Friday, August 22, 2025

On this day in music history - Rossini arias, by Cecilia Bartoli (1989):


Rossini arias

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,
released August 22, 1989.

Track list:

L’Italiana In Algeri / Cruda Sorte! Amor Tiranno!; Pronti Abbiamo...Amici In Ogni Evento...Pensa Alla Patria; La Donna Del Lago / Mura Felici; Tancredi; Oh! Patria! ... Di Tanti Palpiti; Otello / Assisa A Piè D’un Salice; Stabat Mater / Fac Ut Portem; La Pietra Del Paragone; Se L’Itale Contrade ... Se Per Voi, Le Care, Io Torno; La Cenerentola / Nacqui All’affanno ... Non Più Mesta.

On this day in movie history - Stand by Me (1986):


Stand by Me

directed by Rob Reiner,
written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon,
based on the novella The Body by Stephen King,
was released in the United States on August 22, 1986.
Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.
Music by Jack Nitzsche.


Cast:

Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, Gary Riley, Bradley Gregg, Jason Oliver Lipsett, Marshall Bell, Frances Lee McCain, Bruce Kirby, William Bronder, Scott Beach, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cusack, Madeleine Swift, Popeye (the dog, as Chopper), Geanette Bobst, Art Burke, Matt Williams, Andy Lindberg, Dick Durock, O.B. Babbs, Charlie Owens, Kenneth Hodges, John Hodges, Susan Thorpe, Korey Scott Pollard, Rick Elliott, Kent W. Luttrell, Chance Quinn, Jason Naylor, Sky Siewerski.

Born on this day – Cindy Williams:


Cindy Williams


Actress

Producer

August 22, 1947 – January 25, 2023

Credits:

10th Annual TV Land Awards (2012); 1998 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1998); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 78th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2009); 7th Heaven (2002); 8 Simple Rules (2003); A Dream of Christmas (2016); A Life of Laughter: Remembering John Ritter (2003); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Access Hollywood (2023); All-Star Salute to Mother's Day (1981); America 2-Night (1978); American Graffiti (1973); An Evening at the Improv (1988); Andy's Funhouse (1979); Are We There Yet? (2012); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Beltline to Broadway / Podcast Series (2022); Between the Lines with Barry Kibrick (2015); Beware! The Blob (1972); Big Man on Campus (1989); Bingo (1991); Biography (1999–2005); Bloopers Galore (1989); Blushing Bloopers (1990); Canaan Land (2020); Cannon (1974); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2012); CHiPs (1979–1980); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Classic Bloopers (1990); Cos (1976); Crimes of Passion: Escape from Terror - The Teresa Stamper Story (1995); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Delphine and Carole (2019); Dinah and Her New Best Friends (1976); Dinah! (1976); Disco Fever: 'Saturday Night Fever' Premiere Party (1977); Donny and Marie (1976–1978); Drive (2007); Drive, He Said (1971); Earth Angel (1991); Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004); Entertainment Tonight (1998–2023); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Laverne and Shirley Together Again (2002); Entertainment Tonight Presents: TV's Greatest Scandals (2000); Father of the Bride (1991); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); For Goodness Sake (1993); For Your Love (2000–2002); From Dollars to Donuts: An Undressing of the First Nudie Musical (2002); Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (1978); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); Getting By (1993–1994); Getting Together (1971); Girlfriends (2004–2005); Girls Across the Lake (1997); Good Morning America (2012 / 2023); Great Women of Television Comedy (2003); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Happy Birthday, Las Vegas (1977); Happy Days (1975–1979); Happy Days Reunion Special (1992); Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2005); Hawaii Five-O (1974); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Bloopers Uncensored (1990); Hollywood Squares (1999); Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985); Home & Family (2015); Hope & Gloria (1996); Inside Edition (2015); Insight (1975); Intimate Portrait (2001–2003); Joanna (1985); Just Like Family (1989); Kathie Lee Gifford's Celebration of Motherhood (1993); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Laverne & Shirley (1976–1982); Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981–1982); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004); Less Than Perfect (2002); Life's Most Embarrassing Moments (1983); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Lost Heart (2020); Love (2015); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Time Machine; Love and the Face Bow (1973); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1976); Magic with the Stars (1982); Magico David (1992); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Menu for Murder (1990); More American Graffiti (1979); Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982); Morning Joe (2023–2024); Mr. Ricco (1975); Music Box (2021); My World and Welcome to It (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1971); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2023); Night Stand (1995); Normal Life (1990); Omnibus (1980); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 3 (1996); Pac Preview Party (1982); Parenting & Beyond (1995); Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990); Pet Star (2003); Peter at the End (2012); Petrocelli (1976); Police Story (1975); Richard Rossi Live (1991); Room 222 (1969–1971); Rude Awakening (1989); Ruminations (2018); Sam & Cat (2013); Sami (2023); Saturday Night Live (1977); Save the Dog! (1988); ShirleyMania (2002); Shorty McShorts' Shorts (2007); Show Biz Bloopers (1991); Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979); Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981); Son of the Beach (2001); Star Wars Screen Test - Cindy Williams (1977); Stealing Roses (2012); Steel Magnolias (1990); Still Waiting in the Wings (2018); Strawberry Summer (2012); Strip Mall (2000–2001); Suddenly, Love (1978); Surge of Power: Big City Chronicles (2019); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 19th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (1982); The 24th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1982); The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1976); The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 5th Annual TV Land Awards (2007); The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (1989); The 6th Annual American Comedy Awards (1992); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The Andy Kaufman Show (1983); The Biggest Fan (2005); The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour (1982); The Brothers Garcia (2001–2002); The Cindy Williams Comedy Special (1994); The Conversation (1974); The Creature Wasn't Nice (1981); The Factor (2008); The First Nudie Musical (1976); The Funny Side (1971); The Happiest Man Alive (2010); The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2013); The Joy of Natural Childbirth (1985); The Killing Kind (1973); The Laverne & Shirley Reunion (1995); The Legend of William Tell (2006); The Magic of ABC (1977); The Magic of David Copperfield (1978); The Magic of David Copperfield III: Levitating Ferrari (1980); The Magic School Bus (1995); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998); The Matthew Aaron Show Podcast (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Migrants (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1980); The Odd Couple (2016); The Pack Podcast (2020); The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights (1999); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999); The Rosie Show (2012); The Seventies (2015); The Stepford Husbands (1996); The Talk (2015); The Test (2001); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1979); The Weekend in Vegas (2016); Then Again with Herbie J Pilato (2019); Today (2004–2023); Touched by an Angel (1996); Travels with My Aunt (1972); Tricks of the Trade (1988); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TVography: Laverne & Shirley (2001); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); UFOria (1984); Unexplained Mysteries / Segment: The Craft of Healing (2004); VH-1 Behind the Movie (2002); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2002); Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular (1988); Weakest Link (2001); Whatever Happened To? (2008); When Dreams Come True (1985); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2001 / 2018).

Born on this day – Valerie Harper:


Valerie Harper

Actress

August 22, 1939 – August 30, 2019

Born on this day – Diana Sands:


Diana Sands


Actress

August 22, 1934 – September 21, 1973

Credits:

A Face in the Crowd (1957); A Raisin in the Sun (1961); ABC Stage 67 (1967); An Affair of the Skin (1963); Betty Hughes and Friends (1970); Bracken's World (1970); Breaking Point (1964); Call My Bluff (1966); Carib Gold (1956); Caribbean (1952); Doctors' Wives (1971); Dr. Kildare (1966); East Side/West Side (1963–1964); Ensign Pulver (1964); Flip (1972–1973); Four Boys and a Gun (1957); Free to Be... You & Me (1974); Georgia, Georgia (1972); Honeybaby, Honeybaby (1974); I Spy (1966); Julia (1970–1971); Look Up and Live (1964); Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama (1975); Medical Center (1971); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); Quest (1963); Stage 2 (1964); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1964); The Fugitive (1967); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1969); The Joan Rivers Show (1968–1970); The Landlord (1970); The Living End (1972); The Match Game (1968–1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The Outer Limits (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1971); The Young Set (1965); Today (1968); Two's Company (1973); What's My Line? (1968); Willie Dynamite (1974).

Born on this day – Honor Blackman:


Honor Blackman

Actress

August 22, 1925 – April 5, 2020

Born on this day – Micheline Presle:


Micheline Presle


Actress

August 22, 1922 – February 21, 2024

Credits:

100 films by 100 personalities (1998); 20h10 pétantes (2004); In search of Jean Grémillon (1969); A Lady with Camellias (1953) A Man and His Dog (2008); Has Mistress for the Summer (1960) A Young Emmanuelle (1976); Studio Actor (1986); Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951); All Roads Lead to Rome (1949) Lark I Pluck You (1988); American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950); Angel and Sinner (1945); Anna in Corsica (2000); Apostrophes (1975); After tomorrow (1990); Archipel des amours / Remue-ménage (1983); At the Top of the Stairs (1983); Au cinéma ce soir (1969); Wanted (1989); Bankable (2012); Bastard Brood (1996); Biette (2011); Biette Intermezzo (2011); Blue Helmet (1994); Bobosse (1959); Bouillon de culture (1994); C à vous (2011); Cabaret du soir (1958); Coffee follies: with Marcel Amont (1979); Call Me Victor (1993); Independent candidate (2007); Cannes Film Festival (1993); Cannes... The 400 Blows (1997); Vermeil Map (1981); Castle of the Banned Lovers (1956); Tonight (or never!) (2007–2011); Some short stories (1980); Those Dear Departed (1979); Champs-Elysées (1982); Luck Meeting (1959); Charming Boy (2001); Chouchou (2003); Christine (1958); Cinema Regards (1981); Filmmakers of Our Time (1967); Cinemas (2010); Bitter Lemon (1996); Clochemerle (1972); Fight! (1963); Comme au cinéma (2001); Short Stories Train (2002); Dark Purpose (1964); Demoniac (1957); Demons of Noon (1979); Der andere Blick (1991); Two Grown Girls in Pyjamas (1974); Devil in the Brain (1972); Devil in the Flesh (1947); Diary of a Seducer (1996); Donkey Skin (1970); Ecco la felicità (1940); École des vedettes (1959); There were twelve of them women (1940); Footprints (2011); En aparté (2007); Stars in the Sun (1953); Needed step!... (1996); Fanfan (1993); Fathers' Day (1990); Cannes Film Festival 1947 (1947); A Chef in Love (1996); A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973); Five Day Lover (1961); Foolish Husbands (1941); Four Flights to Love (1939) France Boutique (2003); Gala of the union (1959–1969); Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon (1986); Mayhem! (2005); Grand Amphi (1971); (G)rève party (1998); Guy Gilles, a filmmaker too soon extinct (2002); H (1999); Hail, Mafia (1965); Her Bridal Night (1956); Fuss of fiction (2003); House of Ricordi (1954); Human Cargo (1954); I briganti Italiani (1961); I Want to Go Home (1989); I Will Show My Breasts (2013); If a Man Answers (1962); Imperial Venus (1962); In inniger Feindschaft (1990); Unpublished (2021); It Happened in the Park (1953); I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs (1979); Je chante (1938); I Want to Be an Actress (2016); Jean Moulin, a French case (2003); Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak and Chic (2018); John Raymond (1958); Young Girls in Distress (1939); Just Like Brothers (2012); King of Hearts (1966); The Beautiful Adventure (1942); Uncle Doc's Cabin (2008); The client (2004); The Comedy of Happiness (1940); The Double Life of Jeanne (2000); The spanking (1937); The Great Collection (1991); The Face of Employment (1974); The joie de vivre (1956); The Letter in a Taxi (1962); The Law of Men (1962); The lust (1961); The Night of the Caesars (2004); La nuit des Molières (1987); At night fantasy (1942); La preda (1974); La vie au grand fresco (2002); The life of Marianne (1976); L'amour d'une femme (1953); The Roundabout Adventure: Audacity Joyeuse et rire de résistance (2010); Le bal du comte d'Orgel (1970); The Baron the lock (1960); The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975); The circle of midnight (1994); The Dog (1984); Long live cinema! (1972); Vivement dimanche (2007–2013); Vive dimanche prochaine (2007); Neighbourhoods (1996); Are you a police officer? (2007); You Only I Love (1939); We Forget Everything! (1979); Women Are Talkative (1958); The Devil's Cinema (1967); Le clair de terre (1970); The Heart at Work (2000); The Bamboo Blow (1963); The Devil in the Box (1977); Epiphany Day (1991); The Curtain Rising (1973); The Blood Bond (1999); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1978–1979); The Revolver in the Rain (1972); The Red and the Black (1961); The sun has always Reason (1943); The Journey to Paris (1999); Antoine's Journey (1984); The journey Penelope (1996); The Traveler Without Baggage (2004); The loves of the beautiful era (1979); The Loves of the Roaring Twenties (1980); Angels 1943, history a film (2004); Empire Builders (1974); The last five minutes (1978); Echoes of Cinema (1961); Les enfants de la télé (1995); False Confidences (1984); The Game Is Done (1947); Les Misérables (1995); The nickel-plated feet (1964); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1980); The darling saints (1965–1971); The Three Glorious Days (2010); Cécile's Eyes (1993); History Irene (2010); The Saturday Story (1997); Lily Lamont (1983); The rare bird (1973); Love Vertigo (2001); Lulu (1986); Male Hunt (1964); Cinema Tuesday (1983–1988); Matin Bonheur (1991–1994); Bad Associations (1999); Merci Bernard (1982); Message for Margaret (1964); Micheline Presle, a film explorer (2010); Midi-Première (1981); Mignon è partita (1988) Mistress of the World (1960); Monsieur Cinéma (1979); Don't bite, we love you! (1976); Museum up, museum bas (2008); Myster Mocky presents (2008–2009); Napoleon (1955); Don't forget me pas: Hommage à Bernard Blier (1990); We Didn't Love Her Enough (1981); Zero Elsewhere (1995–1998); We Tried Everything (2004); Out of Whack (1979); Parade in 7 nights (1941); Last Paris (2005); Paris Frills (1945); Little Plague (1939); Plein sud (2009); Point d'orgue (1993); Secret Police (1994); For the cinema (1973); For Three Billion Men (1965); Presence of the Past (1966); Who kissed too much... (1986); Kidnapping on credit (1994); Reflets de Cannes (1957–1960); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Mandar Street (2012); S.O.S. disappeared (1990); Sacred evening (1990); Saltimbank (2003); Saturday Night (1974); Secrets of a Ballerina (1943); Seventh Art Seventh Box (1967); Sex, Love & Therapy (2014); Sidaction 2009 / Music Video - La chanson d'Hélène (2009); Please... the sea? (1979); Sins of Pompeii (1950) Something Fishy (1994) Let's be friends! (2001); Sport in feast (1973); Stars (1981); Studio Gabriel (1994); Tales of the Unexpected (1981); Testimonies (1973); Teuf-teuf (1963); The Assassin (1961) The Blood of Others (1984); The Count of Monte Cristo (1998); The Devil and the Ten Commandments / Luxurieux Point ne seras (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957) The French Way (1940); The Legend of Frenchie King (1971); The Nun (1966); The Prize (1963) The Ray Bradbury Theater (1988); The Seven Deadly Sins (1962) Thelma, Louise and Chantal (2010); Themes and Variations of Cinema (1967); Thieves After Dark (1983) Time Out for Love (1961) It all depends on the girls... (1980); Transfixed (2001); Thirteen À table (1955); Trompe l'oeil (1975); Twilight (1944); Un cane sciolto (1990); Under My Skin (1950); V for Revenge (1990); Go see mamAn, Papa Is Working (1978); Venus and Apollo (2005); Venus Beauty Institute (1999).