On this day in television history - Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021):

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Persistence of Memory.

Released December 12, 2021.

Developed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Written by Brandon Auman, Margaret Dunlap, Eugene Son, Alex de Campi.

Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

Opening theme: Feel You Now by Alessia Cara.

Music by Michael Hodges, Gerald Trottman.

Cast:

Jessica Henwick, Will Yun Lee, Samira Wiley, Josh Duhamel, Stephen Root, Peyton List, Keith Ferguson, Shinshû Fuji, Takako Honda, Taiten Kusunoki, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Arisa Shida, Hôchû Ôtsuka.

On this day in music history - Winds of Change, by Denise Young (2019):

Winds of Change

Album by Denise Young,

released December 12, 2019.

Track list:

Under the Olive Tree; Ballerina; Moonlit Heart; Alegria; Winds of Change; Teardrop Symphony; Reflections; Blue Violet; Danssa; Dandelions.

On this day in music history - Light of Aluna, by Anima (2012):

Light of Aluna

Album by Anima,
released December 12, 2012.

Track list:

The New Dream; Ocean of Heart; Aluna; Ancient Future; Peace; Inner Light (Aluna Mix); Divine Emanation.

On this day in movie history - Gran Torino (2008):

Gran Torino

directed by Hal Ashby,

written by Nick Schenk,

was released in the United States on December 12, 2008.
Music by Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Brian Howe, John Carroll Lynch, William Hill, Brooke Chia Thao, Chee Thao, Choua Kue, Scott Eastwood, Xia Soua Chang, Sonny Vue, Doua Moua, Greg Trzaskoma, John Johns, Davis Gloff, Thomas D. Mahard, Cory Hardrict, Nana Gbewonyo, Arthur Cartwright, Austin Douglas Smith, Conor Liam Callaghan, Michael E. Kurowski, Julia Ho , Maykao K. Lytongpao, Carlos Guadarrama, Andrew Tamez-Hull, Ramon Camacho, Antonio Mireles, Ia Vue Yang, Zoua Kue, Elvis Thao, Jerry Lee, Lee Mong Vang, Tru Hang, Alice Lor, Tong Pao Kue, Douacha Ly, Parng D. Yarng, Nelly Yang Sao Yia, Marty Bufalini, My-Ishia Cason-Brown, Clint Ward, Stephen Kue, Rochelle Winter, Claudia Rodgers, Sean Baligian, Darline Bucchare, Shelagh Conley, Jeffrey Feingold, William C. Fox, Vong Lee, Arnold Montey, Rio Scafone, Jeffrey Scott Basham, Tony Stef'Ano, Carey Torrice, Kevin Walsh.

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

Pushing Daisies

Season 1. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Corpsicle.

Released December 12, 2007.

Directed by Brian Dannelly.

Written by Lisa Joy.

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, Paul Reubens, Grant Shaud, Julia Campbell, Field Cate, Colby Paul, Audrey Wasilewski, Tina Gloss, Allan Graf, Samantha (Sammi) Hanratty, Jeff Marlow, Michael Merton, Jon Eric Price, Sy Richardson, Heidi Pascoe.

On this day in movie history - Mars Attacks! (1996):

Mars Attacks!

directed by Tim Burton,

written by Jonathan Gems,

based on the 1962 Topps Mars Attacks trading card series,

was released in the United States on December 12, 1996.
Music by Danny Elfman.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Jim Brown, Lisa Marie, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Winfield, Pam Grier, Jack Black, Janice Rivera, Ray J, Brandon Hammond, Joe Don Baker, O-Lan Jones, Christina Applegate, Brian Haley, Jerzy Skolimowski, Timi Prulhiere, Barbet Schroeder, Chi Hoang Cai, Tommy Bush, Joseph Maher, Gloria M. Malgarini, Betty Bunch, Gloria Hoffmann, Willie Garson, John Roselius, Michael Reilly Burke, Valerie Wildman, Richard Irving, Jonathan Emerson, Tamara 'Gingir' Curry, Rebecca Broussard, Steve Valentine, Coco Leigh, Jeffrey King, Enrique Castillo, Don Lamoth, C. Wayne Owens, Joseph Patrick Moynihan, Roger Peterson, John Finnegan, Ed Lambert, John Gray, Gregg Daniel, J. Kenneth Campbell, Rance Howard, Jeanne Mori, Richard Assad, Velletta Carlson, Kevin Mangan, Rebeca Silva, Josh Philip Weinstein, Julian Barnes, Ken Thomas, Darelle Porter Holden, Christi Black, Sharon Hendrix, Frank Welker, Jim Beatty, John Bradley, Colleen Ann Brah, Greg Bronson, JoAnn Bush, Mac Canepi, George Cheung, Maria Celeste Genitempo, Geri Gilmore, Matt Gulbranson, Roger Jackson, Anthony Kopczynski, Walter Ludwig, Johnny Mansbach, Stephanie Masoner, Scott McKinley, Bob Pepper, Kelly Lynn Richards, David Sherrill, William Victor Skrabanek, Alexandra Smothers, Jay So, Edward Tubbs, Carl Washington, Don Winsor.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Chain Of Command, Part I.

Released December 12, 1992.

Directed by Robert Scheerer.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, Frank Abatemarco, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Ronny Cox, Natalija Nogulich, John Durbin, Lou Wagner, David Warner, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Cullen G. Chambers, Hal Donahue, Elliot Durant III, Melanie Hathorn, Gary Hunter, Randy James, Arvo Katajisto, Dennis Madalone, Tom Morga, Joyce Robinson, Mic Rodgers, Victor Sein, Sissy Sessions, Michael Tierney, K. Uchizono.

On this day in movie history - The Godfather Part II (1974):

The Godfather Part II

directed by Francis Ford Coppola,

written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola,

based on the novel by Mario Puzo,

was released in the United States on December 12, 1974.

Music by Nino Rota.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo, G.D. Spradlin, Richard Bright, Gastone Moschin, Tom Rosqui, Bruno Kirby, Frank Sivero, Francesca De Sapio, Morgana King, Marianna Hill, Leopoldo Trieste, Dominic Chianese, Amerigo Tot, Troy Donahue, John Aprea, Joe Spinell, Abe Vigoda, Tere Livrano, Gianni Russo, Maria Carta, Oreste Baldini, Giuseppe Sillato, Mario Cotone, James Gounaris, Fay Spain, Harry Dean Stanton, James Murdock, Carmine Caridi, Danny Aiello, Carmine Foresta, Nick Discenza, Joseph Medaglia, William Bowers, Joseph Della Sorte, Carmen Argenziano, Joe Lo Grippo, Ezio Flagello, Livio Giorgi, Kathleen Beller, Saveria Mazzola, Tito Alba, Johnny Naranjo, Elda Maida, Salvatore Po, Ignazio Pappalardo, Andrea Maugeri, Peter LaCorte, Peter Donat, Tom Dahlgren, Paul B. Brown, Phil Feldman, Roger Corman, Ivonne Coll, Joe De Nicola, Edward Van Sickle, Gabriella Belloni, Richard Watson, Venancia Grangerard, Erica Yohn, Teresa Tirelli, Margaret Bacon, Al Beaudine, Jack Berle, James Caan, Dick Cherney, Italia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Victor Pujols Faneyte, Len Felber, Julie Gregg, Raven Grey Eagle, Larry Guardino, Dan Harris, George Holmes, Buck Houghton, Shep Houghton, Karyn Jansen, Kathryn Janssen, Ken Koc, Shô Kosugi, Gary Kurtz, Alan Lee, Laura Lyons, Alan Marston, Richard Matheson, John Megna, Joe Pine, Felipe Polanco, Jay Rasumny, Harrison Ressler, Al Roberts, Hank Robinson, Rhea Ruggiero, Carmelo Russo, George Simmons, Filomena Spagnuolo, Nico Stevens, Arthur Tovey, Julian Voloshin, Wally West, Judith Woodbury.

On this day in movie history - The Last Detail (1973 movie & novel):

The Last Detail

directed by Hal Ashby,

written by Robert Towne,

based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan,

was released in the United States on December 12, 1973.
Music by Johnny Mandel.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, Carol Kane, Michael Moriarty, Nancy Allen, Gilda Radner, Jim Hohn, Luana Anders.

The Last Detail

By Darryl Ponicsan.

First published 1970.

Published by Skyhorse.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1510727752

ISBN-13: 978-1510727755

Description:

The Acclaimed Novel That Was the Basis for the Classic Movie Starring Jack Nicholson.

Unlike the other branches of the armed services, the navy draws its police force from the ranks, as temporary duty. The risk is that men on Shore Patrol might bring their humanity to the task. This accounts for the underlying tension in "The Last Detail", which takes place during the height of the Vietnam War. Billy Bad-Ass and Mule Mulhall, two career sailors in transit in Norfolk, awaiting permanent orders, are given a "chaser" duty. Their assignment is to escort and deliver Larry Meadows, an 18-year-old sailor, from Norfolk to Portsmouth, N.H., where he is to serve an eight-year sentence in the brig. It's good duty, on the face of it, until the two old salts realize the injustice of the sentence and are oddly affected by the true innocence of their prisoner, even though he is guilty as charged. Failure, or refusal, to carry out their duty is never a question, no matter how much they hate the detail or how wrong it seems, and yet something must be done, some gesture made in order to help their hapless prisoner survive the long ordeal he faces, and to purge their own sense of shame. "The Last Detail" was Darryl Ponicsan's first book and it catapulted him into the front rank of American novelists. It was made into the 1973 film starring Jack Nicholson, and has become a classic of the Golden Age of American cinema. This new edition of "The Last Detail" coincides with the publication of its long-awaited sequel, "Last Flag Flying", also available from The Wright Press.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 12.
Episode entitled: The Windows.
Released December 12, 1958.
Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski.
Written by Joel Murcott.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Herbert Ellis, John Goddard, Jeanne Vaughn, Joel Ashley, Chris Fortune, Jeane Wood, Sheldon Allman, William White.

On this day in movie history - On Dangerous Ground (1951 movie & novel):

On Dangerous Ground

directed by Nicholas Ray and Ida Lupino,

written by A. I. Bezzerides and Nicholas Ray,

based on the novel Mad with Much Heart by Gerald Butler,

was released in the United States on December 12, 1951.
Music by Bernard Herrmann.

Cast:

Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Anthony Ross, Ed Begley, Ian Wolfe, Sumner Williams, Gus Schilling, Frank Ferguson, Cleo Moore, Olive Carey.

Mad with Much Heart

By Gerald Butler.

First published 1945.
ASIN: B0006AQZEY
Published by: Rinehart & company, inc.
Hardcover.

Description:

Filmed as On Dangerous Ground (1951), directed by Nicholas Ray and Ida Lupino.

On this day in movie history - Big Town After Dark (1947):

Big Town After Dark

directed by William C. Thomas,

written by Whitman Chambers,

based on the radio series Big Town,

was released in the United States on December 12, 1947.
Music by Darrell Calker.

Cast:

Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Richard Travis, Ann Gillis, Joe Sawyer, Robert Kent, Charles Arnt, Joseph Allen, Vince Barnett, William Haade, Fred Aldrich, Don Barclay, Benny Bartlett, Gregg Barton, Gladys Blake, Dorothy Christy, Sumner Getchell, John Holland, Richard Keene, Frank Marlowe, Mary Newton, Anne O'Neal, Marin Sais, Arthur Space, Forrest Taylor, Dorothy Vaughan, Guy Wilkerson.

On this day in movie history - Safe in Hell (1931):

Safe in Hell

directed by William A. Wellman,

written by Joseph Jackson and Maude Fulton,

based on the play by Houston Branch,

was released in the United States on December 12, 1931.
Music by Leo F. Forbstein.

Cast:

Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, John Wray, Ivan F. Simpson, Victor Varconi, Morgan Wallace, Nina Mae McKinney, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Noble Johnson, Cecil Cunningham, Sam Appel, Lionel Belmore, Ted Billings, Rondo Hatton, Kenneth MacDonald, Chris-Pin Martin, Dick Rush, Harry Semels, Harold Waldridge.

Born on this day – Wings Hauser:

Wings Hauser

Actor

Director

Writer

December 12, 1947 – March 15, 2025

Credits:

A Soldier's Story (1984); Airwolf (1985); Arli$$ (1997–2002); Aspen (1977); Avenging Angel (2007); Baretta (1976); Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991); Bedroom Eyes II (1989); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994–1996); Bones (2008); Broken Bars (1995); Bump in the Night (1991); Cannon (1975); Castle (2016); Champagne and Bullets (1993); China Beach (1990–1991); Clean and Narrow (2000); Cold Case (2007); Coldfire (1990); Comedy Central Roasts (2010); Command 5 (1985); Criminal Minds (2010); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2013); CSI: Miami (2003); Dark Horse (1985); Dead Man Walking (1988); Deadly Force (1983); Dinah! (1979); Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014); Emergency! (1977); Eve N' God: This Female is Not Yet Rated (2019); Exiled in America (1992); Eyes (2005); First to Fight (1967); Frame Up (1991); Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1992); Freddy's Nightmares (1990); Ghost Dancing (1983); Going Home (1996); Guns & Lipstick (1995); Hardball (1990); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Hawaii Five-0 (2015); Hear No Evil (1982); High Tide (1994–1997); Homework (1982); Hostage (1986); House (2005); Humbucker (2018); Hunter (1984); In Between (1991); JAG (1996); Jessie (1984); Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986); Kingpin (2003); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1995); L.A. Bounty (1989); Life Among the Cannibals (1999); Lightning Force (1991–1992); Living to Die (1990); MacGruder and Loud (1985); Magnum, P.I. (1981); Marked for Murder (1990); Marker (1995); Mind, Body & Soul (1992); Monk (2006); Movin' On (1976); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1996); Mutant (1984); Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery (2006); Nightmare at Noon (1988); No Safe Haven (1987); Original Gangstas (1996); Out of Sight, Out of Mind (1990); Pale Blood (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987); Reason to Die (1990); Rizzoli & Isles (2016); Roseanne (1992–1993); Route 66 (1993); Rubber (2010); Savage Season (2001); Saving Grace (2008); Skins (1994); Space Rangers (1993); Street Asylum (1990); Sweet Revenge (1984); Tales from the Hood (1995); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The Art of Dying (1991); The A-Team (1985); The Blue Lizard (2002); The Carpenter (1988); The Defenders (2010); The Fall Guy (1983); The Highwayman (1987); The Insider (1999); The Killers Edge (1991); The Last Precinct (1986); The Long Hot Summer (1985); The Making of 'Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time' (1991); The Mentalist (2009); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Ruining (2004); The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988); The Stone Angel (2007); The Wind (1986); The Young and the Restless (1977–2010); The Young Riders (1992); Third Watch (2005); 3:15 the Moment of Truth (1986); Timothy and the Angel (1976); Top Priority: The Terror Within (2012); Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987); Uncommon Valor (1983); Vendetta: No Conscience, No Mercy (2004); Vice Squad (1982); Victim of Desire (1995); Viva Laughlin (2007); Walker, Texas Ranger (1994); Watchers III (1994); Welcome to Hell (2017); Welcome to the Basement (2013); Who'll Stop the Rain / aka Dog Soldiers (1978); Wilding (1990); Working Class Actor (2025); Your New Day (1980).

Born on this day – Dickey Betts:

Dickey Betts

Guitarist

Singer

Songwriter

Composer

December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Atlanta's Burning Down (1978); Bougainvillea's Call: The Very Best of Dickey Betts 1973-1988 (2006); Dickey Betts & Great Southern (1977); Highway Call (1974); Let's Get Together (2001); Live at the Coffee Pot 1983 (2016); Live from the Lone Star Roadhouse (2018); Official Bootleg Vol.1 (2021); Pattern Disruptive (1988); Ramblin' Man: Live at the St. George Theatre (2019); Rockpalast: 30 Years of Southern Rock 1978–2008 (2010); The Collectors #1 (2002); The Official Bootleg (2007).

Movies, video and television:

2004 Jammys: The Theatre at Madison Square Garden (2004); American Revolutions: Southern Rock (2005); And So It Goes (2014); Beat Shazam (2017); Belushi (2020); Big Fish (2003); Bird on a Wire (1990); Casey's Shadow (1978); Chicago Hope (1996); Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man (2020); Clear History (2013); Cockfighter (1974); Cold Case (2008); Comedian (2002); David Letterman (2011); Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Back Where It All Begins - Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum (2005); Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Back Where It All Begins - Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum (2005); Dickey Betts Band: Ramblin' Live at the St. George Theater (2018); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Erik (2016); Fear (1996); Field of Dreams (1989); Fresh Off the Boat (2016); Guitar Hero II (2006); Guitar Hero: World Tour (2008); Incendiary (2008); Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020); Ken Park (2002); Lassie (1994); Late Show with David Letterman (2000); Miami Vice (1986); Mongrels (2010); Morning Joe (2021–2022); Musicians for Disaster Relief 05' (2005); My Generation (2000); Nash Bridges (1996); Ohne Filter (1991); Outside Providence (1999); Psych (2008); Push, Nevada (2002); Radio Arrow (1998); Rock Legends (2017); Rock n' Roll Fantasy Camp (2006); Southern Rock at the BBC (2012); Southern Voices, American Dreams (1985); Supernatural (2005–2008); The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005); The Allman Brothers Band: Brothers of the Road (1985); The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods (1992); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2018); The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1995); The Cowboy Way (1994); The Exorcist (1973); The Full Moon Show (1992); The Good Guys (2010); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Holdovers (2023); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1978); The Shipping News (2001); The Simpsons (2007–2023); The Three Stooges (2012); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2017); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1990); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012); The Waterboy (1998); Top Gear (2007–2010); Turn It Up! (2014); Unplugged (1990); Volunteer Jam (1976); Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008); When Harry Met Sally... (1989).

Born on this day – Barbara O. Jones:

Barbara O. Jones

Actress

December 12, 1941 – April 16, 2024

Credits:

A Powerful Thang (1991); Back Inside Herself (1984); Black Chariot (1971); Bush Mama (1979); Child of Resistance (1973); Daughters of the Dust (1991); Demon Seed (1977); Diary of an African Nun (1977); Enigma (1977); Freedom Road (1979); Laverne & Shirley (1977); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Lou Grant (1978); Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001); Mute Love (1999); The Dream Catcher (1999); The Johnson Girls (1996); The Powers of Matthew Star (1983); The Quest (1976); Wonder Woman (1977).