On this day in movie history - Bug (2006):

Bug

directed by William Friedkin,

written by Tracy Letts,

based on the play by Tracy Letts,

was released in the United States on September 25, 2006.
Music by Brian Tyler.

Cast:

Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Lynn Collins, Brían F. O'Byrne, Harry Connick, Jr.

On this day in movie history - The Black Dahlia (2006):

The Black Dahlia

directed by Brian De Palma,

written by Josh Friedman,

based on the novel by James Ellroy,

was released in the United States on September 15, 2006.
Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, Patrick Fischler, James Otis, John Kavanagh, Troy Evans, Anthony Russell, Pepe Serna, Angus MacInnes, Rachel Miner, Victor McGuire, Gregg Henry, Jemima Rooper, Rose McGowan, Dan Ponce, Graham Norris, Mike O'Connell, Michael P. Flannigan, John Solari, Stephanie L. Moore, Noel Arthur, Todd Thomas, Steve Eastin, Ian McNeice, Claudia Katz Minnick, Mia Frye, Richard Brake, William Finley, Joost Scholte, Terrell J. Ramsey, Teo, Kiril Efremov, Petar Milchev, Désirée Cyganek, Brian De Palma, Kevin Dunn, k.d. lang, David Raibon.

On this day in movie history - Factotum (2006):

Factotum,

directed by Bent Hamer,

written by Bent Hamer and Jim Stark,

based on the novel by Charles Bukowski,

was released in the United States on August 18, 2006.
Music by Kristin Asbjørnsen.

End titles song: Slow Day by Kristin Asbjørnsen.

Cast:
Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Didier Flamand, Fisher Stevens, Marisa Tomei, Adrienne Shelly, Karen Young, Thomas Lyons, Dean Brewington, James Cada, James Michael Detmar, Kurt Schweickhardt, Dee Noah, James Noah, Michael Egan, Terry Hempleman, Emily Hynnek, Wayne Morton, Tony Papenfuss, Lana Schwab, Sally Wingert, Robert Downing Davis, Bryan J. Walker, Dan Lee Jr., Peter Moore, Bruce Bohne, Larry Roupe, Chris Carlson, Stephen D'Ambrose, Emil Herrera, Michelle Hutchison, Andy Hubbell, Martin Marinaro, Raye Birk, Stephen Pelinski, Stanley Kipper, Brent Doyle, John Paul Gamoke, Jim Lichtscheidl, Jay Gjernes, Clyde Lund, Debbie DeLisi, George McGuire, Brad Madson, Gary Tournier, Esera Tuaolo, John Nadeau, Cathi Cooper, Carole Samuelson.

Recommended reading - Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters (2006):

Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters (2006).
Edited by Otto Penzler.

Published by Quercus.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1905204566
ISBN-13: 978-1905204564

Description:

“These stories still cut, still tear, still even shock … These guys went places maybe they shouldn’t and we love them for it.” – Harlan Coben.

Some writing has an edge that time just can’t dull.
Welcome to the world of pulp fiction.
Within these pages are the very best crime stories from the pulp magazines of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
These are stories of the mean streets of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
These are stories in which danger and death are always just around the corner.
These are the stories which created crime fiction as we know it today.

On this day in music history - Factotum, by Kristin Asbjørnsen (2006):

The album Factotum,

by Kristin Asbjørnsen,

was released on August 15, 2006.
The soundtrack to the movie Factotum (2005).

Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries (2006):

The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries (2006).

Edited by Mike Ashley.

Published by Running Press.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0786718935

ISBN-13: 978-0786718931

Description:

Mystery conundrums from crime's finest storytellers.

This ingenious new anthology from Mike Ashley presents nearly 30 impossible mysteries and bizarre crimes guaranteed to fascinate and intrigue. Among them are some crimes so impossible that they’re near perfect, and others so perfect that they’re impossible to solve.

In all, the delight is in unravelling the puzzle and trying to work out what on earth happened.

Cases include:

A man in an all-glass phone booth, clearly visible and with no one near him, is killed by an ice pick.

Someone sitting alone in a room is shot by a bullet fired only once and that was over 200 years ago.

A man enters a cable-car carriage alone and is visible the entire journey but is found dead when he reaches the bottom.

A man vanishes at the top of the Indian rope trick and is found dead miles away.

A dead man continues to receive mail in response to letters apparently written by him after he'd died.

The stories include several brand new masterpieces as well as lesser known rare gems – from such names as Robert Randisi, Edward D. Hoch, Joseph Commings, Peter Tremayne, Bill Pronzini and Gillian Linscott.

On this day in music history - Phobia, by Breaking Benjamin (2006):

The album Phobia,

by Breaking Benjamin,

was released on August 8, 2006.

Recommended reading - The Origins of the American Detective Story (2006):

The Origins of the American Detective Story (2006).

By LeRoy Lad Panek.

Published by McFarland.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0786427760

ISBN-13: 978-0786427765

Description:

Edgar Allan Poe essentially invented the detective story in 1841 with Murders in the Rue Morgue. In the years that followed, however, detective fiction in America saw no significant progress as a literary genre. Much to the dismay of moral crusaders like Anthony Comstock, dime novels and other sensationalist publications satisfied the public's hunger for a yarn. Things changed as the century waned, and eventually the detective was reborn as a figure of American literature. In part these changes were due to a combination of social conditions, including the rise and decline of the police as an institution; the parallel development of private detectives; the birth of the crusading newspaper reporter; and the beginnings of forensic science. Influential, too, was the new role model offered by a wildly popular British import named Sherlock Holmes.

Focusing on the late 19th century and early 20th, this volume covers the formative years of American detective fiction.

On this day in movie history - Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006):

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light,

documentary directed by Gary Leva,

was released in the United States on July 18, 2006.

Cast:

John Alton, Drew Casper, Roger Deakins, John Debney, Edward Dmytryk, James Ellroy, Glenn Erickson, William Goldman, Jane Greer, Haden Guest, Patricia King Hanson, Brian Helgeland, Peter Honess, Rick Jewell, Janusz Kaminski, Eric Lax, Carol Littleton, Michael Madsen, Christopher McQuarrie, Frank Miller, Eddie Muller, Kim Newman, Christopher Nolan, John Ottman, Nicholas Pileggi, Sydney Pollack, André Previn, Graeme Revell, Henry Rollins, Theresa Russell, Paul Schrader, Talia Shire, Newton Thomas Sigel, Alain Silver, Audrey Totter, James Ursini, Gordon Willis, Lili Fini Zanuck.

On this day in music history - American V: A Hundred Highways, by Johnny Cash (2006):

The album American V: A Hundred Highways,

by Johnny Cash,

was released on July 4, 2006.

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 music history - Love Sublime, by Renée Fleming and Brad Mehldau (2006):

The album Love Sublime,

by Renée Fleming and Brad Mehldau,

was released on June 27, 2006.

On this day in movie history - Candy (2006):

Candy,

directed by Neil Armfield,

written by Neil Armfield and Luke Davies,

based on the novel Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction by Luke Davies,

was released in Australia on May 25, 2006.
Music by Paul Charlier.

Cast:
Abbie Cornish, Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge, Roberto Meza Mont, Tony Martin, Noni Hazlehurst, Holly Austin, Craig Moraghan, John Lee, Noel Herriman, Tim McKenzie, Tara Morice, Maddi Newling, Patricia Lemon, Barry Jaggers, Cristian Saliadarre, Leo Cowan, Jason Chan, Luke Davies, Sean O'Riordan, Adrienne Pickering, Damon Herriman, Lette Webb, Sandy Winton, Rebecca Watt, Nathaniel Dean, John McNeill, Doreen Mullen, Felix Kerdijk, Felino Dolloso, Paul Blackwell, Lee Lin Chin, Anni Finsterer, Alicia Hannah-Kim, Brian Houston, Michael Ienna.

On this day in movie history - An Inconvenient Truth (2006):

An Inconvenient Truth,

directed by Davis Guggenheim,

a documentary written by and presented by Al Gore,

was released in the United States on May 24, 2006.
Music by Michael Brook.
Song I Need to Wake Up by Melissa Etheridge.

On this day in music history - Reflections 2000-2005, The Best of Michele McLaughlin, by Michele McLaughlin (2006):

The album Reflections 2000​-​2005,

The Best of Michele McLaughlin,

by Michele McLaughlin,

was released on April 15, 2006.

On this day in movie history - Brick (2005):

Brick,

directed and written by Rian Johnson,

was released in the United States on April 7, 2006.
Music by Nathan Johnson.

Cast:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary, Emilie de Ravin, Noah Segan, Richard Roundtree, Meagan Good, Brian White, Jonathan Cauff, Reedy Gibbs, Lucas Babin, Tracy Bitterolf, Ari Welkom, Cody Lightning, McJoel Hamilton, Lauren Johnson, Dylan Lujano.