Events in Film & Television in 1991

Film and TV Awards

Jan 19 48th Golden Globes: Dances with Wolves, Jeremy Irons, & Kathy Bates wins

Actress Kathy Bates — Actress
Kathy Bates

Jan 19 Sgt Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
Jan 21 CBS News correspondant Bob Simon and four TV crew captured and held for 40 days by Iraqis in the Persian Gulf
Jan 25 Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2½ year run
Jan 27 7th Sundance Film Festival: "Poison" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Jan 28 "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV
Jan 31 "Close-Up", Iranian film directed by Abbas Kiarostami, starring Hossain Sabzian and Mohsen Makhmalbaf, is released

#1 in the Charts

Feb 2 Sting scores his second UK #1 album with 'The Soul Cages'

Singer and Actor Sting — Singer and Actor
Sting

Film Release

Feb 14 "The Silence of the Lambs" film based on the book by Thomas Harris, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, is released (Best Picture 1992)

Actress Jodie Foster — Actress
Jodie Foster

Actor Anthony Hopkins — Actor
Anthony Hopkins

Feb 22 Kelli McCarty, 21, (Kansas), crowned 40th Miss USA

Event of Interest

Feb 25 Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky & John Candy buy CFL's Toronto Argonauts

Actor and Comedian John Candy — Actor and Comedian
John Candy

Mar 9 5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg

Film and TV Awards

Mar 11 17th People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Kirstie Alley win (TV)

Actress Julia Roberts — Actress
Julia Roberts

Actor and Film Director Mel Gibson — Actor and Film Director
Mel Gibson

Film Awards

Mar 17 44th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "Goodfellas" Best Film, Martin Scorsese Best Director

Film Director Martin Scorsese — Film Director
Martin Scorsese

Mar 20 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney
Mar 21 Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome
Mar 24 11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane & Ghosts Can't Do It wins
Mar 25 63rd Academy Awards: "Dances with Wolves", Kathy Bates & Jeremy Irons win
Apr 6 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
Apr 11 NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television"
Apr 12 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
Apr 15 Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary

Event of Interest

Apr 22 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show

Comedian and TV Host Johnny Carson — Comedian and TV Host
Johnny Carson

Apr 22 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Queens
Apr 26 "Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV
May 3 356th & final episode of CBS second longest running series "Dallas", (2nd only to "Gunsmoke")
May 4 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent
May 9 Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession (conviction overturned 2006)
May 17 Lupita Jones, 23, of Mexico, crowned 40th Miss Universe
May 20 44th Cannes Film Festival: "Barton Fink" directed by Ethan and Joel Coen wins the Palme d'Or

Event of Interest

Jun 6 NBC announces Jay Leno will succeed Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992

TV Host and Comedian Jay Leno — TV Host and Comedian
Jay Leno

Jun 10 David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" airs its final episode airs on ABC-TV

Film Release

Jun 14 "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" opens directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman

Actor Kevin Costner — Actor
Kevin Costner

Actor Morgan Freeman — Actor
Morgan Freeman

Film Premier

Jul 1 "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong premieres at Century City, California

Actor, Body Builder & Politician Arnold Schwarzenegger — Actor, Body Builder & Politician
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Film Director James Cameron — Film Director
James Cameron

Actress Linda Hamilton — Actress
Linda Hamilton

Jul 4 24th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Pan Pacific Hotel
Jul 26 Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Florida, for exposing himself at an adult movie theater

Jul 30 MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993

Event of Interest

Aug 1 Actress Hedy Lamarr, aged 77 is arrested for shoplifting in Florida

Actress and Inventor Hedy Lamarr — Actress and Inventor
Hedy Lamarr

Aug 8 Actor Gary Oldman is arrested for drunk driving
Aug 19 Janel Bishop, 17, of New Hampshire, crowned 9th Miss Teen USA
Aug 25 43rd Emmy Awards: "LA Law", "Cheers", Kirstie Alley & Patricia Wettig win

Event of Interest

Sep 2 Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657

Comedian Jerry Lewis — Comedian
Jerry Lewis

Sep 3 48th Venice Film Festival: "Close to Eden" directed by Nikita Mikhalkov wins Golden Lion
Sep 14 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii), 24, crowned 65th Miss America 1992
Sep 24 "Good & Evil" & "Sibs" premieres on ABC TV
Sep 25 "Good & Evil" premieres on ABC TV
Sep 27 "Princesses" premieres on CBS TV
Sep 28 "Commish" debuts on ABC-TV