Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life.
Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Monday, December 29, 2025
Sunday, December 28, 2025
On this day in music history - Desert Journey, by Sherry Finzer (2006):
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Desert Journey
Album by Sherry Finzer, with guitarist Ric Flauding,released December 28, 2006.
Track
List:
Jal; Heart Dancer; Redwoods; Chilean Prayer; Impulso; Lamento; Caleo;
Tango Andaluz; Primavera; Por Siempre Para Siempre; Amigos; My Love Awaits;
Rejoice.
Born on this day – Chad McQueen:
Chad McQueen
Actor
Producer
December 28, 1960 – September 11, 2024
Credits:
A
Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story (2020); Biography (2004); Bullet
II (1994); Celebrity Rides: Hollywood's Speeding Bullitt (2009); Death Ring
(1992); Dust to Glory (2005); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Ed & Vern's
Rock Store (2008); Fall: The Price of Silence (2001); Fever Pitch (1985); Filming
at Speed: The Making of the Movie Le Mans (2001); Firepower (1993); Hadley's
Rebellion (1983); Hollywood Beat (1993–2005); Hollywood Greats (1984); I Am
Steve McQueen (2014); Indecent Behavior II (1994); Jesse Hawkes (1989); Jimmy
Hollywood (1994); John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017); Late Night
with Conan O'Brien (1994); Martial Law (1990); Movies' Greatest Cars (2005); New
York Cop (1993); Nightforce (1987); Number One Fan (1995); Papertrail (1998); Possessed
by the Night (1994); Red Line (1995); Return to 'the Great Escape' (1993); River
of Rage (1993); Skateboard (1978); Squanderers (1996); Steve McQueen: Man on
the Edge (1989); Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005); Steve McQueen: The
King of Cool (1998); Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015); Surface to
Air (1998); The Fascination (1985); The Hunter (1980); The Karate Kid (1984); The
Karate Kid Part II (1986); The Karate Kid Part III (1989); The Other Man (1994);
The Way of the Karate Kid (2005); Tom Horn (1980); V (1984); Vicki! (1994); Where
the Red Fern Grows: Part Two (1992).
Born on this day – James Foley:
James Foley
Director
Writer
Producer
December 28, 1953 – May 8, 2025
Credits:
After
Dark, My Sweet (1990); Anatomy of a Scene (2003); Arbitrage (2012); At Close
Range (1986); Billions (2016); Chow Yun-Fat Goes Hollywood (2001); Confidence
(2003); Dark and Deadly: 50 Years of Film Noir (1995); De película (1987); Deep
Purple: King of Dreams (1990); Fear (1996); Fifty Shades Darker (2017); Fifty
Shades Freed (2018); From the (Under)Ground Up: The Making of 'The Corruptor'
(1999); Glengarry Glen Ross (1992); Gun (1997); Hannibal (2013); Hollywood
Division (2004); House of Cards (2013–2015); House of Cards: Backstage Politics
on the Set of House of Cards (2015); House of Cards: Line of Succession (2014);
House of Cards: Politics for the Sake of Politics (2014); James Foley, à bout
portant (2018); James Foley, Lumière sur un film noir (2021); Lunch Therapy
(2021); Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour (1985); Madonna: Celebration - The Video
Collection (2009); Madonna: Dress You Up (1985); Madonna: Live to Tell (1986);
Madonna: Papa Don't Preach (1986); Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (1990);
Madonna: The Look of Love (1987); Madonna: The Woman Behind the Brand (2011);
Madonna: True Blue (1986); Madonna: Who's That Girl (1987); Magic Time: A
Tribute to Jack Lemmon (2002); Marky Mark: Hey DJ (1996); Misfire: The Rise and
Fall of the Shooting Gallery (2013); Perfect Stranger (2007); Reckless (1984);
Red Zone (2014); Reel Talent (2007); The Bannen Way (2010); The Chamber (1996);
The Corruptor (1999); The Moment with Brian Koppelman (2015); Twin Peaks
(1991); Two Bits (1995); Virtual Lives: The Making of 'Perfect Stranger'
(2007); Warren (2014); Wayward Pines (2015); Who's That Girl (1987).
Born on this day – Herb Gardner:
Herb Gardner
Writer
Producer
Director
Artist
Cartoonist
December 28, 1934 – September 25, 2003
Born on this day – Nichelle Nichols:
Nichelle Nichols
Actress
Singer
Dancer
Writer
December 28, 1932 – July 30,
2022
Credits:
Books:
Beyond Uhura (1994); Saturn's
Child (1995); Saturna's Quest (2002).
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Beyond Uhura
Star Trek and Other Memories
By Nichelle Nichols.
Hardcover.
Published 1994.
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
ISBN 13: 9780399139932
ISBN 10: 0399139931
ASIN: 0399139931
Description: The first African-American woman to have a major, continuing television role tells the inside story of "Star Trek" and its creator – her one-time lover and life-long friend – and her struggle to overcome racism and bias against women.
Albums:
Down to Earth (1967); Uhura
Sings (1986); Out of this World (1991).
Movies and television:
12
to Midnight (2021); Renegades: Ominara (2021); Space Command (2020); Surge of
Power: Doctor Who Tribute (2020); Star Trek First Frontier (2020);
Unbelievable!!!!! (2020); Surge of Dawn (2019); American Nightmares (2018);
White Orchid (2018); Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017); Renegades (2017);
Downward Dog (2017); Star Trek: Renegades (2015); The Young and the Restless
(2016); Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016); Starship Excelsior
(2016); The Order (2016); Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff (2014); This Bitter
Earth (2012); Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special
Memories (2011); Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010); The Cabonauts
(2009); The Torturer (2008); Tru Loved (2008); Lady Magdalene's (2008); Star
Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007); Heroes (2007); Are We There Yet? (2005); Surge of
Power: The Stuff of Heroes (2004); The Simpsons (2004); Roddenberry on Patrol
(2003); Futurama (2000–2002); Snow Dogs (2002); Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
(2000); Good vs Evil (2000); A Stitch in Time (1999); Spider-Man: Secret Wars
(1997); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997); Gargoyles (1994–1996); The
Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995); Batman: The Animated Series
(1994); Star Trek: Judgment Rites (1993); ABC Weekend Specials (1993); Star
Trek 25th Anniversary (1992); Star Trek Adventure (1991); Star Trek VI: The
Undiscovered Country (1991); Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989); Head of
the Class (1988); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); The Supernaturals
(1986); Antony and Cleopatra (1984); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984);
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Woman
in the Rain (1976); Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1974); Truck Turner
(1974); The D.A. (1971); Insight (1960); Star Trek (1966–1969); Doctor, You've
Got to Be Kidding! (1967); Tarzan (1966); Mister Buddwing (1966); Peyton Place
(1966); Made in Paris (1966); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1964); The Lieutenant
(1964); Great Gettin' Up Mornin' (1964); Porgy and Bess (1959).
Born on this day – Robert Scheerer:
Robert Scheerer
Director
Producer
Actor
December 28, 1929 – March 3, 2018
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