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):

Traveler

Album by Sherry Finzer & Peter Sheridan,
released August 18, 2017.

Track list:

Leaving Earth; Spiritual Crossing; Nocturnal Dance; Reverence; Hunt On The Plains; Joy.

On this day in movie history - Carriers (2009):

Carriers

directed and written by David Pastor and Àlex Pastor,

released at the Fantasy Filmfest in Germany on August 18, 2009.

Music by Peter Nashel.

Cast:

Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo, Emily VanCamp, Christopher Meloni, Kiernan Shipka, Ron McClary, Mark Moses, Josh Berry, Tim D. Janis, Dale O'Malley, Dylan Kenin, LeAnne Lynch, Jan Cunningham, Mary Peterson, Sequoyah Adams-Rice, Brighid Fleming.

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.

On this day in music history - Slippery When Wet, by Bon Jovi (1986):

Slippery When Wet

Album by Bon Jovi,

released August 18, 1986.

Track list:

Let It Rock; You Give Love a Bad Name; Livin’ on a Prayer; Social Disease; Wanted Dead or Alive; Raise Your Hands; Without Love; I’d Die for You; Never Say Goodbye; Wild in the Streets.

Born on this day – Malcolm-Jamal Warner:

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Actor

Writer

Producer

Musician

August 18, 1970 – July 20, 2025

Credits:

Book:

Theo and Me: Growing up Okay (1988).

Movies and television:

14th Annual Inner City Destiny Awards (2006); 15 Minutes (2001); 18th Annual Trumpet Awards (2010); 19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 1st Annual Black Music Honors (2016); 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards (2011); 2011 Soul Train Awards (2011); 2015 Soul Train Awards (2015); 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 25th NAACP Image Awards (1993); 32nd NAACP Image Awards (2001); 3rd Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (1997); 48 Hours 'til Monday (2015); 6th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (2000); 9-1-1 (2024); A Different World (1988–1989); A Fare to Remember (1999); ABC Afterschool Specials (1986–1994); Access Daily (2015–2017); Accused (2023); Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1997); After Hours (1990); Alert: Missing Persons Unit (2025); All That (1995–2005); All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special (2005); American Crime Story (2016); American Horror Story (2014–2015); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa (1985); Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1994); As Written (2012); Bad Music Video Theatre (2021); Battle of the Network Stars XIX (1988); Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D (2012); BET Awards 2011 (2011); Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (1991); Biography (2001); Body Language (1985); Call to Glory (1984); Carol & The End of the World (2023); CBS Cares (2004); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1994); CBS Storybreak (1984); Celebrity Poker Showdown (2005); Chadtronic (2018); Child Stars: Then and Now (2003); Children's Miracle Network Telethon (1990); Community (2011–2012); Contradictions of the Heart (2009); DCE presents Black Music Month (2022); Def Comedy Jam (1992); Def Poetry (2002); Detroiters (2017); Dexter (2006); Directors on Directing 2: The Story of the Storytellers (2008); Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party (1986); Drop Zone (1994); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1986–1992); Ennis' Gift (2000); Entertainment Tonight (1986–2025); Essence Ninth Annual Black Women in Hollywood (2016); Extra (2015); Fame (1983); Fast Copy (1985); Find Your Future Reality (2018); Five Star: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (1994); Fool's Gold (2008); For Our Children: The Concert (1993); Found Footage Festival Volume 6: Live in Chicago (2012); Friends in Therapy (2013); Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2017–2018); GMA3: What You Need to Know (2018); Grown-ish (2024); Gylne tider (2010); Gylne Tider: Let It Be (2010); Happy Hour (1999); Hard: Life of a Bondservant (2012); Hawthorne (2009); Here and Now (1992–2024); Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay (2022); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Squares (1998–1999); Home Alone: A Kid's Guide to Playing It Safe When on Your Own (1990); House of Lies (2016); I Was a Network Star (2006); Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story (2016); Inside TV Land (2002); Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge (2021); It's Hot in Here: UPN Fall Preview (1996); Jemele Hill Is Unbothered (2023); Jeremiah (2002–2004); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Kenan & Kel (1996); Key and Peele (2013–2014); Kidds for Kids in Africa: Love's Gonna Find A Way (1985); King of the Underground (2011); Kwamé: The Man We All Know and Love (1989); La tele de tu vida (2007); Larry King Now (2017); Last Call with Carson Daly (2016); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Later with Bob Costas (1988); Legend of the Candy Cane (2001); Lethal Weapon (2017); Life After (2010); Listen Up (2004–2005); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989–2023); Lyric Cafe (2002–2003); Lyric Cafe (2008); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1985); Major Crimes (2013–2016); Making History in Hollywood (2021); Malcolm & Eddie (1996–2000); Matlock (1987); Matt Houston (1982); Megachurch Murder (2015); Men of Alaye: The Hottest Black Men in America (1998); Mentoring Kings (2018); Moloney (1997); Mother's Day (1989); Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985); MTV EMA Belfast 2011 (2011); Muted (2014); My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage (2010); NBA All-Star Stay in School Jam (1992); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002); New Edition: N.E. Heart Break (1989); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2000 (2000); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '95 (1995); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nightlife (1986); Not (Blank) Enough (2021); Not All Hood (NAH) (2024–2025); Olive Forever (2018); One on One with John Tesh (1992); One on One with Magic Johnson (1994); One to Grow On (1983–1989); Pioneers of Television (2014); Puppy Dog Pals (2020); Rachael Ray (2016–2018); Reed Between the Lines (2011–2015); Reflections: A Story of Redemption (2004); Restaurant (1998); Retrosexual: The 80's (2004); Saturday Morning Videos (1990–1992); Saturday Night Live (1986); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998); Second City This Week (2012); Sesame Street (1985–1988); Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration / Segment: Monster in the Mirror (1993); Sesame Street: Monster in the Mirror (1991); Sherri (2009–2025); Shot (2017); Show Off! How to Be Cool at Parties (1986); Showtime at the Apollo (1988–1991); Sliders (1999); Sneaky Pete (2017–2019); Sons of Anarchy (2014); Sons of Anarchy: Season 7 - Guests of Anarchy (2015); Sound, Verses, Fury (2007); Special Agent Oso (2010); Static Shock (2002); Stevie Wonder with Friends: Celebrating a Message of Peace (2013); Stripperella (2004); Suits (2016–2017); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985–1988); Tavis Smiley (2005); Teen Vid I (1991); Ten Days in the Valley (2017); The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards (1985); The 12th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1998); The 14th Annual American Black Achievement Awards (1993); The 1999 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (1999); The 31st Annual People's Choice Awards (2005); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 5th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (1990); The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013); The 8th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1987); The 9th Annual TV Land Awards (2011); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–2014); The Boris & Nicole Show (2015); The Chicken Squad (2021); The Cleaner (2008); The Cosby Outtakes Show (1990); The Cosby Show (1984–1992); The Cosby Show: 25th Anniversary Special (2009); The Cosby Show: A Look Back (2002); The Drop (2004); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Father Clements Story (1987); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1992); The Greatest (2005); The Insider (2016); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2013); The Irrational (2023); The Last Laugh: Memories of the Cosby Show (1992); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2004); The List (2007); The Magic School Bus (1994–1997); The Meredith Vieira Show (2016); The Michael J. Fox Show (2014); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); The NBC All Star Hour (1985); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2008); The Real (2016); The Real Malcolm X (1992); The Real Story of Itsy Bitsy Spider (1991); The Resident (2018–2023); The Resident Rulebreakers (2020); The Teen Files (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1988); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); The View (2005–2015); The Wendy Williams Show (2009–2018); The Wonder Years (2023); The Word (1994); There's Hope (2007); This Old Man (1990); Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You (1992); Today (1985–2024); Touched by an Angel (1995); Tour of Duty (1989); True Blue (2010); TV Guide: 40th Anniversary Special (1993); TV Guide's 50 Best Shows of All Time: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002); TV Land's Top Ten (2005); TV's All-Time Funniest: A Paley Center for Media Special (2008); Tyson (1995); Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story (2010); Verses & Flow (2014); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2000); Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus (1987); Wannabe (2016); White Famous (2017); Whodini: Funky Beat (1986); Word Warriors III (2016); You Can't Hear Me (2017); Your Favorite Commercials (1994).

Born on this day – Patrick Swayze:

Patrick Swayze

Actor

Dancer

Singer

August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009

Born on this day – Helena Rojo:

Helena Rojo

Actress

August 18, 1944 – February 3, 2024

Born on this day – Martin Mull:

Martin Mull

Actor

Comedian

Musician

August 18, 1943 – June 27, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Martin Mull (1972); Dueling Tubas / Single (1973); Martin Mull and His Fabulous Furniture in Your Living Room! (1973); Normal (1974); In the Soop with Martin Mull / with Ed Wise & Les Daniels (1967 / 1974); Days of Wine and Neuroses (1975); I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved (1977); No Hits, Four Errors – The Best of Martin Mull (1977); Sex & Violins (1978); Near Perfect/Perfect (1979); Mulling It Over – A Musical Ouvre-View of Martin Mull (1998).

Movies and television:

2016 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2016); 3rd Annual TV Guide Awards (2001); 90 Minutes Live (1977); A '70s Celebration: The Beat Is Back (1993); A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004); A Different Approach (1978); A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); All-Star Tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1989); America 2-Night (1978); American Bandstand (1976); American Dad! (2005–2011); American Masters (2016); America's Funniest Home Videos (2002); An All Star Celebration: Vote '88 (1988); An All-Star Toast to the Improv (1988); An Evening at the Improv (1981); And They're Off (2011); Arrested Development (2004–2019); Attention Shoppers (2000); Bad Manners (1984); Basic Values: Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's (1993); Beverly Hills Family Robinson (1997); Big City Comedy (1980 / 1986); Biography (2006); Bless This Mess (2020); Bob's Burgers (2020); Breakaway (1984); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2020); Burke's Law (1994); California Girls (1985); Cher (1975–1976); Cinemania (2004); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1985–1990); Circus of the Stars #13 (1988); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Clue (1985); Clue: Movies, Murder & Mystery (1986); Come Away Home (2005); Comic Relief (1986); Community (2015); Crumbs (2006); Cutting Class (1989); D.C. Follies (1987); Dads (2013–2014); Dance Fever (1979); Dance with Death (1992); Danny Phantom (2003–2007); Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy (2005); Dexter's Laboratory (2001); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce (1986); Domestic Life (1984); Dream On (1991); Eastwick (2009); Edie & Pen (1996); El Jefe (2012); Entertainment Tonight (2018); Family Dog (1993); Family Guy (2000); Family Man (2008); Far Out Man (1990); Fast Times (1986); Fernwood Tonight (1977); Flicks (1983); FM (1978); Franklin & Bash (2012); Gary Unmarried (2008–2009); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Get a Life (1991); Good Day L.A. (2013–2014); Good Morning America (1980); Grace and Frankie (2022); Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (1983); Greetings from Tucson (2003); Hail Mary (2016); Half & Half (2004); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Hidden Heroes Gala: Diane Warren Tribute (2017); His & Hers (1990); Hollywood Squares (1998–2004); Hollywood Squares (2010); Hollywood's Greatest Wrap Party (1979); Home Is Where the Hart Is (1987); Hopeless Pictures (2005); How the West Was Fun (1994); I'm Sorry (2017–2019); In Concert (1973–1974); Inside Comedy (2013); Intimate Portrait (1990–2005); It's Garry Shandling's Show (1989–1990); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1990); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2020); Jingle All the Way (1996); Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge (1987); Jump (1971); Just for Laughs: The Montreal International Comedy Festival (1990); Just Shoot Me! (2000); Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (2010); Killers (2010); Kristin (2001); L.A. Law (1993); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1997); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); Les Chroniques du Mea (2017); Less Than Perfect (2002); Life in Pieces (2015–2017); Life with Bonnie (2002–2003); Life... and Stuff (1997); Lifestyles of the Rich & Fabulous (2012); Little Rascals: Mischief Loves Company (1994); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Lots of Luck (1985); Mad Love (2011); Magic with the Stars (1982); Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio (1987); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977); Melons (2022); Memories Then and Now (1988); Merrill Markoe's Guide to Glamorous Living (1988); Miracle Beach (1992); Molson Canadian Comedy Releaf (1991–1992); Movies Money Murder (1993); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Write (1994); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); My Bodyguard (1980); My Boys (2008–2009); NCIS: Los Angeles (2017); Nevermind Nirvana (2004); Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (2023); Norm Macdonald Live (2014); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Not Dead Yet (2023); O.C. and Stiggs (1985); Oliver's Ghost (2011); On Location: Martin Mull (1979); Over the Top (1997); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1991); Paul McCartney & Friends Live: PETA's Millennium Concert (1999); Portrait of a White Marriage (1988); Presenting Susan Anton (1979); Private School (1983); Psych (2013); Reading Writing & Romance (2013); Reba (2003); Recess (1998–2000); Relative Strangers (2006); Reno 911! (2004); Rented Lips (1987); Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998); Rock Concert (1973); Rock Music Awards (1977); Roseanne (1991–1997); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997–2000); Sally Jessy Raphael (1993); Serial (1980); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); She TV (1994); Sin City Spectacular (1999); Sister Mary Explains It All (2001); Ski Patrol (1990); SpongeBob SquarePants and Friends Unite! (2005); Square Pegs (1983); Sunset Limousine (1983); Take This Job and Shove It (1981); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); Taxi (1979); Teamo Supremo (2002); Ted & Venus (1991); Television Parts (1985); The $10,000 Pyramid (1978); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999); The 21st Annual Grammy Awards (1979); The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (1995); The 28th Annual People's Choice Awards (2002); The 51st State (1971); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The Afterparty (2023); The Alan Hamel Show (1977–1978); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Aristocrats (2005); The Benny Hill Show (1976); The Bob Monkhouse Show (1985); The Boss' Wife (1986); The Carson Podcast (2014); The Chevy Chase National Humor Test (1979); The Cool Kids (2018–2019); The Day My Parents Ran Away (1993); The Drew Carey Show (1997); The Ellen Show (2001–2002); The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard (1984); The Geena Davis Show (2000); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1993); The Golden Girls (1990); The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2010); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977–1978); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1978); The Jack Jones Show (1974); The Jackie Thomas Show (1992–1993); The Jerk, Too (1984); The Kilborn File (2010); The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1993); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999–2001); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Merv Griffin Show (1975–1977); The Midnight Special (1973–1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1979); The Nanny (1998); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1989); The Nick at Nite Holiday Special (2003); The Player (1992); The Ranch (2016–2020); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Simpsons (1998); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988); The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980); The T.V. Show (1979); The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special I (1980); The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special II (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1978–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (2005); The Vidiots (1986); The War at Home (2007); The Water is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs (2023); The Wild Thornberrys (2000); The Year That Trembled (2002); Thick and Thin (2006); Think Big (1989); 'Til Death (2010); Tim's Vermeer (2013); Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth (1991); Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth 3 (1993); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1983); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); TV 101 (1989); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); Twice in a Lifetime (2000); Twilight Theater II (1982); Twilight Theatre (1982); Two and a Half Men (2008–2013); Veep (2016); What Just Happened??! (2019); Wonder Woman (1977); Working Class (2011); WTF with Marc Maron (2018); Zack and Reba (1998).

Born on this day – Sabine Sinjen:

Sabine Sinjen

Actress

August 18, 1942 – May 18, 1995

Born on this day – Gail Fisher:

Gail Fisher

Actress

August 18, 1935 – December 2, 2000

Credits:

Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Break the Bank (1976); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1976); Celebrity Bowling Classic (1969); Dinah! (1975); Donor (1990); Every Man Needs One (1972); Fantasy Island (1979); General Hospital (1982–1984); He & She (1967); He's the Mayor (1986); Hotel (1985); Insight (1970); It Takes Two (1970); It's Your Bet (1970–1972); Jeopardy! (1973); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Knight Rider (1983); Life with Linkletter (1970); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Baby; Love and the Hustler (1969–1971); Mankillers (1987); Mannix (1968–1975); Match Game (1973–1974); Medical Center (1975); My Three Sons (1968); Pioneers of Television (2014); Play of the Week (1959–1960); Room 222 (1971); Soul Train (1972); The 15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1973); The 22nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1970); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The All Star Spangled Mission (1973); The Art Linkletter Show (1970); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Defenders (1962); The Doctors (1963); The Game Game (1970); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969–1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1975); The New Girl (1960); The Second Hundred Years (1967); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); You Don't Say (1969).

Born on this day – Joan Taylor:

Joan Taylor

Actress

August 18, 1929 – March 4, 2012

Born on this day – Tania Weber:

Tania Weber

Actress

August 18, 1926 – November 20, 2009

Born on this day – Brian Aldiss:

Brian Aldiss

Writer

Artist

August 18, 1925 – August 19, 2017

Credits:

Books:

50 x 50: The mini-sagas (2012); A Book of Contemporary Nightmares (1977); A Brian Aldiss Omnibus (1969); A Century of Science Fiction (1962); A Prehistory of Mind / poems (2008); A Rude Awakening (1978); A Science Fiction Argosy (1972); A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007); A Soldier Erect (1971); A Tupolev Too Far (1986); Affairs at Hampden Ferrers (2004); Alpha 3 (1972); Alpha 4 (1973); Alpha One (1970); An ABC of Science Fiction (1966); An Exile on Planet Earth (2012); An Island Called Moreau (1981); And the Lurid Glare of the Comet (1986); Andromeda 1 (1976); Anticipations (1978); Antigrav (1975); Art After Apogee The Relationships Between an Idea, a Story, and Painting (2000); Astounding Analog Reader, Book 1 (1972); Astounding Analog Reader, Book 2 (1973); At the Caligula Hotel / poems (1995); Backdrop of Stars (1968); Barefoot in the Head (1969); Best Fantasy Stories (1962); Best Horror Stories 2 (1965); Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss (1965); Best SF 2 (1956); Best SF 7 (1970); Best SF Stories from New Worlds (1969); Best SF Stories of Brian W Aldiss (1988); Best SF: 1967 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 1 (1968); Best SF: 1968 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 2 (1969); Best SF: 1969 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3 (1969); Best SF: 1970 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 4 (1971); Best SF: 1971 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 5 (1972); Best SF: 1972 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 6 (1973); Best SF: 1973 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 7 (1974); Best SF: 1974 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 8 (1975); Best SF: 1975 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 9 (1976); Beyond Reality (1979); Beyond Singularity (2005); Beyond Tomorrow (1977); Billion Year Spree (1973); Blue Motel (1994); Book of Mini-Sagas (1985); Book of Mini-Sagas II (1988); Brothers of the Head (1977); Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's (1990); But Who Can Replace Man? (1958); Catastrophia (2010); Celebration (2008); Christmas Stars (1992); Cities and Stones (1966); Cities of Wonder (1966); Collected Essays (2013); Comfort Zone (2013); Comic Inferno / aka The Book of Brian Aldiss (1972); Constellations (2005); Cracken at Critical / aka The Year before Yesterday (1987); Creations (1983); Creatures from Beyond (1975); Cretan Teat (2001); Cryptozoic! / aka An Age (1967); Cultural Breaks (2005); Dangerous Visions (1967); Dangerous Visions 1 (1967); Dante's Disciples (1996); Dark Fantasies (1989); Dark Stars (1969); Daw 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology (2002); Daw 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology (2002); Decade the 1940's (1975); Decade the 1950's (1976); Decade the 1960's (1977); Dimension X (1970); Dinosaurs! (1990); Dracula Unbound (1991); Earth Is but a Star (2001); Earth is the Strangest Planet (1977); Earthworks (1965); Elemental (2006); Elsewhere X 3 (1974); Enemies of the System (1978); Epoch (1975); Equator (1973); Evil Earths (1975); Factions (1974); Farewell to a Child (1983); Farewell, Fantastic Venus! / aka All About Venus (1968); Final Stage (1974); Finches of Mars (2012); First Voyages (1981); Flotsam Fantasique (2013); Foreign bodies (1981); Forgotten Life (1988); Four For Fantasy (2013); Four for the Future (1969); Frankenstein Unbound (1973); Galactic Empires 1 (1976); Galactic Empires 2 (1976); Galaxies Like Grains of Sand / aka The Canopy of Time (1959); Gaslight and Ghosts (1988); Gateways (2010); Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987); Greybeard (1964); HARM (2007); Helliconia Spring (1982); Helliconia Summer (1983); Helliconia Winter (1985); Hell's Cartographers (1975); Home Life with Cats (1992); Hothouse / aka The Long Afternoon of Earth (1961); Immortals (1998); In the Field of Fire (1987); In the Twinkling of an Eye (2015); Infinite Jests (1974); Intangibles Inc. (1969); Interpreter / aka Bow Down to Nul (1960); Introducing Science Fiction (1967); Invaders! (1993); Isaac Asimov's Mars (1991); Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (1988); Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999); Jocasta (2004); Lambda I (1964); Last Orders (1977); Lemistry (2011); Life in the West (1980); London Tales of Terror (1972); Man in His Time (1989); Mars Probes (2002); Masterpieces (2001); Men and Machines (1970); Mind in Chains (1970); Mind to Mind (1971); Mini Sagas (1997); Mini Sagas 1999 (1999); Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction (1994); Modern Science Fiction (1974); Moon Shots (1999); More Penguin Science Fiction (1963); Moreau's Other Island (1980); Mortal Morning / poems (2011); Mutants! (1974); Neanderthal Planet (1969); Nebula Award Stories 1 (1966); Nebula Award Stories 2 (1966); Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 (2001); New Arrivals, Old Encounters (1979); New Worlds (1997); New Worlds 1 (1991); New Worlds 2 (1992); New Worlds 3 (1993); New Worlds 7 (1974); New Worlds 9 (1975); New Worlds: An Anthology (2004); New Writing 4 (1995); New Writings in SF 1 (1964); New Writings in SF 10 (1966); New Writings in SF 22 (1973); New Writings in SF 23 (1973); New Writings in SF 24 (1974); New Writings in SF 25 (1975); New Writings in SF 27 (1975); New Writings in SF 28 (1975); New Writings in SF 29 (1976); New Writings in SF 30 (1977); No Time Like Tomorrow (1959); Non-Stop / aka Starship (1958); Not the Only Planet (1998); Nova 1 (1970); Nova 2 (1972); Nova 3 (1973); Nova 4 (1974); Now We Are Sick (1994); On Our Way to the Future (1970); One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968); Orbit 12 (1973); Orbit 15 (1974); Orbit 2 (1967); Other Edens (1987); Other Edens II (1988); Other Edens III (1989); Outwards from Earth (1974); Penguin Science Fiction (1961); Perchance to Wake (2016); Perilous Planets (1978); Perpetual Light (1982); Pile / poems (1979); Plutonian Monologue On His Wife's Death (2000); Remembrance Day (1993); Report on Probability A (1968); Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (1969); Rooms of Paradise (1979); Ruins (1986); Sanity and the Lady (2005); Science Against Man (1970); Science Fiction A to Z (1982); Science Fiction Art (1975); Science Fiction as Science Fiction (1978); Science Fiction Blues (1988); Science Fiction Horizons No. 1 (1968); Science Fiction: The Best of 2002 (2003); Seasons in Flight (1984); Sense of Wonder (2023); Sex and the Black Machine (1988); Sightlines (2001); Somewhere East of Life (1994); Songs from the Steppes / poems (2014); Songs from the Steppes of Central Asia Selected Poems of Makhtumkuli (1995); Souls in Metal (1977); Space 2 (1974); Space Gladiators (1989); Space Odysseys (1974); Space Opera (1974); Space, Time and Nathaniel (1957); Spectrum 2 (1962); Spectrum 3 (1963); Stars of Albion (1979); Starswarm (1954); Strange Orbits (1976); Strangeness (1977); Super-State (2002); Supertoys Last All Summer Long (2001); Supertoys Trilogy (2014); Tales from the Forbidden Planet (1987); Tales from the Planet Earth (1986); Tales in Space (1995); Tales in Time (1997); Tales of Science Fiction (1964); Tales of Terror From Outer Space (1975); Tales of Unease (1966); The 1977 Annual World's Best SF (1977); The 1990 Annual World's Best SF (1990); The Airs of Earth (1963); The Amis Story Anthology (1992); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 12th Series (1963); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 17th Series (1968); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 8th Series (1959); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 9th Series (1959); The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1988); The Best of British SF 2 (1977); The Best of Crank! (1998); The Best of Interzone (1996); The Best of Modern Horror (1989); The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977); The Brightfount Diaries (1955); The British Fantasy Society - a Celebration (2006); The City 2000 A. D. (1976); The Complete Short Stories: The 1950s (2013); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (2015); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s Part 1 (2015); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s Part 3 (2015); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s Part 4 (2015); The Dark Light Years (1964); The Dark Sun Rises (2002); The Daymakers (2014); The Detached Retina (1988); The Drabble Project (1988); The Eighty-minute Hour (1974); The Furthest Horizon (2000); The Future in Question (1980); The Future Makers (1968); The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981); The Good Old Stuff (1995); The Great SF Stories 19 (1989); The Great SF Stories 20 (1990); The Great SF Stories 23 (1991); The Hand-Reared Boy (1970); The Ides of Tomorrow (1976); The Inner Landscape (1969); The Invention of Happiness (2013); The Magic of the Past (1987); The Malacia Tapestry (1976); The Male Response (1961); The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (2002); The Mammoth Book of Tales from the Road (2002); The Moment of Eclipse (1970); The New Improved Sun (1975); The New Nature of the Catastrophe (1993); The New Tomorrows (1971); The Night Fantastic (1991); The Pale Shadow of Science (1986); The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973); The Penguin World Omnibus of Science Fiction (1977); The Primal Urge (1961); The Road to Science Fiction 3 (1979); The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998); The Saliva Tree (1966); The Science Fictional Dinosaur (1982); The Secret of This Book / aka Common Clay (1995); The shape of further things (1970); The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction (2007); The Starry Messenger (2006); The Traps of Time (1968); The Twinkling of an Eye or My Life as an Englishman (1998); The Ultimate Frankenstein (1991); The Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry (1982); The Unfriendly Future (1965); The Wizards of Odd (1996); The World Treasury of Science Fiction (1989); The Year 2000 (1970); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixth Annual Collection (1993); The Year's Best Science Fiction Eleventh Annual Collection (1993); The Year's Best Science Fiction Ninth Annual Collection (1992); This Side of Infinity (1972); This Way to the End Times (2016); This World and Nearer Ones (1979); Three Types of Solitude (2019); Time Travelers (1997); To Follow a Star (1977); Top Science Fiction (1984); Trillion Year Spree (1986); Tropical Chills (1988); Twelve Tomorrows 2013 (2013); Twenty Houses of the Zodiac (1979); Universe 2 (1992); Universe 3 (1994); Universe 6 (1976); Universe 7 (1977); Vanguard from Alpha (1959); Visions of Wonder (1996); Walcot (2009); Weird Shadows from Beyond (1965); Weird Tales from Shakespeare (1994); Welcome to the Greenhouse (2011); Werewolf! (1979); When The Feast is Finished (1994); White Mars / aka The Mind Set Free: A 21st-Century Utopia (1999); Who Can Replace a Man? (1966); World's Best Science Fiction 1967 (1967); World's Best Science Fiction 1968 (1968); World's Best Science Fiction 1969 (1969); xo Orpheus (2013); Year's Best SF 5 (2000); Year's Best SF 7 (2002); Yet More Penguin Science Fiction (1964); Zenith (1989).

Movies and television:

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001); Arena (1994); Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993); Brothers of the Head (2005); Crawlspace (2009); Did You See..? (1984); Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993); Everyman (1986); Frankenstein Unbound (1990); John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction (2005); Let's Imagine (1962); Natural History of an Alien (1998); New Nightmares (1993); Omnibus (1973); On Reflection (1971); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); Panorama (1969); Prisoners of Gravity (1991–1994); Read All About It (1976); Right to Reply (1995); Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film (2007); Speaking Volumes (1991); Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); The Book Programme (1975); The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick (2007); The Martians and Us (2006); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The Ultimate Survivor (2011); The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994); Time Out of Mind (1979); Timeshift (2006).

Born on this day – Shelley Winters:

Shelley Winters

Actress

August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006

Born on this day – Laura Wood:

Laura Wood

Actress

August 18, 1901 – May 9, 1982

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); General Electric Theater (1958); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Highway Patrol (1956); How I Became a Nudist (1968); Medic (1955); My Three Sons (1968); Official Detective (1957); Six She's and a He (1963); Star Trek (1966–1967); Sweet Bird of Aquarius (1970); The Rebel (1960); This Sporting House (1969).

Recommended reading - The Barbarous Coast (1956):

The Barbarous Coast

By Ross Macdonald.

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Published 1956.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0307279030

ISBN-13: 978-0307279033

Description:

“Ross Macdonald writes like a son of a bitch.” – Anthony Boucher.

“Not since the novels of Nathanael West has the theme of American innocence grinding to a stop at the polluted waters of the Pacific so consistently reverberated through a body of writing.” – Detroit News.

The beautiful, high-diving blonde had Hollywood dreams and stars in her eyes but now she seems to have disappeared without a trace. Hired by her hotheaded husband and her rummy “uncle,” Lew Archer sniffs around Malibu and finds the stink of blackmail, blood-money, and murder on every pricey silk shirt. Beset by dirty cops, a bumptious boxer turned silver screen pretty boy, and a Hollywood mogul with a dark past, Archer discovers the secret of a grisly murder that just won't stay hidden.

Lew Archer navigates through the watery, violent world of wealth and privilege, in this electrifying story of obsession gone mad.

“Macdonald makes a routine story of ocean-side murder among the rich take on a hard-edged, glistening solidity.” – AudioFile.

Wally Lamb, on writing:

I like to be surprised.

The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.

- Wally Lamb.