Friday, January 9, 2026

Born on this day – Anita Louise:


Anita Louise


Actress

January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970


Credits:

Mod Squad (1970); Mannix (1969); The Doctors (1963); Kraft Theatre (1962); The Loretta Young Show (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Matinee Theatre (1955–1956); My Friend Flicka (1955–1956); Lux Video Theatre (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1955); Fireside Theatre (1953); Your Favorite Story (1953); Personal Appearance Theater (1952); Retreat, Hell! (1952); Hollywood Opening Night (1951); Hollywood Theatre Time (1951); Stars Over Hollywood (1950); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947); Blondie's Big Moment (1947); Shadowed (1946); Personality Kid (1946); The Devil's Mask (1946); The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946); The Fighting Guardsman (1946); Love Letters (1945); Casanova Brown (1944); Nine Girls (1944); Dangerous Blondes (1943); Harmon of Michigan (1941); Two in a Taxi (1941); The Phantom Submarine (1940); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); Glamour for Sale (1940); Wagons Westward (1940); Reno (1939); Main Street Lawyer (1939); Hero for a Day (1939); These Glamour Girls (1939); The Gorilla (1939); The Little Princess (1939); Going Places (1938); The Sisters (1938); Marie Antoinette (1938); My Bill (1938); Tovarich (1937); First Lady (1937); That Certain Woman (1937); The Go Getter (1937); Call It a Day (1937); Green Light (1937); Anthony Adverse (1936); Brides Are Like That (1936); The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936); Personal Maid's Secret (1935); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); Here's to Romance (1935); Lady Tubbs (1935); Bachelor of Arts (1934); The Firebird (1934); Judge Priest (1934); I Give My Love (1934); Cross Streets (1934); Madame Du Barry (1934); Are We Civilized? (1934); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); Our Betters (1933); The Phantom of Crestwood (1932); Heaven on Earth (1931); The Woman Between (1931); Everything's Rosie (1931); Millie (1931); The Great Meadow (1931); The Third Alarm (1930); Just Like Heaven (1930); What a Man (1930); The Florodora Girl (1930); The Marriage Playground (1929); Wonder of Women (1929); Square Shoulders (1929); The Spirit of Youth (1929); A Woman of Affairs (1928); 4 Devils (1928); Mary's Little Lamb (1927); Memories (1927); The Music Master (1927); The Untamed Lady (1926); The Street of Forgotten Men (1925); Lend Me Your Husband (1924); The Sixth Commandment (1924); Down to the Sea in Ships (1922).

Born on this day – Adolphe Barreaux:


Adolphe Barreaux


Artist

Illustrator

Writer

January 9, 1899 – October 23, 1985

Credits:

A Treasury of Good Night Stories; A Treasury of Humor for Boys & Girls; Breezy Stories; Dan Turner; Diana Daw; Enchanted Stone; Flip Falcon; Flossie Flip; Ginger; Hollywood Detective; Marcia of the Movies; More Fun Comics; New Fun Comics; Patty O'Day; Pep; Polly of the Plains; Sally the Sleuth; Seven Round the Mountain; Snappy Stories; Spicy Adventure; Spicy Detective; Spicy Detective Stories; Spicy Mystery; Tad Among the Pirates; The Black Spider; The Blazing Scarab; The Comics; The Dragon's Teeth; The Enchanted Stone of Time; The Girl with the X-Ray Eyes; The Magic Crystal of History; The Police Gazette; The Raven; Trojan Comics; Trojan Magazines; Vera Ray.

Ray Bradbury, on intuition and writing:


Your intuition knows what to write,
so get out of the way.

- Ray Bradbury.

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Go Pens!


January 8, 2026

Pittsburgh Penguins: 4

New Jersey Devils: 1

YEAH!

GO PENS!


On this day in television history - Justified (2013):


Justified

Season 4. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: Hole in the Wall.
Released January 8, 2013.
Directed by Michael Dinner.
Written by Graham Yost, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Patton Oswalt, Ron Eldard, Joseph Mazzello, Chris Chalk, Brian Howe, Jenn Lyon, David Meunier, Abby Miller, Lindsay Pulsipher, Alexandra Kyle, Casey Brown, David Ury, Raymond J. Barry, Nicole Alvarez, Murphy Dunne, Aja Evans, Jesse Luken, Howard S. Miller, Terry Dale Parks, Joe Stevens, Leslie Stevens, Christopher Weir, Jorga Caye, Trevor Hammonds.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990 & 1994)
Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: The Hunted.
Released January 8, 1990.
Directed by Cliff Bole.
Written by Robin Bernheim, Richard Danus, Ronald D. Moore.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jeff McCarthy, James Cromwell, Colm Meaney, J. Michael Flynn, Andrew Bicknell, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, David Channell, George B. Colucci Jr., Robert Daniels, Jeremy Doyle, John Gillespie, Phil Lodwick, Tim McCormack, Lincoln Simonds, Oliver Theess, Bryan Thompson.

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 7. Episode 12.
Episode entitled: The Pegasus.
Released January 8, 1994.
Directed by LeVar Burton.
Written by Ronald D. Moore, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by John Debney.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Nancy Vawter, Terry O'Quinn, Michael Mack, David Keith Anderson, Lena Banks, Shawn Belschner, Michael Braveheart, John Copage, Kerry Hoyt, Gary Hunter, Rick Ryan Kiesau, Christina Wegler Miles, Rad Milo, Joyce Robinson, Dee Giffin Scott, Oliver Theess.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3. Episode 13.
Episode entitled: Fair Trade.
Released January 8, 1997.
Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by André Bormanis, Ronald Wilkerson, Jean Louise Matthias, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by David Bell.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, James Nardini, Carlos Carrasco, Alexander Enberg, Steve Kehela, James Horan, Eric Howell Sharp, John Austin, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Heather Ferguson, Ken Gruz, Grace Harrell, Susan Henley, Peter Horak, Stephen R. Hudis, Donald R. Jankiewicz, Pat Jankiewicz, Irving E. Lewis, Mark Major, Irving Ross, Pablo Soriano, Scott Strozier, Adrian Tafoya.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 2. Episode 13.
Episode entitled: Dawn.
Released January 8, 2003.
Directed by Roxann Dawson.
Written by John Shiban, 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 David Bell.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Brad Greenquist, Gregg Henry, Alexandrea Ortiz, Evan English, Aldric A. Horton, Mark Watson.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):


M Squad

Season 3. Episode 16.
Episode entitled: The Man Who Went Straight.
Released January 8, 1960.
Directed by Francis D. Lyon.
Written by Stuart Jerome and Leonard Neubauer.
Music by Benny Carter.


Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Robert H. Harris, Harry Bartell, Jarl Victor, Harry Landers, Rand Brooks, Don Kohler.