Born on this day – Sally Eilers:

Sally Eilers

Actress

December 11, 1908 – January 5, 1978

Credits:

Stage to Tucson (1950); Coroner Creek (1948); Strange Illusion (1945); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); First Aid (1943); I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941); Full Confession (1939); They Made Her a Spy (1939); Tarnished Angel (1938); Nurse from Brooklyn (1938); Condemned Women (1938); Everybody's Doing It (1938); Lady Behave! (1937); Danger Patrol (1937); We Have Our Moments (1937); Talk of the Devil (1936); Without Orders (1936); Florida Special (1936); Don't Get Personal (1936); Strike Me Pink (1936); Remember Last Night? (1935); Pursuit (1935); Alias Mary Dow (1935); Carnival (1935); I Spy (1934); She Made Her Bed (1934); Three on a Honeymoon (1934); Walls of Gold (1933); Hold Me Tight (1933); Made on Broadway (1933); Central Airport (1933); Sailor's Luck (1933); State Fair (1933); Second Hand Wife (1933); Hat Check Girl (1932); Disorderly Conduct (1932); Dance Team (1932); Over the Hill (1931); Bad Girl (1931); A Holy Terror (1931); The Black Camel (1931); Quick Millions (1931); Clearing the Range (1931); Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931); Reducing (1931); Doughboys (1930); Let Us Be Gay (1930); Trigger Tricks (1930); Roaring Ranch (1930); She Couldn't Say No (1930); Show of Shows (1929); The Long, Long Trail (1929); Sailor's Holiday (1929); Broadway Babies (1929); Matchmaking Mamma (1929); Trial Marriage (1929); Weary River (1929); The Campus Vamp (1928); Dry Martini (1928); The Campus Carmen (1928); The Good-Bye Kiss (1928); Fazil (1928); Broadway Daddies (1928); The Crowd (1928); Sunrise (1927); Slightly Used (1927); Paid to Love (1927); The Cradle Snatchers (1927); The Red Mill (1927).

Born on this day – Ethel Borden:

Ethel Borden

Writer

Actress

December 11, 1897 – July 4, 1953

Credits:

They Wanted to Marry (1937); I Live My Life (1935); After Office Hours (1935).

Annie Dillard, on reading:

Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?

Can the writer isolate and vivify all in experience that most deeply engages our intellects and our hearts?

Can the writer renew our hope for literary forms?

Why are we reading, if not in hope that the writer will magnify and dramatize our days,

will illuminate and inspire us with wisdom, courage, and the possibility of meaningfulness,

and will press upon our minds the deepest mysteries,

so we may feel again their majesty and power?

- from The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard.

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.