On this day in music history - Evolution, by Anastacia (2017):

The album Evolution,

by Anastacia,

was released on September 15, 2017.

On this day in music history - Healing: Music for Meditation and Well Being, by Laura Sullivan (2017):

The album Healing: Music for Meditation and Well Being,

by Laura Sullivan,

was released on September 12, 2017.

On this day in movie history - I, Tonya (2017):

I, Tonya

directed by Craig Gillespie,

written by Steven Rogers,

was released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 8, 2017.
Inspired by the true 1994 Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan story.
Music by Peter Nashel.

Cast:

Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter Hauser, Bobby Cannavale, Bojana Novakovic, Caitlin Carver, Maizie Smith, Mckenna Grace, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Jason Davis, Mea Allen, Cory Chapman, Amy Fox, Cara Mantella, Joshua Mikel, Lynne Ashe, Steve Wedan, Brandon O'Dell, Davin Allen Grindstaff, Daniel Thomas May, Anthony Reynolds, Ricky Russert, Al Bianchi, Miles Mussenden, Annie Livingston, Jan Harrelson, Luray Cooper, Dan Triandiflou, Kelly O'Neal, Lisa Kaye Kinsler, Cecil Love, Alphie Hyorth, Sean Goulding, Bobby Browning, Little Man, Bobby Akers, John Jacob Anderson, Jeffery Arseneau, Oksana Baiul, Cassidy Balkcom, Heather Jocelyn Blair, David Bloom, Patti Brindley, James Burns, Buddy Cannon, Lucie Carroll, Jamel D. Chambers, Connie Chung, Kaleigh Brooke Clark, John Crow, Ann Curry, Fi Dieter, Laura Distin, Darrell Duane, Catherine Dyer, Robin Dyke, Duke Edson, Calen Curtis Edwards, Kayla Ellenwood, Gavrielle Anne Fontanilla, Dudley Fuqua, Renah Gallagher, Mistie Gibby, Jeff Glover, Lavona Golden, Tonya Harding, Joe Heath, Kandace Howard, Adrienne Johnson, Allyson Leigh Jordan, Ashley Kalo, Jamie King, Kevin Kobinsky, Kris Kozlowski, Joel Laird, Demetri Landell, Jason MacDonald, Tweed Michael Manning, Heather McCormick, Anthony McDowell, Dana Clark McPherson, Timothy D. Montjoy, Cassidy Morgan, Joel Nathaniel, Charlie Reyes-Torreblanca, Devonte Riley, Brady Rogers, Liz Sanford, Patti Schellhaas, Silvia Schueler, Leonel Severino, James Stacey, James Sterling, Doug Stroup, Joey Thurmond, Evan Towell, Jordyn Tracy, Evan George Vourazeris, William Walker, Christina Michelle Williams, Maria Z. Wilson, Katarina Witt, Raven Wynn, Lina Zalewski.

On this day in movie history - Papillon (2017):

Papillon

directed by Michael Noer,

written by Aaron Guzikowski,

based on the books Papillon and Banco by Henri Charrière,

was released at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Canada, on September 7, 2017.
Music by David Buckley.

Cast:
Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Christopher Fairbank, Yorick van Wageningen, Roland Møller, Tommy Flanagan, Eve Hewson, Michael Socha, Brian Vernel, Ian Beattie, Nicholas Asbury, Nikola Kent, Slavko Sobin, Joel Basman, Luka Peroš, Demetri Goritsas.

On this day in movie history - Wind River (2017):

Wind River,

directed and written by Taylor Sheridan,

was released in the United States on August 18, 2017.
Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Cast:
Kelsey Asbille, Jeremy Renner, Julia Jones, Teo Briones, Apesanahkwat, Graham Greene, Elizabeth Olsen, Tantoo Cardinal, Eric Lange, Gil Birmingham, Althea Sam, Tokala Black Elk, Martin Sensmeier, Tyler Laracca, Shayne J. Cullen, Dallin Tusieseina, Austin R. Grant, Ian Bohen, Hugh Dillon, Matthew Del Negro, James Jordan, Gabe Casdorph, Mason D. Davis, Chris Romrell, Jon Bernthal, Blake Robbins, Norman Lehnert, Ian Roylance, Gus Sheridan, Dana Anquoe, Duy Beck, David Cardona, Teresa Duran-Norvick, John Forker, Devin K. Hansen, Tara Karsian, Alex Mincoff.

On this day in music history - Traveler, by Sherry Finzer & Peter Sheridan (2017):

The album Traveler,

by Sherry Finzer & Peter Sheridan,

was released on August 18, 2017.

Recommended reading - The Essential Elements of the Detective Story, 1820-1891 (2017):

The Essential Elements of the Detective Story, 1820-1891 (2017).

by LeRoy Lad Panek and Mary M. Bendel-Simso.

Published by McFarland & Company.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9781476666990

ISBN-13: 978-1476666990

Description:

Until recently, only a privileged few could read the rare, early writings that formed the basis of detective fiction in America and made it one of the most popular literary genres of the 19th century. Drawing on the unprecedented access provided by digital collections of period newspapers and magazines, this book examines detective fiction during its formative years, focusing on such crucial elements as setting, lawyers and the law, physicians and forensics, women as victims and heroes, crime and criminals, and police and detectives.

On this day in movie history - An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017):

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,

documentary directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk,

written and presented by Al Gore,

was released in the United States on July 28, 2017.
Music by Jeff Beal.

On this day in music history - Top 40: Anastacia, by Anastacia (2017):

The album Top 40: Anastacia,

by Anastacia,

was released on June 29, 2017.

Recommended reading - Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner, by Paul M. Sammon (2017):

Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner,

by Paul M. Sammon (2017).

Revised & Updated Edition.

ISBN-10: 0062699466

ISBN-13: 978-0062699466

Description from back cover:

The ultimate guide to Ridley Scott’s transformative sci-fi classic Blade Runner.

Ridley Scott’s 2007 “Final Cut” confirmed the international film cognoscenti’s judgment: Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick’s brilliant and troubling science fiction masterpiece Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is among the most visually dense, thematically challenging, and influential science fiction films ever made. Future Noir Revised & Updated Edition offers a deeper understanding of this cinematic phenomenon that is storytelling and visual filmmaking at its best.

In this intensive, intimate, and anything-but-glamorous behind-the-scenes account, film insider and cinephile Paul M. Sammon explores how Ridley Scott purposefully used his creative genius to transform the work of science fiction’s most uncompromising author into a critical sensation and cult classic that would reinvent the genre. Sammon reveals how the making of the original Blade Runner was a seven-year odyssey that would test the stamina and the imagination of writers, producers, special effects wizards, and the most innovative art directors and set designers in the industry at the time it was made. This revised and expanded edition of Future Noir includes:

An overview of Blade Runner’s impact on moviemaking and its acknowledged significance in popular culture since the book’s original 1996 publication.

An exploration of the history of Blade Runner: The Final Cut and its theatrical release in 2007.

A look at its long-awaited sequel, Blade Runner 2049.

The longest interview Harrison Ford has ever granted about Blade Runner.

Exclusive new interviews with Rutger Hauer and Sean Young.

A fascinating look at the ever-shifting interface between commerce and art, illustrated with production photos and stills, Future Noir provides an eye-opening and enduring look at modern moviemaking, the business of Hollywood, and one of the greatest films of all time.

On this day in music history: Moon Goes Missing, by Carolyn Wonderland (2017):

The album Moon Goes Missing,

by Carolyn Wonderland,

was released on June 9, 2017.

On this day in movie history - Good Time (2017):

Good Time,

directed by Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie,

written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 25, 2017.
Music by Oneohtrix Point Never.

Cast:
Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Buddy Duress, Taliah Webster, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barkhad Abdi, Necro, Peter Verby, Saida Mansoor, Gladys Mathon, Rose Gregorio, Eric Paykert, Astrid Corrales, Rachel Black, Hirakish Ranasaki, Maynard Nicholl, Ben Edelman, Laurence Blum, Jason Harvey, Robert Clohessy, Michael Kaufman, Goran Spadina, Michael McClard, Eloisa Santos, Bryan Seslow, Craig muMs Grant, George Lee, Kate Halpern, Christopher Kirk, Leticia Ortega, Souleymane Sy Savane, Mahadeo Shivraj, Dorothi Fox, Ratnesh Dubey, Tessa O’Conner, Jim Handley, Cliff Moylan, Peter Linari, Chris Breslin, Evonne Walton, Lewis Dodley, Tara Lynn Wagner, Jim Dzurenda, Roy James Wilson, Brendan M. Burke, Jordan Valdez, Laura Sledge, Jerome Frazier, Javaughn Swindell, Dion McBean, Sean Miller, Benny DeVincenzi, Joey McDevitt, Daniel Chung, Afro, Azul Rodriguez, Jarvis, Mavrin Kirill, KJ Rothweiler, Michael Shershenovich, Mr. Green, Roi Cydulkin, Scrooge, Terrance Williams, Kim Carter, Gianluca Cirafici, Megan Dodd, Samantha Elisafon, Melissa Gonzalez, Rodney Hankins, Carol Hoverman, Andrew Kader, Marissa Lelogeais, Michael Lorch, Michael Melendez, Christian Patane, Ari Sloan, Bakari Williams, Aubrie Therrien, A-F-R-O, Sebastian Bear-McClard, Phil Cappadora, Francisco De Arriba, Luca De Massis, Lucas Elliot Eberl, Marcos A. Gonzalez, Jibril Goodman, Edgar Morais, Shaun Rey, Sacco Sarkis.