Born on this day – Michael Villella:

Michael Villella

Actor

March 6, 1941 – November 23, 2024

Credits:
Amazing Stories (1987); Audition (2011); Getting Away with Murder (2007); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Gotham / aka The Dead Can't Lie (1988); Hard to Die (1990); Love Letters (1983); Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres (2010); Sorority House Massacre II (1990); The Slumber Party Massacre (1982); The White Room (2008); Wild Orchid (1989); Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991).

Born on this day – Ron Harper:

Ron Harper

Actor

January 12, 1936 – March 21, 2024

Credits:

Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story (2015); Drink (2014); Whoa! (2013); Recorded Live (2011); American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James (2010); Uncorked (2009); Cold Case (2008); The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007); James Glickenhaus: Memories of the Soldier (2005); Touched (2005); Glass Trap (2005); Venomous (2001); Pearl Harbor (2001); The West Wing (2001); Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (2001); Malibu, CA (1999); Walker, Texas Ranger (1998); The Odd Couple II (1998); Freedom Strike (1998); Boy Meets World (1998); Night Stand (1995–1997); NightMan (1997); Below Utopia (1997); Melrose Place (1995); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993); FBI: The Untold Stories (1992); Generations (1990–1991); Dragnet (1990); Capitol (1985–1987); Remington Steele (1984); The New Mike Hammer (1984); Loving (1983–1995); The Soldier (1982); Another World (1980); Love of Life (1980); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Land of the Lost (1976); The Blue Knight (1975); Planet of the Apes (1974); Where the Heart Is (1971–1973); Love, American Style / Love and the Ski Lodge / Love and the Proposal (1970–1972); Cannon (1971); The Wild Season (1971); The Big Valley (1969); Celebrity Bowling Classic (1969); Garrison's Gorillas (1967–1968); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); The Jean Arthur Show (1966); Wendy and Me (1964–1965); Laramie (1960–1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); Shotgun Slade (1961); The Tall Man (1961); The Deputy (1961); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); Wagon Train (1960); Thriller (1960); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Kraft Theatre (1955).

Born on this day – C.J. Sansom:

C.J. Sansom

Writer

December 9, 1952 – April 27, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Dark Fire (2004); Dissolution (2003); Dominion (2012); Heartstone (2010); Hill of Bones (2011); House of Shadows (2007); King Arthur's Bones (2009); Lamentation (2014); Revelation (2008); Shardlake Books 1-3 (2014); Sovereign (2006); Sword of Shame (2006); The Deadliest Sin (2014); The False Virgin (2013); The First Murder (2012); The Lost Prophecies (2008); The Sacred Stone (2010); The Tainted Relic (2005); Tombland (2018); Winter in Madrid (2006).

Television:

Shardlake (2024).
 

Born on this day – Paul D'Amato:

Paul D'Amato

Actor

October 2, 1949 – February 19, 2024

Credits:
 

The Unusuals (2009); Light and the Sufferer (2007); The Living Wake (2007); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2005); Law & Order (1993–2002); The Opportunists (1999); Men Under Water (1998); Six Ways to Sunday (1997); Destination Anywhere (1997); Crimson Lights (1994); Dangerous Affairs (1993); American Playhouse (1988); Suspect (1987); A Case of Deadly Force (1986); F/X (1986); Murder Ink (1983); Heaven's Gate (1980); Firepower (1979); The Deer Hunter (1978); Heaven Can Wait (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Deadliest Season (1977); Slap Shot (1977); Code R (1977); Magnum Force (1973).

 

Stage play:
 
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1996).

Born on this day – Gloria Stroock:

Actress

June 15, 1924 – May 5, 2024

Credits:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1977); Archie Bunker's Place (1982); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Baretta (1978); Bill Slater Show (1950); Brando (2007); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1952); City in Fear (1980); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); Kraft Theatre (1948); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Mama (1955); Martin Kane (1951); McMillan & Wife (1974–1977); Missing Pieces (1991); Modern Romances (1955); NBC Presents (1949); Newsstand Theatre (1952); No Easy Way (1996); Operation Petticoat (1977–1978); Passions (1984); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Seed of Innocence (1980); Spotlight (1954); Starlight Theatre (1950); Studio One (1950–1955); The Competition (1980); The Day of the Locust (1975); The Girls (1950); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); The Snoop Sisters (1972); Uncommon Valor (1983); Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977).

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (or MMIW) Awareness Day (May 5)

May 5, 2024

Honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (or MMIW) Awareness Day and praying for an end to this crisis and peace for those impacted by its devastation.

#MissingAndMurderedIndigenousPersons #MissingAndMurderedIndigenousWomen #MMIW

Born on this day – Eleanor Coppola:

Documentary film director

Cinematographer

Writer

Artist

May 4, 1936 – April 12, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now (1979); Notes on a Life (2008).

Documentaries, movies and television:

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012); A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004); A Million Feet of Film: The Editing of Apocalypse Now (2006); A Visit to China's Miao Country (1996); An American Rhapsody (2001); Apocalypse Now (1979); Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto (2014); Celebrity Page (2017–2021); Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007); Dementia 13 (1963); Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' (2007); Front Row Flynn (2018); Full Tilt Boogie (1997); Heard Any Good Movies Lately?: The Sound Design of Apocalypse Now (2006); Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991); Hollywood Insider (2021); Lost in Translation (2003); Love Is Love Is Love (2020); Made in Hollywood (2021); Making of 'The Virgin Suicides' (1998); Napa Valley Dreams (2013); On the Rocks (2020); On the Set of 'CQ' (2002); Paris Can Wait (2016); Ryska Alaska (1992); Somewhere (2010); Teknolust (2002); Tell Them We Were Here (2021); The 19th Annual Rudolph Valentino Awards (1991); The 43rd Annual Directors Guild Awards (1991); The Beguiled (2017); The Birth of 5.1 Sound (2006); The Bling Ring (2013); The Dream Studio (2004); The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990); The Making of 'Marie Antoinette' (2007); The Music of Apocalypse Now (2006); The Rain People (1969); THX 1138 (1971); You're a Big Boy Now (1966).

Happy Lunar New Year – Year of the Green Wood Dragon:

Happy Lunar New Year

Year of the Green Wood Dragon