Events in Film & TV
- Aug 18 John Tesh's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
Film Release
Aug 22 "Stand By Me" film based on the novella by Stephen King, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell is released
Music History
Aug 28 American rock singer Tina Turner's star unveiled at Hollywood's Walk of Fame; Hollywood, California
- Aug 28 Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium
- Aug 30 43rd Venice Film Festival: "Le rayon vert" directed by Eric Rohmer wins Golden Lion
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 2 Lily Gladstone, American actress (Killers of the Flower Moon), born on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Browning, Montana
- Aug 8 Peyton List, American model and actress (As The World Turns, 2001-05 - "Lucy"; Mad Men), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Aug 11 Kaori Fukuhara, Japanese voice actress
- Aug 16 Shawn Pyfrom, American actor, born in Tampa, Florida
- Aug 17 Bryton McClure, American actor (Richie-Family Matters), born in Lakewood, California
- Aug 22 Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress, born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
- Aug 26 Cassie [Ventura], American singer (Me & U) and actress, born in New London, Connecticut
- Aug 28 Armand "Armie" Hammer, American actor, born in Santa Monica, California
- Aug 29 Lauren Collins, Canadian actress, born in Thornhill, Canada
- Aug 29 Lea Michele [Sarfati], American actress and singer (Glee), born in The Bronx, New York
Weddings in Film & TV
John McEnroe
Aug 1 Tennis ace John McEnroe marries actress Tatum O'Neal
Deaths in Film & TV
- Aug 3 Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host (Willem Ruis Show), dies at 41
- Aug 3 William B Williams, American DJ (WNEW - Make Believe Ballroom), and TV announcer/second banana (Sammy and Company), dies of acute anemia and respiratory failure at 62
- Aug 13 Helen Mack, American actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies of cancer at 72
- Aug 19 Hermione Baddeley, British actress (Camp Runamuck; Maude), dies at 79
- Aug 19 Lorenzo Tucker 'the Black Valentino', American actor (Black King), dies at 79
- Aug 20 Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76
- Aug 20 Walter Brooke, actor (DA Scanlon-Green Hornet), dies at 71
- Aug 23 Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80
- Aug 25 Allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51
- Aug 26 Ted Knight [Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka], American actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Ted Baxter"; Too Close for Comfort), dies of colorectal cancer at 62
