On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2009):

Pushing Daisies

Season 2. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Window Dressed to Kill.

Released May 30, 2009.

Directed by Julie Anne Robinson.

Written by Abby Gewanter.

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, Field Cate, Richard Benjamin, George Segal, David Arquette, Willie Garson, Diana Scarwid, Wayne Wilderson, Constance Zimmer, Rachel Cannon, Sam Pancake, Sy Richardson, John Cantwell, Diana Costa, Marc Raducci, Ellery Sprayberry, Eve Curtis, Dustyn Lotz, Evan Shafran.

On this day in movie history - Terminator: Salvation (2009):

Terminator: Salvation

directed by McG,

written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris,

was released in the United States on May 21, 2009.
Music by Danny Elfman.

Cast:

Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin, Jadagrace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jane Alexander, Michael Ironside, Ivan G’Vera, Chris Browning, Dorian Nkono, Beth Bailey, Victor J. Ho, Buster Reeves, Kevin Wiggins, Greg Serano, Po Chan, Babak Tafti, Bruce McIntosh, Treva Etienne, Dylan Kenin, Michael Papajohn, Chris Ashworth, Diego Joaquin Lopez, Greg Plitt, Omar Paz Trujillo, Terry Crews, Zach McGowan, Isaac Kappy, Boots Southerland, David Midthunder, Rafael Herrera, Maria Bethke, Marc Maurin, Anjul Nigam, Emerson Brooks, Lorenzo Callender, David Douglas, Joe Basile, Esodie Geiger, Roland Kickinger, Brian Steele, Chris Bentley, Scott Flick, John Gibbs, Linda Hamilton, Neil Harbisson, Casey Wayne Hupp, Luke Kearney, Shani Klein-Madden, Cynthia Lee, Gregory Leiker, Aaron Mastriani, Paul J. Porter, Frank Powers, Mark Rayner, Scott Wyman, Foued Zayani.

On this day in movie history - Bright Star (2009 movie & book):

Bright Star

directed and written by Jane Campion,

based on the book Keats by Andrew Motion,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 2009.

Music by Mark Bradshaw.

Cast:

Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox, Edie Martin, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Claudie Blakley, Gerard Monaco, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Samuel Roukin, Amanda Hale, Lucinda Raikes, Samuel Barnett, Jonathan Aris, Olly Alexander, François Testory, Theresa Watson, Vincent Franklin, Eileen Davies, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Sally Reeve, Sebastian Armesto, Adrian Schiller, Alfred Harmsworth, Lucas Motion, Topper (the Cat), Amy Brown, Anthoula Drummond, Joyia Fitch, Will Garthwaite, Samuel Gaukroger, Guy Mannerings, Kerry Grace Morgan.

Recommended reading:

Keats

By Andrew Motion.

Filmed as Bright Star (2009), directed by Jane Campion.

Published by Faber & Faber.

First published 1997.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0571346669

ISBN-13: 978-0571346660

Description:

“A definitive life of a great poet, and one of the finest biographies of the decade.” – New Statesman.

First published in 1997, Keats was the first major biography of this tragic hero of Romanticism for some thirty years, and it differs from its predecessors in important respects. The outline of the story is well known - has become, in fact, the stuff of legend: the archetypal life of the tortured genius, critically spurned and dying young. What Andrew Motion brings to bear on the subject is a deep understanding of how Keats fitted into the intellectual and political life of his time. Important friendships with such anti-establishment figures as William Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt are given their full due, and the closeness of his own spirit, as expressed in his poems, to the ferment all around is made clear. Many significant facts about Keats's schooldays and medical training, in particular, enrich the picture. Keats emerges as a more political figure than he is usually portrayed, but his personal sufferings, too, come into closer focus. Most importantly, Andrew Motion – himself a distinguished poet and former poet laureate – demonstrates how the poems continue to exert their power.

On this day in movie history - Star Trek (2009):

Star Trek

directed by J. J. Abrams,

written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman,

was released in the United States on May 8, 2009.
Music by Michael Giacchino.

Cast:

Chris Pine, Jimmy Bennett, Zachary Quinto, Jacob Kogan, Leonard Nimoy, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Clifton Collins, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, Rachel Nichols, Faran Tahir, Deep Roy, Greg Ellis, Tyler Perry, Amanda Foreman, Spencer Daniels, Victor Garber, Chris Doohan, James Cawley, Pavel Lychnikoff, Lucia Rijker, W. Morgan Sheppard, Wil Wheaton, Randy Pausch, Majel Barrett.