Born on this day – Anne Brontë:

Anne Brontë

Writer

January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849

Credits:

Agnes Grey (1847); Collected Poems (2019); Selected Poems (1993); The Complete Poems of Anne Bronte (1971); The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848); Women Who Wrote (2020).

Gloria Steinem, on writing:

I do not like to write - I like to have written.

- Gloria Steinem.

One of the best ways to get through the cold of winter:

Keep warm and read a good book.

Winter humor:

On this day in movie history - Brooklyn’s Finest (2009):

Brooklyn’s Finest,

directed by Antoine Fuqua,

written by Michael C. Martin,

was released in the United States on January 16, 2009.
Music by Marcelo Zarvos.

Cast:
Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Will Patton, Lili Taylor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Brían F. O'Byrne, Shannon Kane, Ellen Barkin, Robert John Burke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Wass Stevens, Armando Riesco, Wade Allain-Marcus, Logan Marshall-Green, Jesse Williams, Hassan Johnson, Jas Anderson, John D'Leo, Georgie DeNoto, Alison Cordaro, Frencesca Carchia, Raquel Castro, Stella Maeve, Reilly Brooke Stith, Joshua Thompson, Bruce MacVittie, Jerry Speziale, Sarah Thompson, Rodney 'Bear' Jackson, Cle Sloan, Michael Pemberton, Zaire Paige, Greg Young, Randy Eastman, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Alain Lauture, Joseph Adams, Alok Tewari, Matlok, Zachary Fuqua, Lela Rochon, Ed Moran, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Leonid Citer, Nicoye Banks, Tobias Truvillion, Tawny Cypress, Jeanine Ramirez, Rosalyn Coleman, Paul Diomede, Diana Bologna.

On this day in movie history - Garden State (2004):

Garden State,

directed and written by Zach Braff,

was released in the United States on January 16, 2004.

Music by Chad Fischer.

Cast:
Zach Braff, Kenneth Graymez, George C. Wolfe, Austin Lysy, Gary Gilbert, Jill Flint, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard, Alex Burns, Jackie Hoffman, Michael Weston, Christopher Carley, Amy Ferguson, Trisha LaFache, Jim Parsons, Jean Smart, Yvette Mercedes, Jayne Houdyshell, Natalie Portman, Ron Leibman, Ann Dowd.

On this day in television history - Star Trek: Voyager (1995 - 2001):

Star Trek: Voyager,

created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor,

was released in the United States on January 16, 1995, and ran for seven seasons until May 23, 2001.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:
Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan, Jennifer Lien, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Jeri Ryan, Garrett Wang, Simon Billig, Josh Clark, Anthony De Longis, John de Lancie, Christine Delgado, Brad Dourif, Susan Patterson, Alexander Enberg, Tarik Ergin, Martha Hackett, Richard Herd, Nancy Hower, Manu Intiraymi, Marley S. McClean, Derek McGrath, Zoe McLellan, Scarlett Pomers, John Rhys-Davies, Raphael Sbarge, Martin Rayner, Dwight Schultz, Marina Sirtis, John Tampoya, Susanna Thompson, Cody Wetherill, Kurt Wetherill.