Sarah Dessen, on writing:

I'm just writing what I know.
I've never been much of a reader of fantasy,
and I think you write what you, personally, enjoy reading.

- Sarah Dessen.

On this day in music history - Memoirs, by Michele McLaughlin (2019):

Memoirs

Album by Michele McLaughlin,
released May 24, 2019.

Track list:

Thankful; Pure Joy; Dark Moon; Triumph; Little Love; My Life with You; Beneath the Surface; Alone; Winter; Northern Lights; Peace; Dismissed.

On this day in movie history - An Inconvenient Truth (2006):

An Inconvenient Truth

directed by Davis Guggenheim,

a documentary written by and presented by Al Gore,

was released in the United States on May 24, 2006.
Music by Michael Brook.
Song I Need to Wake Up by Melissa Etheridge.

On this day in movie history - The Day After Tomorrow (2004):

The Day After Tomorrow

directed by Roland Emmerich,

written by Roland Emmerich and Jeffrey Nachmanoff,

based on a story by Roland Emmerich,

was released in the United States on May 24, 2004.
Music by Harald Kloser.

Cast:

Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders, Sela Ward, Austin Nichols, Arjay Smith, Tamlyn Tomita, Sasha Roiz, Ian Holm, Nassim Sharara, Carl Alacchi, Kenneth Welsh, Michel ‘Gish’ Abou-Samah, Robin Wilcock, Jason Blicker, Kenneth Moskow, Tim Hamaguchi, Glenn Plummer, Adrian Lester, Richard McMillan, Nestor Serrano, Sylvain Landry, Chris Britton, Vlasta Vrana, Pauline Little, Alan Fawcett, Howard Bilerman, John Maclaren, Frank Schorpion, Rachelle Glait, Pierre Leblanc, Richard Zeman, Perry King, Frank Fontaine, Mimi Kuzyk, Al Vandecruys, Vitali Makarov, Russell Yuen, Tim Bagley, Pierre Lenoir, Don Kirk, Lisa Canning, Terry Rhoads, Nicolas Feller, J.P. Manoux, Chuck Shamata, Phillip Jarrett, Ayana O’Shun, Tony Calabretta, Vivian Winther, Sheila McCarthy, Tom Rooney, Amy Sloan, David Schaap, Marylou Belugou, Nobuya Shimamoto, Bunrey Miyake, Karen Glave, Jennifer Morehouse, Christian Tessier, Joe Cobden, Caroline Keenan, Aaron Lustig, Sam Woods, Jesus Perez, Jack Laufer, Luke Letourneau, John Sanford Moore, William Francis McGuire, Michael McNally, Anne Day-Jones, Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais, Lynne De Bel, Mikio Owaki, Terry Simpson, Alvin Tam, Joey Elias, Ron Darling, José Ramón Rosario, Kwasi Songui, John Colton, Dilva Henry, Mark Thompson, Wendy L. Walsh, Mark Pfister, Ana Garcia, Lauren Sanchez, Rob Fukuzaki, Ross King, Robert Holguin, Suzanne Michaels, Leyna Nguyen, Lina Patel, Rosey Edeh, Lori Graham, Jesse Todd, Gordon Masten, Matt Adler, Ray Légaré, Matt Holland, Greg Kramer, Joel McNichol, Rick Hoffman.

On this day in movie history - Insomnia (2002):

Insomnia

directed by Christopher Nolan,

written by Hillary Seitz,

was released in the United States on May 24, 2002.
A remake of Insomnia (1997), direct by Erik Skjoldbjærg.
Music by David Julyan.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Martin Donovan, Oliver ‘Ole’ Zemen, Hilary Swank, Paul Dooley, Nicky Katt, Larry Holden, Jay Brazeau, Lorne Cardinal, James Hutson, Andrew Campbell, Paula Shaw, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, Tasha Simms, Maura Tierney, Jonathan Jackson, Malcolm Boddington, Katharine Isabelle, Robin Williams, Kerry Sandomirsky, Chris Gauthier, Ian Tracey, Kate Robbins, Emily Perkins, Dean Wray.