On this day in movie history - World War Z (2013):

World War Z

directed by Marc Forster,

screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard and Damon Lindelof,

story by Matthew Michael Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski,

based on the novel by Max Brooks,

was released in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2013.
Music by Marco Beltrami.

Cast:

Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Ludi Boeken, Matthew Fox, Fana Mokoena, David Morse, Elyes Gabel, Peter Capaldi, Pierfrancesco Favino, Ruth Negga, Moritz Bleibtreu, Sterling Jerins, Abigail Hargrove, Fabrizio Guido, David Andrews, John Gordon Sinclair, Grégory Fitoussi, Jane Perry, Lucy Russell, Mark Holden, Tim Berrington, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Michiel Huisman, Lee Nicholas Harris, Ann Ogbomo, Jonathan Howard, Mike Noble, Ernesto Cantu, Vicky Araico, Graham Hornsby, Nick Bartlett, Kevin Kiely Jnr, Ruari Cannon, Ryen Perkins-Gangnes, Khalid Laith, Noa Bodner, Assaf Ben-Shimon, Gil Cohen-Alloro, Yaniv Rokah, Shaul Ezer, Linoy Aynesaz, Efrat Avni, Maisam Masri, Renu Setna, Ori Pfeffer, Julia Levy-Boeken, Imran Mraish, Yousef Hayyan Jubeh, Josh Wingate, Troy Glasgow, Richard Thomson, Ewan Ross, Song Xuan Ke, Christian Wong, Denis Ischenko, Nikola Djuricko, Elen Rhys, Paula Videniece, Doron Davidson, Lee Colley, Michael Jenn, Sarah Amankwah, Anna Biczik, Gábor Czap, Kati Dombi, Eniko Fulop, Istvan Karikas, Andrea Meszaros, Gergely Mészáros, Peter Molnár, Lambert Tóth, Roland Tzafetás, Jeno Radi, Adam Zambryzcki, Aggy K. Adams, Andrew Agnew, Lucy Aharish, Tim Ahern, Emmanuel Akintunde, Bethany Apedaile, Lee Asquith-Coe, Féodor Atkine, James Ayling, Mark Badham, Audrey Marie Bartolo, Peter Basham, Péter Behan, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Katia Bokor, Leroy Bonsu, Jerome Boyle, Henrik Brandt, Amanda Brown, Michael Anthony Brown, Paul Burt, Ian James Cameron, Hélène Cardona, Martin Carroll, Raun Carswell, Joe Corrigall, James Cotter, Graham Curry, Kieran-Miguel Diego D'La Vega, Alan Del Castillo, Aren Devlin, Albert Dibben, Michael Dickins, Philipp Lawrence Durand, Katinka Egres, Adam Geddes, Rod Glenn, Hattie Gotobed, John Grady, Roman Green, Mark Hampton, Salem Hanna, John Harding, Daniel Harland, Mustafa Harris, Shane Hart, Ryan Hartwig, Oleg Hill, Pete Buzzsaw Holland, Vera Horton, Alex Humes, Lewis James, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Michio Kaku, Iván Kamarás, Julia Kay, Darren Kendrick, Hrvoje Klecz, Greg Kolpakchi, Michael Lanchbury, Paul Mackie, John Macmillan, Jim Main, Katrina Marston, Colin Matthews, Vander McLeod, Eric Michels, Alastair Thomson Mills, Sandeep Mohan, Jeremiah Molina, Alex Moore, Kiera Morgan, David Morrison, Okezie Morro, Stuart Mower, Taylor Murphy, Eunice Olumide, Jake Pashkin, Freddie Lee Peterkin, Gino Picciano, Faruk Pruti, Evelyn Rei, Alma Rix, Geoffrey Robe, Barnabás Réti, Joe Sandz, Basher Savage, Jurgen Schwarz, Santi Scinelli, Sarah Sharman, Sharon Sheehan, Marcus Sinclair, Lew Smart, Frank Soldato, Lila Sara Tahri, Aaron Tavaler, Ella-Rose Temple, Hugh Terry, Sami Tesfay, Katrina Vasilieva, Alexander Ward, Paul Warren, Eric West, Daniel Westwood, Mark White, Trevor White, Gillean Young, Elena Zoubareva.

Recommended reading - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain (2013):

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

By Susan Cain.

Published by Crown.

Pubished 2013.

ISBN-10: 0307352153

ISBN-13: 9780307352156

Description:

The book that started The Quiet Revolution.

At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts — Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak — that we owe many of the great contributions to society.

In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts — from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, impeccably researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves.

On this day in movie history - Inside Llewyn Davis (2013):

Inside Llewyn Davis

directed and written by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2013.
Music by T Bone Burnett, Todd Kasow, Jen Monnar, 

Marcus Mumford, Mike Piersante, Chris Robertson, Ivy Skoff.

Cast:

Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett, Max Casella, Jerry Grayson, Jeanine Serralles, Adam Driver, Stark Sands, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Alex Karpovsky, Helen Hong, Bradley Mott, Michael Rosner, Bonnie Rose, Jack O'Connell, Ricardo Cordero, Sylvia Kauders, Ian Jarvis, Diane J. Findlay, Ian Blackman, Steve Routman, Susan Blommaert, Amelia McClain, James Colby, Charlotte Booker, Mike Houston, Sam Haft, F. Murray Abraham, Jason Shelton, Frank Ridley, John Ahlin, Jake Ryan, Declan Bennett, Erik Hayden, Daniel Everidge, Jeff Takacs, Nancy Blake, Stephen Payne, Roberto Lopez, Ben Pike, Genevieve Adams, Paul Rocco Amato, Ricardo Bailey, Logan Bennett, David Boston, Jonny Brennan, Kristoffe Brodeur, Caitlin Brodnick, Joel Brody, Laura Butler, Stan Carp, Jason Cicardo, Jason Daunno, Nick Diamantis, Jared Evan, Melanie Hearn, Danny Hoch, Rosemary Howard, George Katt, Samantha Kelly, Phillip X Levine, Lerubi Lopez, Ellery McKinney, Antonio E. Moreno, Marcus Mumford, Etienne Navarre, Tara Steinberg, Matt Strickland, Bill Weeden, Steven Weisz, Brittany White.

On this day in movie history - Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013):

Star Trek: Into Darkness

directed by J. J. Abrams,

written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof,

was released in the United States on May 16, 2013.
Music by Michael Giacchino.

Cast:

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Alice Eve, Noel Clarke, Nazneen Contractor, Amanda Foreman, Jonathan Dixon, Aisha Hinds, Joseph Gatt, Deep Roy, Jason Matthew Smith, Anjini Taneja Azhar, Nolan North, Sean Blakemore, Heather Langenkamp, Ser’Darius Blain.

On this day in music history - Waking the Muse, by Michele McLaughlin (2013):

Waking the Muse

Album by Michele McLaughlin,
released May 15, 2013.

Track list:

Waking the Muse; Radiance; A Beautiful Distraction; Spiritual Awakening; Humbled; Misty Fjords; Interlude; Gratitude; Until We Meet Again; The Little Red Bird; Torn; Unrequited Love; Dangerous Obsession.

Recommended reading - Master Shots Volume 3, by Christopher Kenworthy (2013):

Master Shots

Volume 3

The Director's Vision: 100 Setups, Scenes and Moves for Your Breakthrough Movie

By Christopher Kenworthy.

Published by Michael Wiese Productions.

Published 2013.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1615931546

ISBN-13: 978-1615931545

Description:

This book is a highly visual exploration of the best shots, moves, and set-ups in the industry. It reveals the secrets behind each shot's success, so it can be adapted to a director's individual scenes.

Your job is to create shots that reveal story, expose emotion, explore character and capture the unique feeling of your film. At the same time, you should stamp your film with your own style. This book can help you do that, whatever your experience, because it challenges you to imagine a creative solution for every scene in your film.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013):

Justified

Season 4. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Ghosts.

Released April 2, 2013.

Directed by Bill Johnson.

Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Benjamin Cavell, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Jere Burns, Sam Anderson, Rick Gomez, John Kapelos, Mike O’Malley, Max Perlich, Lindsay Pulsipher, Troy Ruptash, William Gregory Lee, Jesse Luken, Natalie Zea, Zoran Korach, Jonathan Kowalsky, Guy Nardulli, Timothy Eulich, A.J. Dunn.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013):

Justified

Season 4. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Peace of Mind.

Released March 26, 2013.

Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton.

Written by Graham Yost, Taylor Elmore, Leonard Chang, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Jim Beaver, Ron Eldard, Dan Buran, Rick Gomez, John Kapelos, Jesse Luken, David Meunier, Abby Miller, Mike O’Malley, Lindsay Pulsipher, Mykelti Williamson, Natalie Zea, Mel Fair, William Gregory Lee, T.O.N.E-z, Shawn Habibi, Frank Scozzari.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013):

Justified

Season 4. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Decoy.

Released March 19, 2013.

Directed by Michael Watkins.

Written by Graham Yost, Chris Provenzano, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Jim Beaver, Ron Eldard, Bobby Campo, Chet Grissom, John Kapelos, David Meunier, Mike O’Malley, Patton Oswalt, Mel Fair, David Landry.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013):

Justified

Season 4. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Get Drew.

Released March 12, 2013.

Directed by Billy Gierhart.

Written by Graham Yost, Dave Andron, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Jim Beaver, Jere Burns, Ron Eldard, Daniel Buran, David Meunier, Abby Miller, Mike O’Malley, Jesse Luken, Mykelti Williamson, Cathy Baron, Don Creech, Jonathan Kowalsky, William Gregory Lee, Cleavon R. McClendon III, Louis Fasanaro.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013):

Justified

Season 4. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: The Hatchet Tour.

Released March 5, 2013.

Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.

Written by Graham Yost, Taylor Elmore, Leonard Chang, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Jim Beaver, Jere Burns, Ron Eldard, Sam Anderson, Ned Bellamy, Mel Fair, Brian Howe, David Meunier, Lindsay Pulsipher, Brent Sexton, Patton Oswalt, Jonathan Kowalsky, Ryan McCann, Cathy Baron, Kathleen M. Darcy, Mino Mackic.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013):

Justified

Season 4. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Outlaw.

Released February 26, 2013.

Directed by John Dahl.

Written by Graham Yost, Benjamin Cavell, Keith Schreier, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Jim Beaver, Jere Burns, Ron Eldard, Sam Anderson, Matthew John Armstrong, Ned Bellamy, Julia Campbell, Grainger Hines, Brian Howe, David Meunier, Ian Reed Kesler, Abby Miller, Mike O’Malley, Michael Stoyanov, Brent Sexton, Raymond J. Barry, Peggy Dunne, Scout Durwood, James Ferris, Jonathan Kowalsky, Rocky McMurray, Damion Poitier, Kyle Sabihy.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013):

Justified

Season 4. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Money Trap.

Released February 19, 2013.

Directed by Don Kurt.

Written by Graham Yost, Chris Provenzano, Chris Provenzano, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Ron Eldard, Sam Anderson, David Andrews, Chris Chalk, Kevin Daniels, Michael Gladis, Shelley Hennig, Brian Howe, David Meunier, Robin Riker, Aja Evans, Ned Bellamy, Grainger Hines, Clayton Rohner, Raymond J. Barry, Cathy Baron, Mel Fair, Nick Hoffa, Melanie McComb, Rocky McMurray, Ted Mattison, Bradley Snedeker, Joe Stevens, Joe Davis, Brent Schneiders, Miles J.D. Vedder.