Events in Film & TV
Golden Globes
Jan 5 77th Golden Globes: "1917" Best Drama, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" Best Comedy/Musical, acting awards Renée Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix, Awkwafina, Taron Edgerton
Event of Interest
Jan 13 Queen Elizabeth II issues a statement saying she reluctantly supports Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wish to live a more independent life
Elizabeth II
Prince Harry
Meghan Markle
Event of Interest
Jan 23 Actress Annabella Sciorra testifies in court that Harvey Weinstein raped her 25 years ago at his trial in New York
Harvey Weinstein
- Feb 2 73rd British Film awards (BAFTAS): "1917" Best Film, Sam Mendes Best Director, Renée Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix best actors
Academy Awards
Feb 9 92nd Academy Awards: "Parasite" 1st non English film to win Best Picture, Best Director Bong Joon-ho, Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix, Best Actress Renée Zellweger
Joaquin Phoenix
Renée Zellweger
- Feb 24 Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape and a criminal sexual act in landmark case that ignited #MeToo movement
Event of Interest
Mar 2 American rap group Public Enemy part ways with Flavor Flav after 35 years over playing for free at Bernie Sanders rally
Flavor Flav
Bernie Sanders
- Mar 11 Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for a criminal sex act and rape in New York
- Apr 4 WrestleMania XXXVI, WWE Performance Center, Orlando FL, Part 1: The Undertaker defeats AJ Styles in a Boneyard match; Becky Lynch beats Shayna Baszler to retain Raw Women's C'ship
- Apr 5 WrestleMania XXXVI, WWE Performance Center, Orlando FL, Part 2: Drew McIntyre defeats Brock Lesnar to win the WWE C'ship; Charlotte Flair beats Rhea Ripley for NXT Women's title
- Apr 28 US Department of Defense releases three declassified videos of possible UFOs from 2004 and 2015
- May 2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, the Icelandic actor who played Ser Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane in Game of Thrones, sets a world deadlifting record by lifting 501kg (1,104lb)
- Jun 17 Actor Danny Masterson charged with raping three women
Event of Interest
Jun 21 Kurt Cobain's guitar during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show sells for a record $6 million
Kurt Cobain
Event of Interest
Jul 18 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Mumbai
Amitabh Bachchan
Event of Interest
Jul 22 Kim Kardashian asks for understanding of her husband Kanye West's struggles with his bipolar disorder on Instagram
Kanye West
Kim Kardashian
- Aug 21 Actress Lori Loughlin sentenced to two months in prison along with her husband for her role in US college admissions bribery scandal
Event of Interest
Sep 3 Actor Robert Pattinson tests positive for COVID-19, shutting down production of the Batman film he is shooting
Robert Pattinson
Film Awards
Sep 12 Chloé Zhao's "Nomadland" starring Frances McDormand wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
Frances McDormand
- Sep 20 72nd Emmy Awards held virtually: "Succession" best drama, "Schitts Creek" wins record nine awards for a comedy, "Watchman" best limited series
Event of Interest
Sep 24 David Attenborough breaks Jennifer Aniston's record as the fastest person to reach 1 million followers on Instagram
David Attenborough
Event of Interest
Oct 2 US President Donald Trump announces via twitter that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19, President hospitalized later that day
Donald Trump
Melania Trump
Event of Interest
Oct 21 Pope Francis backs same-sex civil unions in interview in documentary film "Francesco"
Pope Francis
- Oct 29 Three people stabbed to death in church in Nice, France, in an terrorist attack, after similar attack and President Macron's defense of right to publish cartoons of Prophet Muhammad
Event of Interest
Nov 2 Johnny Depp loses libel case against UK newspaper "The Sun", which called him a "wife-beater", said he assaulted wife Amber Heard
Johnny Depp
- Nov 2 Baby Shark by Pinkfong becomes the most-watched video on YouTube with over 7.04 billion views
Event of Interest
Nov 18 Michael B. Jordan named "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine
Michael B. Jordan
Event of Interest
Nov 25 The New York Times names its "25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century (so far)", with Denzel Washington at No. 1 [1]
Denzel Washington
Event of Interest
Dec 1 Actor Elliot Page, formerly known as Ellen Page, reveals he is transgender
Elliot Page
Event of Interest
Dec 15 UK newspaper "The Sun" publishes recording of Tom Cruise berating his film crew for breaking COVID-19 protocols
Tom Cruise
Weddings in Film & TV
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
Jan 20 Actor Liam Hemsworth and singer Miley Cyrus divorce after a year of marriage
Liam Hemsworth
Miley Cyrus
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 8 Edd Byrnes, American actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper), dies at 87
- Jan 15 Rocky Johnson, Canadian pro wrestler (father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson; with Tony Atlas first black champions in WWE history), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 75
- Jan 17 Derek Fowlds, British actor (Yes Minister, The Basil Brush Show), dies at 82
- Jan 21 Terry Jones, Welsh comedian (Monty Python), dies from complications of dementia at 77
- Jan 28 Nicholas Parsons, British presenter, comedian and actor "the ultimate quiz show host", dies at 96
Kirk Douglas
Feb 5 Kirk Douglas [Issur Danielovitch], American actor (Spartacus, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral), dies at 103
Kirk Douglas
- Feb 7 Orson Bean, American actor and comedian (To Tell the Truth), killed in a traffic accident at 91
- Feb 7 Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer ‘the Nightingale of Kosovo’ and actress, dies at 86
- Feb 8 Robert Conrad [Conrad R. Falk], American actor (Wild Wild West), dies at 84
- Feb 10 Claire Bretécher, French cartoonist (Les Frustrés), dies at 79
- Feb 15 Caroline Flack, British television presenter (Love Island), commits suicide at 40
- Feb 24 Katherine Johnson, American NASA mathematician (portrayed in film Hidden Figures), dies at 101
- Mar 2 James Lipton, American actor, writer and host of Inside the Actors Studio, dies at 93
Max Von Sydow
Mar 8 Max Von Sydow, Swedish actor (The Seventh Seal, Exorcist, Game of Thrones), dies at 90
Max Von Sydow
- Mar 15 Suzy Delair, French actress and singer (The Murderer Lives at Number 21, Utopia, White Paws), dies at 102
- Mar 15 Roy Hudd, British comedian, radio host (News Huddlines, 1975-2001), author (Underneath The Arches), and actor (Lipstick On Your Collar), dies at 83
- Mar 17 Lyle Waggoner, American actor (The Carol Burnett Show; Wonder Woman), dies from cancer at 84
- Mar 22 Julie Felix, American-born British-based folk-rock singer-songwriter, and BBC presenter (The Frost Report; Once More With Felix), dies at 81
Albert Uderzo
Mar 24 Albert Uderzo, French cartoonist and script writer (Asterix comic books), dies at 92
Albert Uderzo
- Mar 24 Gerard Schurmann, Dutch-British conductor, and composer of classical music (The Double Heart), and film scores, (The Bedford Incident) dies at 96
- Mar 25 Mark Blum, American actor (Desperately Seeking Susan, Blind Date, Presidio), dies of COVID-19 complications at 69
- Mar 29 Ken Shimura, Japanese comedian and actor (Shimura Ken no Bakatono-sama), dies of COVID-19 at 70
- Mar 31 Tony Adams, radio and television broadcaster (WCAX-TV Sports Director 1954-89; Vermont sports figure), dies at 95
- Mar 31 Jeff Grosso, American skateboarder (host Youtube’s 'Vans Loveletters to Skateboarding'), dies at 51
- Apr 1 Ed Farmer, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1980; Chicago WS) and broadcaster (Chicago WS radio 1991-2005), dies of kidney disease at 70
- Apr 2 Patricia Bosworth, American actor, journalist, writer, and biographer, dies of COVID-19 complications at 86
- Apr 2 Eddie Large [McGinnis], British comedian (Little and Large), dies of heart issues and Covid-19 complications at 78
- Apr 4 Forrest Compton, American actor (Gomer Pyle USMC, Edge of Night), dies at 94
- Apr 5 Honor Blackman, English actress (Goldfinger, The Avengers), dies at 94
- Apr 6 James Drury, American actor (The Virginian), dies of natural causes at 85
- Apr 7 Hal Willner, American music producer (Lost In The Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill; Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films; The Carl Stalling Project), dies with symptoms of Covid-19 at 64
- Apr 9 Jocelyn Barrow, British race relations campaigner (Card) and 1st black female governor of the BBC, dies at 90
Stirling Moss
Apr 12 Stirling Moss, British auto racer (16 x F1 Grands Prix; World F1 Drivers C'ship runner-up 1955-58; 12 Hours of Sebring 1954) and broadcaster (ABC F1, NASCAR), dies at 90
Stirling Moss
- Apr 12 Tim Brooke-Taylor, English comedian (The Goodies), dies of COVID-19 complications at 79
- Apr 15 Brian Dennehy, American actor (Cocoon, Death of a Salesman), dies at 81
- Apr 16 Howard Finkel, American pro wrestling ring announcer (WWE Hall of Fame), dies from stroke complications at 69
- Apr 16 Steve Cash, YouTube personality (Talking Kitty Cat), commits suicide at 40
- Apr 19 Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player and inspiration for Bull Durham film, dies of COVID-19 complications at 80
Tom Lester
Apr 20 Tom Lester, American television actor (Green Acres - "Eb"), dies at 81 from complications related to Parkinson’s disease
Tom Lester
- Apr 22 Shirley Knight, American actress (Endless Love, Desperate Housewives), dies at 83
- Apr 22 Terence Frisby, English actor and playwright (There's a Girl in My Soup), dies at 87
- Apr 23 Bernardino Lombao, Spanish handballer (Atlético de Madrid 1967-69), coach (Nat basketball teams) and TV presenter (De Olimpia a Los Ángeles, Objetivo 92), dies at 81
- Apr 24 Lynn Faulds Wood, Scottish television presenter (Watchdog), dies of a stroke at 72
- Apr 28 Michael Robinson, Irish soccer striker (24 caps, Republic of Ireland; Brighton & Hove Albion) and Spanish TV host (Canal+, El día después), dies from melanoma at 61
- Apr 29 Irrfan Khan, Indian film producer & actor (Paan Singh Tomar, Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi), dies of cancer at 53
- Apr 29 Jill Gascoine, British pioneering TV actress (The Gentle Touch), dies at 83
- Apr 30 Rishi Kapoor, Indian Bollywood actor and director (Bobby, Do Dooni Chaar), dies at 67
Jerry Stiller
May 11 Jerry Stiller, American comedian (Frank Constanza-Seinfeld, Stiller & Meara), dies of natural causes at 92
Jerry Stiller
- May 14 Phyllis George, Miss America (1971) sportscaster (CBS) 1st Lady of Kentucky(1979-83, dies of a blood disorder at 70
- May 15 Fred Willard, American comedian and actor (Best In Show, Everyone Loves Raymond), dies at 86
- May 17 Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler (WWE), bodyguard, and actor, drowns at 39
- May 28 Lennie Niehaus, American jazz saxophonist and film composer (Clint Eastwood films), dies at 90
- May 30 [Nicolas] Michael Angelis, English actor (Thomas & Friends, Boys from the Black Stuff), dies of a heart attack at 76
- Jun 1 Lee Grosscup, American football quarterback (NY Jets, NY Titans) and sportscaster (college football analyst ABC; Cal Berkeley), dies at 83
- Jun 4 Basu Chatterjee, Indian film director (Rajanigandha, Chhoti Si Baat), dies at 94
- Jun 11 Mel Winkler, American actor (Devil in a Blue Dress), dies at 78
- Jun 19 Ian Holm, English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Alien, King Lear), dies at 88
- Jun 22 Joel Schumacher, American film director (Lost Boys, Batman), dies at 80
- Jun 27 Linda Cristal, Argentinian actress (High Chapparal), dies at 89
- Jun 27 Johnny Mandel, American composer, arranger and musician (M*A*S*H theme), dies at 94
Carl Reiner
Jun 29 Carl Reiner, American comedian, actor, writer and director (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 98
Carl Reiner
- Jul 1 Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), dies at 99
- Jul 3 Leonardo Villar, Brazilian actor (The Given Word), dies at 96
- Jul 5 Nick Cordero, Canadian Broadway actor (Bullets Over Broadway), dies of COVID-19 complications at 41
- Jul 5 Ragaa al-Gedawy, Egyptian actress (The Stranger) dies of COVID-19 at 81
- Jul 6 Ennio Morricone, Italian composer and musician (film soundtracks for The Mission and The Hateful Eight), dies at 91 [1]
- Jul 8 Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (Glee), drowns at 33
- Jul 12 Kelly Preston, American actress (Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale), dies of breast cancer at 57
- Jul 16 Brigid Berlin, American actress (Andy Warhol films), dies at 80
- Jul 17 Zizi Jeanmaire, French dancer, singer and actress (Carmen), dies at 96
- Jul 18 Charles Papa, Kenyan comedian and actor (Papa Shirandula), dies at 58
- Jul 21 Annie Ross, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Twisted") and actress, dies from emphysema and heart disease, at 89 [1]
- Jul 22 Carlton Haselrig, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1992; Pittsburgh Steelers) and wrestler (6 x NCAA titles; Pitt-Johnstown), dies from liver disease at 54
Olivia de Havilland
Jul 25 Olivia de Havilland, American actress (All the King's Men, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gone with the Wind), dies at 104
Olivia de Havilland
- Jul 25 John Saxon, American actor (Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horseman), dies of pneumonia at 83
- Aug 1 Wilford Brimley, American actor Our House, Cocoon), dies at 85 [1]
- Aug 11 Sumner Redstone, American media mogul (ViacomCBS), dies at 97
- Aug 18 Ben Cross, English actor (Chariots of Fire, Star Trek), dies at 72
- Aug 26 Joe Ruby, American animator (co-creator of Scooby-Doo), dies at 87
- Aug 27 'Bullet' Bob Armstrong, American pro wrestler (WWE Hall of Fame), dies from bone cancer at 80
Chadwick Boseman
Aug 28 Chadwick Boseman, American actor (Black Panther), dies of colon cancer at 42
Chadwick Boseman
- Aug 31 John Thompson, American Basketball Hall of Fame center, coach and broadcaster (NBA C'ship 1965, 66, Boston Celtics; coach NCAA C'ship 1984, Georgetown), dies at 78
- Sep 5 Jiří Menzel, Czech film director (Closely Watched Trains), dies at 82
- Sep 6 Kevin Dobson, American actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon), dies at 77
- Sep 8 Ronald Harwood, South African playwright and screenwriter (The Dresser), dies at 85
- Sep 10 Diana Rigg, English actress (Emma Peel-Avengers, Game of Thrones), dies at 82
- Sep 12 Barbara Jefford, British stage actress (James Joyce's Ulysses), dies at 90
- Sep 21 Michael Lonsdale, French actor (The Day of the Jackal, Moonraker), dies at 89
- Sep 22 Road Warrior Animal [Joseph Laurinaitis], American pro wrestler (3 x WWE Tag Team C'ship; WWE Hall of Fame), dies at 60
- Sep 23 Juliette Gréco, French singer (Sous le ciel de Paris) and actress, dies at 93 [1]
- Sep 24 Dean Jones, Australian cricket batsman and broadcaster (52 Tests @ 46.55; 164 ODIs; Victoria), dies from cardiac arrest at 59
- Sep 27 Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress (Miss Sherlock), dies at 40
- Sep 29 Mac Davis, American country music singer-songwriter (Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me) and actor (North Dallas Forty) dies following heart surgery at 78 [1]
- Sep 29 Isidora Žebeljan, Serbian classical, opera, and film composer, dies at 53
- Sep 30 Quino [Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón], Argentine cartoonist (Mafalda), dies at 88
Joe Morgan
Oct 11 Joe Morgan, American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder (10 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1975, 76; NL MVP 1975, 76; Cincinnati Reds) and broadcaster (ESPN), dies at 77
Joe Morgan
- Oct 13 Conchata Ferrell, American actress (LA Law, Two and a Half Men), dies at 77
Sean Connery
Oct 31 Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer (James Bond films, Indiana Jones), dies at 90
Sean Connery