Born on this day – Philip Seymour Hoffman:

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Actor

July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014

Credits:

12 Parsecs (2024); 12h45 (2014); 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (2013); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000); 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (2006); 2008 Film Independent's Spirit Awards (2008); 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2010); 25th Hour (2002); 55th BFI London Film Festival (2011); 60 Minutes/ Segment: Philip Seymour Hoffman (2006); A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011); A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' (2003); A Journey to 'Cold Mountain' (2003); A Late Quartet (2012); A Most Wanted Man (2014); A World for Inclusion (2008); Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2016); AFI Life Achievement Award (2010); Aimee Mann: Save Me (1999); All Access: The Making of 'Almost Famous' (2000); Almost Famous (2000); Along Came Polly (2004); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Anita Liberty (1997); Arthur (2009); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2016–2021); Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007); Biennale Channel (2009); Billy Beane: Re-Inventing the Game (2012); Blossoms & Blood (2003); Boogie Nights (1997); Buscando a Penélope (2009); Candlesticks (2011); Cannes Film Festival (2002); Capote (2005); CBS Mornings (2005 / 2012); Celebrity Page (2017–2018); Charlie Rose (2000–2008); Charlie Wilson's War (2007); Chelsea Lately (2013); Cinema 3 (2008–2014); Cinetipp (2009); Cold Mountain (2003); Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (2007); Corazón de... (2006); Culture (1997); Der Kabel 1 Kinotipp (2009); Dianne Crittenden on 'the Thin Red Line' (2010); Días de cine (2014); Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made (2008); Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet (2013); Discovering Film (2015); Doubt (2008); Doubt: Stage to Screen (2009); Doubt: The Cast of Doubt (2009); Eagle vs Shark (2007); Empire Falls (2005); Entertainment Tonight (2008 / 2014); E-penser (2024); Feed Me (2013); Film '06 (2006); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019–2020); Film Trix 2004 (2004); Flat (2005); Flawless (1999); God's Pocket (2014); Happiness (1998); Happyish (2015); Hard Eight (1996); HBO First Look (2007); Henry's Film Corner (2005); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); HypaSpace (2006); I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009); Inside Edition (2014); Inside the Actors Studio (2000); Inside the IMF (2006); Inside 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000); Jack Goes Boating (2010); Jambareeqi Reviews (2014); Joey Breaker (1993); Kinotipp (2009); Last Party 2000 (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2003–2005); Late Show with David Letterman (2006); Law & Order (1991); Le Vortex (2022); Leap of Faith (1992); Liberty! The American Revolution (1997); Live from E! (2013); Live from Studio Five (2010); Live with Kelly and Mark (2005); Louie (2014); Love Liza (2002); Made Here (2010); Magnolia (1999); Making Capote: Concept to Script (2006); Mary and Max (2009); Michael Penn: Try (1997); Miradas 2 (2006); Mission Action: Inside the Action Unit (2006); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Mission: Metamorphosis (2006); Money for Nothing (1993); Moneyball (2011); Moneyball: Drafting the Team (2012); Moneyball: Playing the Game (2012); Montana (1998); Moving Pictures Live! (2010); MTVU Woodie Awards 2005 (2005); My Boyfriend's Back (1993); My New Gun (1992); Name That Film (2017); Next Stop Wonderland (1998); Nobody's Fool (1994); Once Upon a Time in Utah, Sundance (2003); One Armed Man (2014); Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008); Owning Mahowny (2003); Patch Adams (1998); Penélope, camino a los Oscar (2007); Possession(s) (2009); Punch-Drunk Love (2002); Red Carpet Diary (2011); Red Dragon (2002); Red Dragon: Burning Wheelchair (2003); Red Dragon: Visual Effects (2003); Reel Pieces with Annette Insdorf (2006); Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000); Rencontres de cinéma (2009–2014); Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre (2010); Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018); Salinger (2013); Scent of a Woman (1992); Scoring 'Doubt' (2009); Scoring the Mission (2006); ScreenSlam (2014); Sendung ohne Namen (2002); Shootout (2005); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003); Starring Austin Pendleton (2016); State and Main (2000); State and Main: Behind the Scenes (2001); State and Main: Cast and Crew Interviews (2001); Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman (2015); Strangers with Candy (2005); Surviving the Game - Making the Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Szuler (1992); Tavis Smiley (2004–2010); That Moment: Magnolia Diary (2000); The 11th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2006); The 17th Annual Gotham Awards (2007); The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards (2009); The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards (2014); The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005); The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000); The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003); The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 (2006); The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014); The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006); The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009); The Big Lebowski (1998); The Boat That Rocked (2009); The Boys (2009); The Culture Show (2006); The Daily Show (2003–2008); The Directors (2001); The EE British Academy Film Awards (2014); The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (1995); The Frame (2013); The Getaway (1994); The Hour (2010); The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013); The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014); The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015); The Hunger Games: The Phenomenon (2015); The Ides of March (2011); The Instant Talk Show (2005); The Invention of Lying (2009); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998 / 2003); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2010); The Making of 'A Most Wanted Man' (2015); The Making of 'Charlie Wilson's War' (2008); The Making of the Mission (2006); The Master (2012); The Master: Deleted Scenes - Back Beyond (2013); The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015); The Ninth Annual Diversity Awards (2001); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2006); The Oscars (2013 / 2014); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2000); The Savages (2007); The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2006); The WIN Awards (2005); The Yearling (1994); Today (2005); Too Young to Die (2012); Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole (1991); Truman Capote: Answered Prayers (2006); Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014 (2014); Twister (1996); Unite for Japan (2011); Updating Death (2017); Visualizing the Mission (2006); When a Man Loves a Woman (1994).

Born on this day – Rebekah Del Rio:

Rebekah Del Rio

Singer

Songwriter

Composer

Actress

July 10, 1967 – June 23, 2025

Credits:

Songs:

11:11 One One One One; A Long Goodbye; Adios; All My Life; Before We Say Goodbye; Betty Blue; Crying; Damned; Delicious Mistake; Dindi; El Amor; En mi Cielo; Fragilidad; Hallelujah; I Just Want You to Be Loved; Lean On; Llorando; Los bilbilicos; Love Hurts, Love Heals; No Stars; Siempre y por siempre; Superstar; Temporary; The Star Spangled Banner; Tus ojos tristes.

Movies and television:

2307: Winter's Dream (2016); Before We Say Goodbye (2010); Black Tie Nights (2004); David Lynch's Festival of Disruption (2018); Death Wish: The Face of Death (1994); Mia Sarah (2006); Mulholland Drive (2001); On Any Saturday (2006); Prison Break (2008); Quattro Noza (2003); Rabbits (2002); Sin City (2005); Southland Tales (2006); The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert (2015); This Teacher (2018); Twin Peaks (2017).

On this day in movie history - The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967):

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

directed by Roger Corman,

written by Howard Browne,

was released in the United States on June 30, 1967.
Narrated by Paul Frees.
Music by Lionel Newman and Fred Steiner.

Cast:

Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, Jean Hale, Clint Ritchie, Frank Silvera, Joseph Campanella, Richard Bakalyan, David Canary, Bruce Dern, Harold J. Stone, Kurt Kreuger, Paul Richards, Joe Turkel, Milton Frome, Mickey Deems, John Agar, Celia Lovsky, Tom Reese, Jan Merlin, Alexander D’Arcy, Reed Hadley, Gus Trikonis, Charles Dierkop, Tom Signorelli, Rico Cattani, Alex Rocco, Leo Gordon, Daniel Ades, Laura Barry, Nick Borgani, Bob Brandon, Robert Buckingham, Mushy Callahan, Mary Grace Canfield, Albert Cavens, Bud Cokes, Russ Conway, Yutta D’Arcy, Tony Dante, Jack Del Rio, George DeNormand, Dan Dowling, Len Felber, George Ford, Paul Frees, Ron Gans, James Gonzalez, Michele Guarini, Phil Harron, Jonathan Haze, Lisa Jak, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Richard Krisher, Alan Marston, William Meader, Jim Michael, Mary Michael, Dick Miller, Ernesto Molinari, Barboura Morris, Jack Nicholson, Ron Nyman, Monty O’Grady, John Pedrini, Jose Portugal, Leoda Richards, Jerry Rush, Jeffrey Sayre, Ken Scott, Bill Scully, Bernard Sell, Sammy Shack, Joan Shawlee, Buck Taylor, Danny Truppi, Corinna Tsopei, Patrick Whyte, Judith Woodbury.

On this day in movie history - Gunn (1967):

Gunn

directed by Blake Edwards,

written by William Peter Blatty and Blake Edwards,

based on a story by Blake Edwards,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1967.
Music by Henry Mancini.

Cast:

Craig Stevens, Laura Devon, Edward Asner, Albert Paulsen, Sherry Jackson, Helen Traubel, Jerry Douglas, J. Pat O’Malley, Regis Toomey, George Murdock, Frank Kreig, Lincoln Demyan, Chanin Hale, Charles Dierkop, Mikel Angel, Jim Halbroeder, Alan Oppenheimer, Wayne Heffley, Tom Palmer, Carol Wayne, Dick Crockett, Gary Lasdun, Ken Wales, Mark Von Mills, Marion Marshall, Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece, Bill Bennett, Jack Bernardi, Jean Carson, Fleurette Carter, John Daheim, Jack Fife, Helen Funai, Bobby Gilbert, Ann Hughes, Kay Hughes, Robert Isenberg, Bruce Jacobs, Anita Loo, Henry Mancini, Jerry Martin, Walter Maslow, Midori, George Paul, Jimmy Payne, Ed Peck, Tony Regan, Clark Ross, Arthur Tovey, Candy Ward.

Recommended reading - The Black Door, by Collin Wilcox (1967):

The Black Door

By Collin Wilcox.

ASIN: B0006BQEGW

Published by Dodd, Mead.

First published 1967.

ASIN: B0006BQEGW

Description:

A crime reporter with ESP tackles a double homicide. In a San Francisco apartment building, a young woman is found strangled beside a piano player with a broken neck. He's a nobody – a dreamer with little talent and no future – but she is Roberta Grinnel, daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the Bay Area. Stephen Drake, crime reporter for the "Sentinel," feels nothing when he looks at their corpses, and this is a troubling fact. For Drake is a psychic, and when his sixth sense fails him, that means more trouble ahead. As Drake tries to come to grips with his cosmic gift, the mystery of the heiress and the piano player becomes the hottest story in town. To keep his gig at the paper, Drake will call on every source he has – on this plane and the astral one – but knowing danger's lurking doesn't guarantee he can stay out of its way.

On this day in movie history - The Dirty Dozen (1967):

The Dirty Dozen

directed by Robert Aldrich,

written by Nunnally Johnson and Lukas Heller,

based on the novel, by E. M. Nathanson,

was released in the United States, on June 15, 1967.
Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini López, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker, Robert Webber, Tom Busby, Ben Carruthers, Stuart Cooper, Robert Phillips, Colin Maitland, Al Mancini, George Roubicek, Thick Wilson, Dora Reisser, Lewis Alexander, Michael Anthony, William Baskiville, Roy Beck, Cynthia Bizeray, Leo Britt, Harry Brooks Jr., Ken Buckle, Jack Carter, Alan Chuntz, Harold Coyne, Gerry Crampton, Hugh Elton, Gary Files, Suzanne Fleuret, Judith Furse, Hal Galili, Victor Gallucci, Alan Gibbs, Romo Gorrara, Willoughby Gray, Patrick Halpin, Alan Harris, Gerard Heinz, John G. Heller, George Hilsdon, John Hollis, Alf Joint, Angela Kay, Juba Kennerley, Eric Kent, John Ketteringham, Hildegard Knef, Ann Lancaster, Roy Lansford, Aileen Lewis, Dickey Luck, Richard Marner, Mark McBride, Dick Miller, John More, Lou Morgan, Norman Morris, Lionel Murton, Suzanne Owens-Duval, Joe Phelps, Edith Raye, Mike Reid, Terry Richards, Jack Ross, Gordon Ruttan, Frederick Schiller, Bunny Seaman, Michael Segal, Jack Sharp, Richard Shaw, Tony Snell, Warren Stanhope, Michael Stayner, Emile Stemmler, Michael Stevens, Bill Strange, Fred Stroud, Elliott Sullivan, John Tatham, Rocky Taylor, Burnell Tucker, Hedger Wallace, Ken Wayne, Theodore Wilhelm, Jeremy Wilkin, Fred Wood, Vicki Woolf.

On this day in music history - Urban Blues, by John Lee Hooker (1967):

Urban Blues

Album by John Lee Hooker,

released March 22, 1967.

Track list:

Cry Before I Go; Boom Boom Boom; Backbiters & Syndicaters; Mr. Lucky; By Own Blues; I Can't Stand To Leave You; Think Twice Before You Go; I'm Standing In Line; Hot Spring Water Pt.1; Hot Spring Water Pt.2; The Motor City Is Burning; Want Ad Blues.

Recommended reading - Archer in Hollywood, by Ross MacDonald (1967):

Archer in Hollywood

By Ross MacDonald.

Published by Knopf.
Published 1967.
First edition.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 9997402529
ISBN-13: 978-9997402523

Description:

Anthology of three of Ross MacDonald’s novels, featuring the character private detective Lew Archer: The Moving Target; The Way Some People Die; The Barbarous Coast.

Born on this day – Kurt Cobain:

Kurt Cobain

Musician

Singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994

Born on this day – Laurent Tirard:

Laurent Tirard

Writer

Director

February 18, 1967 – September 5, 2024

Credits:

À consommer froid de preference (2005); Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia (2012); Café Picouly (2007); Call My Agent! (2017); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2007); Cinémas (2009); De source sûre (1999); Demain est un autre jour (2000); Días de cine (2022); Fred et son orchestra (2002–2003); Juste ciel! (2022); La pause (2005); Le plus beau jour de ma vie (2004); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Little Nicholas (2009); Maternal Love (2002); Mike (2011); Molière (2007); Mon vrai père (2004); Nicholas on Holiday (2014); Prête-moi ta main (2006); Return of the Hero (2018); Sans laisser de traces (2010); Second Chance (2010); Tête de gondole / Segments: La Pause; À consommer froid de preference (2005); The Speech (2020); The Story of My Life (2004); Ton tour viendra (2002); Up for Love (2016); Vivement dimanche (2014).

On this day in movie history - Warning Shot (1967):

Warning Shot

directed by Buzz Kulik,

written by Mann Rubin,

based on the novel 711 - Officer Needs Help by Whit Masterson,

was released in the United States on January 18, 1967.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker, Lillian Gish, Stefanie Powers, Eleanor Parker, George Grizzard, George Sanders, Steve Allen, Carroll O’Connor, Joan Collins, Walter Pidgeon, Vito Scotti, David Garfield, Robert Williams, Jerry Dunphy, Dorothy Abbott, Leon Alton, Jackie Andre, Rodney Bingenheimer, Thordis Brandt, Jeff Brown, Ron Burke, Jean Carson, Sheila Cave, Phil Chambers, Spencer Chan, Dick Cherney, Norma Clark, Donald Curtis, Geno Danella, Mimi Dillard, Michael Donovan, Brian Dunne, Lars Hensen, Freda Jones, Pat Jones, Bobbi Jordan, Susan Little, Karl Lukas, Mike Mahoney, Walter Maslow, Patrick McCall, William Meader, Gigi Michel, Don Mitchell, John Mitchum, Daniel Nunez, Robert Osterloh, Kathy Patterson, Bob Peoples, Richard Raymond, Mark Russell, Bernard Sell, Sammy Shack, Claude Stroud, Tiki, Arthur Tovey, Dale Van, Fred Villani, Lanetta Wahlgren, Bobbi Whitby, Jerry Wills, Jason Wingreen, Kai J. Wong, Grant Woods, John Zimeas.