Recommended reading – Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2002):

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

by Christiane Kubrick.
Foreword by Steven Spielberg.

Published in 2002.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0821228153
ISBN-13: 978-0821228159

Description:

Few cinematic figures can boast the scope, breadth, talent, and influence of Stanley Kubrick. Visionary, auteur, artist, director.... His brilliant canon of films is unsurpassed in modern cinema, from the futuristic vision of 2001: A Space Odyssey to the dark artistry of A Clockwork Orange, from the black comedy of Dr. Strangelove to the psychological horror of The Shining, from the stark realism of Paths of Glory to the dreamlike romance of Eyes Wide Shut.

Now, the astonishing career of this cinematic legend is remembered in perhaps the most fitting way: in pictures. With an accompanying commentary by his widow, Christiane, Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures is a wide-ranging and wonderful collection. Featuring a wealth of never-before-seen photographs, it offers a fascinating glimpse of Kubrick behind the camera, from his directorial beginnings in the early 1950s to his final film, Eyes Wide Shut, completed just six days before his death in March 1999.

Stephen King, on writing:

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others; read a lot and write a lot.

There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.

- Stephen King.

On this day in music history - Love Comin' Down, by Sue Foley (2000):

Love Comin’ Down

Album by Sue Foley,

released May 9, 2000.

Track list:

Two Trains; Empty Cup; Love Comin’ Down; You’re Barkin’ Up the Wrong Tree; Same Thing; Let My Tears Fall Down; Let Me Drive; To Be Next to You; Mediterranean Breakfast; Am I Worthy; Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’); How Strong.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)

Star Trek: Voyager (2001)

Bring Back... Star Trek (2009)

Star Trek: Discovery (2024)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 5. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: I Borg.

Released May 9, 1992.

Directed by Robert Lederman.

Written by René Echevarria, Brannon Braga.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Del Arco, Whoopi Goldberg, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Eben Ham, Mark Lentry, Lorine Mendell, Christina Wegler Miles, Keith Rayve, Joyce Robinson, Bill E. Rogers, Sissy Sessions.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 7. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Homestead.

Released May 9, 2001.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Raf Green, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Rob LaBelle, Julianne Christie, Ian Meltzer, Scarlett Pomers, John K. Shull, Christian Conrad, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Tarik Ergin, Hilde Garcia, Peter Scott Harmyk, Susan Henley, Joyce Lasley, Alicia Lewis, Tom Miller, Chip Murdock, Brita Nowak, Louis Ortiz, James Pearson, Stephen Pisani, Keith Rayve, Richard Sarstedt, Linnea Soohoo, Pablo Soriano, Jenna Z. Wilson, Phoenix Wong.

Bring Back... Star Trek

directed by Matt Gillbe and Katie Crawford,

released in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2009.

Cast: Justin Lee Collins, Bobby Clark, Michael A. Gill-Branion, Michael Anthony Gill-Branion, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, Dean Okrand, Marc Okrand, Eddie Paskey, George Takei, Grace Lee Whitney.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 5. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Erigah.

Released May 9, 2024.

Directed by Jon Dudkowski.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by M. Raven Metzner, Brandon Schultz, Lauren Wilkinson, Carlos Cisco, Eric J. Robbins.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Callum Keith Rennie, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Oded Fehr, Annabelle Wallis, Tara Rosling, Eve Harlow, Elias Toufexis, Rachael Ancheril, Orville Cummings, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Christina Dixon, Victoria Sawal, Natalie Liconti, Tony Nappo, Dorian Grey, Emmanuel John, Dorren Lee, Jason Lee Bell, Shelley Owens.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 33.
Episode entitled: Day of Terror.
Released May 9, 1958.
Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
Written by Harry W. Junkin.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Fay Baker, Tom Pittman, Barbara Benson, Doris Packer, Paul Newlan, Jess Kirkpatrick, Alice Backes.

On this day in movie history - Death of a Cyclist (1955):

Death of a Cyclist

directed and written by Juan Antonio Bardem,

based on a story by Luis Fernando de Igoa,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 9, 1955.
Music by Isidro B. Maiztegui.

Cast:

Lucia Bosè, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corrà, Carlos Casaravilla, Otello Toso, Alicia Romay, Julia Delgado Caro, Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Mercedes Albert, José Sepúlveda, José Prada, Fernando Sancho, Manuel Alexandre, Jacinto San Emeterio, Manuel Arbó, Emilio Alonso, Margarita Espinosa, Rufino Inglés, Antonio Casas, Manuel Guitián, Elisa Méndez, José María Rodríguez, Carmen Castellanos, José María Gavilán, José Navarro, Gracia Montes, Valeriano Andrés, Elsa Fábregas, Manuel Red.

Born on this day – Constance Demby:

Constance Demby

Musician

Composer

Painter

Sculptor

Multimedia producer

May 9, 1939 – March 20, 2021

Credits:

Music:

Æterna (1995); Ambrosial Waves – Healing Waters (2011); Ambrosial Waves – Tidal Pools (2013); Arjuna Ardagh and Constance Demby – Guided Meditations: The Beloved (1998); Arjuna Ardagh and Constance Demby – Guided Meditations: The Heart Meditation (1998); Attunement: Live in Concert (2000); Breeze at Dawn (1989); Chronos (Original Soundtrack Recording) (1984); Constance Demby at Alaron – Live Concert Recording (1984); Eterna (Linda Bandino) and Constance Demby – The Journey Home; Eterna (Linda Bandino) and Constance Demby – The Master Healing Ray; Faces of the Christ (2000); Light of This World (1987); Live in Tokyo (2003); Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate – 30th Anniversary Edition (2017); Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate (1986); Polar Shift (1991); Sacred Space Music (1982); Sanctum Sanctuorum (2001); Set Free (1989); Skies Above Skies (1978); Sonic Immersion: A Vibratory Tonal Attunement (2004); Spirit Trance (2004); Sunborne (1980); Troubadour (1976); Various Artists – Illumination.