Film and TV Awards
Jan 11 24th People's Choice Awards: Harrison Ford & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Oprah Winfrey win (TV)
- Jan 13 CBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years
Golden Globes
Jan 18 55th Golden Globes: "Titanic", Peter Fonda and Judi Dench win
Judi Dench
- Jan 20 3rd Critics' Choice Movie Awards: L.A. Confidential wins Best Film
Film Premier
Jan 20 "Dawson's Creek" created by Kevin Williamson, starring James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson premieres on WB in the US
Katie Holmes
James Van Der Beek
- Jan 25 14th Sundance Film Festival: "Slam" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
- Feb 11 48th Berlin International Film Festival: "Central Station" wins the Golden Bear
- Feb 14 29th NAACP Image Awards: "Soul Food" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
- Feb 20 US movie box office hits quickest $1 billion for year (51 days)
- Feb 27 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards - General Hospital wins
Event of Interest
Mar 8 The Screen Actors Guild award Gloria Stuart (Old Rose in "Titanic") with their Founders Award
Gloria Stuart
Event of Interest
Mar 15 Revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret" opens at Club Expo Theater, NYC, starring Alan Cumming and Natasha Richardson
Natasha Richardson
- Mar 22 18th Golden Raspberry Awards: The Postman wins
Academy Awards
Mar 23 70th Academy Awards: "Titanic", Jack Nicholson & Helen Hunt win
Helen Hunt
Jack Nicholson
WrestleMania
Mar 29 WrestleMania XIV, FleetCenter, Boston, MA: 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's wins his first WWF Heavyweight tile against Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels
Event of Interest
May 14 Seinfeld's final 2-part episode "The Finale" airs on NBC to 76.3M viewers (commercials priced at $2M for 30 seconds)
Jerry Seinfeld
Film Release
Jun 5 "The Truman Show", starring Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, and Ed Harris, is released
Jim Carrey
Ed Harris
Television Premiere
Jun 6 TV sitcom "Sex and the City" premieres in the US on HBO, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon
- Jun 14 "Comic Relief" benefit comedy show
Film Release
Jul 17 "The Mask of Zorro" directed by Martin Campbell, starring Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Anthony Hopkins is released
Film Release
Jul 24 "Saving Private Ryan", directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns and Matt Damon, is released (Academy Awards Best Director 1999)
Television Debut
Aug 5 The American spin-off "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", starring Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, and Wayne Brady, debuts on ABC
Wayne Brady
Video Music Awards
Sep 10 15th MTV Video Music Awards: Madonna & Will Smith win
Madonna
Will Smith
Film Release
Sep 18 "Rush Hour" directed by Brett Ratner, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker released - Jackie Chan's Hollywood breakthrough
Jackie Chan
Event of Interest
Sep 19 23rd Toronto International Film Festival: "Life Is Beautiful" directed by Roberto Benigni wins the People's Choice Award
Roberto Benigni
Event of Interest
Oct 20 Comedian Richard Pryor is awarded the 1st ever Mark Twain Prize for American Humour
Richard Pryor
- Oct 29 ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission.
Film Premier
Nov 3 "Shakespeare in Love" directed by John Madden and starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes premieres in New York (Best Picture 1999)
Film Premier
Nov 10 "Star Trek: Insurrection" film directed by Jonathan Frakes and starring Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes premieres
Patrick Stewart