On this day in music history - Top 40: Anastacia, by Anastacia (2017):

The album Top 40: Anastacia,

by Anastacia,

was released on June 29, 2017.

On this day in music history - Beautiful Things, by Lee Aaron (2006):

The album Beautiful Things,

by Lee Aaron,

was released on June 29, 2006.

On this day in movie history - War of the Worlds (2005):

War of the Worlds,

directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp,

based on the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells,

was released in the United States on June 29, 2005.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:
Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins, Rick Gonzalez, Yul Vazquez, Lenny Venito, Lisa Ann Walter, Ann Robinson, Gene Barry, David Alan Basche, Roz Abrams, Michael Brownlee, Camillia Monet, Marlon Young, John Eddins, Peter Gerety, David Harbour, Miguel Antonio Ferrer, January LaVoy, Stephen Gevedon, Julie White, Marianne Ebert, Rafael Sardina, Amy Ryan, Erika LaVonn, Christopher Evan Welch, John Michael Bolger, Zoe Quist, Ana Maria Quintana, Lorelei Llee, Mark Manley, John Scurti, Becky Ann Baker, Mariann Mayberry, Jerry Walsh, Tommy Guiffre, Daniel Franzese, Ed Schiff, Ellen Barry, Amy Hohn, Dan Ziskie, David Conley, Daniel Eric Gold, Booker T. Washington, Eric Zuckerman, Daniel A. Jacobs, Asha R. Nanavati, Joaquin Perez-Campbell, Dendrie Taylor, James DuMont, Ben Ciaramello, Ricky Luna, Columbus Short, Kent Faulcon, Kevin Collins, Terry Thomas, Clay Bringhurst, Jorge-Luis Pallo, Suanne Spoke, Kirsten Nelson, Melody Garrett, Lauri Johnson, Takayo Fischer, Shanna Collins, Elizabeth Jayne Hong, Art Chudabala, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Dempsey Pappion, Chris Todd, Johnny Kastl, Juan Carlos Hernández, Bruce W. Derdoski Jr., John N. Morales.

On this day in music history - We Are Not Alone, by Breaking Benjamin (2004):

The album We Are Not Alone,

by Breaking Benjamin,

was released on June 29, 2004.

On this day in music history - Harp And Soul, by Georgia Kelly (1983):

The album Harp And Soul,

by Georgia Kelly,

was released on June 29, 1983.

On this day in movie history - Anatomy of a Murder (1959):

Anatomy of a Murder,

directed by Otto Preminger,

written by Wendell Mayes,

based on the novel by Robert Traver,

was released in the United States on June 29, 1959.
Music by Duke Ellington.

Cast:
James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott, Orson Bean, Russ Brown, Murray Hamilton, Brooks West, Ken Lynch, John Qualen, Howard McNear, Alexander Campbell, Ned Wever, Jimmy Conlin, Royal Beal, Joseph Kearns, Don Ross, Lloyd Le Vasseur, James Waters, Joseph N. Welch, Danny the Dog, Duke Ellington, Irv Kupcinet, Lawrence K. Paquin, Chuck Ramsay, Mrs. Joseph Welch.

On this day in movie history - The Big Steal (1949):

The Big Steal,

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Gerald Drayson Adams, Daniel Mainwaring and Geoffrey Homes,

was released in the United States on June 29, 1949.
Based on the short story The Road to Carmichael's by Richard Wormser, published in The Saturday Evening Post (1942).
Music by Leigh Harline.

Cast:
Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles, Ramon Novarro, Don Alvarado, John Qualen, Pascual García Peña.

Born on this day – Richard Lewis:

Richard Lewis

Actor

Writer

Comedian

June 29, 1947 – February 27, 2024

Credits:

100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (2004); 1989 MTV Video Music Awards (1989); 1990 MTV Video Music Awards (1990); 25 Things You Didn't Know About Curb Your Enthusiasm (2010); 5th Annual Prism Awards (2001); 7th Heaven (2002–2004); A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman (1995); A Weekend in the Country (1996); AFI Life Achievement Award (2013); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); Alias (2003); All About Anything But Love (2007); American Bandstand's 40th Anniversary Special (1992); American Masters (1996–2013); An All-Star Toast to the Improv (1988); An American Saturday Night (1991); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Anything But Love (1989–1992); BelzerVizion (2007); Biography (1995–2012); Blunt Talk (2015); BoJack Horseman (2018); Bucky and the Squirrels (2015); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Celebrity Profile (1998); Charlie Rose (2015); Christmas Magic (2019); Code Black (2016); Comedy Club Superstars (1996); Comic Relief '87 (1987); Comic Relief III (1989); Comic Relief IV (1990); Comic Relief V (1992); Comic Relief VII (1995); Confessions of an Action Star (2005); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024); Curb: The Discussion (2010); Daddy Dearest (1993); Dennis Miller Live (1995); Diary of a Young Comic (1979); Dinner for Five (2003–2004); Dom Irrera Live (2013); Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1997); Drunks (1995); E! True Hollywood Story (2002–2005); Emily @ the Edge of Chaos (2021); Everybody Hates Chris (2006); Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012); Free to Laugh: A Comedy and Music Special for Amnesty International (1992); Funny or Die Presents... (2010); Game Day (1999); Gangsta Waitress (2014); George Burns' 95th Birthday Party (1991); George Lopez (2005); Get Serious (1995); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1997); Harry (1987); HBO Comedy Hour (1987); Hercules (1999); Heroes of Jewish Comedy (2003); History of Curb Your Enthusiasm: Even Further (2006); History of Curb Your Enthusiasm: So Far (2006); Hollywood Squares (2000–2002); House Calls (1981); House of a Lifetime: Richard Lewis (2014); Howard Stern in Howard Stern (1994–2001); Howard Stern on Demand (2006–2008); Hugo Pool (1997); Inside Comedy (2014); A.J.'s Time Travelers (1995); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2017); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999); Las Vegas (2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–2008); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993); Late Night with David Letterman: 6th Anniversary Special (1988); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2012); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2015); Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2008); Later with Bob Costas (1989); Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians (2001); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); Leaving Las Vegas (1995); Lewis on Film: The Oscar Edition (2011); Limp Bizkit: Break Stuff (2000); Live with Kelly and Mark (1992–1999); Looking for Lenny (2011); Mad TV (2000); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Mantle (2005); Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011); Mike & Mike (2015); Misery Loves Comedy (2015); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Mtv Spring Break '86 (1986); Never Not Funny (2006); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); PlanetE! Entertainment Network (2017); Politically Incorrect (1997); Pound Puppies (2011); Presidio Med (2002); Richard Lewis & Keven Nealons Top 10 Picks (1997); Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed (1990); Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed (1990); Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour (1996); Riptide (1986); Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Rock Concert (1975–1976); Rude Awakening (1997–1998); Sandy Wexler (2017); Showbiz Today (1994); Snickers Commercial (2014); Sunset Strip (2012); Tales from the Crypt (1994); Tattinger's (1988); TCM Guest Programmer (2009); Temporary Insanity (1985); That's Adequate (1989); The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards (1989); The 12th Annual CableACE Awards (1991); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 14th Annual Young Comedians Special (1991); The 416th (1979); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 6th Annual Young Comedians (1981); The Alan Hamel Show (1978); The A-List (1992); The Aristocrats (2005); The Beat with Ari Melber (2017); The Best Damn Sports Show Period (2004); The Cleaner (2009); The Comedians' Comedian (2005); The Comedy Store (2020); The Daily Buzz (2005); The Daily Show (1996–2015); The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992); The Dead Zone (2004); The Dick Cavett Show (1990); The Drug Years (2006); The Elevator (1996); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Great Buster (2018); The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2011); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1978); The Howard Stern Interview (1993); The Howard Stern Radio Show (2001); The Howard Stern Show (1992); The I'm Exhausted Concert (1988); The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall (2013); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); The Last Party (1993); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2008–2011); The Maze (1997); The Merv Griffin Show (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1975); The Morning Program (1987); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1987); The One, the Only... Groucho (1991); The Richard Lewis 'I'm in Pain' Concert (1985); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Simpsons (2006); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1992); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2001); The View (2005–2013); The World of Jewish Humor (1990); The World's Greatest Comedy Characters (2007); The Wrong Guys (1988); 'Til Death (2009–2010); Today (1979); Tribeca (1993); Two and a Half Men (2004); Unite for Japan (2011); V.I.P. (1999); Vamps (2012); Wagons East (1994); WGN Morning News (2017–2018); What About... with Danny Nucci & Jason M. Burns (2023); When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World (2004); WTF with Marc Maron (2011–2015).

Books:

The Other Great Depression (2000); Reflections From Hell: Richard Lewis' Guide on How Not to Live (2015).

Born on this day – Colette Castel:

Colette Castel

Actress

June 29, 1937 – September 17, 2019

Born on this day – Ian Bannen:

Ian Bannen

Actor

June 29, 1928 – November 3, 1999

Born on this day – Cara Williams:

Cara Williams

Actress

June 29, 1925 – December 9, 2021

Credits:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1960); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1951); Boomerang! (1947); Broadway Television Theatre (1952); Date with the Angels (1957); Doctors' Wives (1971); Don Juan Quilligan (1945); Girls' Town (1942); Happy Land (1943); Henry Fonda and the Family (1962); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); In Security (1982); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1962); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957); Keep Talking (1959); Knock on Any Door (1949); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Laura (1944); Lux Video Theatre (1956); March of Dimes Presents: Once Upon a Dime (1963); Matinee Theatre (1955); Medical Center (1976); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); Naked City (1959); Never Steal Anything Small (1959); Password (1962); Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Rhoda (1974); Rhyme and Reason (1975); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951); Sitting Pretty (1948); Something for the Boys (1944); Starlight Theatre (1950); Steve Randall (1952); Stu's Show (2016); Suspense (1950); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The Ashes of Mrs. Reasoner (1976); The Billy Rose Show (1950); The Cara Williams Show (1964–1965); The Cassini Show (1954); The Celebrity Game (1964); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); The Clock (1950); The Defiant Ones (1958); The Game Game (1970); The Girl Next Door (1953); The Great Diamond Robbery (1954); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Linkletter Show (1963); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963); The One Man Jury (1978); The Red Skelton Hour (1961–1962); The Saxon Charm (1948); The Spider (1945); The Web (1950); The White Buffalo (1977); Theatre of Romance (1949); Valentine's Day (1964); Visions (1977); We Go to Monte Carlo (1953); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1960); Wide Open Town (1941); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Ray Harryhausen:

Ray Harryhausen

Animator

Special effects creator

June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013

Born on this day – Slim Pickens:

Slim Pickens

Actor

Rodeo performer

June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983

Born on this day – Ruth Warrick:

Ruth Warrick

Actress

Singer

June 29, 1916 – January 15, 2005

Born on this day – Bernard Herrmann:

Bernard Herrmann

Composer

June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975

Born on this day – Joan Davis:

Joan Davis

Actress

June 29, 1907 – May 23, 1961

Credits:

Abbott & Costello: The Art of Chemistry (2021); Angel's Holiday (1937); Around the World (1943); Beautiful But Broke (1944); Biography (1996); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bunker Bean (1936); Day-Time Wife (1939); For Beauty's Sake (1941); Free, Blonde and 21 (1940); George White's Scandals (1945); Harem Girl (1952); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942); He's My Guy (1943); Hold That Co-ed (1938); Hold That Ghost (1941); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); I Married Joan (1952–1955); If You Knew Susie (1948); Joan of Arkansas (1958); Josette (1938); Just Around the Corner (1938); Kansas City Kitty (1944); Keep Smiling (1938); Let's Join Joanie (1950); Life Begins in College (1937); Love and Hisses (1937); Love That Brute (1950); Make Mine Laughs (1949); Manhattan Heartbeat (1940); Millions in the Air (1935); My Lucky Star (1938); On the Avenue (1937); Sailor's Lady (1940); Sally, Irene and Mary (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1949); Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 1 (1941); Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952); She Gets Her Man (1945); She Wrote the Book (1946); Show Business (1944); Sing and Be Happy (1937); Sun Valley Serenade (1941); Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942); Tail Spin (1939); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The Bob Hope Show (1956); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957–1958); The Garry Moore Show (1959); The George Gobel Show (1958); The Great Hospital Mystery (1937); The Groom Wore Spurs (1951); The Holy Terror (1937); The Milton Berle Show (1959); The Sound of Laughter (1963); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958); The Traveling Saleswoman (1950); Thin Ice (1937); Time Out for Romance (1937); Too Busy to Work (1939); Two Latins from Manhattan (1941); Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943); Wake Up and Live (1937); Way Up Thar (1935); Yokel Boy (1942).

Born on this day – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Writer

Aviator

June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944

Credits:

Books:

Night Flight (1931); Southern Mail (1929); The Little Prince (1943); The Wisdom of the Sands (1948); Wind, Sand and Stars (1939).

Movies and television:

A kis herceg (2005); Anne-Marie (1936); Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1958); ARTE Reportage (2018); Avec André Gide (1951); Beloved (2019); Courrier Sud (1937); De kleine prins (1960); Dessine-moi un Saint-Ex (2018); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); Éjszakai repülés (1963); Ergasterium Atomicum (2021); From Him (2014); Great Performances (2004); Hemingway (2021); I riassuntini (2018); I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018); Kinderbücher für Erwachsene (1954); La nuit écoute (1967); Le Petit Prince 4D (2011); Le Petit Prince à La Géode (1994); Le petit prince, naissance d'une étoile (2023); Letec nad planétou (1976); L'hiver de l'éternité (2022); Lusitania Illusion (2010); Malenkiy prints (1974); Malý princ (2020 / 2021); Mémoires. Le temps qui passe: 1920-1960 (1996); Night Flight - a musical (2021); Night Flight (1933); Night Goes Long (2015); O mikros prigipas (1999); O mikros prigipas (2018); O Principezinho (2014); Once... (2004); Parlez-moi de Vous (2016); Poust (2004); Sen Anlat Karadeniz (2019); Teatr Polskiego Radia (2023); Television Theater (1958); Tell Me About... The Little Prince (2016); The Conquest of the Air (1931); The Little Prince (1954 / 1965 / 1966 / 1974 / 1978 / 1979 / 1984 / 1990 / 1995 / 2003 / 2012 / 2015); The Little Prince / TV Series (1990); The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight (1979); Touched with Fire (2015).

Recommended reading - The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943):

The Little Prince,

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943).

ISBN-10: 0156012197

ISBN-13: 978-0156012195

Description:

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. “Please,” asks the stranger, “draw me a sheep.” And the pilot realizes that when life’s events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper…. And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.

Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork.

The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.

Recommended reading - Wind, Sand And Stars, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1939):

Wind, Sand And Stars,

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1939).

ISBN-10: 0156027496

ISBN-13: 978-0156027496

Description:

“There are certain rare individuals … who by the mere fact of their existence put an edge on life, their ceaseless astonishment before its possibilities awakening our own latent sense of renewal and expectation. No one ever stood out more conspicuously in this respect than the French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.” The New York Times Book Review.

Translated by Lewis Galantière.

Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Académe Francaise, Wind, Sand and Stars is unsurpassed in capturing the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure – through the treacherous passes of the Pyrenees, above the Sahara, along the snowy ramparts of the Andes – combined with the lyrical prose and soaring spirit of a philosopher, make this book one of the most popular works ever written about flying.

While flying for his air squadron, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) disappeared over the Mediterranean a year after writing his most famous book, The Little Prince. He was also the author of Night Flight and Wartime Writings.

Anne Rice, on writing:

Go where the pleasure is in your writing.

Go where the pain is.

Write the book you would like to read.

Write the book you have been trying to find but have not found.

But write.

And remember, there are no rules for our profession.

Ignore rules.

Ignore what I say here if it doesn't help you.

Do it your own way.

Every writer knows fear and discouragement.

Just write.

The world is crying for new writing.

It is crying for fresh and original voices and new characters and new stories.

If you won't write the classics of tomorrow, well, we will not have any.

- Anne Rice.