2004年1月，布兰妮与她儿时的伙伴詹森-亚历山大在美国拉斯维加斯闪电结婚。55小时后，布兰妮申请解除婚约。

　　Britney Spears married her childhood friend Jason Alexander in a drunken 'joke' ceremony at a Las Vegas chapel. The marriage failed to last, however, as the singer filed for an annulment 55 hours later

　　1月， 哈里森-福特在付给前妻梅莉莎-麦希森5000万英镑后，结束了他们18年的婚姻。目前，福特继续与女演员卡莉斯塔-弗洛克哈特交往。

　　Harrison Ford divorced his wife Melissa Mathison after 18 years of marriage in a settlement worth a reported ?50 million. The actor has since continued his relationship with the actress Calista Flockhart.

　　2月，珍妮特在超级碗橄榄球总决赛中的露乳事件曾引起轩然大波。虽然，珍妮特称因为“服装出了故障”才导致露乳事件，但事后她还是为此作出公开道歉。这起“ 露乳”丑闻让美国哥伦比亚广播公司支付55万美元的惩罚金。

　　Janet Jackson caused outrage as she exposed her breast during the half-time Super Bowl show with Justin Timberlake. The singer initially claimed she had suffered from a 'wardrobe malfunction' but later apologised for the stunt. The television network CBS was later fined $550,000 (?307,000) for the blunder.

　　3月，查理兹-塞隆凭借《女魔头》一片荣获2004年奥斯卡最佳女主角奖；西恩-潘，以《神秘之河》获最佳男主角奖；彼特-杰克逊带着他的《魔戒3：王者无敌》赢得最佳导演奖的殊荣。

　　Charlize Theron was named as best actress at the Oscars for her portrayal as a serial killer in Monster while Sean Penn, bottom left, won the best actor Oscar for Mystic River. The night, however, belonged to Peter Jackson who won best director for Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King, which also took 10 other Oscars.

　　4月，集导演、演员、剧作家、小说家编剧和音乐家身份为一身的彼得-乌斯季诺夫在瑞士去世，享年82岁。

　　Sir Peter Ustinov, the actor, director, playwright, novelist, scriptwriter and mimic, died in Switzerland at the age of 82.

　　4月，贝克汉姆和维多利亚的“完美婚姻”似乎出现裂痕，因小贝与前私人助理丽贝卡-卢斯传出绯闻。

　　The seemingly-perfect marriage of David and Victoria Beckham was rocked by allegations that the England captain had conducted an affair with his former assistant, Rebecca Loos, inset. The couple, however, made a public show of being together and are expecting their third baby next year.

　　5月，在美国连续播放10年的热门情景喜剧《六人行》剧终。当长达1个小时的《六人行》终结篇在NBC电视台播出时，剧迷们忍不住聚集在时代广场落泪。在节目的最后，观众又惊又喜地看到，瑞秋和罗斯再一次走到了一起！

　　An era ended as more than 51 million Americans tuned in to see the last episode of the sitcom Friends. Joey, Chandler, Rachel, Monica, Ross and Phoebe had been a fixture in the schedules for a decade, launching the careers of Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox-Arquette and earning NBC an estimated $1.1 billion.

　　5月，影坛才女格温妮丝-帕特洛和“酷玩”乐队主唱手克里斯-马丁迎来了他们第一个孩子的诞生，夫妇俩给女儿起了个可爱的名字——“苹果”。

　　The actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin, the Coldplay singer, celebrated the birth of their first daughter, but raised eyebrows by naming her Apple.

　　6月，被誉为美国“黑人音乐之父”的雷-查尔斯因肝病引起的并发症在他位于贝弗莉山的家中去世，享年73岁。查尔斯7岁时失明，却用音乐燃烧出最耀眼的光亮。

　　Ray Charles died at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 73 after a long fight with liver disease. The musician, who had been blind since the age of seven, shaped early soul music with his hits which included Georgia on my Mind and Hit the Road Jack.

　　7月，美国影星马龙-白兰度因心脏病去世，享年80岁。白兰度曾凭借在《崖上风云》、《教父》、《现代启示录》等影片中的出色表演而成为名噪一时的好莱坞巨星。

　　Marlon Brando, the star of On the Waterfront, the Godfather and Apocalypse Now, died at the age of 80 after suffering for a year with heart problems.

　　7月，英格兰国家队主帅埃里克森与英足总女秘书法法里娅-阿拉姆传出绯闻，而埃里克森的老板、足总首席执行官马克-帕洛斯也被认为与阿拉姆有染。然后，埃里克森并未因绯闻受到任何影响，继续指挥他的国家队，并继续与女友南希-德尔奥廖交往，而帕洛斯则被迫向英足总辞职。

　　The Football Association was embroiled in the Faria Alam scandal as it emerged that the secretary, had had an affair with the England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, and his boss Mark Palios, Palios was forced to quit as chief executive, but Eriksson continued his job and relationship with Nancy Dell'Olio.

　　7月，被誉为“家政女王”的玛莎-斯特瓦特因在出售股票时说谎，被判监禁5个月。“家政女王”玛莎，曾是全美家庭主妇心目中的偶像。

　　Martha Stewart, the American domestic doyenne, was jailed for five months after being found guilty of obstructing justice during an investigation into a stock market deal.

　　8月，纳迪娅-阿尔玛达在英国本土著名真人秀节目《老大哥》节目中胜出。

　　Nadia Almada, a Portuguese transsexual, won Channel 4's Big Brother.

　　9月，布兰妮与她的伴舞凯文-费德蓝恩结婚。这次婚姻是布兰妮在今年内的第2 次婚姻。

　　Britney Spears enjoyed her second wedding of the year as she married Kevin Federline, one of her dancers.

　　10月，英国哈里王子因在伦敦一家夜总会外与记者发生冲突而成为媒体的头条。冲突中，哈里被认为出手殴打了一位摄影师。英国王室表示，王子当时有点情绪失控。

　　Prince Harry hit the headlines as he was involved in a fight with a photographer outside a London nightclub. Clarence House admitted that the prince had lost his temper, but refused to apologise and accused the paparazzi of 'aggressive' behaviour.

　　10月，“超人”的扮演者克里斯托弗-里夫逝世，享年52岁。里夫9年前因一次意外的坠马事故造成终生瘫痪。

　　Christoper Reeve, the Superman actor, died at the age of 52, nine years after being paralysed in a riding accident.

　　11月，英国广播公司的著名另类音乐主持人约翰-皮尔因心脏病突发逝世，终年65岁。数千人参加了他的葬礼，对他表示深切哀悼。

　　John Peel, who delighted generations of listeners on Radio 1 and Radio 4's Home Truths, died from a heart attack at the age of 63 while on a working holiday in Peru. Thousands of mourners attended his public funeral in Bury St Edmunds as loudspeakers relayed some of his favourite music.

　　11月，好莱坞巨星朱丽亚-罗伯茨产下一对龙凤胎。

　　Julia Roberts goes from Pretty Woman to super-mum, as she gives birth to twins, Hazel and Phinnaeus. (蒋黎黎)