Saturday, March 28, 2026

Born on this day – Mario Vargas Llosa:


Mario Vargas Llosa


Writer

Director

Actor

March 28, 1936 – April 13, 2025

Credits:

Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2010.

Books:

A Fish in the Water (1993); A Writer's Reality (1990); Andes (2004); Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1977); Book Of Latin American Plays (2004); Captain Pantoja and the Special Service (1973); Conversation in the Cathedral (1969); Death in the Andes (1993); Fonchito and The Moon (2022); Harsh Times (2021); In Praise of Reading and Fiction (2010); In Praise of the Stepmother (1988); Letters to a Young Novelist (1997); Making Waves (1996); Notes on the Death of Culture (2012); Sabers and Utopias (2009); The Bad Girl (2006); The Call of the Tribe (2018); The Children's Boat (2015); The Cubs and Other Stories (1967); The Discreet Hero (2013); The Dream of the Celt (2010); The Feast of the Goat (2000); The Green House (1965); The Language of Passion (2000); The Neighborhood (2016); The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto (1997); The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories (1997); The Perpetual Orgy (1975); The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta (1984); The Storyteller (1987); The Temptation of the Impossible (2004); The Time of the Hero (1962); The War of the End of the World (1981); The Way to Paradise (2003); Three Plays (1990); Touchstones (2007); Who Killed Palomino Molero? (1986).

Movies and television:

12h45 (2025); 28' (2018); 60 Minutes (1989); A Marcha do Tempo (1993); Ah! Quels titres (1995); Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand (1997–1998); Alturas de Macchu Picchu (1981); Ànima (2011); Apostrophes (1983–1990); Arte Journal (2025); Atención obras (2013–2020); Bibliothèque Médicis (2010–2016); Boda real (2004); Bookmark (1985); Bouillon de culture (1992–1996); Buitenhof (2013); Caiga quien caiga - CQC (2008–2011); Caiga quien caiga (1997); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2002); Caos, La Peste Chavista (2024); Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999); Ceremonia de clausura del festival de cine de San Sebastián (2004); Charlie Rose (2001); Chávez, La Peste Chavista (2024); Chavismo: la peste del siglo XXI (2018); Che: muerte de la utopia? (1999); Com Todas as Letras (1974–1976); Contact, l'encyclopédie de la création (2006–2010); Continuarà... (1999–2006); Corrupción, La Peste Chavista (2024); Cuando vivas conmigo (2017–2018); Cuba, La Peste Chavista (2024); Culture et dépendances (2002); Dani & Flo (2017); De jueves a Jueves (1986); De par en par (2008); Debate (1987); Democracia, La Peste Chavista (2024); Después de Trujillo (2014); Dictadura, La Peste Chavista (2024); Druckfrisch (2011); El Chivo (2014); El corazón del Teatro Real (2018); El lector (1994–1995); El loco de la colina (2006); El paraíso en la otra Esquina (2003); El primer café (2001); El programa de Carlos Herrera (1997); Entrevista a la carta (2012); Estravagario (2006); Frank Delaney (1983); Gente de primera (1993); Giganten (2007); Hemingway (2021); Hier is... Adriaan van Dis (1984); Horizonte Flutuante (2011); Iñaki (2011); Informe semanal (1998); Jesús de Polanco: el hombre que miraba lejos (2007); Jesús G. Maestro (2024); Journal de voyage (1964); Kirjailijan valta (1968); La Chunga (1993); La cláusula Balcells (2016); La fiesta del Chivo (2005); La grande librairie (2009); La imagen de tu vida (2006); La mandrágora (2005); La noche abierta (2000); La odisea de los Andes (1976); La Peste Chavista (2024); La tele de tu vida (2007); La tía julia y el escribidor (1981); La última lidia (2023); Lady Tamara (2022); Las tres puertas (2022); Le bateau livre (2007); Le cercle de minuit (1995); Le procès d'Emma Bovary (2021); L'illa del tresor (2006); L'invité (2005); Lo + plus (1996–2003); Los cachorros (1973); Los desayunos de TVE (1997–2003); Los libros (1998–2002); Los Siete Locos (1987); Lundi en histoires (2016); Madrid en el corazón (2004); Maduro, La Peste Chavista (2024); Mario y los perros (2019); MasterChef Celebrity (2019); Mein Leben (2008); Memòries de la tele (2010); Metrònom Ferrater (2009); Miradas 2 (2008); Nieuwsuur (2010); Nobel Minds (2010); Noche Hache (2006); Nulle part ailleurs (1997); Odio, La Peste Chavista (2024); Os Sertões e Os Sermões (2011); Página 2 (2008–2019); Pantaleon (1976); Pátria Educadora (2020); Peor es nada (1993); Persecución, La Peste Chavista (2024); Por Outro Lado (2003); Pozner (2017); Premios Goya 30 edición (2016); Quiebra, La Peste Chavista (2024); Sálvame Deluxe (2018); Sepa: Nuestro Señor de los milagros (1986); Skavlan (2010); Some Time Later (2018); Tatuajes en la memoria (2024); Teletrece (2017); The City and the Dogs (1985); Todo es mentira (2019); Travesuras de la Niña Mala (2022); Tune in Tomorrow... (1990); Two Catalonias (2018); Un paseo por el tiempo (1995); Una belleza nueva (2010); Vol de nuit (2003); Y quién es él (1994); Yaguar (1987).

Born on this day – Philip Gips:


Philip Gips


Artist

Movie poster designer

March 28, 1931 – October 3, 2019

Credits:

Absence of Malice (1981); Alien (1979); All That Jazz (1979); Arthur (1981); Chloe and Keith's Wedding (2009); Desperately Seeking Susan (1985); Downhill Racer (1969); Fatal Attraction (1987); Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Loveless in Los Angeles (2007); No Way Out (1987); Rosemary's Baby (1968); Sophie's Choice (1982); That's Entertainment! (1974); The Front (1976); The Verdict (1982); Tommy (1975).

Born on this day – Nelson Algren:


Nelson Algren


Writer

March 28, 1909 – May 9, 1981

Credits:

Books:

A Walk on the Wild Side (1956); Chicago, a City On the Make (poems) (1951); Never Come Morning (1942); Somebody in Boots (1935); The Devil's Stocking (1983); The Last Carousel (1973); The Man with the Golden Arm (1949); The Neon Wilderness (1947); The Texas Stories of Nelson Algren (1995).

Movies and television:

Algren's Last Night (2003); America After Dark (1957); Book Beat (1963–1974); Calendar (1963); Danger (1951); Day at Night (1974); Down You Go (1951); Fearless Frank (1967); Goldstein (1964); Nelson Algren Live (2016); Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day (2001); NET Playhouse (1970); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Shoestring Theatre (1960); The David Susskind Show (1963); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); The Merv Griffin Show (1965); The New Deal for Artists (1976); Today (1965); Walk on the Wild Side (1962).

Born on this day – Grayce Hampton:


Grayce Hampton


Actress

March 28, 1876 – December 20, 1963

Credits:

A Kiss in the Dark (1949); Abroad with Two Yanks (1944); Almost Married (1932); Anna Lucasta (1949); April Showers (1948); Bride for Sale (1949); Broadminded (1931); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Caged (1950); Confidential Agent (1945); Down to Earth (1947); Ex-Bad Boy (1931); Forever Female (1953); Fun on a Weekend (1947); Gigolette (1935); Harvey (1950); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); Hold That Blonde! (1945); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Kill the Umpire (1950); Lady Luck (1946); Looking Forward (1933); Love and Learn (1947); Love That Brute (1950); Ministry of Fear (1944); Nothing But Trouble (1944); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Rio (1939); Silver River (1948); Sitting Pretty (1948); Souls at Sea (1937); Standing Room Only (1944); Stepping Sisters (1932); The Bat Whispers (1930); The Champion (1931); The Comeback (1930); The Exile (1947); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Lady Killer (1931); The Mating Season (1951); The Pursuing Vengeance (1916); The Shanghai Gesture (1941); The Snake Pit (1948); The Suspect (1944); The Unexpected Father (1932); The Women (1939); Three Sisters of the Moors (1944); Thru Thin and Thicket, or Who's Zoo in Africa (1933); Trouble Preferred (1948); Without Reservations (1946).

Liane Moriarty, on writing:


My real thinking and planning gets done when I'm doing something else,
like driving or walking or taking a shower.

- Liane Moriarty.

Friday, March 27, 2026

On this day in television history - Justified (2012):


Justified

Season 3. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: Measures.
Released March 27, 2012.
Directed by John Dahl.
Written by Graham Yost, Benjamin Cavell, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Ingrid Escajeda, Ryan Farley, Jon Worley.
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, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Raymond J. Barry, Jeremy Davies, Jere Burns, Marshall Allman, David Andrews, Adam Arkin, Michael Ironside, David Meunier, Demetrius Grosse, Mickey Jones, Jenn Lyon, Abby Miller, Chris Tardio, Clay Wilcox, Mykelti Williamson, Neal McDonough, McCready Baker, Madeline Blue, Linc Hand, Blake Heron, Janet Hoskins, Jonathan Kowalsky, Jesse Luken.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 18.
Episode entitled: Starship Mine.
Released March 27, 1993.
Directed by Cliff Bole.
Written by Morgan Gendel, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, David Spielberg, Marie Marshall, Tim Russ, Glenn Morshower, Tom Nibley, Tim DeZarn, Patricia Tallman, Arlee Reed, Alan Altshuld, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Tracee Cocco, Hal Donahue, Grace Harrell, Gina Saadi.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 1. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: Acquisition.
Released March 27, 2002.
Directed by James Whitmore Jr.
Written by Maria Jacquemetton, André Jacquemetton, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Stephen Beck, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, 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 Velton Ray Bunch.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Jeffrey Combs, Clint Howard, Matt Malloy, Ethan Phillips, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Amy Kate Connolly, Mark Correy, Stacy Fouche, Hilde Garcia, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Bryan Heiberg, Aldric A. Horton, John Jurgens, Bobby Pappas, Cynthia Uhrich, Gary Weeks.