 22 Sacha Baron Cohen says if Facebook existed in the 1930s it would have run Hitler's ads on his "solution to the Jewish problem", in speech to Anti-Defamation League summit
Sacha Baron Cohen
Film Premier
Dec 7 Greta Gerwig's film adaption of Louisa May Alcott's novel "Little Women" premieres at MoMA in New York
Florence Pugh
Louisa May Alcott
- Dec 8 South African Zozibini Tunzi crowned Miss Universe in Atlanta
- Dec 14 Miss World won by Miss Jamaica Toni-Ann Singh in London. First time all five major beauty titles held by black women.
- Dec 14 Bel Air mansion featured in TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies" sells for $150 million, becoming California's most expensive property
Weddings in Film & TV
- May 1 Actress Sophie Turner (23) and singer Joe Jonas (29) are married by an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas
Wedding of Interest
Jun 8 Actor Chris Pratt (39) and Katherine Schwarzenegger (29) marry in Montecito, California
Chris Pratt
Wedding of Interest
Aug 18 Actor The Rock [Dwayne Johnson] marries Lauren Hashian in Hawaii
Dwayne Johnson
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
Aug 11 Singer Miley Cyrus and actor Liam Hemsworth announce their separation and intention to divorce
Miley Cyrus
Liam Hemsworth
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 2 Bob Einstein, American comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne), dies of leukemia at 76
- Jan 2 "Mean" Gene Okerlund, American pro wrestling interviewer, announcer and television host (WWF, WCW), dies of kidney failure at 76
- Jan 15 Carol Channing, American actress, singer and comedian (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly), dies at 97
- Jan 17 Windsor Davies, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), dies at 88
- Jan 20 Muriel Pavlow, British actress (Murder, She Said, Reach for the Sky), dies at 97
- Jan 21 Russell Baker, American columnist, author and humorist (NY Times) dies at 93
- Jan 21 Kaye Ballard, American actress and comedienne (Kaye-Mothers-in-Law), dies at 93
- Jan 23 Jonas Mekas, American avant garde filmmaker and film critic, dies at 96
- Jan 26 Michel Legrand, French composer, film arranger and jazz musician (Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind), dies at 86
- Feb 7 Albert Finney, English actor (The Dresser, Under the Volcano), dies at 82
- Feb 10 Jan-Michael Vincent, actor (Hooper, Tribes, Buster & Billie), dies of cardiac arrest at 74
- Feb 21 Peter Tork [Thorkelson], American musician and actor (The Monkees), dies from complications of adenoid cystic carcinoma at 77
- Feb 21 Stanley Donen, American film director and producer (Singin' in the Rain, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees), dies at 94
- Feb 23 Katherine Helmond, American actress and director (Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss), dies at 89
- Feb 27 Nathaniel Taylor, American actor (Rollo-Sanford & Sons), dies at 80
- Feb 28 André Previn, German-American conductor (London Symphony), film score composer (My Fair Lady), and jazz pianist, dies at 89
Luke Perry
Mar 4 Luke Perry, American actor (Beverly Hills 90210, Riverdale), dies after a stroke at 52
Luke Perry
- Mar 4 King Kong Bundy [Christopher Pallies], American pro wrestler (WWF), dies at 61
- Mar 25 Cal Ramsey, American basketball broadcaster, small forward (NY Knicks), dies of cardiac arrest at 81
- Apr 7 Seymour Cassel, American actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino), dies at 84
- Apr 11 Monkey Punch [Kazuhiko Kato], Japanese manga cartoonist (Lupin III), dies of pneumonia at 81
- Apr 14 Birgitta "Bibi" Andersson, Swedish actress (Persona, Wild Strawberries), dies at 83
- Apr 16 Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (The Party, Sierra Sue), dies at 101
- Apr 18 Mark Medoff, American playwright, director, actor and professor (Children of a Lesser God), dies at 79
- Apr 24 Dick Rivers [Hervé Forneri], French rock and roll singer and actor, dies at 74
- Apr 29 John Singleton, American director and screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood), dies of a stroke at 51
- Apr 30 Peter Mayhew, British American actor (Chewbacca in Star Wars), dies at 74
- May 9 Freddie Starr, English comedian & singer (The Freddie Starr Showcase), dies at 76
- May 11 Harold Lederman, American boxing judge & analyst (HBO), dies of cancer at 79
- May 30 Frank Lucas, American drug kingpin (fictionalised in 2007 film "American Gangster"), dies at 88
- Jun 5 Robert Earle, American TV host (GE College Bowl), dies at 93
- Jun 10 Girish Karnad, Indian playwright and filmmaker (Tuglaq), dies at 81
- Jun 10 Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer (Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy), dies of cancer at 76
- Jun 12 Sylvia Miles, American actress (Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely), dies at 94
- Jul 3 Arte Johnson, American comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 90
- Jul 5 John McCririck, English horse racing broadcaster, dies at 79
- Jul 6 Cameron Boyce, American actor (Mirrors, Jessie), dies from an epileptic seizure at 20
- Jul 9 Rip Torn [Elmore Rual Torn Jr], American actor, voice artist and comedian (Cross Creek, The Larry Sanders Show), dies at 88
- Jul 10 Jim Bouton, American baseball pitcher, author and broadcaster (NY Yankees, MLB All Star 1968, "Ball Four"), dies of cerebral amyloid angiopathy at 80
- Jul 19 Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend), dies at 75
- Jul 19 Jeremy Kemp, British actor (The Winds of War; The Blue Max), dies at 84 [1]
- Jul 30 Nick Buoniconti, American NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins) and sportscaster (NBC), dies at 78
- Aug 1 [Donn Alan] DA Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (Don't Look Back), dies at 94
- Aug 16 Peter Fonda, American actor (Easy Rider, Ulee's Gold), dies at 79
- Aug 16 Anna Quayle, British actress (A Hard Day's Night, Stop the World - I want to Get Off), dies at 86
- Aug 18 Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (ABC, CBS), dies of natural causes at 95
- Aug 23 Sheila Steafel, South African British actress (The Frost Report), dies at 84
- Aug 27 Jessi Combs, American auto racer, television personality (women’s land speed class record [4 wheels] 2013, 16), dies in jet-powered high-speed race car crash at 39
- Aug 30 Valerie Harper, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda), dies of cancer at 80
- Aug 30 Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder, powerlifter, actor and author (Mr. Olympia 1976, 81), dies at 78
- Sep 17 Cokie Roberts, American pioneering newscaster (ABC, NPR), dies of cancer at 75
- Sep 28 José José 'The Prince of Song' [José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz], Mexican singer and actor, dies at 71
- Oct 1 Peter Sissons, British newsreader (BBC, ITV, Question Time), dies at 77
- Oct 4 Diahann Carroll, American actress (Julia, Claudine, Dominique-Dynasty), dies at 84
Rip Taylor
Oct 6 Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show), dies at 88
Rip Taylor
Robert Evans
Oct 26 Robert Evans, American producer and actor (Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown), dies at 89
Robert Evans
- Oct 29 Barry Frank, American television sports impresario (CBS, ABC and IMG), dies of pulmonary problems at 87
- Oct 29 John Witherspoon, American actor (Friday), dies at 77
- Oct 30 Ron Fairly, American baseball utility and broadcaster (MLB All Star 1973, 77; LA Dodgers, Montreal Expos; Seattle Mariners), dies from cancer at 81
- Nov 2 Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologist and actor, dies at about 87
- Nov 6 Robert Freeman, English photo-journalist and graphic designer (early Beatles album art and film posters), dies of pneumonia at 82 [1]
- Nov 21 Gahan Wilson, American author and cartoonist known as the "Michelangelo of the Macabre", dies at 89 [1]
- Nov 24 Clive James, Australian television presenter, poet and critic, dies at 80
- Dec 1 Shelley Morrison, American actress (General Hospital, Will & Grace), dies at 83
- Dec 8 Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street (1969-2018), dies at 85
- Dec 8 Rene Auberjonois, American actor and voice artist (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, God of War), dies of lung cancer at 79
- Dec 11 David Bellamy, English botanist and TV presenter, dies at 86
- Dec 12 Danny Aiello, American actor (Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing), dies at 86
- Dec 13 Yasuhiro Takai, Japanese baseball first baseman, designated hitter and broadcaster (NPB record 27 career pinch-hit home runs; Hankyu Braves), dies of kidney failure at 74
- Dec 14 Anna Karina, Danish French 'New Wave' actress (Alphaville), dies at 79
- Dec 14 Randy Colley (Moondog Rex), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), dies after undergoing amputation of his right leg at 69
- Dec 22 Tony Britton, English actor (The Day of the Jackal), dies at 95
- Dec 28 Fred Graham, American newscaster and journalist (CBS News, Court TV), dies of Parkinson's disease at 88