On this day in music history - Calm Within, by Laura Sullivan (2015):

Calm Within

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released December 11, 2015.

Track list:

Emerald Isle; Inner Harmony; Sunlight Through the Rain; Starlight on the Shannon; Cathedral of Trees; Sands of Time; A Beautiful Future; Cloud Forest; High Desert; Gratitude.

On this day in music history - Ama, by Cecilia Chailly (2001):

Ama

Album by Cecilia Chailly,
released December 11, 2001.

Track list:

Anima; Terra; Che Devo Fare?!!; Oceano Luce; Ama; Alleluja Om; Oh Luna; Dea Del Mare; Amore Puro; Fra Passato E Futuro; Segnali Di Fumo; Tricky Dog Blues; Finestra D’Autunno.

On this day in movie history - Star Trek: Insurrection (1998):

Star Trek: Insurrection

directed by Jonathan Frakes,

written by Michael Piller,

based on a story by Rick Berman and Michael Piller,

released in the United States on December 11, 1998.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy, Anthony Zerbe, Gregg Henry, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Michael Welch, Mark Deakins, Stephanie Niznik.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1996)

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Star Trek: Insurrection / novel (1998)

FADE IN: The Making of Star Trek Insurrection / book (2016)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 3. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Macrocosm.

Released December 11, 1996.

Directed by Alexander Singer.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Albie Selznick, Michael Fiske, Antony Acker, Debbie David, Adriana del Pomar, Michele Edison, Tarik Ergin, Marie Micheaux, Traci Murray, Louis Ortiz, Martin Squires.

Star Trek: Insurrection

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Written by Michael Piller.

Based on a story by Rick Berman and Michael Piller.

Released December 11, 1998.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy, Anthony Zerbe, Gregg Henry, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Michael Welch, Mark Deakins, Stephanie Niznik.

Star Trek Insurrection

By J. M. Dillard, Rick Berman, Michael Piller.

Published by Pocket Books.

Published 1998.

ISBN-10: 0671024477

ISBN-13: 978-0671024475

Description:

The actions of a mysterious new alien species with whom Starfleet has made an alliance, force Captain Picard to choose between his conscience and direct Starfleet orders.

FADE IN: The Making of Star Trek Insurrection

A Textbook on Screenwriting from Within the Star Trek Universe

By Michael Piller.

Published 2016.

ISBN-10: 0692718931

ISBN-13: 978-0692718933

Description:

In keeping with Michael’s widely respected mentorship of up-and-coming writers, “Fade In: The Making of Star Trek - Insurrection” has been published as a textbook that can also be enjoyed as a coffee table book - full of exclusive, never before seen photos and commentary - for the enjoyment of Star Trek fans around the world. Written by Michael Piller, who has been variously described as a “writer’s writer” and the man who played a major role in saving the Star Trek franchise, here is the very inside story of the writing process that resulted in the franchise’s 1998 film Star Trek: Insurrection. Certainly, for Star Trek fans – of which there are legions – and students of film and television, this is a sought-after look at the screenwriting process from concept to final film script through the inclusion of treatments, story meetings, storyboards, and the moving of the Trek characters on the resultant creative chessboard. Fans, hungry for this kind of rare access, may well be thoroughly engrossed in and entertained by the book; whereas students of writing for television and film will definitely benefit from this textbook as not only reference material but also as a bona fide annotated resource on this particular film and/or on the entire Star Trek oeuvre, in general.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 2. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Precious Cargo.

Released December 11, 2002.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by David A. Goodman, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Padma Lakshmi, Scott Klace, Leland Crooke, Alexandrea Ortiz, Bryan Heiberg.

On this day in movie history - Driving Miss Daisy (1989):

Driving Miss Daisy

directed by Bruce Beresford,

written by Alfred Uhry,

based on the play by Alfred Uhry,

was released in the United States on December 11, 1989.
Music by Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle, Joann Havrilla, William Hall Jr., Alvin M. Sugarman, Clarice F. Geigerman, Muriel Moore, Sylvia Kaler, Carolyn Gold, Crystal Fox, Bob Hannah, Ray McKinnon, Ashley Josey, Jack Rousso, Fred Faser, Indra A. Thomas, Trilby Beresford, Dean DuBois, Jay Freer, Jen Harper, Martin Luther King, D. Taylor Loeb.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 12.
Episode entitled: The Upset.
Released December 11, 1959.
Directed by Herman Hoffman.
Written by Jerry Sohl.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Adam Williams, Richard Newton, Tommy Cook, Rosemary Day, John McKee, Barbara Knudson.

On this day in movie history - Pittsburgh (1942):

Pittsburgh

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by Kenneth Gamet, Tom Reed, John Twist, Robert Fellows and Winston Miller,

based on a story by George Owen and Tom Reed,

was released in the United States on December 11, 1942.
Music by Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner.

Cast:

Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Frank Craven, Louise Allbritton, Shemp Howard, Thomas Gomez, Ludwig Stössel, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Fix, William Haade, Charles Coleman, Nestor Paiva, John Alban, Charles Arnt, Lois Austin, Don Barclay, Robert Barron, Brandon Beach, Brooks Benedict, Edward Biby, Ted Billings, Wade Boteler, Chet Brandenburg, Tex Brodus, James Carlisle, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jack Chefe, James Conaty, Harry Cording, Victor Cox, Hal Craig, Oliver Cross, Grace Cunard, Sayre Dearing, Jack Deery, William Desmond, Helen Dickson, John Dilson, Jimmy Dime, Ed Emerson, Bess Flowers, Douglas Fowley, Joe Garcio, Jack Gardner, Jack Gargan, Kenneth Gibson, Gus Glassmire, George Golden, Dick Gordon, William Gould, Bobbie Hale, Eddie Hall, Chuck Hamilton, Sam Harris, Winifred Harris, Carol Henry, Edward Keane, Joe Kirk, Ethan Laidlaw, Nolan Leary, Kay Linaker, Frank Marlowe, Alphonse Martell, Johnny Marvin, Larry McGrath, Mira McKinney, Paul McVey, Robert Milasch, Irving Mitchell, Sandra Morgan, Frances Morris, Edmund Mortimer, Charles Morton, Broderick O'Farrell, Monty O'Grady, Bob Perry, Lorin Raker, Bob Reeves, Cyril Ring, Robert Robinson, William Ruhl, Virginia Sale, Paul Scott, Harry Seymour, John Sheehan, Charles Sherlock, Jack C. Smith, Tom Steele, Sammy Stein, Brick Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, Ben Taggart, Dale Van Sickel, Frankie Van, Ray Walker, Glen Walters, Anthony Warde, Phil Warren.