26th People's Choice Awards
Jan 9 26th People's Choice Awards: Harrison Ford & Julia Roberts win (Motion Picture) and Drew Carey & Calista Flockhart win (TV)
27th American Music Awards
Jan 17 27th American Music Awards: Shania Twain & Will Smith win
57th Golden Globes
Jan 23 57th Golden Globes: American Beauty, Denzel Washington, & Hilary Swank win
- Jan 30 16th Sundance Film Festival: "Girlfight" and "You Can Count on Me" (tie) win Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
- Feb 4 Simulation video game "The Sims" developed by Maxis released in North America
- Feb 9 50th Berlin International Film Festival: "Magnolia" wins the Golden Bear
- Feb 12 31st NAACP Image Awards: "The Best Man" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
- Mar 10 16th Soap Opera Digest Awards - General Hospital wins
- Mar 25 20th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Wild Wild West" wins
Academy Awards
Mar 26 72nd Academy Awards: "American Beauty", Kevin Spacey & Hilary Swank win
WrestleMania
Apr 2 WrestleMania XVI, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, CA: Triple H beats The Rock, Mick Foley and The Big Show in a 4-way elimination match for the WWF Heavyweight tile
BAFTA Awards
Apr 9 53rd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "American Beauty" Best Film, Pedro Almodovar Best Director
Film & TV History
Apr 13 "When Louis Met..." documentary by Louis Theroux premieres on BBC2 in the UK featuring Jimmy Saville
Music Concert
Apr 13 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Ricky Martin, Billy Joel, Gladys Knight, Percy Sledge, Tom Jones, Martha Reeves, Macy Gray, Sam Moore, and The Impressions
Gladiator
May 1 "Gladiator" directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix premieres in LA (Best Picture 2001)
Music Concert
May 12 Ringo Starr's sixth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Todd Rundgren, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Simon Kirke, and Timmy Cappello
- May 14 "Yi Yi" Taiwanese film by Edward Yang debuts at Cannes
- May 14 46th British Academy Television Awards: "The League of Gentlemen" Best Comedy, "The Cops" Best Drama
- May 17 In the Philippines an explosion rocks Glorietta 2 injuring 13 persons, mostly teenagers. According to local authorities, the homemade bomb was placed in front of a toilet beside a video arcade.
Cannes Film Festival
May 25 53rd Cannes Film Festival: "Dancer in the Dark" directed by Lars von Trier and starring Björk (Best Actress) wins the Palme d'Or
- May 31 US reality competition TV show "Survivor" hosted by Jeff Probst premieres
X-Men Film Premiere
Jun 12 "X-Men" 1st film based on comic book series, starring Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, and Ian McKellen premieres on Ellis Island in New York Harbor
Film & TV History
Jun 13 Samuel L. Jackson is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Emmy Awards
Sep 10 52nd Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Will & Grace, James Gandolfini & Sela Ward win
Toronto Film Festival
Sep 16 25th Toronto International Film Festival: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee wins the People's Choice Award
- Sep 29 "In the Mood for Love", Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung released
Dark Angel
Oct 3 TV series "Dark Angel" created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee and starring Jessica Alba premieres in the US
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Oct 15 Larry David's comedy show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" debuts on HBO
Florida, Florida, Florida
Nov 7 Tim Russert famously declares the outcome of the 2000 Presidential election will depend on "Florida, Florida, Florida" during NBC coverage
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