Events in Film & TV
Emmy Awards
Aug 25 66th Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Seth Meyers broadcast on NBC
Film Premiere
Aug 27 "Birdman" directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Michael Keaton and Zach Galifianakis premieres at the Venice Film Festival (Best Picture, 2015)
- Aug 27 71st Venice Film Festival: "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence" directed by Roy Andersson wins Golden Lion
Weddings in Film & TV
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
Aug 23 Actress Angelina Jolie (39) weds actor and film producer Brad Pitt (50) in Correns, France
- Aug 31 American model and TV host Jenny McCarthy (41) weds American singer and actor Donnie Wahlberg (45) at the Hotel Baker in St. Charles, Illinois
- Aug 31 American singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson (29) weds American "Hunger Games" actor Evan Ross (26) in Greenwich, Connecticut
Deaths in Film & TV
- Aug 4 Walter Massey, Canadian stage and screen actor (Shoestring Theatre; Arthur), dies at 85
Robin Williams (1951-2014)
Aug 11 American actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy, Jumanji, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting), commits suicide by hanging himself at 63
Richard Attenborough (1923-2014)
Aug 24 English actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), dies at 90
- Aug 28 Bill Kerr, South African-born Australian actor (Hancock's Half Hour), dies at 92
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