Events in Film & TV
- Aug 3 22nd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Omni Hotel
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 14 Meyne Wyatt, Australian actor (Redfern Now), born in Kalgoorlie, Australia
- Aug 15 Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll], Mexican singer, songwriter and actress, born in Madrid, Spain
- Aug 19 (Percy) Romeo [Miller], American rapper (Lil' Romeo) and actor, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Aug 21 Hayden Panettiere, American actress (One Life to Live), born in Palisades, New York
- Aug 28 Trixie Mattel [Brian Firkus], American drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian, and television personality (The Trixie & Katya Show), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Weddings in Film & TV
Kathryn Bigelow & James Cameron
Aug 17 Director Kathryn Bigelow (38) weds fellow director James Cameron (35)
- Aug 23 "The Cars" lead singer and guitarist Ric Ocasek (40) weds model Paulina Porizkova (24)
Roman Polanski
Aug 30 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner
Deaths in Film & TV
- Aug 11 John Meillon, Australian actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies of cirrhosis at 55
- Aug 16 Amanda Blake [Beverly Louise Neill], American actress (Gunsmoke), dies at 60
- Aug 17 Harry Corbett, English puppeteer (Sooty), TV presenter and magician, dies at 71
- Aug 22 Johannes "Jan" Teulings, Dutch actor (Lentelied, The Three Wishes), dies of natural causes at 84
- Aug 30 Joe De Santis, American actor, dies at 80
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