August 2010 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Film & TV History

Aug 4 California's Proposition 8, the ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage passed by the state's voters in 2008, is overturned by Judge Vaughn Walker in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger

Actor, Body Builder and Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger

Emmy Awards

Aug 29 62nd Emmy Awards: Mad Men, Modern Family, Bryan Cranston & Kyra Sedgwick win

Weddings in Film & TV

James Van Der Beek

Aug 1 "Dawson's Creek" actor James Van Der Beek (33) weds business consultant Kimberly Brook at the Kabbalah Center in Tel Aviv, Israel

Robbie Williams

Aug 7 British pop star Robbie Williams (36) weds actress Ayda Field (31) in an intimate ceremony at a Beverly Hills mansion

Hilary Duff

Aug 14 Actress and singer Hilary Duff (24) weds retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre Mike Comrie (31) at La Quinta Estate in Montecito, California

Aug 21 Actor and director Stephen Moyer (41) weds actress Anna Paquin (28) at a private estate in Malibu
Aug 23 Spanish singer Julio Iglesias (66) weds Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger (44) at Virgen del Carmen Church in Marbella, Spain
Aug 28 "Pretty Little Liars" actor Chad Lowe (42) weds film producer Kim Painter at Terranea Resort in Los Angeles

Leelee Sobieski

Aug 31 Actress Leelee Sobieski (27) weds fashion designer Adam Kimmel in Italy

Divorces in Film & TV

Tiger Woods

Aug 23 Former Swedish model Elin Nordegren (30) divorces professional golfer Tiger Woods (34) after 6 years of marriage

Deaths in Film & TV

Aug 1 Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director, dies at 100
Aug 7 Manon Alving, Dutch actress (The Assault, Short American), dies at 87

Patricia Neal (1926-2010)

Aug 8 American actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses) and wife of Roald Dahl, dies at 84

Aug 12 Paul Ryan Rudd, American stage and screen actor, dies at 70
Aug 13 Lance Cade, American pro wrestler (WWE Tag Team Champion [with Trevor Murdoch] 2005), dies from accidental drug overdose at 29
Aug 14 Abbey Lincoln [Anna Wooldridge], African-American jazz vocalist, songwriter, actress (Nothing But a Man), and civil rights activist, dies at 80
Aug 15 James J. Kilpatrick, American newspaper journalist and columnist (60 Minutes), dies at 89
Aug 21 Nancy Dolman, Canadian actress and comedienne (b. 1950)
Aug 24 Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director, dies at 46
Aug 27 Luna Vachon, Professional Wrestler (b. 1962)
Aug 28 William P. Foster, notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida A&M University
Aug 30 Alain Corneau, French filmmaker (b. 1943)