weekend recap & upcoming events
Entertainment News
Jason Bourne tops the weekend Box Office at $60M
The 2016 VMA nominees were announces last week, Beyonce landed 11 nominations while Adele came in with the second highest nominations for “Hello” the complete list can be found here: (link)
The CMA Music Festival will be on Wednesday in Nashville, hosted by Brett Eldredge and Thomas Rhett
The 2016 Rio Olympic games Opening Ceremony will air on NBC on Friday at 8pm EST
Late Night Guests
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
| 8/1 | Jared Leto, John Turturro, Bishop Briggs, Leslie Odom Jr. |
| 8/2 | Jonah Hill, Jaden Smith, Dua Lipa |
| 8/3 | Aziz Ansari, Carla Gugino, Jeff Dye |
| 8/4 | Miles Teller, Keri Russell, Steven Tyler |
| 8/5 | Jerry Seinfeld, Seth Rogen, Jason Derulo |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
| 8/1 | Viola Davis, Simon Helberg, Declan McKenna |
| 8/2 | Will Smith, Logan Lerman, Tony Bennett |
| 8/3 | John Cena, Scott Eastwood |
| 8/4 | Jamie Dornan, Javier Munoz, Malcolm Gladwell |
| 8/5 | Diane Kruger, Mark Normand, Ibtihaj Muhammad |
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (on hiatus will return 8/8)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
| 8/1 | Matt Damon, Keegan-Michael Key |
| 8/2 | Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Kent Jones |
| 8/3 | Denis Leary, Salma Hayek, Lukas Graham |
| 8/4 | Hugh Grant, Bryce Dallas Howard |
Late Night with Seth Meyers
| 8/1 | Shiri Appleby, Constance Zimmer, Brendan Eyre, Mary Timony |
| 8/2 | Craig Robinson, Baz Luhrmann, Mary Timony |
| 8/3 | Jonah Hill, Jonathan Franzen, Gallant, Mary Timony |
| 8/4 | Blake Shelton, Michael K. Williams, Mary Timony |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
| 8/1 | Chris Pine, JoJo Fletcher & the winner of “The Bachelorette”, Kelsea Ballerini |
| 8/2 | Salma Hayek, Mark Consuelos, Grouplove |
| 8/3 | Hugh Grant, Nikki Glaser, Miranda Lambert |
| 8/4 | Morgan Freeman, Steve Martorano, Young the Giant, Sharon Jones |
Conan (on hiatus will return 8/8)
TV Premieres
| 8/1 | Comedy Knockout, truTV – 11pm EST |
| 8/1 | Fameless, truTV – 10pm EST |
| 8/1 | Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk? (Trailer), HBO – 9pm EST |
| 8/1 | Running Wild with Bear Grylls, NBC – 10pm EST |
| 8/2 | Bachelor in Paradise, ABC – 8pm EST |
| 8/3 | Botched by Nature, E! – 9pm EST |
| 8/3 | CMA Music Festival (Special), ABC – 8pm EST |
| 8/4 | Olympic Preview Special (Special), NBC – 8pm EST |
| 8/5 | 2016 Rio Olympic Games Opening Ceremony (Special), NBC – 8pm EST |
| 8/5 | David Cross: Making America Great Again! (Special), Netflix |
| 8/7 | Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry, E! – 10pm EST |
Upcoming Events in August
8/5: 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
8/26: Belgian Grand Prix (Belgium)
8/28: Burning Man (Black Rock Desert, NV)
Sports News
Basketball
Michael Jordan announced grants of $1M each to two organizations working to build trust between law enforcement and the communities in which they work; the Institute for Community-Police Relations and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Golf
Jimmy Walker won the 2016 PGA Championship in Springfield, NJ is this weekend
Football
The NFL Hall of Fame induction will take place this Saturday, inductees include Edward Debartolo JR, Tony Dungy, Kevin Greene and many more. Full list of names and schedule can be found here: (link)
Former NY Giants head coach, Tom Coughlin, has accepted a full-time position within the NFL’s operations department
The NY Jets re-signed quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick to a one year, $12M contract
NASCAR
Target is leaving IndyCar at the end of this season after 27 years as a sponsor with Chip Ganassi Racing
Soccer
Manchester United has agreed to a £112 million ($125M) to Juventus for Paul Pogba
Tennis
Roger Federer announced that he is dropping out of the Olympics and will not lay the rest of this season due to knee injury
The ATP Rogers Cup was this weekend in Toronto and the winner was Novak Djokovic