Events in Film & Television in 1986

Jan 1 American singer Barbra Streisand and hairdresser/film producer Jon Peters' romantic relationship ends

Jan 23 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 13 performances

Jan 23 Inaugural class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Chuck Berry; James Brown; Ray Charles; Sam Cooke; Fats Domino; The Everly Brothers; Buddy Holly;. Jerry Lee Lewis; Elvis Presley; Little Richard; Robert Johnson; Jimmie Rodgers; Jimmy Yancey; Alan Freed; John Hammond; and Sam Phillips

Jan 24 43rd Golden Globes: "Out of Africa", Jon Voight, & Whoopi Goldberg win

Feb 3 Pixar Animation Studios (Toy Story; The Incredibles) headed by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith, is spun off from Lucasfilm, Ltd as an independent film production company, with backing of Steve Jobs

Feb 5 Corazon Aquino & Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline"

Feb 8 Crime film "A Better Tomorrow", starring Yun Fat Chow, premieres in Hong Kong

Feb 18 Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner: he died of smoking-induced lung cancer on 10th October 1985

Feb 25 28th Grammy Awards: "We Are the World", Sade, Phil Collins win

Mar 13 12th People's Choice Awards: Sylvester Stallone & Meryl Streep win (Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby, Linda Evans win (TV)

Mar 24 58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt & Geraldine Page win

Apr 7 WrestleMania II at 3 locations: Hulk Hogan beats King Kong Bundy; Mr. T beats Roddy Piper in a boxing match

Apr 8 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California. Makes his day.

Apr 9 TV show "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character

Apr 21 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on live TV and finds nothing, except great ratings for his spectacle

May 16 "Top Gun", directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise premieres

May 22 American singer and actress Cher calls David Letterman an a**hole on his "Late Night" TV program (NBC)

Jun 15 Amnesty International "Conspiracy of Hope" tour concludes with megaconcert at Giants Stadium in Rutherford, New Jersey; participants include: U2; Sting; Bryan Adams; Peter Gabriel; Lou Reed; Neville Brothers; Joan Baez; Joan Armatrading; Joni Mitchell; The Police; Jackson Browne; Yoko Ono; Miles Davis; Peter, Paul & Mary; and The Hooters

Jul 17 Emmy 13th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 7th time

Aug 22 "Stand By Me" film based on the novella by Stephen King, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell is released

Aug 28 American rock singer Tina Turner's star unveiled at Hollywood's Walk of Fame; Hollywood, California

Sep 1 Jerry Lewis' 21st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $34,096,733

Sep 12 "Blue Velvet" directed by David Lynch, Starring Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan and Dennis Hopper debuts in Toronto

Sep 19 3-D short film "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson premieres at Disney theme parks

Sep 21 38th Emmy Awards: "The Golden Girls", "Cagney & Lacey" and Michael J. Fox win

Oct 9 "The Late Show with Joan Rivers" premieres on Fox, first woman to host a US late-night TV talk show

Nov 15 2nd time "Saturday Night Live" uses a time delay (Sam Kinison hosts)

Dec 4 Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound" premieres in NYC

Dec 19 "Platoon" directed by Oliver Stone, starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Willem Dafoe is released (Academy Awards Best Picture & Best Director)