Jack Kost

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Born on this day – Octavia E. Butler:

Octavia E. Butler

Writer

June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (2000); A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay (2024); Adulthood Rites (1988); After the Rain (2021); Black Panther: Long Live the King (2018); Bloodchild (1984); Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995); Chrysalis 4 (1979); Clay's Ark (1984); Comic Arts Against Erasure (2022); Crucified Dreams (2011); Dawn (1987); Fledgling (2005); Imago (1989); Invaders! (1993); Kindred (1979 / 2017); Marvel-Verse: Shuri (2022); Mind of My Mind (1977); Nebula Awards 35 (2001); Parable of the Sower (1993 / 2020); Parable of the Talents (1998); Patternmaster (1976); Shuri, Vol. 2 (2019); Shuri: Wakanda Forever (2020); Sisters of the Revolution (2015); Survivor (1978); The Hole (2008); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985); Unexpected Stories (2014); Wakanda Forever (2018); Wild Seed (1980).

Movies and television:

Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993); Charlie Rose (2000); Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004); Closer to Truth (2000); Kindred (2022); Masters of Fantasy (1998); Science Future Science Fiction (2002); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); Self-Potrait (2022); The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999); The Last Angel of History (1996); The Space Race (2023).

Born on this day – Michael Lerner:

Michael Lerner

Actor

June 22, 1941 – April 8, 2023

Born on this day – Kris Kristofferson:

Kris Kristofferson

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

A Moment of Forever (1995); Border Lord (1972); Breakaway (with Rita Coolidge) (1974); Closer to the Bone (2009); Easter Island (1978); Feeling Mortal (2013); Full Moon (with Rita Coolidge) (1973); Jesus Was a Capricorn (1972); Kristofferson (1970); Natural Act (with Rita Coolidge) (1978); Repossessed (1986); Shake Hands with the Devil (1979); Spooky Lady's Sideshow (1974); Surreal Thing (1976); The Austin Sessions (1999); The Cedar Creek Sessions (2016); The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971); Third World Warrior (1990); This Old Road (2006); To the Bone (1981); Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame (1975).

Movies and television:

14 Hours (2005); 16 Years of Alcohol (2003); 2007 CMT Music Awards (2007); 2007 CMT Music Awards Red Carpet (2007); 20th Annual Country Music Awards (1986); 25th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1991); 29th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1995); 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards (2006); 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards (2007); 7 Minutes (2014); 8th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1974); A Company of Players (2008); A Concert: Behind Prison Walls (1977); A Night to Remember - May 5th, 1973 at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (2020); A Salute to American Imagination (1978); A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998); A Special Anne Murray Christmas (1981); A Star Is Born (1976); Adventures of the Old West (1995); AFI Life Achievement Award (1997–2001); Ali 70 from Las Vegas (2012); Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974); All Tied Up (1981); Allelujah (2022); American Dad! (2005); American Idol (2010); American Masters (2010–2016); American Revolutions: The Highwaymen (2006); American Roots Music (2001); American Veteran Awards (2003); America's Music: The Roots of Country (1996); Amerika (1987); An All Star Celebration: Vote '88 (1988); An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Cash (1999); An Evening with Kris Kristofferson (2013); Angels Sing (2013); Ànima (2013); Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (1991); Aumenta que é Rock'n'Roll (2024); Austin City Limits (1997); Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years (2014); Australian Story (2014); Bad Deal (2021); Banda sonora (2007); Barbra Streisand in Barbra Streisand: Left in the Dark (1984); Barbra Streisand: Woman in Love (1981); Barbra: With One More Look at You (1977); Be Here to Love Me (2004); Beat Shazam (2018); Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980); Best Friend from Heaven (2017); Between Heaven and Hell (2008); Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (1995); Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997); Big Top Pee-wee (1988); Billboard No. 1 Music Awards (1977); Biography (1994–2009); Blade (1998); Blade II (2002); Blade: Trinity (2004); Blaze (2018); Blood & Orchids (1986); Bloodworth (2010); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2017–2023); Blue Money (1985); Blue Rodeo (1996); Blume in Love (1973); Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1992); Boboquivari (1971); Bones / Stand Up to Cancer (2010); Born on the Rez (2018); Brandi Carlile: That Wasn't Me (2012); Brats: Our Journey Home (2006); Breakfast (2008–2010); Breakfast on Pluto (2005); Bridge School News (2011); Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974); Brothers' Destiny (1995); Californication (2009); Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of 'Walk the Line' (2005); Chelsea Walls (2001); Cher (1975); Christmas in Connecticut (1992); Cilla (1973); Cisco Pike (1971); Clay Pigeon (1971); Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017); Close Up / Isabelle Huppert: Message personnel (2020); CMA Awards Live: Greatest Moments 1968-2015 (2017); CMA Red Carpet 2006 (2006); CMT Insider (2006 / 2009); CMT: 20 Greatest Country Bands (2005); CMT: The Greatest - 40 Greatest Albums (2006); Code 37 (2009); Cold Water (1994); Columbo (1974); Comanche (2000); Coming and Going (1994); Controversy (2004); Convoy (1978); Corsage (2022); Country at the BBC (2011); Country Comes Home (1982); Country Music (2019); Crook & Chase (2009); Crossing the Heart (2007); Dance with Me (1998); Dead Man's Gun (1997–1999); Deadfall (2012); Dean Martin Presents Music Country (1973); Denk mit Kultur (2017); Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016); Dinah! (1975); Disappearances (2006); Disco 2 (1970); Dolezal Backstage (2015); Dolly (1976–1977); Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: Treasures (1996); Dolly Parton: She Ain't No Dumb Blonde (1997); Dolly Parton: Treasures (1996); Dolphin Tale (2011); Dolphin Tale 2 (2014); Donahue (1978); Donny and Marie (1977–1978); Down Dog (2015); Dreamer (2005); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003); Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972); El tiempo de la felicidad (1997); Elvis: Love Me Tender - The Love Songs (2009); Elvis: Return to Tupelo (2008); Elvis: The Tribute (1994); Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (2005); Entertainment Circle (2011); Entertainment Tonight (1987 / 2008); Everyman (1978); Eye See You / aka D-Tox (2002); Fallout: New Vegas (2010); Farm Aid '87 (1987); Fast Food Nation (2006); Fat City (1972); Festival Express (2003); Filmkrönikan (1996); Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004); Fire Down Below (1997); Flashpoint (1984); Flip (1972); Folsom, Cash & the Comeback (2006); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); For Sale by Owner (2009); For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville (2013); Forever Is a Long, Long Time (2004); Forever Young (2022); Free to Be... You & Me (1974); Freedom Road (1979); Fun with Dick and Jane (2005); Gala de l'Unicef (1979); Gent de paraula (2011); Get Up, Stand Up (2003); Girls' Night (1998); Glastonbury 2017 (2017); Go West, Young Man! (2003); Good Morning America (1977); Grammy Living Legends (1989); Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma / Black Sequence (1986); Great Performances (1994–2007); Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation (2012); Gun (2005); Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind (2010); Handy Manny (2009); Hank Williams Jr.: All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight (1984); Hank Williams: The Man and His Music (1980); Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012); Heaven's Gate (1980); Hee Haw (1985); Here I Am (2011); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991); He's Just Not That Into You (2009); Hickok (2017); Highwaymen Live!!! (1990); Hollywood maudit (2021); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Honeysuckle Rose (1980); Hour Magazine (1987); House of Boys (2009); How the West Was Lost (2008); Human Nature (2001); I Am Divine (2013); I Am What I Am (1987); I Love You Phillip Morris (2009); Ich möcht' so gern Dave Dudley hör'n (1979); If Beale Street Could Talk (2018); I'm Not There (2007); Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert (2015); Immaculate Funk (2000); In Concert (1972 / 1975); In Performance at the White House Country Music (2011); Indecent Proposal (1993); Inflammable (1995); It All Begins with a Song (2018); Jaco (2015); Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015); Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); John Ford Goes to War (2002); John Rich: Shuttin' Detroit Down (2009); Johnny Cash i København (1971); Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute (2003); Johnny Cash: American Rebel (2015); Johnny Cash: God's Gonna Cut You Down (2006); Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day (2000); Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years (1980); Johnny Cash: The Last Great American (2004); Johnny Cash's America (2008); Johnny Reid: Heart & Soul - A Place Called Love Live in Concert (2011); Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration (2019); Joyful Noise (2012); Kam zmizel ten starý song (2004); Karaoke Revolution Party (2005); Knees-Up (1982); Knights (1993); Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work (1993); Kris Kristofferson: RockWalk Induction (2006); Kunst gegen Gewalt (2002); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–2006); Late Night with David Letterman (1984–2011); Lawless Range (2018); Legends & Lyrics Reboot: 8-Part All-Star Concert (2023); Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (2009); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Limbo (1999); Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019); Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight 1970 (1998); Lives of the Saints (2004); Lone Star (1996); Loquillo leyenda urbana (2008); Lords of the Street (2008); Lost in Music (1995); Lucky You (2007); Made to Order (1979); Mama Mae: The Life and Music of Mae Boren Axton (2015); Man Maid (2008); Mantrap: Straw Dogs - The Final Cut (2003); Mascara (1987); Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (1996); Midnight Stallion (2013); Millennium (1989); Miracle in the Wilderness (1991); Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper: (619) 239-KING (1989); Molokai (1999); Monsanto Night Presents Engelbert Humperdinck... In Bermuda (1974); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Moving Pictures (1992); Mr Inbetween (2021); Muscle Shoals (2013); My Darling Vivian (2020); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994); Nashville North (1971); NetForce (1999); Night of the Cyclone (1990); Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade Trinity' (2005); No Place to Hide (1992); Nothing Compares (2022); On Location: The Comedy Store's 11th Anniversary Show (1983); On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America (2011); One Life to Live (1980); One on One with John Tesh (1991); One-Trick Pony (1980); Opry Memories (2011); Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes (2007); Opry Video Classics: Love Ballads (2007); Opry Video Classics: Queens (2007); Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000); Original Intent (1990); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Paint (2023); Pair of Aces (1990); Paper Hearts (1993); Passion & Poetry - Peckinpah's last western (2024); Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah Anecdotes (2017); Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film (2014); Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie (2013); Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005); Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973); Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: One Foot in the Groove (2006); Payback (1999); Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000–2001); Pharaoh's Army (1995); Planet of the Apes (2001); Police Woman (1975); Pop story (1971); Powder Blue (2009); Pre-Madonna (2004); Promised Land (2012); Quarry (2016); Raamit ränniin (1985); Requiem for Billy the Kid (2006); Ricky Nelson Sings (2005); Ring of Fire: The Passion of Johnny & June (2006); Road to Austin (2014); Road to Nowhere (2010); RocKwiz (2005); Roger Miller Remembered (1998); Rollin' on the River (1971); Rollover (1981); Romantic Guide to Lost Places (2020); Ronnie Hawkins 'Still Alive and Kickin' (2004); Room 10 (2006); Ruisrock - 40 vuotta rockia ja rakkautta (2011); Running Mates (2000); Sacred Tibet: The Path to Mount Kailash (2006); Saint Jack (1979); Salute! (1983); Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Sandino (1990); Saturday Night Live (1976 / 1982); Saxofonhallicken (1987); Second Chances: The Making of 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' (2004); Semi-Tough (1977); Silver City (2004); Sing Country (1982); Singer-Songwriters at the BBC (2010); Sjans (1992); Small Axe (2020); Snow Buddies (2008); Sodbusters (1994); Something Wild (1986); Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson (2007); Songwriter (1984); Sounds Like Friday (1978); Soundstage (2004); Southland Tales (2006); Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... (2009); Stagecoach (1986); Standing Room Only (1982); Stars in Their Eyes (1996); Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up (1980); Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces (2024); Stillwater (2021); Summertime (2015); Sun Records and the Johnny Cash Sound (2008); Sunday Morning Coming Down (2010); Sunday Night Live (1984); Suomen suosikit (1994); Super 88 (1987); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985–1991); Sword of Honour (1986); Tad (1995); Tatort (2009); Tavis Smiley (2009); Taxi Driver (1976); Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? (1976); Tennessee Waltz (1989); Texas 150: A Celebration (1986); Texas Monthly Talks (2006); Texas Rising (2015); Texas, Our Texas Inaugural Gala (1991); The 10th Anniversary Johnny Cash Christmas Special (1985); The 13th Annual American Music Awards (1986); The 14th Annual Grammy Awards (1972); The 16th Annual Grammy Awards (1974); The 17th Annual Grammy Awards (1975); The 18th Annual Grammy Awards (1976); The 2012 Billboard Music Awards (2012); The 21st Annual Grammy Awards (1979); The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards (1980); The 23rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1988); The 23rd Annual Grammy Awards (1981); The 26th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1991); The 27th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1992); The 29th Annual Grammy Awards (1987); The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards (1990); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards (2009); The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011); The 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000); The Big Breakfast (1995); The Break (2003); The Child Wanderers (2010); The Colbert Report (2009); The Comedy Store (2020); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Dean Martin Show (1973); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Dick Cavett Show (1980); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974–1975); The Fear Inside (1992); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1971); The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973); The Graham Kennedy Show (1972–1973); The Greening of Whitney Brown (2011); The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA (2014); The Heaven and Earth Show (2004); The Highwaymen: Highwayman (1986); The Highwaymen: Silver Stallion (1990); The Hottest State (2006); The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999); The Hoyt Axton Country Western Boogie Woogie Gospel Rock and Roll Show (1975); The Ice Storm (1997); The Jacket (2005); The Jacket: Project History and Deleted Scenes (2005); The John Denver Show (1973); The Johnny Cash Christmas Special (1978); The Johnny Cash Show (1970–1971); The Joyriders (1999); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2010); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998); The Larry Sanders Show (1994); The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986); The Last Horror Film (1982); The Last King of Scotland (2006); The Last Movie (1971); The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (2010); The Leisure Seeker (2017); The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris (2016); The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson (2017); The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico (2005); The Long Kill (1999); The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984); The Making of 'Fallout: New Vegas' (2010); The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' (2007); The Mark Twain Prize: Richard Pryor (1999); The Marty Stuart Show (2012); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1973); The Midnight Special (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1977); The Monte Carlo Show (1981); The Motel Life (2012); The Muppet Show (1978); The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song (1979); The Ninth Annual Diversity Awards (2001); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1972); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2006–2010); The Other Side of Nashville (1984); The Panama Deception (1992); The Photograph (2020); The Porter Wagoner Show (1970–1971); The Real George Carlin (1973); The Red Maple Leaf (2016); The Righteous Babes (1998); The Righteous Gemstones (2022); The Rolf Harris Show (1972); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976); The Smothers Brothers Show (1975); The Smothers Brothers Summer Show (1970); The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1973); The Star (2017); The Storm Over Amerika (1987); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973–1987); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1999–2012); The Top Ten Revealed (2020); The Tracker (1988); The Unbroken Circle: A Tribute to Mother Maybelle Carter (1979); The View (2005); The Voice (2015); The War at Home (1996); The Wendell Baker Story (2005); The Winning Hand (1985); The World's Greatest Gigs (2005); The X Factor UK (2004); Theater in Trance (1981); Tom Smothers' Organic Prime Time Space Ride (1971); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began (2005); Top of the Pops (1977 / 1979); Top of the Pops: The Story of 1979 (2014); Traded (2016); Troubadours: Carole King/James Taylor & the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter (2011); Trouble in Mind (1985); Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth (1993); Trudell (2005); True Detective (2014); Two for Texas (1998); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); U Turn (1997); Unconditional Love (2002); Undeniably Donnie (2015); Underground Entertainment: The Movie (2011); Unité 9 (2013); VH1 Legends (1996); Vigilante Force (1976); Walking After Midnight (1988); Watchmen (2009); Watercolor Postcards (2013); We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash (2012); Welcome Home (1989); Wendy Matthews: I've Got to Have You (1999); We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited (2015); West Wing Week (2011); What Rats Won't Do (1998); Wheeler (2017); Where the Red Fern Grows (2003); Willie Nelson & Family (2023); Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' (2003); Willie Nelson American Outlaw (2020); Willie Nelson: My Life (1991); Willie Nelson: The Big Six-0 (1993); Willie Nelson's 90th Birthday Celebration (2023); Willie: The Life and Music of Willie Nelson (1996); Wisdom (2008); Wogan (1987); Wooly Boys (2001); Young Ones (2014); Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004).