Thursday, February 19, 2026

Born on this day – Alma Rubens:


Alma Rubens


Actress

February 19, 1897 – January 21, 1931

Credits:

A Man's Country (1919); A Woman's Awakening (1917); A Woman's Faith (1925); A Woman's Wiles (1915); An Old Fashioned Young Man (1917); Banzai (1913); Cytherea (1924); Death Scenes (1989); Diane of the Green Van (1919); East Lynne (1925); Enemies of Women (1923); False Ambition (1918); Find the Woman (1922); Fine Clothes (1925); Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924); Hollywood (1980); Humoresque (1920); I Love You (1918); Intolerance (1916); Is Love Everything? (1924); Judith of the Cumberlands (1916); Madame Sphinx (1918); Marriage License? (1926); Master of His Home (1917); Movie Memories #2 (1934); Peer Gynt (1915); Reggie Mixes In (1916); Restless Souls (1919); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 9 (1923); She Goes to War (1929); She Wolves (1925); Show Boat (1929); Siberia (1926); The Americano (1916); The Answer (1918); The Birth of a Nation (1915); The Children Pay (1916); The Cold Deck (1917); The Dancers (1925); The Fall of Babylon (1919); The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917); The Gangsters and the Girl (1914); The Ghost Flower (1918); The Gilded Butterfly (1926); The Gown of Destiny (1917); The Half-Breed (1916); The Heart of Salome (1927); The Lorelei Madonna (1915); The Love Brokers (1918); The Masks of the Devil (1928); The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916); The Narcotic Spectre (1914); The Painted Lily (1918); The Price She Paid (1924); The Regenerates (1917); The Rejected Woman (1924); The Valley of Silent Men (1922); The Winding Stair (1925); The World and His Wife (1920); Thoughtless Women (1920); Truthful Tulliver (1917); Under the Red Robe (1923); Week End Husbands (1924).

Born on this day – Hope Hampton:


Hope Hampton


Actress

Producer

Opera singer

February 19, 1897 – January 23, 1982

Credits:

Hey, Let's Twist! (1961); The Road to Reno (1938); The Call of the Sea (1927); Springtime of Love (1927); The Unfair Sex (1926); Lover's Island (1925); Marionettes (1925); Fifty-Fifty (1925); The Price of a Party (1924); The Truth About Women (1924); Does It Pay? (1923); The Gold Diggers (1923); Hollywood (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); From Farm to Fame (1922); The Light in the Dark (1922); Stardust (1921); Love's Penalty (1921); The Bait (1921); A Modern Salome (1920); Woman (1918).

Nicole Krauss, on reading:


I read like an animal.
I read under the covers, I read lying in the grass, I read at the dinner table.
While other people were talking to me, I read.

- Nicole Krauss.

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

On this day in movie history - Boiler Room (2000):


Boiler Room

directed and written by Ben Younger,
was released in the United States on February 18, 2000.
Music by The Angel.


Cast:

Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Ron Rifkin, Jamie Kennedy, Taylor Nichols, Bill Sage, Tom Everett Scott, Ben Affleck, John Griesemer, David Younger, Russell Harper, Mark Webber, Christopher Fitzgerald, Donna Mitchell, André Vippolis, Jon Abrahams, Will McCormack, Jared Ryan, Anson Mount, Kirk Acevedo, Seth Ullian, Eddie Malavarca, Lisa Gerstein, Ross Ryman, Peter Maloney, Mark Moshe Bellows, Alex Webb, Daniel Serafini-Sauli, Taylor Patterson, Michael McCarthy, Marsha Dietlein, Siobhan Fallon, Desmond Harrington, Stephen Scibetta.

On this day in movie history - Pitch Black (2000):


Pitch Black

directed by David Twohy,
written by Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat and David Twohy,
based on a story by Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat,
was released in the United States on February 18, 2000.
Music by Graeme Revell.


Cast:

Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, Rhiana Griffith, John Moore, Simon Burke, Les Chantery, Sam Sari, Firass Dirani, Ric Anderson, Vic Wilson, Angela Moore, Peter Chiang, Ken Twohy.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Voyager (1998)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2004 & 2005)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 10.
Episode entitled: The Dauphin.
Released February 18, 1989.
Directed by Rob Bowman.
Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Diana Muldaur, Whoopi Goldberg, Paddi Edwards, Jaime Hubbard, Peter Neptune, Mädchen Amick, Cindy Sorenson, Jenna Barlow Grodsky, Michael Braveheart, Dexter Clay, Alex Daniels, Randy James, Tim McCormack, Guy Vardaman.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 16.
Episode entitled: Prey.
Released February 18, 1998.
Directed by Allan Eastman.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Clint Carmichael, Tony Todd, John Austin, Steve Carnahan, Damaris Cordelia, Tarik Ergin, Brendan McIvor Fleming, Guy Richardson, John Wilkie.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 16.
Episode entitled: Doctor’s Orders.
Released February 18, 2004.
Directed by Roxann Dawson.
Written by Chris Black, 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 Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Alexandrea Ortiz, Mark Correy, Daphney Damaraux, Glynis Johns, John Jurgens, Danny Kaye, Mildred Natwick, Ator Tamras.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 15.
Episode entitled: Affliction.
Released February 18, 2005.
Directed by Michael Grossman.
Written by Brannon Braga, Michael/Mike Sussman, Manny Coto.
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 Velton Ray Bunch.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, John Schuck, James Avery, Ada Maris, Eric Pierpoint, Terrell Tilford, Kate McNeil, Brad Greenquist, Derek Magyar, Marc Worden, Seth MacFarlane, Alexandrea Ortiz, Michael Bailous, Bill Blair, Solomon Burke Jr., Glen Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Terita Jackson, Andrew Macbeth, Dorenda Moore, Melissa O'Keeffe, Ator Tamras, Aaron White, Brian J. Williams, Wanda Ray Willis.

On this day in movie history -The King of Comedy (1983):


The King of Comedy

directed by Martin Scorsese,
written by Paul D. Zimmerman,
was released in the United States on February 18, 1983.
Music by Robbie Robertson.


Cast:

Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott, Shelley Hack, Margo Winkler, Kim Chan, Frederick De Cordova, Edgar Scherick, Ed Herlihy, Tony Randall, Victor Borge, Joyce Brothers, Catherine Scorsese, Cathy Scorsese, Martin Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, Kosmo Vinyl, Ellen Foley, Don Letts, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.