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Events

February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 Cesar Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography.
November 17: Russell Crowe
attended the London premiere of his movie Master and Commander
.
November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger
sworn in as Governor of California.
December 22: Both of the movies from the Matrix trilogy released in 2003 were shut out of visual effects Oscar consideration by the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee.
December 31 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mails nomination ballots in which it qualifies 254 films released in 2003
as eligible for Oscar consideration.

Top grossing films

Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2003; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2003.

Movies reaching blockbuster motion picture status were led by New Line's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
, which topped $1 billion in box office receipts worldwide. Other major films included Disney's Finding Nemo
. These are the worldwide top 10 grossing films as of June 3, 2004:

Worldwide, 52 films grossed more than $100 million, achieving blockbuster status, of those, 21 films grossed more than $200 million, nine films grossed more than $400 million, four films more than $600 million, three films more than $700 million, two films more than $800 million and one film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King passed $1.1 billion, becoming the second-highest grossing film in history.

For a complete list of 2003's top-grossing films, follow this link:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2003&p=.htm

Awards

ACADEMY AWARDS: :Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King :Best Actor: Sean Penn
- Mystic River :Best Actress: Charlize Theron
- Monster

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS:
:Drama: :Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King :Best Actor: Sean Penn
- Mystic River :Best Actress: Charlize Theron
- Monster :Musical or Comedy: :Best Picture: Lost in Translation :Best Actor: Bill Murray
- Lost in Translation :Best Actress: Diane Keaton
- Something's Gotta Give

BAFTA AWARDS: :Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King :Best Actor: Bill Murray
- Lost in Translation :Best Actress: Scarlett Johansson
- Lost in Translation

Deaths

January 4 : Conrad Hall, Hollywood : cinematographer, a two-time Academy Award-winner
January 8 : Ron Goodwin, British : film music composer and conductor
January 11 : Maurice Pialat
, French movie director
January 11 : Anthony Havelock-Allan, British screenwriter
January 12 : Maurice Gibb, of the Bee Gees, singer, composer, actor
January 13 : Norman Panama
, screenwriter and director
January 18 : Richard Crenna
, actor
January 23 : Nell Carter
, singer, actress
January 25 : Robert Rockwell, actor
January 29 : Peter Shaw, producer; husband of actress Angela Lansbury
February 9 : Vera Hruba Ralston, actress
February 18 : Jack Brodsky, movie : producer and publicist
February 22 : Daniel Taradash, former president of AMPAS; Oscar-winning screenwriter of "From Here to Eternity"
February 25 : Alberto Sordi
, Italian comedy film legend
March 3 : Horst Buchholz
, German actor
March 8 : Karen Morley
, actress
March 8 : Adam Faith
, British singer and actor
March 9 : Stan Brakhage, filmmaker
March 12 : Lynne Thigpen
, actor
March 15 Dame Thora Hird
, veteran British actress
March 24 : Philip Yordan, screenwriter; won Oscar for "Broken Lance"
March 31 : Michael Jeter
, actor
April 1 : Leslie Cheung
, actor and singer
April 2 : Michael Wayne, film producer; eldest son of John Wayne
April 12 : Sydney Lassick, actor, best known playing asylum resident Cheswick in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
April 21 : Nina Simone, jazz singer, "High Priestess of Soul"
April 26 : Peter Stone, Oscar-and-(3-time)Tony-winning writer
April 27 : Elaine Steinbeck, actress
May 3 : Suzy Parker
, actress, model
May 14 Dame Wendy Hiller
, actress
May 14 : Robert Stack
, actor
May 28 : Martha Scott
, actress
June 2 : Richard Cusack, 77, ad executive turned actor/screenwriter
June 7 : Trevor Goddard
, actor
June 7 : Tony McAuley : BBC Northern Ireland broadcaster & film-maker associated with traditional Irish music and arts
June 12 : Gregory Peck
, actor
June 15 : Hume Cronyn
, actor
June 29 : Katharine Hepburn
, actress
June 30 : Buddy Hackett
, comic, actor
July 1 : N!xau
, Namibian actor
July 6 : Buddy Ebsen
, actor
July 25 : John Schlesinger, director
July 27 : Bob Hope
, comedian, actor
August 1 : Marie Trintignant
, French actress and daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant
.
August 2 : Don Estelle, actor
August 9 : Gregory Hines
, actor, dancer.
August 30 : Charles Bronson
, actor
September 8 : Leni Riefenstahl
, German filmmaker
September 9 : Larry Hovis
, actor, played Carter on "Hogan's Heroes"
September 10 : Harry Goz
, cartoon voice actor.
September 11 : John Ritter
, American actor, played Jack Tripper on Three's Company
September 12 : Johnny Cash, American country singer
September 16 : Erich Hallhuber
, Bavarian actor.
September 22 : Gordon Jump
, American actor.
September 27 : Donald O'Connor
, entertainer, actor
September 28 : Elia Kazan, director
October 2 : Gunther Philipp, Austrian actor
October 3 : William Steig, American : cartoonist and children's author; creator of Shrek
October 5 : Denis Quilley
, British actor
October 20 : Jack Elam
, American actor, 84 years
October 21 : Fred Berry
, American actor,
October 23 : Tony Capstick
, British actor, comedian, musician and broadcaster
November 4 : Ken Gampu, South African actor
November 6 : Eduardo Palomo
, Mexican actor (41 years)
November 9 : Art Carney
, The Honeymooners actor (85 years)
November 11 : Robert Brown
, actor, played M in the James Bond series
November 12 : Jonathan Brandis
, actor, reportedly suicide (27 years)
November 12 : Penny Singleton
, actress (95 years)
November 13 : Kellie Waymire
, actress (35 years)
November 14 : Gene Anthony Ray
, actor and dancer
November 15 : Dorothy Loudon
, actress
November 18 : Michael Kamen
, composer
November 20 : Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (58 years)
November 20 : Robert Addie
, British actor (43 years)
November 27 : Will Quadflieg, German actor
December 3 : David Hemmings
, actor
December 12 : Keiko, orca of Reino Aventura and Free Willy
fame (27 years)
December 14 : Jeanne Crain
, Oscar-nominated actress
(78 years)
December 17 : Ed Devereaux
, Australian actor
December 19 : Hope Lange
, actress in Peyton Place
December 27 Sir Alan Bates
, British actor
December 30 : Anita Mui
, 40, Hong Kong actress
December 30 : John Gregory Dunne, 71, screenwriter

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