On this day in music history - Sensual Journeys, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2012):

The album Sensual Journeys,

by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

was released on May 8, 2012.

On this day in movie history - Star Trek (2009):

Star Trek,

directed by J. J. Abrams,

written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman,

was released in the United States on May 8, 2009.
Music by Michael Giacchino.

Cast:
Chris Pine, Jimmy Bennett, Zachary Quinto, Jacob Kogan, Leonard Nimoy, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Clifton Collins, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, Rachel Nichols, Faran Tahir, Deep Roy, Greg Ellis, Tyler Perry, Amanda Foreman, Spencer Daniels, Victor Garber, Chris Doohan, James Cawley, Pavel Lychnikoff, Lucia Rijker, W. Morgan Sheppard, Wil Wheaton, Randy Pausch, Majel Barrett.

Born on this day – Peter Benchley:

Peter Benchley

Writer

May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006

Credits:

Jaws (1974); The Deep (1976); The Island (1979); The Girl of the Sea of Cortez (1982); Q clearance (1986); Rummies / Lush (1989); Beast (1991); White Shark / Peter Benchley's Creature (1994); Time and a Ticket (1964); Ocean Planet (1995); Shark Trouble (2002); Shark! (2002); Shark Life (2002); The Movie Book (2016).

On this day in movie history - Deep Impact (1998):

Deep Impact,

directed by Mimi Leder,

written by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin,

was released in the United States on May 8, 1998.
Music by James Horner.

Cast:
Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman, Maximilian Schell, James Cromwell, Ron Eldard, Jon Favreau, Laura Innes, Mary McCormack, Richard Schiff, Leelee Sobieski, Blair Underwood, Dougray Scott, Gary Werntz, Bruce Weitz, Betsy Brantley, O'Neal Compton, Rya Kihlstedt, Aleksandr Baluev, Caitlin Fein, Amanda Fein, Joe Urla, Una Damon, Mark Moses, Derek de Lint, Charles Dumas, Suzy Nakamura, Alimi Ballard, Charles Martin Smith, Katie Hagan, Denise Crosby, Frank Whiteman, Jason Dohring, Jasmine Harrison, Rahi Azizi, Hannah Leder, Tucker Smallwood, Merrin Dungey, Kimberly Huie, William Fair, Francis X. McCarthy, Ellen Bry, Lisa Ann Grant, Leslie Dilley, Concetta Tomei, Mike O'Malley, Kurtwood Smith, Gerry Griffin, Charlie Hartsock, Jennifer Jostyn, Don Handfield, Jason Frasca, Cynthia Ettinger, Benjamin Stralka, Stephanie Patton, Michael Winters, John Ducey, Christopher Darga, Joshua Colwell, Cornelius Lewis, Kevin LaRosa.

On this day in movie history - Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995):

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan,

directed by Joyce Chopra,

written by Derek Marlowe, Dennis Turner and Les Carter,

inspired by the autobiography The Corpse Had a Familiar Face by Edna Buchanan,

was released in the United States on May 8, 1995.
Music by Patrick Williams.

Cast:
Elizabeth Montgomery, Yaphet Kotto, Audra Lindley, Joe Flanigan, Jenifer Lewis, Richard Lineback, Matthew Posey, Saundra Santiago, Liz Sheridan, Geno Silva, David Spielberg, Lewis Van Bergen, Raymond Serra, Eddie Barth, Alley Mills, Dean Stockwell, Heidi Mark, Tracy Grant, Castulo Guerra, Thomas Mills, David Jean Thomas, Patrick Massett, Evelyn Bakerges, Gary Kasper, Mike Robelo, Casey Stengel, Gorja Max, Brian Michael Tracy.

On this day in movie history - One False Move (1992):

One False Move,

directed by Carl Franklin,

written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson,

was released in the United States on May 8, 1992.
Music by Peter Haycock, Derek Holt and Terry Plumeri.

Cast:
Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Beach, Earl Billings, Jim Metzler, Robert Anthony Bell, Natalie Canerday, Robert Ginnaven, Kevin Hunter, Phyllis Kirklin, Meredith 'Jeta' Donovan, Jimmy Bridges, Phyllis Sutton, Derrick Williams, June Jones, Loren Tyler, Deniese Payne, John Mahon, J. Robert Bailey, Max Segar, Duncan Rouleau, Don Brunner II, Layne Beamer, Mea Combs, Jesse Dabson, Jennifer Watson-Johnston, Rocky Giordani, Curtis York, Jeff Bailey, Lilli Rouleau, Walter Norman, Rebecca Ortese, Jackie Stewart, Leslie Mauldin, Steven Reich, Leo Tillman, Wynn Reichert, Rita Westbrook.