On This Day in Film & TV for August 7
Events in Film & TV
- 1955 KSTF TV channel 10 in Scottsbluff-Gering, NB (CBS/NBC) begins
- 1970 WDHN TV channel 18 in Dothan, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1985 Barbra Streisand records "Broadway Album"
- 1997 Garth Brooks performs a free concert in NYC's Central Park for HBO, later releasing it as Garth: Live from Central Park
- 2015 US Presidential candidate Donald Trump says in a CNN interview that news anchor Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever”
- 2018 "Crazy Rich Asians" first Hollywood film with all-Asian cast, starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding and Michelle Yeoh premieres in Los Angeles
- 2018 China bans release of Winnie the Pooh movie "Christopher Robin", after character used to mock Chinese President Xi Jinping
- 2018 CW network announces Ruby Rose cast as lesbian superhero Batwoman
- More Events in Film & TV
Charlize Theron
Oliver Hardy
Peter JenningsWeddings in Film & TV
- 1936 Animator William Hanna (26) weds Violet Blanch Wogatzke (23)
- 1966 Latin music king Xavier Cugat (60) weds singer Charo (20) at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
- 1974 American actress Faye Dunaway (33) weds American rock singer Peter Wolf (28) of J. Geils Band; divorce in 1979
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
August in Film & TV History
The Wizard of Oz
Publicity still of the Wizard of Oz, showing the Tin Man, Scarecrow, Dorothy and Cowardly Lion
August 15, 1939
How Paula Yates Discovered Her Real Father
Controversial television presenter Paula Yates married pop star Bob Geldof on this day. Fate decided she would not remain happy ever after
August 31, 1986
The Best Quentin Tarantino Quiz
Do you know the answer to every Tarantino question? Including which Tarantino film script was leaked prior to filming? Or which actor is his most frequent collaborator?
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