Events in Film & TV
- Aug 27 Craig Kilborn's final appearance as host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS, after 1,190 episodes
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 14 Marsai Martin, American actress and producer (Black-ish), born in Plano, Texas
Weddings in Film & TV
Josh Brolin
Aug 14 Actor Josh Brolin (36) weds actress Diane Lane (39) at his ninety-seven acre spread in San Luis Obispo, California
Mariska Hargitay
Aug 28 "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actress Mariska Hargitay (40) weds actor-writer Peter Hermann (37) at the Unitarian Society in Santa Barbara, California
Deaths in Film & TV
- Aug 8 Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor (b. 1934)
- Aug 8 Fay Wray, Canadian American actress (King Kong), dies at 96
- Aug 9 David Raksin, American composer renown for his work in film and TV (Laura; Modern Times), dies at 92
- Aug 12 Peter Woodthorpe, British actor (b. 1931)
- Aug 13 Julia Child, American chef, author and television personality (The French Chef), dies at 91
- Aug 16 Acquanetta [Mildred Davenport], American actress nicknamed "The Venezuelan Volcano" (Tarzan & Leopard Woman), dies at 83
- Aug 18 Elmer Bernstein, American film music composer (The Magnificent Seven; To Kill A Mockingbird; The Age Of Innocence; Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 82
- Aug 22 Daniel Petrie, Canadian television and movie director, dies at 83
- Aug 31 Carl Wayne [Colin Tooley], British rock singer (The Move), and actor, dies of esophageal cancer at 61
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