Wednesday, December 10, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Fighter (2010):


The Fighter

directed by David O. Russell,
written by Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson and Scott Silver,
based on a story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson,
was released in the United States on December 10, 2010.
Music by Michael Brook.


Cast:

Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Mickey O'Keefe, Jack McGee, Melissa McMeekin, Bianca Hunter, Erica McDermott, Jill Quigg, Dendrie Taylor, Kate B. O'Brien, Jenna Lamia, Frank Renzulli, Paul Campbell, Caitlin Dwyer, Chanty Sok, Ted Arcidi, Ross Bickell, Sean Malone, José Antonio Rivera, Richard Farrell, Matthew Muzio, Steven Barkhimer, Art Ramalho, Sugar Ray Leonard, Jackson Nicoll, Alison Folland, Sean Patrick Doherty, Sue Costello, Thomas Benton, Ray Greenhalge, Tino Kimly, Epifanio Melendez, Jeremiah Kissel, Roeun Chea, Brian Nguyen, Rikki Kleiman, Michael Dell'Orto, Paul Locke, Kim Carrell, Colin Hamell, Dale Place, Eddie Lee Anderson, Joe Lupino, Bonnie Aarons, Walter Driscoll, Matt Russell, A. Joseph Denucci, George Michael Ward, Jack Greenhalge, Kevin Paige, David A. Ramalho Sr., Ziad Akl, Simon Hamlin, Gerald Greenhalge, Matthew Russell, Rita Mercier, Deborah Bolanger, Kerry Moore, Philip Dorn Hebert, Raul Vera, Jack Lally, Carlos L. Smith, Lee Wesley, Hugh Long, Catherine Lynn Stone, Bo Cleary, Anthony Molinari, Peter Cunningham, Miguel Espino, Anthony 'Ace' Thomas, Brian Christensen, Jen Weissenberg, Michael Buffer, Larry Merchant, Jim Lampley, Emanuel Steward, Roy Jones Jr., George Foreman, Don Dunphy.

On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2008):


Pushing Daisies

Season 2. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: The Legend of Merle McQuoddy.
Released December 10, 2008.
Directed by Lawrence Trilling.
Written by Chad Gomez Creasey, Dara Resnik Creasey.
Series created by Bryan Fuller.
Music by Jim Dooley.
Narrated by Jim Dale.


Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Josh Randall, Perry Anzilotti, Alexander Gould, Sammi Hanratty, David Koechner, Mary Kay Place, Jordan Feldman, Leyna Nguyen, Kristen Olson.

On this day in music history - A Word in the Wind, by 2002 (2009):


A Word in the Wind

Album by 2002,
released December 10, 2009.

Track list:

1054 A.D; A Word in the Wind; Spirit Moves; Ancient Circle; Promise of the Ocean; Free to Fly; Raindance; The Singing Stone; Dreaming Cloud; Mirage; Trismegistus; Seven Rays.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988)
Star Trek: Discovery (2020)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 4.
Episode entitled: The Outrageous Okona.
Released December 10, 1988.
Directed by Robert Becker.
Written by Burton Armus, Les Menchen, Lance Dickson, David Landsberg, 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, Billy Campbell, Douglas Rowe, Albert Stratton, Rosalind Allen / Rosalind Ingledew, Kieran Mulroney, Joe Piscopo, Whoopi Goldberg, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Juliet Cesario, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Teri Hatcher, Randy James, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Guy Vardaman.


Star Trek: Discovery
Season 3. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: Terra Firma, Part 1.
Released December 10, 2020.
Directed by Omar Madha.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Alan B. McElroy, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, 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, Michelle Yeoh, Oded Fehr, Blu del Barrio, Hannah Cheesman, David Cronenberg, Paul Guilfoyle, Rekha Sharma, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Julianne Grossman, Hannah Spear, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Shelley Owens.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):


Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 13.
Episode entitled: A Piece of Paradise.
Released December 10, 1959.
Directed by John Cassavetes.
Written by Robert L. Jacks.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.


Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Bert Freed, Walter Burke, Midge Ware, Jan Harrison, Sid Raymond, Wally Brown, Pamela Searle, Nanita Greene, Marianne Gaba, Don Ames, Kenneth Gibson, James Gonzalez, Stuart Holmes, Joe Ploski, Arthur Tovey, John Zimeas.

Born on this day – Michael Clarke Duncan:


Michael Clarke Duncan

Actor

December 10, 1957 – September 3, 2012

Born on this day – Philip R. Craig:


Philip R. Craig


Writer

December 10, 1933 – May 8, 2007

Credits:

(including titles with/by William G. Tapply):
A Beautiful Place to Die (1989); The Woman Who Walked Into the Sea / Death in Vineyard Waters (1991); The Double Minded Men / Vineyard Deceit (1992); Cliff Hanger / Vineyard Fear (1993); Off Season (1994); A Case of Vineyard Poison (1995); Death on a Vineyard Beach (1996); A Deadly Vineyard Holiday (1997); A Shoot on Martha's Vineyard (1998); A Fatal Vineyard Season (1999); Vineyard Blues (2000); Vineyard Shadows (2001); Vineyard Enigma (2002); A Vineyard Killing (2003); Murder at a Vineyard Mansion (2004); Vineyard Prey (2005); Dead in Vineyard Sand (2006); Vineyard Stalker (2007); Vineyard Chill (2008); First Light (2001); Second Sight (2004); Third Strike (2007); Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn (1969); Delish! (2006); Death at Charity's Point (1984); The Dutch Blue Error (1984); Follow the Sharks (1985); The Marine Corpse / A Rodent of Doubt (1986); Dead Meat (1987); The Vulgar Boatman (1987); A Void in Hearts (1988); Dead Winter (1989); Client Privilege (1990); The Spotted Cats (1991); Tight Lines (1992); The Snake Eater (1993); The Seventh Enemy (1995); Close to the Bone (1996); Cutter's Run (1998); Muscle Memory (1999); Scar Tissue (2000); Past Tense (2001); A Fine Line (2002); Shadow of Death (2003); Nervous Water (2005); Out Cold (2006); One-Way Ticket (2007); Hell Bent (2008); Outwitting Trolls (2010).