James Patterson, on reading:

You see, one of the best things about reading

is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.

- James Patterson.

Beatrix Potter, on writing:

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story.

You never quite know where they'll take you.

- Beatrix Potter.

On this day in television history - Justified (2014):

Justified

Season 5. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: A Murder of Crowes.
Released January 7, 2014.
Directed by Michael Dinner.
Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Leonard Chang.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Michael Rapaport, James Le Gros, Edi Gathegi, Sam Anderson, A.J. Buckley, Matt Craven, Dave Foley, Rick Gomez, Jason Gray-Stanford, Damon Herriman, John Kapelos, David Koechner, Jacob Lofland, Jesse Luken, Don McManus, Amaury Nolasco, Max Perlich, Stephen Root, Will Sasso, Alicia Witt, Karolina Wydra, Ron Yuan, Jeannetta Arnette, Justin Welborn, Natalie Zea, Arriane Alexander, Jack Elliott, Kaitlin Ferrell, Gichi Gamba, Billoah Greene, Jonathan Kowalsky, Aubrey Wood, Russell Bertolino, Lisa Pevc.

On this day in music history:

The Beautiful Voice by Renée Fleming (1998)

Mission (2013)

Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway by Renée Fleming (2014)

Connections by Sherry Finzer (2022)

Clouds Below by 2002 (2023)

The Beautiful Voice

Album by Renée Fleming

with Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra,

released January 7, 1998.

Track list: Depuis le jour (Louise); Jewl song (Faust); Gavotte (Manon); Songs my mother taught me (Gypsy melodies); The last rose (Martha); Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine); Mariettas Lied (Die tote Stadt); In trutina (Carmina Burana); Morgen!; Vocalise; Csardas (Die Fledermaus); Vilja-Lied (Die lustige Witwe); Epilogo (Luna); Bailero (Chants d’Auvergne).

Mission

Directed by Olivier Simonnet.

Cast: Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky, Franck Delage.

Released January 7, 2013.

Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway

Album by Renée Fleming,

with Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann and Klaus Florian Vogt,

released January 7, 2014.

Track list: Lincke: Frau Luna: Berliner Luft (Live); Gershwin: Pardon My English: The Loreley (Live); Gershwin: Strike Up The Band: Overture (Live); Bernstein: West Side Story: Maria (Live); F. Loewe: My Fair Lady: I Could Have Danced All Night (Live); Weill: One Touch Of Venus: Foolish Heart (Live); Bernstein: West Side Story: Tonight (Live); Tauber: Der singende Traum: Du bist die Welt für mich (Live); Gershwin: Lady Be Good: Fascinating Rhythm (Live); Berlin: Annie, Get Your Gun: Anything You Can Do (Live); Tonight - Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway (Live).

Connections

Album by Sherry Finzer,

released January 7, 2022.

Track list: Peace at Home; Through the Veil; Red Hawk Hill; A New Day; Connections; Bella’s Moon; Highland Waterfall; Wind Spirit; Ever Same; Greatest Blessings; The Crossing Place; Journey With Spirit.

Clouds Below

Album by 2002,

released January 7, 2023.

Track list: Soulmate; Glimmering Hope; Landing; City Blue; First Light of Dawn; The Flight Home; Clouds Below; Air and Light; Riding the Current; Everyday Miracles.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)

Star Trek: Discovery (2018 & 2021)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 2. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Loud As A Whisper.

Released January 7, 1989.

Directed by Larry Shaw.

Written by Jacqueline Zambrano, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Diana Muldaur, Marnie Mosiman, Randy Oglesby, Leo Damian, Howie Seago, Colm Meaney, Richard Lavin, Chip Heller, John Robert Garrett, Michael Braveheart, Juliet Cesario, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Guy Vardaman.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Despite Yourself.

Released January 7, 2018.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Sean Cochran, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Kirsten Beyer.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Wilson Cruz, Mary Chieffo, Sam Vartholomeos, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Julianne Grossman, Sara Mitich, Ali Momen, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Chris Violette, Romaine Waite, Demi Oliver, Shelley Owens.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 3. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: That Hope Is You, Part 2.

Released January 7, 2021.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Michelle Paradise, Sean Cochran, Anthony Maranville, Chris Silvestri, Brandon Schultz.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, David Ajala, Oded Fehr, Ian Alexander, Blu del Barrio, David Cronenberg, Adil Hussain, Bill Irwin, Janet Kidder, Kenneth Mitchell, Tig Notaro, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Weber, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Julianne Grossman, Avaah Blackwell, Akotene Chanoine, Raven Dauda, Farhang Ghajar, Jinny Jacinto, Vanessa Jackson, Dorren Lee, Karen Robinson, Tara Rosling, Hannah Spear, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Roy Samuelson.

On this day in movie history - King of the Underworld (1939):

King of the Underworld

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by George Bricker and Vincent Sherman,

based on a story by W.R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on January 7, 1939.
A remake of Dr. Socrates (1935), directed by William Dieterle.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge, Jessie Busley, Arthur Aylesworth, Raymond Brown, Harland Tucker, Ralph Remley, Charley Foy, Murray Alper, Joe Devlin, Elliott Sullivan, Alan Davis, John Harmon, John Ridgely, Richard Bond, Pierre Watkin, Charles Trowbridge, Edwin Stanley, Sherwood Bailey, Clem Bevans, Sidney Bracey, Frank Bruno, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Edgar Dearing, Ralph Dunn, William Gould, John Harron, Lew Harvey, Herbert Heywood, Max Hoffman Jr., Stuart Holmes, Mickey Kuhn, Al Lloyd, Paul M. MacWilliams, Jack Mower, Jimmy O'Gatty, Paul Panzer, Richard Quine, John J. Richardson, Ann Robinson, Cliff Saum, Janet Shaw, Carl Stockdale, Doc Stone, Charles Sullivan, Lottie Williams, Tom Wilson.

On this day in movie history - City Girl (1938):

City Girl

directed by Alfred L. Werker,

written by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris,

based on a story by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris,

was released in the United States on January 7, 1938.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:

Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler, Esther Muir, Adrienne Ames, Carol Adams, Irving Bacon, Lynn Bari, Brooks Benedict, Wade Boteler, Lon Chaney Jr., Chick Collins, Heinie Conklin, Edgar Dearing, Ralph Dunn, Jack Gargan, Harold Goodwin, Eddie Hart, Milton Kibbee, Charles Lane, Robert Lowery, George Lynn, George Magrill, Marjorie Main, Eddie Marr, Patsy Mitchell, King Mojave, William Newell, Carroll Nye, Lee Phelps, George Reed, Cyril Ring, Gloria Roy, Lee Shumway, Paul Stanton, Richard Terry, Charles Trowbridge, Emmett Vogan, Ben Welden, Norman Willis, Harry Worth.