On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2007):

Pushing Daisies

Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The Fun in Funeral.

Released October 17, 2007.

Directed by Paul Edwards.

Written by Bryan Fuller.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Raúl Esparza, Brad Grunberg, Eddie Shin, Field Cate, Victor Z. Isaac, Howard Mann, Leyna Nguyen, Kristin Dos Santos, Sy Richardson, Albert J. Wong, Martin Beck, Arne Starr.

On this day in music history - It Is Always Now, by Kathy Raimey (2007):

It Is Always Now

Album by Kathy Raimey,

released October 16, 2007.

Track list:

Sustainable Space; Many Hands Make Light the Load; Riverbend; Quiet Rain; Bear Dreams; Heart Murmurs; Illumination; Break of Dawn; African Pearl; Soliloquy; It Is Always Now; Sustainable Space Two.

On this day in movie history - Lars and the Real Girl (2007):

Lars and the Real Girl

directed by Craig Gillespie,

written by Nancy Oliver,

was released in the United States on October 12, 2007.
Music by David Torn.

Cast:

Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, R. D. Reid, Kelli Garner, Nancy Beatty, Doug Lennox, Joe Bostick, Liz Gordon, Nicky Guadagni, Patricia Clarkson, Karen Robinson, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Billy Parrott, Sally Cahill, Angela Vint, Liisa Repo-Martell, Boyd Banks, Darren Hynes, Víctor Gómez, Tommy Chang, Arnold Pinnock, Joshua Peace, Aurora Browne, Alec McClure, Tannis Burnett, Lauren Ash, Lindsey Connell.

On this day in movie history - We Own the Night (2007):

We Own the Night

directed and written by James Gray,

was released in the United States on October 12, 2007.
Music by Wojciech Kilar.

Cast:

Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall, Antoni Corone, Moni Moshonov, Oleg Taktarov, Danny Hoch, Tony Musante, Alex Veadov, Dominic Colon, Craig Walker, Yelena Solovey, Coati Mundi, Ed Koch.

On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2007):

Pushing Daisies

Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Dummy.

Released October 10, 2007.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

Written by Bryan Fuller.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Patrick Fabian, Riki Lindhome, Jonathan Mangum, Omar Avila, Matt Braunger, Field Cate, Taji Coleman, Alex Endeshaw, Wesley Harris, Jon Eric Price, Sy Richardson, Gregory George Frank, Samantha Hanratty.

On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2007):

Pushing Daisies

Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Pie-lette.

Released October 3, 2007.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

Written by Bryan Fuller.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Patrick Breen, Terry Anzur, Ed Brigadier, Field Cate, Ted Garcia, Murray Gershenz, Tina Gloss, Brad Grunberg, Samantha Hanratty, Geraud Moncure, Leyna Nguyen, Sy Richardson, Greg Suddeth, David Trice, Julie Wittner, Jeff Wolfe.

On this day in music history - Only Breath, by Jami Sieber and Kim Rosen (2007):

Only Breath

Album by Jami Sieber and Kim Rosen,

released October 2, 2007.

Track list:

Forgotten Wings - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Sama - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Before the Beginning - Steve Gorn, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; River - Michaelle Goerlitz, Steve Gorn, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Dave Worm; Beyond the Light - Michaelle Goerlitz, Steve Gorn, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Ulali; O’Clock News - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Keeping Quiet - Michaelle Goerlitz, Erika Luckett, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Practice - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; In Impossible Darkness - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Benjy Wertheimer; Inside the Soul - Kai Eckhardt, Michaelle Goerlitz, Kim Rosen, Evan Schiller, Jami Sieber, Ulali, Julie Wolf; Only Breath - Kai Eckhardt, Eben Eldridge, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Benjy Wertheimer, Julie Wolf; Love After Love - Michaelle Goerlitz, Erika Luckett, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Julie Wolf.

On this day in music history - Dark Passion Play, by Nightwish (2007):

Dark Passion Play

Album by Nightwish,

released September 26, 2007.

Track list:

The Poet and the Pendulum; Bye Bye Beautiful; Amaranth; Cadence of Her Last Breath; Master Passion Greed; Eva; Sahara; Whoever Brings the Night; For the Heart I Once Had; The Islander; Last of the Wilds; 7 Days to the Wolves; Meadows of Heaven; Escapist.

On this day in movie history - The Brothers Warner (2007):

The Brothers Warner

documentary directed and written by Cass Warner,

was released in the United States on September 25, 2008.
Narrated by Cass Warner.
Music by David Campbell.

Cast:

Dennis Hopper, Cass Warner, Bette-Ann Warner, Harry M. Warner, Tab Hunter, Norman Lear, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Leo Braudy, Nancy Snow, Steven J. Ross, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Benjamin Warner, Betty Warner Sheinbaum, Michael Birdwell, John Steel, Albert Warner, Angie Dickinson, George Segal, Haskell Wexler, Debbie Reynolds, Jack Warner Jr., Lina Basquette, Stephen Farber, Johanna Blakey, Sam Warner, Lita Heller, Jack L. Warner, Roy Edward Disney, Lewis Warner, Sherry Lansing, Frank Pierson, Eddie Bockser, Lois McGrew, Robert Greenwald, Jim Meskimen, Heinrich Himmler, Frank Sinatra.

On this day in movie history - Michael Clayton (2007):

Michael Clayton

directed and written by Tony Gilroy,

was released in the United States on September 24, 2007.
Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe, Sydney Pollack, Danielle Skraastad, Tilda Swinton, Wai Chan, Alberto Vazquez, Brian Koppelman, Tom McCarthy, Denis O'Hare, Julie White, Austin Williams, Jennifer Van Dyck, Frank Wood, Richard Hecht, Bill Raymond, Jonathan Walker, Sharon Washington, Cynthia Mace, Michael Countryman, Ken Howard, Amy Hargreaves, Susan Pellegrino, Rachel Black, Matthew Detmer, John Douglas Thompson, Merritt Wever, Brian Poteat, Christopher Mann, Edward Furs, Katherine Waterston, John Gerard Franklin, Remy Auberjonois, Pun Bandhu, Jason Strong, Robert Prescott, Paul Oquist, Terry Serpico, Heidi Armbruster, Pamela Gray, Andrew Hunter Sherman, Kevin Hagan, Julia Gibson, Sean Cullen, Susan Egbert, David Lansbury, David Zayas, Douglas McGrath, Gregory Dann, Cathy Diane, Sam Gilroy, Maggie Siff, Sarah Nichols, Susan McBrien, Jordan Lage, Neal Huff, Paul Juhn, Patrick Askin, Angelo Bonsignore, Kevin Cannon, Pat Chambers, Clem Cheung, Tony Gilroy, Emelie Jeffries, Richard Kelly, Owen Lund, Josh Mowery, Kimmy Suzuki, Robert Torres, Steven Weisz, Kenneth G. Yong.

On this day in music history - Maria, by Cecilia Bartoli (2007):

Maria

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,
released September 14, 2007.

Track list:

Se Un Mio Desir; Ira Del Ciel; Cari Giorni; Infelice; Yo Que Soy Contrabandista; Ah! Non Credea Mirarti; Ah! Non; Air A La Tirolienne Avec Variations; E Non Lo Vedo; Rataplan; Dopo Tante E Tante Pene; O Rendetemi La Speme; Vien, Diletto; Come Dolce A Me Favelli; Scorrete, O Lagrime; Prendi, Per Me Sei Libero; Casta Diva.

On this day in movie history - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007):

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

directed and written by Andrew Dominik,

based on the novel by Ron Hansen,

was released in the United States on September 2, 2007.
Narrated by Hugh Ross.
Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Cast:

Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Jeremy Renner, Sam Rockwell, Paul Schneider, Mary-Louise Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Garret Dillahunt, Ted Levine, James Carville, Alison Elliott, Michael Parks, Tom Aldredge, Pat Healy, Michael Copeman, Ron Hansen, Hugh Ross.

Recommended reading - The Descendants (2007):

The Descendants

By Kaui Hart Hemmings.

Filmed as The Descendants (2011), directed by Alexander Payne.

Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks.

Published 2007.

ISBN-10: 0812982959

ISBN-13: 9780812982954

Description:

“A Pandora’s box–style tragicomedy . . . [Kaui Hart Hemmings’s] comic sense is finely honed in this refreshingly wry debut novel.” – The New York Times Book Review.

“With beautiful and blunt prose, Hemmings explores the emotional terrain of grief, promising something far more fulfilling than paradise at its end.” – San Francisco Chronicle.

“A surprising and affecting novel, a story about death and infidelity that manages to be a finer, lighter story about life and love.” – Time Out New York.

Fortunes have changed for the King family, descendants of Hawaiian royalty and one of the state’s largest landowners. Matthew King’s daughters – Scottie, a feisty ten-year-old, and Alex, a seventeen-year-old recovering drug addict – are out of control, and their charismatic, thrill-seeking mother, Joanie, lies in a coma after a boat-racing accident. She will soon be taken off life support. As Matt gathers his wife’s friends and family to say their final goodbyes, a difficult situation is made worse by the sudden discovery that there’s one person who hasn’t been told: the man with whom Joanie had been having an affair. Forced to examine what they owe not only to the living but to the dead, Matt, Scottie, and Alex take to the road to find Joanie’s lover, on a memorable journey that leads to unforeseen humor, growth, and profound revelations.

On this day in music history - Stop The Game, by Deborah Coleman (2007):

Stop The Game

Album by Deborah Coleman,
released August 28, 2007.

Track list:

I Got to Know; Stop the Game; Motor City II; Everlastin’ Tears; Greezy; Changes; Long Time; Seven Days; Zero; Wagon Wheel.

Recommended reading - The Best of Ogden Nash:

The Best of Ogden Nash

548 Favorite Poems from America's laureate of light verse

Edited by Linell Nash Smith.

Published by Ivan R. Dee.

Published 2007.

ASIN: 1566637031

ISBN-10: 9781566637039

ISBN-13: 978-1566637039

Hardcover.

Description:

An outstanding, rare collection of works essential for any definitive poetry library. – Midwest Book Review.

It's been more than thirty years since the appearance of a collection from America's laureate of light verse. Ogden Nash first gathered together an anthology of thirty years of his published works in 1959. In 1973 his daughters gathered more than four hundred of his poems and called it I Wouldn't Have Missed It, a quote from one of his verses. Now more poems have come to light, so his daughters have once again produced The Best of Ogden Nash, the definitive Nash anthology. The poems display the talent of the man whose verse entranced America from the time of the Great Depression until his death in 1971. The Best of Ogden Nash should delight old fans and introduce new readers to a unique talent.

On this day in movie history - If I Didn’t Care (2007):

If I Didn’t Care

aka Blue Blood,

directed and written by Benjamin Cummings and Orson Cummings,

was released in the United States on August 3, 2007.

Music by Michael Tremante.

Cast:

Bill Sage, Susan Misner, Roy Scheider, Noelle Beck, Ronald Guttman, Brian McQuillan, Phyllis Somerville, Nico Yektai, Darius Yekati, Alex Kilgore, Mirelly Taylor, Constance Barron, Jack Marks, Sam Riley, Holly Barron, Patrick Collins, Eddie Kassam, Michelle Kelly, Billie Jean Fellingham, Jordyn Meyers, Orson Cummings, Ben Cummings, Mellanie Hubert, Piras Sebastian, Casey Van Maanen.