Jan 1Javier Bardem becomes the ambassador of Greenpeace for the protection of Antarctica

Jan 7 75th Golden Globes: "Ladybird", "The Handmaid's Tale",Elisabeth Moss,Sterling K. Brown among the winners,Oprah Winfrey accepts Lifetime award with powerful speech

Jan 11 YouTube issues sanctions against vloggerLogan Paul after he posted footage of suicide victim's body in Japan in December

Jan 13 American actorMark Wahlberg donates his $1.5M re-shoot fee for the film "All The Money In The World" to "Time's Up" movement after revelation co-starMichelle Williams was only paid $1000

Jan 29Marvel film "Black Panther" directed by Ryan Coogler and starringChadwick Boseman premieres in Los Angeles

Feb 18 71st British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri " Best Film,Guillermo del Toro Best Director, Best ActorsFrances McDormand /Gary Oldman

Feb 27Barbra Streisand reveals she has cloned her dog twice

Mar 4 90th Academy Awards: Best Picture "The Shape of Water", Best DirectorGuillermo del Toro, Best ActorGary Oldman, Best Actress France McDormand

Mar 11 Superhero movie "The Black Panther" becomes the fifthMarvel movie to earn $1 billion worldwide

Mar 20 ActressCynthia Nixon announces she will run for New York Governor

Mar 26 "The Black Panther" becomes the highest grossing superhero film in America earning $630.9m

Mar 26 Porn star Stormy Daniels claims she had an affair withDonald Trump in an interview with CBS's 60 Minutes and was later threatened to keep quiet

Apr 8 WrestleMania XXXIV, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA: Ronda Rousey makes WWE debut, teaming withKurt Angle to beatTriple H and Stephanie McMahon in a mixed tag team match

Apr 14Beyoncé is the first black woman to headline the Coachella Music Festival, her performance on this day the most-watched performance ever on YouTube

Apr 21Léa Seydoux's film "Zoe" premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival

Apr 23Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, starringChris Evans,Robert Downey Jr and large ensemble cast premieres in Los Angeles, California

Apr 26 ComedianBill Cosby is found guilty of sexual assault in Pennsylvania

Apr 28Danny DeVito Day declared in Jersey for 17th November by Mayor John Moor of Asbury Park

Apr 29 Animated series "The Simpsons" surpasses 635-episode count of "Gunsmoke"'; highest number of episodes of any series on TV

Apr 30 New species of water beetle from Malaysian Borneo’s Maliau Basin named after actorLeonardo DiCaprio

May 3 Bollywood actors both posthumously recognized at India's National Film Awards;Sridevi Kapoor Best Actress for "Mum" and Vinod Khanna receives Dadasaheb Phalke award.

May 5 Childish Gambino [Donald Glover] releases the music video to new single "This is America" to wide acclaim

May 14Melania Trump, wife of US President Donald Trump, is treated in hospital for a benign kidney condition

May 19 American actressMeghan Markle marriesPrince Harry at a ceremony in Windsor Castle, making her a member of the British royal family

May 19Queen Elizabeth II grants the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex toPrince Harry andMeghan Markle upon their marriage

May 21 Former US PresidentBarack Obama and MichelleObama sign a production deal with Netflix to produce series and movies for the streaming service

May 24 ActorMorgan Freeman accused of sexual harassment by several women in CNN report

May 25 Film producerHarvey Weinstein turns himself in to New York police to face charges of rape, a criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct

May 29 ABC TV network cancels TV comedy "Roseanne" after its starRoseanne Barr posts a racist tweet

May 31Kim Kardashian West meets US PresidentDonald Trump at the White House to discuss prison reform

May 31Matt LeBlanc announces he is leaving TV show "Top Gear"

Jun 2Ringo Starr's thirteenth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Colin Hay, Graham Gouldman, Gregg Bissonette, and Warren Ham

Jun 3 HBO drama series "Succession" starringBrian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin debuts

Jun 4 "Ocean's 8" film premieres, directed by Gary Ross starringSandra Bullock,Cate Blanchett,Anne Hathaway andRihanna

Jun 4 Former US PresidentBill Clinton in interview with NBC says he hasn't and doesn't need to apologize toMonica Lewinsky

Jun 10 ActorVince Vaughn arrested for drunk driving and resisting arrest near Los Angeles

Jun 20 TV drama "Yellowstone" premieres starringKevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly andWes Bentley

Jun 22 ComedianJohn Oliver is blocked on Chinese social media after parody of Chinese leaderXi Jinping

Jul 12 "Mission: Impossible - Fallout", directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starringTom Cruise,Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames,Simon Pegg andRebecca Ferguson, premieres in Paris

Jul 12Sandra Oh is the first woman of Asian descent to be nominated for an Emmy Award in a leading role for "Killing Eve"

Jul 13 ActressScarlett Johansson withdraws from a transgender film role after criticism of her casting

Jul 13 HBO announces that it has obtained the rights to "The Nevers," a project byJoss Whedon

Jul 16 Musical film sequel "Mamma Mia! - Here We Go Again" premieres at Hammersmith-Apollo, London; worldwide box office receipts total over $400 million

Jul 18Cliff Richard wins privacy case against the BBC, for reporting he was being investigated over historic child sexual assaults

Jul 24 American singerDemi Lovato is hospitalized after a drug overdose in Los Angeles

Jul 25 Georgian representative James Spencer resigns after being fooled into saying racial slurs onSacha Baron Cohen's "Who is America" TV series

Jul 31 ActorAlan Alda reveals he has had Parkinson's disease for 3 years, in interview with CBS"s "This Morning". Reveals how physically acting out your dreams can be an early symptom.[1]

Aug 6 Facebook, Apple, YouTube and Spotify remove conspiracy theoristAlex Jones from their platforms

Aug 7 "Crazy Rich Asians" first Hollywood film with all-Asian cast, starringConstance Wu, Henry Golding andMichelle Yeoh premieres in Los Angeles

Aug 7 China bans release of Winnie the Pooh movie "Christopher Robin", after character used to mock Chinese PresidentXi Jinping

Aug 7Jason Mraz partners with Fathom Events for the release of "Jason Mraz - Have It All The Movie"

Aug 10Doja Cat self-releases her novelty single "Mooo!" on YouTube, goes on to become a viral internet meme[1]

Aug 18 Indian actressPriyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas confirm their engagement with an engagement party in Mumbai, India

Aug 22 Forbes sayGeorge Clooney made more money in a single year ($239 million) than any actor ever ($239m), due to sale of alcohol company, followed byDwayne Johnson ($124m)

Aug 26Danny Boyle pulls out of directing the next James Bond film due to 'creative differences'

Aug 30 Film "Roma" directed and written byAlfonso Cuarón, (Best Director 2019 Academy Awards) starringYalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira premieres at the Venice Film Festival

Aug 30 Film "The Favourite" directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Olivia Coleman (Best Actress Academy Awards 2019),Rachel Weisz andEmma Stone premieres at the Venice Film Festival

Aug 31 "A Star is Born" film remake directed by and starringBradley Cooper andLady Gaga premieres at the Venice Film Festival

Sep 10John Legend,Andrew Lloyd Webber andTim Rice win Emmy Awards for television special "Jesus Christ Superstar - Live In Concert", making them all EGOTs (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony winners); Legend is the first Black male artist to achieve EGOT status

Sep 11 Film "Green Book" directed by Peter Farrell and starring Viggo Mortensen andMahershala Ali premieres at the Toronto Film Festival (Academy Award Best Picture 2019)

Sep 18 70th Emmy Awards: "Games of Thrones". "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel",Rachel Brosnahan, Matthew Rhys,Claire Foy, Bill Hader win

Oct 17 The revived sitcom "The Conners" debuts on ABC TV starring Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf, andJohn Goodman, without fired former starRoseanne Barr

Oct 21Julia Louis-Dreyfus is presented with the Mark Twain Prize, comedy's top honor, at a ceremony in New York

Oct 22 ActressSelma Blair reveals she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis

Oct 23Freddie Mercury bio film "Bohemian Rhapsody" directed by Bryan Singer, starringRami Malek (Best Actor Academy Awards 2019) premieres in London

Nov 4Camila Cabello wins four awards at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Bilbao,Janet Jackson accepts the Global Icon award

Nov 6 British actorIdris Elba named "People" magazine's Sexiest Man Alive

Nov 7 ActressEmma Thompson is made a Dame of the British Empire byPrince William at Buckingham Palace, London

Nov 9 Korean pop bandBTS appearance on Japanese TV show cancelled after memberJimin wore shirt with atomic bomb image

Nov 20 Indian actorAmitabh Bachchan confirms he has paid off the debts of 1,398 farmers worth $560,000, amid Indian agricultural crisis

Nov 26 DC superhero film "Aquaman" directed by James Wan starringJason Momoa andAmber Heard premieres in London

Dec 1Ariana Grande releases the music video to her single "Thank U Next", biggest ever launch on Youtube Premiere

Dec 1 Computer-animated film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" starring Shameik Moore andHailee Steinfeld premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Award Best Animated Film 2019)

Dec 3David Attenborough warns collapse of civilisation and the natural world on the horizon at UN climate summit in Poland

Dec 7 ComedianKevin Hart steps down as 2019 Oscars host after his history of homophobic statements is revealed

Dec 28 British New Year's honours list include Knights for author Philip Pullman and comedianMichael Palin, a Dame forTwiggy and a Order of the Companions of Honour forMargaret Atwood