- Feb 1 31st Sundance Film Festival: "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Đoković Defeats Murray
Feb 1 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Serbian ace Novak Đoković wins an Open era record 5th men's singles crown, beating Scotsman Andy Murray 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0
- Feb 1 France defeats Qatar, 25-22 to win the World Men's Handball Championship in Lusail, Qatar
Super Bowl XLIX
Feb 1 Super Bowl XLIX, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ: New England Patriots beat Seattle Seahawks, 28-24; MVP: Tom Brady, New England, QB
"White Iverson"
Feb 4 Post Malone uploads his debut single "White Iverson" to his SoundCloud account
- Feb 5 65th Berlin International Film Festival: "Taxi" wins the Golden Bear
Glitter Found Guilty
Feb 5 70's glam rocker Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) found guilty of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and one of having sex with a girl under the age of 13 between 1975 and 1980
68th BAFTAs
Feb 8 68th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "Boyhood" Best Film, Richard Linklater Best Director
- Feb 8 Ivory Coast wins the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations football championship
Fifty Shades of Grey
Feb 9 Film "Fifty Shades of Grey" released, based on the erotic novel by E. L. James, starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson
Jon Stewart Leaves The Daily Show
Feb 10 American comedian Jon Stewart announces he will be leaving late-night talk and satirical news program "The Daily Show" at the end of the year
- Feb 11 Francesco Schettino, Captain of the Costa Concordia that ran aground 2012, is convicted of manslaughter in Grosseto and sentenced to 16 years in jail
- Feb 15 64th NBA All-Star Game, Madison Square Garden, NYC: West beats East, 163-158; MVP: Russell Westbrook, OKC Thunder, G
Film & TV History
Feb 20 Kristen Stewart is the first American actress to win a French César Award as Best Supporting Actress for "Clouds of Sils Maria"
Academy Awards
Feb 22 87th Academy Awards: "Best Picture - "Birdman", Best Director, and Best Screenplay - Alejandro González Iñárritu ("Birdman:"), Best Actor - Eddie Redmayne – ("The Theory of Everything"), Best Actress - Julianne Moore ("Still Alice")
BRIT Awards
Feb 25 BRIT Awards: Best Single "Uptown Funk", Best Album "X" by Ed Sheeran
- Feb 27 70's glam rocker Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) sentenced to 16 years in prison for various child sex convictions
- Feb 27 Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow
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