Events in Film & TV
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Aug 5 The American spin-off "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", starring Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, and Wayne Brady, debuts on ABC
- Aug 13 31st San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
Film & TV History
Aug 21 Marvel superhero film "Blade" starring Wesley Snipes is released
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 1 Khamani Griffin, American actor (All Of Us, Daddy Day Care), born in Oakland, California
- Aug 12 Rudy Pankow, American actor (Outer Banks), born in Ketchikan, Alaska
- Aug 19 Ella Guevara, Filipino actress (Starstruck Kids), born in Quezon City, Philippines
- Aug 24 Sofia Richie, American model and social media personality, born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 25 China Anne McClain, American actress and singer (The Gospel; Daddy's Little Girls), born in Decatur, Georgia
Weddings in Film & TV
Susan Wojcicki
Aug 23 YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki (30) weds Google executive Dennis Troper in Belmont, California
- Aug 29 "Baywatch" actress Traci Bingham (30) weds Robb Vallier at First United Methodist Church in Ames, Iowa
Deaths in Film & TV
- Aug 1 Eva Bartok [Éva Márta Szőke], Hungarian-British actress (The Crimson Pirate; Ten Thousand Bedrooms), dies at 71 [birth date sources vary between 1926 and 1929]
- Aug 2 Shari Lewis [Phyllis Hurwitz], American puppeteer and ventriloquist (Lamb Chop), dies of breast cancer at 65
- Aug 17 Wladyslaw Komar, Polish athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1972) and actor, dies in a car crash at 58
- Aug 18 Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), dies of a heart attack at 49
- Aug 24 E. G. Marshall [Everett Eugene Grunz], American actor (12 Angry Men, The Defenders), dies of lung cancer at 84
