Events in Film & TV
- Aug 30 57th Venice Film Festival: "Dayereh" directed by Jafar Panahi wins Golden Lion
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
Aug 25 "Star Trek: The Next Generation" actor Patrick Stewart (60) weds film producer Wendy Neuss (39) in Los Angeles

Patrick Stewart
Deaths in Film & TV
Alec Guinness
Aug 5 Alec Guinness, British actor (The Ladykillers, The Bridge on the River Kwai), dies of liver cancer at 86

Alec Guinness
- Aug 9 Nicholas Markowitz-kidnapped and murdered by Jesse James Hollywood (b. 1984)
Loretta Young
Aug 12 Loretta Young, American actress (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger), dies of ovarian cancer at 87

Loretta Young