On this day in music history - Reverie, by Laura Sullivan (2020):

Reverie

Album by Laura Sullivan,
released May 11, 2020.

Track list:

Reverie; Silueta; Canon in D (Remastered); The Serpent Mound (Remix); After Rain; Pictograph Cave (Remaster).

On this day in television history - Justified (2010):

Justified

Season 1. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Hatless.

Released May 11, 2010.

Directed by Peter Werner.

Written by Graham Yost, Dave Andron, Wendy Calhoun and Chris Provenzano.

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, Malik Yoba, Jere Burns, David Eigenberg, Steven Flynn, Tom Kiesche, William Ragsdale, Travis Wester, Kimberly Arland, Joe Unger, Michael Maize, Sarah Baldwin, Lizabeth Allen, Joshua Bitton, Ezra Buzzington, David Hill.

On this day in music history - The Other Side of the Mirror, by Stevie Nicks (1989):

The Other Side of the Mirror

Album by Stevie Nicks,

released May 11, 1989.

Track list:

Rooms on Fire; Long Way to Go; Two Kinds of Love; Ooh My Love; Ghosts; Whole Lotta Trouble; Fire Burning; Cry Wolf; Alice; Juliet; Doing the Best I Can; I Still Miss Someone.

On this day in movie history - The Natural (1984 movie & novel):

The Natural

directed by Barry Levinson,

written by Roger Towne and Phil Dusenberry,

based on the novel by Bernard Malamud,

was released in the United States on May 11, 1984.
Music by Randy Newman.

Cast:

Robert Redford, Paul Sullivan Jr., Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Rachel Hall, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Don Baker, Darren McGavin, Michael Madsen, John Finnegan, Alan Fudge, Ken Grassano, Mike Starr, Mickey Treanor, Jon Van Ness, Anthony J. Ferrara, George Wilkosz, Robert Rich III, Sibby Sisti.

Recommended reading:

The Natural

By Bernard Malamud.

Filmed as The Natural (1984), directed by Barry Levinson.

Paperback.

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

First published 1952.

ISBN: 9780374502003

ISBN 10: 0374502005

ASIN: 0374502005

Description:

The Natural, Bernard Malamud's first novel, published in 1952, is also the first – and some would say still the best – novel ever written about baseball. In it, Malamud, usually appreciated for his unerring portrayals of postwar Jewish life, took on very different material – the story of a superbly gifted "natural" at play in the fields of the old daylight baseball era – and invested it with the hardscrabble poetry, at once grand and altogether believable, that runs through all his best work. Four decades later, Alfred Kazin's comment still holds true: "Malamud has done something which – now that he has done it! – looks as if we have been waiting for it all our lives. He has really raised the whole passion and craziness and fanaticism of baseball as a popular spectacle to its ordained place in mythology."

Born on this day – Nicky Katt:

Nicky Katt

Actor

Producer

May 11, 1970 – April 12, 2025

Credits:

21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014); A Time to Kill (1996); American Yakuza (1993); Astoria (1998); Batman & Robin (1997); Behind the Candelabra (2013); Boiler Room (2000); Boston Public (2000–2002); Casual (2018); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984); CHiPs (1981); Code Red (1982); Dazed and Confused (1993); Dear John (1989–1990); Death Proof (2007); Delivered (1998); Double Rush (1995); Fan des années 80 (2012); Fantasy Island (1980); Father Murphy (1981); Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson (2009); Friends (1996); Friends: The One Before the Last One - Ten Years of Friends (2004); Full Frontal (2002); Goldie and Kids: Listen to Us (1982); Great Directors (2009); Gremlins (1984); Grindhouse / Segments: Planet Terror; Death Proof (2007); Harold (2008); Herbie, the Love Bug (1982); I Love Your Work (2003); Insomnia (2002); Johns (1996); Kindred: The Embraced (1996); King of the Hill (2003–2004); Knight Rider 2010 (1994); Law & Order (2007); Lifestories (1990); Love & War (1992); Love Monkey (2006); Martians Go Home (1989); Monk (2006); Mutiny (1999); Once Upon a River (2019); One True Thing (1998); Phantoms (1998); Planet Terror (2007); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016); Riding the Bullet (2004); Rules of Engagement (2000); Say You'll Be Mine (1999); School of Rock (2003); Scotch and Milk (1998); Secondhand Lions (2003); Secondhand Lions: Deleted/Alternate Scenes (2004); Sin City (2005); Sister Act (1992); Skins (1994); Snow Angels (2007); Speakeasy (2002); Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2004); Strange Days (1995); SubUrbia (1996); The Babysitter (1995); The Brave One (2007); The 'Burbs (1989); The Cure (1995); The Dark Knight (2008); The Doom Generation (1995); The Facts of Life (1988); The Get Along Gang (1984); The Guardian (2003); The Limey (1999); The Sitter (2011); The Way of the Gun (2000); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Uncle Buck (1990); Underground Aces (1981); V (1984); Voyagers! (1982); Waking Life (2001); World Trade Center (2006).

Born on this day – Natasha Richardson:

Natasha Richardson

Actress

May 11, 1963 – March 18, 2009

Credits:

16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2010); 2006 Asian Excellence Awards (2006); 3rd Irish Film and Television Awards (2005); 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997); A Month in the Country (1987); A Taste of My Life (2006); Absolument cinema (2000); American Experience (2006); Aspel & Company (1991); Asylum (2005); BBC World News (2009); Biography (1997); Blow Dry (2001); Bravo Profiles (2002); Britain's Finest (2005); Caiga quien caiga (2005); Cannes Film Festival (1990); Cartelera (1998); CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer (2009); Channel 4 News (2009); Charlie Rose (1998–2005); Charlie Rose (2009); Chelsea Walls (2001); Cinema 3 (2009); Constantine's Sword (2007); Días de cine (2009); Ellis Island (1984); Entertainment Tonight (2009–2020); Evening (2007); Every Picture Tells a Story (1984); Fat Man and Little Boy (aka Shadow Makers) (1989); Film 2005 (2005); Good Morning America (1993–2009); Gothic (1986); Great Performances (1993); Haven (2001); Helicopter Heroes (2008); High Crime (1973); Hostages (1992); Inside Edition (2009); Intimate Portrait (1999); ITV Lunchtime News (2009); ITV News (2009); ITV Premiere Special: The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian (2008); J-lo: Behind the Behind (2003); John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship (2006); Jornal da Noite (2009); Larry King Live (2006–2009); Late Night with David Letterman (1990); Late Show with David Letterman (2002); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996); Live & Kicking (1998); Live with Kelly and Mark (2005); Loser (2000); Maid in Manhattan (2002); Martha (2007); Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg (1994); Nell (1994); Oxbridge Blues (1984); Past Midnight (1991); Patty Hearst (1988); PIX 11 Morning News (2007); Saturday Night Live (2004); Screen Two (1985); Sean Connery Close Up (1997); Tales from the Crypt (1996); The 47th Annual Tony Awards (1993); The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1994); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The 56th Annual Tony Awards (2002); The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009); The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 (2005); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1985); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968); The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian T4 Movie Special (2008); The Comfort of Strangers (1990); The Comfort of Strangers: Interview with Actor Natasha Richardson (2001); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Directors (2002); The Early Show (2009); The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991); The Fever (2004); The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996); The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996); The Handmaid's Tale (1990); The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000); The Mastersons of Manhattan (2007); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2009); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2010); The Parent Trap (1998); The Reichen Show (2006); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998–1999); The Syndrome (2014); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1998); The View (2006); The White Countess (2005); The Wildest Dream (2010); The Word (1992); Theatre Night (1987); Today (2005 / 2009); Top Chef (2008); Waking Up in Reno (2002); Widows' Peak (1994); Wild Child (2008); Wogan (1985–1992); Working in the Theatre (1993–2005); Worlds Beyond (1987); Zelda (1993).

Born on this day – Doug McClure:

Doug McClure

Actor

May 11, 1935 – February 5, 1995

Born on this day – Joan Swift:

Joan Swift

Actress

May 11, 1933 – June 26, 2016

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963–1964); A Majority of One (1961); Adam-12 (1968); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Bewitched (1969); Brainstorm (1965); Death Valley Days (1957); Flower Drum Song (1961); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Here's Lucy (1968); I Spy (1965–1966); Insight (1966); Ironside (1969–1970); Laramie (1963); Lock Up (1961); Lucy Gets Lucky (1975); Mr. and Mrs. (1964); One More Train to Rob (1971); Penelope (1966); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Run for Your Life (1967); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Star Trek (1967); Temple Houston (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Andromeda Strain (1971); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Carol Channing Show (1966); The Deadly Trackers (1973); The F.B.I. (1967); The Family Jewels (1965); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Jack Benny Program (1964–1965); The Joey Bishop Show (1962); The Lively Ones (1962); The Lucy Show (1966–1968); The Munsters (1966); The Patsy (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1965); Tom, Dick and Mary (1964).

Born on this day – Yvonne Furneaux:

Yvonne Furneaux

Actress

May 11, 1926 – July 5, 2024

Credits:

A noi piace freddo...! (1960); Adventure Theater (1956); Affair in Monte Carlo (1952); Caccia all'uomo (1961); Carta al cielo (1959); Charge of the Black Lancers (1962); Cross Channel (1955); Crossed Swords (1954); Enough Rope (1963); Fellini (1960); Film Fanfare (1956); Film Time (1955); Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984); Grand écran (1964); Hereward the Wake (1965); I 4 tassisti / Segment: Caccia al Tesoro (1963); Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960); Il principe dalla maschera rossa (1955); In the Name of the Italian People (1971); ITV Play of the Week (1957); La Dolce Vita (1960); Lisbon (1956); Lui, lei e il nonno (1959); Night Train to Milan (1962); Noi che abbiamo fatto la dolce vita (2009); Nom-de-Plume (1956); Repulsion (1965); Rheingold Theatre (1953); Rommel and the Plot to Kill Hitler (2006); Secret Agent (1965); Slave Queen of Babylon (1963); The Baron (1966); The Beggar's Opera (1953); The Champagne Murders (1967); The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964); The Genie / Segment: The Genie (1953); The Girlfriends (1955); The House of the Arrow (1953); The Javanese Dagger (1954); The Last of the Powerseekers (1969); The Lion of Thebes (1964); The Man in a Looking Glass (1965); The Man Who Never Was (1966); The Master of Ballantrae (1953); The Mummy (1959); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955); The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo (1961); The Three Princes (1954); The Warriors (1955); The World of Hammer (1994); Tonight at 8:30 / Segment: Ways and Means (1952); Versuchung im Sommerwind (1972); Via Margutta (1960); Zehn Minuten für den Kinogänger (1964).

Born on this day – Phil Silvers:

Phil Silvers

Actor

Comedian

May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985

Born on this day – Kansas Joe McCoy:

Kansas Joe McCoy

Blues singer

Musician

Songwriter

May 11, 1905 – January 28, 1950

Credits:

Songs:

Botherin' That Thing; Delta Bound; Evil devil woman blues; Hey Hey Loretta; Hoodoo Women; If You Take Me Back; If You're a Viper; I'm Going Back Home; Joliet Bound; Lake Providence Blues; Let's Get Drunk and Truck; Let'sTry It Again; Look Who's Coming Down The Road; Meat Cutter Blues; Motherless and Fatherless Blues; My Babe, My Babe; My Garbage Man; Oh! Red; Pile Driver Blues; Pile Drivin' Blues; Root Hog or Die; That will be alright; That'll Be Alright; The Candy Man; The World Is a Hard Place to Live In; Time A-Wastin'; Twenty Minutes To Hell; Well, Well; Wet It; When the Levee Breaks; Why Don’t You Do Right; You Done Tore Your Pants With me.

Ann Patchett, on writing:

Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head.

It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.

- Ann Patchett.