Wednesday, July 9, 2025

The Breaker - series. Books 1 - 3:

 


The Breaker


ISBN: 9781656281517

Description:

How do you know the one you love won’t hurt you?
Or even try to kill you?
In many cases … you don’t.
How do we choose our path and purpose in life?
What makes us who we are?
When Seth Egan starts working as a private detective, he knows he’ll make enemies.
It goes with the territory.
As Seth works on a murder case and hunts down the killers, he becomes the target.
Some people have no conscience, shame, empathy, or remorse.
To get their own way, to get what they want, to take everything, they will do anything.
Even murder.
In the end, they will drag you down to hell with them.
Sometimes, our enemies are those closest to us.

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Bad Blood

ISBN: 9798682203192

Description:

No one is paying Seth Egan for his latest case.

He keeps this one unofficial.

Pro bono publico.

Off the books.

For him, this one is personal.

A matter of bad blood.

A woman with a grudge of her own leads Seth to a place where people vanish without trace.

Money is the motive.

Greed is the motivator.

Scores that can only be settled in blood.

A dark underworld of illegal gambling, prostitution, drugs, violence and murder.


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Mall Maze

ISBN: 9798729917235


Description:


Friday the 13th.

Unlucky for many.

What should have been a routine adultery case ends with Seth Egan fighting for his life.

Cut off from the world.

With no way to call for help.

Trapped in a place where the walls are coming down around him.

Seth is running out of places to hide.

As chaos reigns and the city burns … the hunters close in.


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Themes:
Abuse by proxy, Adultery, C-PTSD, crime, detective, domestic abuse, enabler, flying monkey, gaslighting, hardboiled, heist, infidelity, murder, narcissism, narcissist, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, personality disorder, psychopath, sociopath, suspense, thriller, vigilante, violence.

Books available in hardcover, paperback and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of my books is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

What’s On?


What’s On?

A Guide to Movies and TV Shows


Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9798342696098

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9798341177307

Kindle

ASIN: B0DJTZ8T58

Back cover description:

What’s On? … is the timeless question we have all asked ourselves almost every day of our lives, as we reach for the remote control and settle in front of the TV screen.

Jack Kost, a life-long movie buff and coffee addict, offers his choice of favorite movie and television masterpieces.

Providing possible answers to the question of What’s On? with over 1,900 titles, from golden oldies and timeless classics, to more recent releases, all meticulously logged and summarized.

An invaluable and collectable go-to source for discovering new favorites and revisiting old ones.

Perfect for film enthusiasts and casual viewers alike, this guide will spark conversations, bring back memories, and help you navigate the ever-evolving world of screen entertainment.

A wealth of recommendations and insights from a passionate movie buff to enrich your viewing experience, complete with personal reminiscences and nostalgic reflections, told with a world-wise critical eye, sardonic dry wit, a healthy dose of cynicism, biting observations, and a well-founded rant here and there.

Just don’t challenge or get him started on his personal favorites, like The Shining, Point Blank, Jaws, The Exorcist, The Duellists, Romeo Is Bleeding, or The Ninth Configuration. His opinions on these and other iconic titles are as intense and unyielding as the movies themselves.

All compiled by an author who not only watched the movies, but also read the books on which they were based, did his research, drank a lot of coffee in the process, and advocates for the importance and value of reading.

A glimpse into the over-caffeinated mind of a writer with a passion for great stories.

What’s On? is a celebration of the intersection between page and screen, and a reminder that great on-screen adaptations often start with a great book and a strong cup of coffee.

Kick back, grab your coffee, and enjoy the show!

As author Jack Kost says:

“Happy viewing … and do yourself a favor … read the books.”

Slipped Masks:


Slipped Masks

ISBN: 9781719330640

Description:

I can’t call you because if he hears me talking on the phone he’ll hit me again. He scares me. I know sooner or later he’s going to kill me. I’ll text you again when I can. I love you, Casey. I’ll spend the rest of our lives proving to you how much I love you. Please come. Please save me …

With only text messages to guide him, Casey Byrne is on the hunt, racing across five states to save his ex-girlfriend, Madison.
Casey loves Madison deeply and wants desperately to save her life and rekindle their relationship.
But the closer he gets to her, the more surreal his journey becomes as the dead bodies pile up in his wake.

Clinical Lycanthropy: the delusion that a human can physically transform into a wolf.


If you were insane, would you know it?


How would you see the world if you were convinced you could transform into a wolf?


The hunter … and the hunted.


Slipped Masks is a dark neo-noir thriller about how the need for love and companionship becomes twisted into obsession, possession, jealousy, violence and murder.

A horrifying portrait of Clinical Lycanthropy.

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Themes:
Sociopathy, narcissistic abuse, personality disorder, Clinical Lycanthropy, crime, murder.

Book available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of this book is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

Work in progress:


My next books are Triangulation and Stinger.

Books 4 and 5 in The Breaker series.


Set in the year 2001, the story continues from Mall Maze.



Themes:


Crime, detective, hardboiled, heist, murder, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, psychopath, sociopath, thriller, vigilante.

 

A percentage from book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.


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The Breaker is an on-going series.


I’m outlining other stand-alone thriller novels.

Several coffee table books on my photography and my wife’s artwork.

A humorous book, based on the antics of our crazy pet Ragdoll cat, entitled: It’s That F****** Cat Again!



Here’s a GIF I made of our cat, settling down for another of his daily naps:

On this day in movie history - Barbie (2023):


Barbie

directed by Greta Gerwig,
written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach,
was released in the United States on July 9, 2023.
Music by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.
Narrated by Helen Mirren.


Cast:

Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Sharon Rooney, Ana Cruz Kayne, Ritu Arya, Dua Lipa, Nicola Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ncuti Gatwa, Scott Evans, John Cena, Michael Cera, America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Rhea Perlman, Helen Mirren, Will Ferrell, Connor Swindells, Jamie Demetriou, Andrew Leung, Will Merrick, Zheng Xi Yong, Asim Chaudhry, Ray Fearon, Erica Ford, Hannah Khalique-Brown, Mette Narrative, Marisa Abela, Lucy Boynton, Rob Brydon, Tom Stourton, Chris Taylor, David Mumeni, Olivia Brody, Isla Ashworth, Eire Farrell, Daisy Duczmal, Genvieve Toussaint, Isabella Nightingale Mercado, Millie-Rose Crossley, Anvita Nehru, Kayla-Mai Alvares, Luke Mullen, Patrick Luwis, Mac Brandt, Paul Jurewicz, Oraldo Austin, Benjamin Arthur, Carlos Jacott, Adam Ray, George Basil, Ptolemy Slocum, Deb Hiett, James Leon, Oliver Vaquer, Tony Noto, Christopher T. Wood, Ann Roth, Annie Mumolo, Elise Gallup, McKenna Roberts, Brylee Hsu, Sasha Milstein, Lauren Holt, Sterling Jones, Ryan Piers Williams, Jamaal Lewis, Kathryn Akin, Grace Jabbari, Ira Mandela Siobhan, Lisa Spencer, Naomi Weijand, Tom Clark, Ireanne Abenoja, Davide Albonetti, Charlotte Anderson, Michael Anderson, Rico Bakker, James Bamford, William John Banks, Callum Bell, Adam Blaug, Mason Boyce, Taylor Bradshaw, Alex Brown, Miekaile Browne, Lewis Calcutt, Nikkita Chadha, Oliver Chapman, Megan Charles, Callum Clack, Danny Coburn, Kat Collings, Adam Crossley, Sia Dauda, Gustave Die, Grace Durkin, Joelle Dyson, Lewis Easter, Onyemachi Ejimofor, Cameron Everitt, Luke Field-Wright, Sasha Flesch, Adam Fogarty, Michael John French, Anna-Kay Gayle, Charlie Goddard, Marlie Goddard, Ellis Harman, Yasmin Harrison, Josh Hawkins, James Healy, Tim Hodges, Mira Jebari, Beccy Jones, Thomas Kalek, Lily Laight, Maiya Leeke, Cristian Liberti, Prodromos Marneros, Nahum McLean, Jordan Melchor, Ramzan Miah, Andy Monaghan, Florivaldo Mossi, Hannah Nazareth, Grant Neal, Freja Nicole, Shaun Niles, Ella Nonini, Jack William Parry, Josie Pocock, Barnaby Quarendon, Redmand Rance, Zara Richards, Liam Riddick, Alana Rixon, Adam Paul Robertson, Kingdom Sibanda, Sebastian Skov Andersen, Aaron J. Smith, Joshua Smith, Lucia-Rose Sokolowski, Janine Somcio, Callum Sterling, Alex Sturman, Todd Talbot, Charles Tatman, Grant Thresh, Connor Tidman, Wahchi Vong, Jerry Wan, Sasha Wareham, Stan West, Oliver Wheeler, Josh Wild, Joe Wolstenholme, Richard Womersley, Ashley Young, Rocky Brower, Sergi Cervera, Jennifer Chan, Jasmine Clark, Nicholas de Graffenreid, Mike Dickman, Tanner Kerrins, Geoff Kinns, Noor Labelle, Kim Manning, Manuela Mora, Cadence Murray, Jordan Saria Oram, Tracy Pacana, Kourosh Parsapour, Justin Price, Richard Price, Kelly Rian Sanson, Evan Shafran, Chanel Stewart, Kelsey Toussant, Molly Peyton White, Brian Whitehill, Caroline Wilde.

On this day in music history - Sacred Alliance, by Anima (2015):


Sacred Alliance

Album by Anima,
released July 9, 2015.

Track list:

Great Mother’s Dominion; Surrender; Sewa; Sacred Lands; Offering; Camino De Pedro; Gonawindua; Kogi Transmission; Ancestral Fathers of the Stars.

On this day in music history - Walk in the Sun, by Sue Foley (1996):


Walk in the Sun

Album by Sue Foley,
released July 9, 1996.

Track list:

Try to Understand; Give It to Me; Walk in the Sun; The Snake; Wayward Girl; The Wind; Lover’s Call; Better; Train to Memphis; Love Sick Child; Long Distance Lover.

On this day in movie history - Tron (1982):


Tron

directed by Steven Lisberger,
written by Steven Lisberger, Bonnie MacBird,
was released in the United States on July 9, 1982.
Music by Wendy Carlos.

Cast:

Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes, Dan Shor, Peter Jurasik, Stuart Thomas / Tony Stephano, Craig Chudy, Vince Deadrick, Sam Schatz, Jackson Bostwick, David S. Cass Sr., Gerald Berns, Bob Neill, Ted White, Mark Stewart, Michael Sax, Tony Brubaker, Charlie Picerni, Pierre Vuilleumier, Erik Cord, Loyd Catlett, Michael Dudikoff, Richard Bruce Friedman, Rick Feck, John Kenworthy, Lisette Kremer, Jerry Maren.

Born on this day – Lisa Banes:


Lisa Banes


Actress

July 9, 1955 – June 14, 2021

Credits:

A Cure for Wellness (2016); A Family Torn Apart (1993); A Good Day for Ted Schmetterling (2005); A Killer Among Us (1990); American Dreamer (1990); Battle in the Erogenous Zone (1992); Borderline Talent (2018); Boston Legal (2005); Brothel (2008); China Beach (1989); Close Encounters (1990); Cocktail (1988); Combustion (2004); Cries from the Heart (1994); Desperate Housewives (2006); Dragonfly (2002); Frasier (1996); Freedom Writers (2007); Girls Club (2002); Gloria Vane (1993); Gone Girl (2014); Hemingway (1988); High Society (1995); How to Be a Gentleman (2011); Howard Stern (2000); In Justice (2006); It's All Relative (2004); Jake in Progress (2005); Kane & Abel (1985); Killzone: Shadow Fall (2013); L.A. Law (1993); Last Exit to Earth (1996); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011); Leg Work (1987); Legacy (1999); Legally Blondes (2009); Lieberman in Love (1995); Life Goes On (1989); Lifestories (1990); Look Back in Anger (1985); Madam Secretary (2016); Marie (1985); Masters of Sex (2016); Miami Rhapsody (1995); Michael Hayes (1998); Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (1996); Murder One (1996); Murder, She Wrote (1995); My Son Is Innocent (1996); Nashville (2018); NCIS (2015); NYPD Blue (2004); Once Upon a Time (2016); One Life to Live (2004); One Police Plaza (1986); Out of Practice (2005); Perception (2012); Philly (2002); Psych (2007); Pumpkin (2002); Revenge on the Highway (1992); Roseanne (1994); Rosewood (2016); Royal Pains (2010–2016); Saved (2006); Sisters (1993); Six Feet Under (2005); Six Women (2017); Son of the Beach (2000–2001); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994); The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2022); The Avenging Angel (1995); The Equalizer (1986); The Good Wife (2010); The Hotel New Hampshire (1984); The Jackal (1997); The King of Queens (2004); The Orville (2022); The Practice (2002); The Presence (1992); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Strongest Man (2015); The Test (2001); The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990–1992); The Unit (2006); Them (2021); Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999); Without Limits (1998); Young Guns (1988).

Born on this day – Richard Roundtree:


Richard Roundtree


Actor

July 9, 1942 – October 24, 2023

Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); 13th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (1998); 16th Annual Trumpet Awards (2008); 1-800-Missing (2003); 1994 MTV Movie Awards (1994); 19th Annual Trumpet Awards (2011); 2003 Trumpet Awards (2003); 2019: A Year in the Life of a Year (2020); 21 Jump Street (1990); 29th NAACP Image Awards (1998); 413 Hope St. (1997–1998); A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021); A Complicated Man: The 'Shaft' Legacy (2019); A Different World (1989); A Family Reunion Christmas (2019); A Time to Die (1991); A.D. (1985); ABC Afterschool Specials (1988); ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (2023); AFI Movie Club (2020); Akuji the Heartless (1998); Alias (2003–2004); All the Days Before Tomorrow (2007); Amen (1989); America's Top Sleuths (2006); Amityville: A New Generation (1993); An Eye for an Eye (1981); Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988); Antitrust (2001); Any Place But Home (1997); Ari Global show (2022); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Baadasssss Cinema (2002); Bad Jim (1990); Ballistic (1995); Beauty and the Beast (1989); Being Mary Jane (2013–2019); BET Awards 2013 (2013); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991); Black Hollywood (1984); Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture (2023); Blade: The Series (2006); Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1991); Boat Trip (2002); Body of Influence (1993); Bonanza: The Return (1993); Bonanza: Under Attack (1995); Breast Cancer: An African American Perspective (2009); Brick (2005); Buddies (1996); Cadets (1988); Capone's Boys (2002); CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Page (2019); Celebrity Tennis (1975); Charley-One-Eye (1973); Cherish the Day (2022); Chicago Fire (2015); CHiPs (1981); Christmas in Connecticut (1992); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2012); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); City Heat (1984); Classified X (2007); Close to Home (2006); COC Elite (2009); Collar - Directors Cut (2023); Collar (2015); Cop Files (1995); Corky Romano (2001); Crack House (1989); Day of the Assassin (1979); Deadly Rivals (1993); Desperate Housewives (2004–2005); Diamonds (1975); Diary of a Single Mom (2009–2011); Dinah! (1974–1976); Donahue (1972); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1998); Dream On (1995); Duke (2019); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Earthquake (1974); Ebony Fashion Fair: 50 Years of Style (2008); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1986); Embassy (1972); Entertainment Tonight (2019–2024); Escape to Athena (1979); Family Reunion (2019–2022); Final Approach (2007); Firehouse (1973); Freedom Is (1976); Game for Vultures (1979); Game On! A Comedy Crossover Event (2020); Generations (1990); George of the Jungle (1997); Getting Even (1989); Go Beyond the Lens (2011); Good Morning America (2023); Grey's Anatomy (2006); Gypsy Angels (1990); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992–1994); Harlem to Hollywood (2018); Haunting of the Mary Celeste (2020); Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999); Hawaiian Gardens (2001); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Hell Up in Hollywood: Soul Cinema and the 1970s (2003); Heroes (2006–2007); Hollywood Beat (1985); I Love 1970's (2000); Inchon (1981); Intimate Portrait (1999); It's a Knockout (1988); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1973); Jocks (1986); Joe and Max (2002); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1994–1995); Just an Overnight Guest (1983); Killpoint (1984); Knight Rider (2009); L.A. Law (1992); Ladies of the House (2008); Lethal Weapon (2018); Lincoln Heights (2007–2009); Linc's (1999); MacGyver (1990); Made in Hollywood (2019); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Man Friday (1975); Maniac Cop (1988); Masquerade (1983); Maury (1992); Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004); Meet the Browns (2010); Men Cry in the Dark (2003); Miami Cops (1989); Mind Twister (1993); Miss Universe Pageant (1980); Missing Reel (2014); Moscacieca (1993); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Moving On (2022); Murder, She Wrote (1988); Nationtime (1972); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2023); Negermagasinet (2005); Nero come il cuore (1994); New York, New York (1972); Night Visitor (1989); Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995); One Down, Two to go (1982); Opposing Force (1986); Original Gangstas (1996); Outlaws (1986–1987); Painkiller Jane (2005); Parachute to Paradise (1972); Party Line (1988); Point of Entry (2007); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); Private Practice (2012); Profiler (1997); Q: The Winged Serpent (1982); Renegade (1994); Rescue 77 (1999); Resurrection Blvd. (2001); Retreat! (2016); Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular (2002); Roc (1991–1994); Roots (1977); Roots: Celebrating 25 Years (2002); Sacrifice (2021); Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006); Se7en (1995); Set Apart (2009); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shadows of Desire (1994); Shaft (1973–1974); Shaft (1971 / 2019 / 2000); Shaft in Africa (1973); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Shoot! (2001); Short Fuse: A Collection of Explosive Shorts (2004); Sins of the Night (1993); Soul Brothers (2013); Soul Brothers 2 (2013); Soul Comes Home (2003); Soul Food (2000–2001); Soul in Cinema: Filming Shaft on Location (1971); Speed Racer (2008); Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family (2008); Star (2017–2018); Steel (1997); Tavis Smiley (2008); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 12nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1991); The 18th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards Preshow (2003); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 47th NAACP Image Awards (2016); The Arsenio Hall Show (2014); The Banker (1989); The Baron and the Kid (1984); The Big Score (1983); The Closer (2005); The Confidant (2010); The David Frost Show (1972); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas (1974); The Dean Martin Show (1973); The Fifth Missile (1986); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996); The Green Fog (2017); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1972–1976); The John H. Johnson Story (2005); The Love Boat (1980); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mentalist (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1977); The Ms. Moviefone Show (2019); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); The Player (2015); The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (2002); The Sin Choice (2020); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2002); The Trial of Ben Barry (2012); The Turn On (2007); The Wayans Bros. (1995); The Young Riders (1991); Thelma (2024); Theodore Rex (1995); This Bitter Earth (2012); Tilmon Tempo (1972–1976); Today (2019); Touched by an Angel (1996); Ultimate Film Fanatic (2004–2005); Undercover Brother (2002); Unsung Hollywood (2015–2016); Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023); Vegas Vampires (2007); Veil (2010); Vicki! (1992–1993); Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! (2010); WGN Morning News (2019); What Do You Say to a Naked Lady? (1970); What Men Want (2019); Whatever She Wants (2014); Wild On... (1997–2009); Wild Seven (2006); Without Walls (1994); Young Warriors (1983).

Born on this day – Brian Dennehy:


Brian Dennehy


Actor

July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020

Credits:

10 (1979); 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003); 10th & Wolf (2006); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 30 Rock (2008); 8: Ivy League Football and America (2008); A Death in Canaan (1978); A Father's Revenge (1988); A Killing in a Small Town (1990); A Real American Hero (1978); A Rumor of War (1980); A Season in Purgatory (1996); A Season on the Brink (2002); A Very Merry Toy Store (2017); Acceptable Risks (1986); Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019); Alleged (2010); America This Morning (1990); American Experience (2000); American Valor (2003); Angel (1999) / 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001); Animated Tales of the World (2002); Ants! (1977); Arrest & Trial (2000–2002); Assault on Precinct 13 (2005); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' (2003); Best Seller (1987); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979–1981); Biography (1999); Birdland (1994); Blood Feud (1983); Bumpers (1977); Bunker Hill (2009); Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979); Caesar & Otto in the House of Dracula (2009); Caesar and Otto Meet Dracula's Lawyer (2010); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Canceled Lives: Letters from the Inside (1993); Carrie Underwood: Temporary Home (2010); Cat City (2008); Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020); Celebrity Page (2020); Charlie Rose (2015); Cocked (2015); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero (2002); Columbia: A Celebration (2003); Connecticut: Seasons of Light - Cradle of American Impressionism (2003); Dallas (1978); Darkroom (1981); Day One (1989); De película (1988); Dead Man's Walk (1996); Deadly Matrimony (1992); Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987); Death of a Salesman (2000); Death or Canada (2008); Dish Dogs (2000); Drawing First Blood (2002); Driveways (2019); Dummy (1979); Dynasty (1981); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Evergreen (1985); Every Day (2010); Everyone's Hero (2006); F.I.S.T. (1978); F/X (1986); F/X2 (1991); Faerie Tale Theatre (1987); Fail Safe (2000); Final Appeal (1993); Finders Keepers (1984); First Blood (1982); Fly Away Home (1981); Foreign Affairs (1993); Foul Play (1978); Founding Brothers (2002); Founding Fathers (2000); From Broadway to Syracuse: The Journey of Arthur Storch (2014); Génération Barracuda (2023); Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland (1989); Gladiator (1992); Gorky Park (1983); Great Performances / Story: The Monument (1981–2002); Gunfighters of the West (1998); Handle with Care (1977); Hap and Leonard (2017); HBO First Look (2005); Hunter (1984); I Am Chris Farley (2015); I Take These Men (1983); In Broad Daylight (1991); Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan (1997); Indio (1989); Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us (1996); Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994); Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993); Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (1996); Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995); Jeopardy! (1999); Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (1977); Joyce to the World (2004); Just Shoot Me! (1998–2003); Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure (2012); Knight of Cups (2015); Knots Landing (1980); Kojak (1977); Lanigan's Rabbi (1977); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2007); Leave of Absence (1994); Legal Eagles (1986); Little Miss Marker (1980); Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977); Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale (2009); Lou Grant (1977); Love and Valor: The Intimate Civil War Letters (2009); Lucan (1977); M*A*S*H (1977); Marco Polo (2007); Masters of Science Fiction (2007); Meet Monica Velour (2010); Meet the Real Tag Brothers (2018); Miami Vice (1987); Miles from Home (1988); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Murder in the Heartland (1993); Murderers' Row (2018); Mystery Files (2011); NetForce (1999); Never Cry Wolf (1983); Night Visions / Segment: Quiet Please (2001); Nolan Knows Best (2010); Nostromo (1996–1997); Our Fathers (2005); Out of the Cold (1999); Pearl (1978); Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020); Perfect Witness (1989); Pigs vs. Freaks (1982); Police Woman (1977); Presumed Innocent (1990); Pride and Extreme Prejudice (1989); Project Greenlight (2001–2023); Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993); Public Morals (2015); Ratatouille (2007); Ratatouille: The Video Game (2007); Reading Rainbow (1991); Return to Snowy River (1988); Righteous Kill - The Investigation: An In-Depth Look at 'Righteous Kill' (2009); Righteous Kill (2008); Rising Son (1990); Rizzoli & Isles (2010); Romeo + Juliet (1996); Ruby and Oswald (1978); Rules of Engagement (2009); Saturday Night Live (1995); Science Goes to the Movies (2018); Screen Two (1994); Semi-Tough (1977); Serpico (1977); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shadow of a Doubt (1995); She Hate Me (2004); Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (1979); Silicon Towers (1999); Silverado (1985); Sirens (1999); Skokie (1981); Sly (2023); Son of Rambow (2007); Son of the South (2020); Split Image (1982); Star of the Family (1982); Stolen Summer (2002); Summer Catch (2001); Tag (2018); Tall Tales & Legends (1985); TCM Guest Programmer (2007); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992); Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998); The 12th Annual Golden Laurel Awards (2001); The 16th Annual CableACE Awards (1995); The 4400 (2006); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1993); The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999); The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003); The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (2001); The 61st Annual Tony Awards (2007); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Agency (2003); The Belly of an Architect (1987); The Big C (2013); The Big Year (2011); The Blacklist (2016–2020); The Broadway.com Show (2014); The Burden of Proof (1992); The Challenger Disaster (2013); The Check Is in the Mail... (1986); The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003); The Diamond Fleece (1992); The Exonerated (2005); The Ferret (1984); The Fighting Fitzgeralds (2001); The Fitzpatricks (1977); The Good Wife (2012); The Hour (2008–2011); The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999); The Immortal Beaver (2008); The Jericho Mile (1979); The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago (2024); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Last Place on Earth (1985); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Lion of Africa (1987); The Making of 'First Blood' (1982); The Making of 'Gorky Park' (1983); The Making of 'Never Cry Wolf' (1983); The Men of the Next Three Days (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1982); The Next Three Days (2010); The Oscars (2021); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The River Rat (1984); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999); The Seagull (2018); The Seduction of Miss Leona (1980); The Song of Sway Lake (2018); The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1986–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–1994); The Tony Randall Show (1978); The Ultimate Gift (2006); The Ultimate Legacy (2016); The West Wing (2005); Theater Talk (2014); Three Blind Mice (2001); To Catch a Killer (1992); Today (2014); Tommy Boy (1995); 'Tommy Boy': Behind the Laughter (2005); Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999); Trumbo (2007); Twelfth Night (2012); Twice in a Lifetime (1985); Uncle Sam Wants You (2004); Undue Influence (1996); Voyage of Terror (1998); War Eagle, Arkansas (2007); Warden of Red Rock (2001); Welcome to Paradise (2007); Working in the Theatre (1999–2007); Zebras: Patterns in the Grass (1991).

Born on this day – Earle Hagen:


Earle Hagen


Composer

July 9, 1919 – May 26, 2008

Credits:

61* (2001); A Global Affair (1964); A Private's Affair (1959); A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950); Accidental Family (1967–1968); Aces Up (1974); Alex and the Doberman Gang (1980); AMV Hell 2: Son of AMV Hell (2004); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); Andy Griffith Show Reunion (1993); Apartment for Peggy (1948); BBC Proms (2010); Bernardine (1957); Big Eddie (1975); Blaze (1989); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Blue Denim (1959); Boys Will Be Boys (1998); California's Gold (2012); Call Me Madam (1953); Call Me Mister (1951); Carousel (1956); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2021); Christine (1983); Chuck Brown: We Got This (2010); City of Bad Men (1953); Compulsion (1959); Conan (2015); Contact (1997); Criminal Minds (2007); Cry of the City (1948); Daddy Long Legs (1955); Dancing in the Dark (1949); Dixieland Small-Fry (1960); Doc Elliot (1973–1974); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Down to Earth (1947); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Earth Girls Are Easy (1988); Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979); Eight Is Enough (1977–1980); Ensign Pulver (1964); Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980); Father Was a Fullback (1949); Featherstone's Nest (1979); First Date (1989); Four Rooms (1995); Friends (1997); Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Get a Life (1990–1991); Get Crazy (1983); Get Smart (1968); Ghost of a Chance (1980); Golden Girl (1951); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964–1969); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Guestward Ho! (1960); Having Babies (1976); Hey, Jeannie! (1956–1957); High Time (1960); History Detectives (2003); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Home, Sweet Homicide (1946); Hound-Dog Man (1959); House of Strangers (1949); I Build the Tower (2006); I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951); I Spy (1965–1968); I Take These Men (1983); I'd Rather Be Rich (1964); I'll Get By (1950); Inside TV Land (2002); Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944); It's a Great Feeling (1949); It's a Man's World (1962–1963); It's Always Jan (1955–1956); Jeopardy! (2010); Känd frÃ¥n TV (2001); Kangaroos in the Kitchen (1982); Killer on Board (1977); Kiss of Death (1947); Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2004–2008); Late Show with David Letterman (2011); Le Bal (1983); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Let's Make Love (1960); Los simuladores (2002); Love and Marriage (1959–1960); Love Me Tender (1956); Love That Brute (1950); Love, Marilyn (2012); Loving (2016); M*A*S*H (1973); Make Room for Granddaddy (1970–1971); Man on a Tightrope (1953); Mardi Gras (1958); Marraskuun harmaa valo (1993); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Mayberry Man (2021); Mayberry Man: The Series (2024); Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971); Medicine Man (1962); Meet Me After the Show (1951); Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989); Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Mister Magoo (1960); Mod Squad (1968–1973); Monkey Business (1952); More Than Murder (1984); Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); Mother Wore Tights (1947); Movin' On (1975–1976); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Muggable Mary, Street Cop (1982); Murder Me, Murder You (1983); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Friend Tony (1969); My Sister Eileen (1960–1961); My Wife's Best Friend (1952); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1992–2018); Nashville 99 (1977); Never Steal Anything Small (1959); Nightmare Alley (1947); North (1994); North Beach and Rawhide (1985); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957); Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949); On the Riviera (1951); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1991); Pepe (1960); Perfect Strangers (1987); Planet of the Apes (1974); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Ramblin'Man (1979); Rango (1967); Ready to Rumble (2000); Red Skies of Montana (1952); Return to Mayberry (1986); Road House (1948); Runaway Bride (1999); Say One for Me (1959); Scrubs (2004); Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948); Sex and the City (1998); Silver Spoons (1982–1987); Sitting Pretty (1948); Spring Reunion (1956); St. Louis Blues (1958); Stand by Your Man (1981); Still Breathing (1997); Take It or Leave It (1944); Tango & Cash (1989); Teachers Only (1982); Teenage Millionaire (1961); Teenage Rebel (1956); That Girl (1966–1971); That Wonderful Urge (1948); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Best of Everything (1959); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Big Town (1987); The Bill Dana Show (1963–1965); The Blue Angel (1959); The Cable Guy (1996); The Cheerleaders (1976); The Concrete Cowboys (1979); The Country Western Murders (1979); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967–1968); The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1964); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); The Dick Van Dyke Show - Celebrating the 60th Anniversary (2021); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966); The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! (2016); The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! A Special Tribute to Carl Reiner (2020); The Dirt Gang (1972); The Dogwalker (1999); The Don Rickles Show (1972); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983–1985); The Egyptian (1954); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953); The Frogmen (1951); The Gift of Love (1958); The Girl Next Door (1953); The Girl Rush (1955); The Greatest (1977); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–1969); The Homestretch (1947); The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980); The I Don't Care Girl (1953); The Jackpot (1950); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2021); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Luck of the Irish (1948); The Man Who Understood Women (1959); The Mod Squad (1999); The Monk (1969); The New Andy Griffith Show (1971); The New Interns (1964); The New Mike Hammer (1984–1987); The New People (1969); The New Perry Mason (1973–1974); The Player's Club (Part One);  (2023); The Players' Club with Laura Hagen & Marcus Lantero Preview (2023); The Real McCoys (1957); The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986); The Runaways (1975); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); The Simpsons (1997–2017); The Singing Detective (2003); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Young Lions (1958); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); These Thousand Hills (1959); Thieves' Highway (1949); True Grit: A Further Adventure (1978); TV Land's Top Ten (2005); Two Flags West (1950); Under My Skin (1950); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1967); Valentine's Day (1965); Visiting... with Huell Howser (2010); Wabash Avenue (1950); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); WandaVision (2021); Wendy Hooper, U.S. Army (1981); When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948); Where's Raymond? (1953–1954); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); With a Song in My Heart (1952); Woman Obsessed (1959); You Were Meant for Me (1948); Young Dan'l Boone (1977); You're My Everything (1949); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2010).

Born on this day – Lionel White:


Lionel White


Writer

July 9, 1905 – December 26, 1985

Credits:

Books:

The Snatchers (1953); To Find a Killer (aka Before I Die) (1954); The Big Caper (1955); Flight Into Terror (1955); The Killing (aka Clean Break) (1955); Love Trap (1955); The House Next Door (1956); Operation - Murder (1956); Death Takes the Bus (1957); Hostage for a Hood (1957); Right for Murder (1957); Coffin for a Hood (1958); Invitation to Violence (1958); Too Young to Die (1958); The Merriweather File (1959); Rafferty (1959); Run, Killer, Run! (1959); Lament for a Virgin (1960); Marilyn K. (1960); Steal Big (1960); The Time of Terror (1960); A Death At Sea (1961); A Grave Undertaking (1961); Obsession (1962); The Money Trap (1963); The Ransomed Madonna (1964); The House On K Street (1965); A Party to Murder (1966); Spykill (1966); The Crimshaw Memorandum (1967); The Night Of The Rape (1967); Hijack (1969); Death of a City (1970); The Mexico Run (1974); A Rich and Dangerous Game (1974); Jailbreak (1976); The Walled Yard (1978); The Time of Terror / A Death At Sea (1961).

Movies and television:

Pierrot the Fool (1965); Rafferty (1980); Reservoir Dogs (1992); The Big Caper (1957); The Hair (1974); The Killing (1956); The Money Trap (1965); The Night of the Following Day (1969); Thriller (1961).