On this day in music history - Somewhere New, by Sherry Finzer & Mark Holland (2018):

The album Somewhere New,

by Sherry Finzer & Mark Holland,

was released on July 20, 2018.

On this day in music history - Timeless, by Jami Sieber (2013):

The album Timeless,

by Jami Sieber,

was released on July 20, 2013.

On this day in movie history - Sunshine (2007):

Sunshine,

directed by Danny Boyle,

written by Alex Garland,

was released in the United States on July 20, 2007.
Music by John Murphy and Underworld.

Cast:
Cliff Curtis, Chipo Chung, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rose Byrne, Benedict Wong, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Mark Strong, Paloma Baeza, Archie Macdonald, Sylvie Macdonald, Kevin Hudson.

On this day in movie history - Midnight Run (1988):

Midnight Run,

directed by Martin Brest,

written by George Gallo,

was released in the United States on July 20, 1988.
Music by Danny Elfman.

“There’s a couple of nice-lookin’ people here. Better class of people. Your people. Probably all embezzlers, too.” 

– Robert De Niro, as Jack Walsh.

Cast:
Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Foronjy, Robert Miranda, Jack Kehoe, Wendy Phillips, Danielle DuClos, Philip Baker Hall, Tom McCleister, Fran Brill.

Born on this day – Natalie Wood:

Natalie Wood

Actress

July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003); 1968: The Year That Changed America (2018); 20/20 (2021); 48 Hours (2011–2018); 50 y más (2005); A Cry in the Night (1956); A Gift of Music (1981); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Year in Music (2022); ABC Late Night (1974); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973–1981); All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960); merican Grindhouse (2010); American Masters (2005–2012); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2016); Banda sonora (2012); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Behind the Scenes with Blake Edwards' 'The Great Race' (1965); Bij van Duin op de achterbank (2024); Biography (2000–2003); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969); Bob Hope at 100 (2003); Bombers B-52 (1957); Brainstorm (1983); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016); Camera Three (1956); Cash McCall (1960); Celebrity Page (2018–2019); Celebrity: Dominick Dunne (2008); Century of Cinema (1995); Chevron Theatre (1952); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); Christmas from Hollywood (2003); Cinema (1974); Compression (2024); Conflict (1957); Dear Brat (1951); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (2004); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Dinah! (1975–1979); Donahue (1976); Downhill Racer (1969); Driftwood (1947); Elvis: Summer of '56 (2011); Extra (2016); Father Was a Fullback (1949); Film '79 (1979); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (1976); From Here to Eternity (1979); General Electric Theater (1954–1955); Get High on Yourself (1981); Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009); Go West, Young Man! (2003); Good Morning America (1978–1980); Gypsy (1962); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Happy Land (1943); Hart to Hart (1979); Heavy Petting (1989); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991); History (2015); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Couples (2001); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywood's Children (1982); Howard (2018); I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Inside Edition (2017–2021); James Dean Remembered (1974); James Dean: Forever Young (2005); James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975); Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); Just for You (1952); Kings Go Forth (1958); Kings Row (1955–1956); Kraft Theatre (1951); Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Look Magazine Gala Party (1979); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Marjorie Morningstar (1958); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1955); Mayor of the Town (1954); Meteor (1979); Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); MsMojo (2023); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); Never a Dull Moment (1950); No Sad Songs for Me (1950); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); One Desire (1955); Our Very Own (1950); Our World (1987); Paul Newman, l'intranquille (2023); Peeper (1975); Penelope (1966); Penelope's Fashion Show (1966); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Peter Ustinov and Natalie Wood at the Hermitage (1980); Philbin's People (1969); Private Screenings (2006); Public Defender (1954); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Rediscovering a Rebel (1996); Reflets de Cannes (1962); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Robert Redford: The Golden Look (2019); Rock Hudson (1990); San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2005); Saturday Night at the Mill (1980); Screen Snapshots 1856: The Mocambo Party (1957); Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Special Collector's Edition (2013); Splendor in the Grass (1961); Stars of the Silver Screen (2014); Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015); Studio 57 (1954–1957); Studio One (1955); Switch (1975–1978); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tales of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by Paul Mazursky (2003); TCM Remembers 2015 (2015); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 1st Annual People's Choice Awards (1975); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The Affair (1973); The American Movie Awards (1980); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Andrew Klavan Show (2018); The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022); The Blue Veil (1951); The Bob Hope Show (1957–1959); The Bride Wore Boots (1946); The Burning Hills (1956); The Candidate (1972); The Collection / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976); The Cracker Factory (1979); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dead Wives Club (2019); The Dick Cavett Show (1969); The Dick Cavett Show (1971–1972); The Dr. Oz Show (2019–2021); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956 / 1966); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Final Day (2000); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Great Race (1965); The Green Promise (1949); The Hollywood Deb Stars of 1965 (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1960); The Jackpot (1950); The James Dean Story (1957); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Last Married Couple in America (1980); The Last Movie Stars (2022); The Linkletter Show (1956); The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995); The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1980); The Moon Is Down (1943); The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004); The Old Place (2000); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Pride of the Family (1953–1954); The Reluctant Redeemer (1954); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rose Bowl Story (1952); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Searchers (1956); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Star (1952); The Theater of Tomorrow (1963); The Third Annual 'on Cinema' Oscar Special (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1992); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1971); This Property Is Condemned (1966); Today (1975); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1980); Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Trumbull Land (2018); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1973); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood (2015); WatchMojo (2018); West Side Story - Bernsteins Broadway-Hit (2018); West Side Story (1961); What's My Line? (1966); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Willie & Phil (1980); Women He's Undressed (2015); Zeit.geschichte (2020).

Born on this day – Diana Rigg:

Diana Rigg

Actress

July 20, 1938 – September 10, 2020

Born on this day – Cormac McCarthy:

Cormac McCarthy

Writer

July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023

Credits:

Books:

All the Pretty Horses (1992); Blood Meridian (1985); Child of God (1973); Cities of the Plain (1998); No Country for Old Men (2005); Outer Dark (1968); Stella Maris (2022); Suttree (1979); The Counselor (2013); The Crossing (1994); The Gardener's Son (1996); The Orchard Keeper (1965); The Passenger (2022); The Road (2006); The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (2024); The Stonemason (1994); The Sunset Limited (2006); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

All the Pretty Horses (2000); Child of God (2013); Cormac McCarthy's Veer (2022); Hollywood Insider (2021); Looking for Cormac (1995); Los 10 magníficos (2008); No Country for Old Men (2007); Outer Dark (2009); Red West (2023); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2023); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Counselor (2013); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2007); The Road (2009); The Sunset Limited (2011); The Tommy Tiernan Show (2023); The Unbelievers (2013); Truth of the Situation: Making 'the Counselor' (2014); Visions (1977).

Born on this day – Lola Albright:

Lola Albright

Actress

Singer

July 20, 1924 – March 23, 2017

Credits:

A Cold Wind in August (1961); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Adventures of the Falcon (1954); Airwolf (1984); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); All Star Revue (1951–1952); Arctic Flight (1952); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Beauty on Parade (1950); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Bodyhold (1949); Bonanza (1965–1967); Branded (1965–1966); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Champion (1949); Cimarron Strip (1967); Code 3 (1957); Columbo (1976); Delta County, U.S.A. (1977); Dr. Kildare (1964); Duffy's Tavern (1954); Easter Parade (1948); Filmmaking on the Riviera (1964); Fireside Theatre (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1956); General Electric Theater (1961); Gunsmoke (1955); Here's Hollywood (1961); He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950); How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967); I'll Bet (1965); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); It's a Great Life (1955); Joy House (1964); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Kid Galahad (1962); King of Diamonds (1961); Kojak (1973); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Laredo (1966); Lord Love a Duck (1966); Lux Video Theatre (1951); McMillan & Wife (1976); Medical Center (1972–1974); Michael Shayne (1960); Mr. Broadway (1964); My Three Sons (1962); Off to See the Wizard (1968); Oregon Passage (1957); Panic! (1958); Pawnee (1957); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1962); Peter Gunn (1958–1961); Peyton Place (1965–1966); Police Story (1975); Pour le plaisir (1965); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Racket Squad (1953); Rawhide (1964–1965); Ready and Willing (1967); René Clément, témoin et poète (2013); Saints and Sinners (1962); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Cowboy Stars (1955); Seven Guns to Mesa (1958); Sierra Passage (1950); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Stump the Stars (1950); Svengoolie (2014); Switch (1978); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Target (1958); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); Terraces (1977); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1964); The Beverly Hillbillies (1963); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1957); The Celebrity Game (1965); The Detectives (1961); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The George Gobel Show (1960); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Helicopter Spies (1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime);  (1967); The Impossible Years (1968); The Incredible Hulk (1981); The Ken Murray Show (1951–1952); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Linkletter Show (1958); The Magnificent Matador (1955); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Mighty O (1962); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1978); The Money Jungle (1967); The Monolith Monsters (1957); The Nurse Killer (1975); The People's Choice (1956); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Pirate (1948); The Red Skelton Hour (1956–1957); The Silver Whip (1953); The Soundman (1950); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1959); The Tender Trap (1955); The Thin Man (1958); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The U.S. Royal Showcase (1952); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Way West (1967); This Is Your Life (1971); Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955); Tulsa (1949); Valentine's Day (1965); Wagon Train (1964); What's This Song? (1965); When You're Smiling (1950); Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968); Whirlybirds (1957); Will Banner (1965); You Don't Say (1965–1967).

Born on this day – Thomas Berger:

Thomas Berger

Writer

July 20, 1924 – July 13, 2014

Credits:

Books:

Adventures of the Artificial Woman (2004); Arthur Rex (1978); Being Invisible (1987); Best Friends (2003); Changing the Past (1989); Crazy in Berlin (1958); Granted Wishes (1984); Killing Time (1967); Little Big Man (1964); Meeting Evil (1992); Neighbors (1980); Nowhere (1985); Orrie's Story (1990); Regiment of Women (1973); Reinhart in Love (1962); Reinhart's Women (1981); Robert Crews (1994); Sneaky People (1975); Suspects (1996); The Feud (1983); The Houseguest (1988); The Return of Little Big Man (1999); Vital Parts (1970); Who Is Teddy Villanova? (1977).

Movies and television:

Little Big Man (1970); Meeting Evil (2012); Neighbors (1981); The Feud (1989).

Born on this day – Marcelle Derrien:

Marcelle Derrien

Actress

July 20, 1923 – November 2, 2008

Credits:

Chéri (1950); Cinéma cinémas (1983); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); Le secret de Monte-Cristo (1948); Les J3 (1946); L'impeccable Henri (1948); L'inconnue n° 13 (1949); Man About Town (1947); Sombre dimanche (1948); The King's Musketeers (1951); To Each His Own Cinema / Segment: Épilogue (2007).

Born on this day – K.T. Stevens:

K.T. Stevens

Actress

July 20, 1919 – June 13, 1994

Credits:

About Faces (1960); Adam at Six A.M. (1970); Adam-12 (1975); Address Unknown (1944); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969); Bold Venture (1959); Bronk (1976); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Corrina, Corrina (1994); Crossroads (1957); Days of Our Lives (1966–1969); Don't Tell Everything (1921); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); General Hospital (1963); Going My Way (1963); Harriet Craig (1950); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Love Lucy (1952); Iron Horse (1966); Kitty Foyle (1940); Knots Landing (1989); Lights Out (1951); Little House on the Prairie (1976); Lux Video Theatre (1957); M Squad (1960); Manhunt (1960); Mannix (1971); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1976); Matinee Theatre (1956); Mike Hammer (1959); Missile to the Moon (1958); Mr. Novak (1964); One Step Beyond (1960); Paradise Bay (1965); Peck's Bad Boy (1921); Perry Mason (1959–1965); Pets (1973); Port of New York (1949); Profiles in Courage (1965); Rawhide (1960); Run for Your Life (1966); S.W.A.T. (1975); Savage Drums (1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1957); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); State Trooper (1956); Studio 57 (1955); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1952); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Big Valley (1966–1967); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Great Man's Lady (1941); The Lineup (1959); The Millionaire (1956); The Patty Duke Show (1965); The Real McCoys (1957–1961); The Rebel (1960); The Rifleman (1960–1963); The Third Man (1963); The Young and the Restless (1979–1981); They're Playing with Fire (1984); This Is the Life (1963); Thriller (1961–1962); Tumbleweed (1953); Vice Squad (1953); Wagon Train (1957); Zane Grey Theatre (1961).

Born on this day – John Godey:

John Godey

Writer

July 20, 1912 – April 16, 2006

Credits:

Books:

Fatal Beauty (1984); Killer at His Back (1960); Nella (1981); Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today (1970); Sun and Mr. Smith (1976); The Blonde Betrayer (1951); The Blue Hour / aka Next to Die (1948); The Clay Assassin (1959); The Crime of the Century (1973); The Fifth House (1960); The Gun and Mr. Smith (1947); The Man in Question (1953); The Reluctant Assassin / aka A Thrill a Minute With Jack Albany (1966); The Snake (1978); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1973); The Talisman (1976); The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome (1972); This Year's Death (1953).

Movies and television:

Johnny Handsome (1989); Never a Dull Moment (1968); The Magical World of Disney (1979); The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 / 1998).

Recommended reading - The Best American Noir Of The Century (2011):

The Best American Noir Of The Century (2011).

Edited by James Ellroy and Otto Penzler.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0547577443

ISBN-13: 978-0547577449

Back cover description:

“Well worth its impressive weight in gold, it would be a crime not to have this seminal masterpiece in your collection.” – New York Journal of Books.

In his introduction to The Best American Noir of the Century, James Ellroy writes, “Noir is the most scrutinized offshoot of the hard-boiled school of fiction… It’s the nightmare of flawed souls with big dreams and the precise how and why of the all-time sure thing that goes bad.” Offering the best examples of literary sure things gone bad, this collection ensures that nowhere else can readers find a darker, more thorough distillation of American noir fiction.

James Ellroy and Otto Penzler mined the past century to find this treasure trove of thirty-nine stories, with selections from James M. Cain, Mickey Spillane, Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith, Harlan Ellison, Jeffrey Deaver, Joyce Carol Oates, Dennis Lahane, and many more.

“Delightfully devilish . . . A strange trek through the years that includes stories from household names in the hard-boiled genre to lesser-known authors who nonetheless can hold their own with the legends.” – Associated Press.

James Ellroy is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. trilogy – American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s a Rover – and the L.A. Quartet novels, The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. His most recent book is The Hillicker Curse, a memoir.

Otto Penzler is the founder of the Mysterious Bookshop and Mysterious Press, has won two Edgar Allan Poe Awards (most recently for The Lineup), and is series editor of The Best American Mystery Stories.

Contents:

Foreword by Otto Penzler; Introduction by James Ellroy; Spurs, by Tod Robbins; Pastorale, by James M. Cain; You'll always remember me, by Steve Fisher; Gun crazy, by MacKinlay Kantor; Nothing to worry about, by Day Keene; The homecoming, by Dorothy B. Hughes; Man in the dark, by Howard Browne; The lady says die!, by Mickey Spillane; Professional man, by David Goodis; The hunger, by Charles Beaumont; The gesture, by Gil Brewer; The last spin, by Evan Hunter; Forever after, by Jim Thompson; For the rest of her life, by Cornell Woolrich; The dripping, by David Morrell; Slowly, slowly in the wind, by Patricia Highsmith; Iris, by Stephen Greenleaf; A ticket out, by Brendan DuBois; Since I don't have you, by James Ellroy; Texas city, by James Lee Burke; Mefisto in onyx, by Harlan Ellison; Out there in the darkness, by Ed Gorman; Hot spings, by James Crumley; The weekender, by Jeffery Deaver; Faithless, by Joyce Carol Oates; Poachers, by Tom Franklin; Like a bone in the throat, by Lawrence Block; Crack, by James W. Hall; Running out of dog, by Dennis Lehane; The paperhanger, by William Gay; Midnight emissions, by F.X. Toole; When the women come out to dance, by Elmore Leonard; Controlled burn, by Scott Wolven; All through the house, by Christopher Coake; What she offered, by Thomas H. Cook; Her lord and master, by Andrew Klavan; Stab, by Chris Adrian; The hoarder, by Bradford Morrow; Missing the morning bus, by Lorenzo Carcaterra.

Ann Patchett, on writing:

The idea I pursue is the one that keeps coming back to me.

The characters I think about as I'm falling asleep at night

or when I'm driving to the grocery store

are the ones I wind up writing about.

- Ann Patchett.