On this day in television history - Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (1994)

Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

founded by Ted Turner,

debuted in the United States on April 14, 1994.

The first movie screened on TCM was Gone with the Wind (1939).

Mr. Rogers' wisdom:

 

The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas;
they're always "in the wings".
That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep
rather than the flashy and the superficial.
 
- Fred Rogers.

Born on this day – Claire Windsor:

Claire Windsor

Actress

April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Little Journey (1927); A Son of the Sahara (1924); Barefoot Boy (1938); Blondes by Choice (1927); Born Rich (1924); Broken Chains (1922); Brothers Under the Skin (1922); Captain Lash (1929); Cross Streets (1934); Dance Madness (1926); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Domestic Meddlers (1928); Dr. Jim (1921); Eyes of Youth (1919); Fashion Madness (1928); Fashion News (1930); Fools First (1922); For Sale (1924); Foreign Devils (1927); Grand Larceny (1922); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); In the Heart of a Fool (1920); Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (1952); Just a Woman (1925); Kiss of Araby (1933); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Little Church Around the Corner (1923); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midstream (1929); Money Talks (1926); Nameless Men (1928); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); One Clear Call (1922); Rich Men's Wives (1922); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Satan and the Woman (1928); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 13 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 23 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 4 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 16 (1926); Self Defense (1932); Show People (1928); Sister to Judas (1932); Souls for Sables (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); The Acquittal (1923); The Blot (1921); The Bugle Call (1927); The Claw (1927); The Constant Woman (1933); The Denial (1925); The Dixie Handicap (1924); The Eternal Three (1923); The Frontiersman (1927); The Grain of Dust (1928); The Lady Who Lied (1925); The Luck of the Irish (1920); The Opening Night (1927); The Pest (1919); The Raiders (1921); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The White Desert (1925); Tin Hats (1926); To Please One Woman (1920); Too Wise Wives (1921); Topper (1937); What Do Men Want? (1921); What's Worth While? (1921).

Born on this day – Horace McCoy:

 

Horace McCoy

Writer

April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955

Credits:

Appointment in Berlin (1943); Bad for Each Other (1953); Bronco Buster (1952); Dangerous Crossroads (1933); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dangerous to Know (1938); Daughters of Destiny (1954); El Alaméin (1953); Fatal Lady (1936); Flight for Freedom (1943); Fury of the Jungle (1933); Gentleman Jim (1942); Her Resale Value (1933); Hold the Press (1933); Hunted Men (1938); Island of Lost Men (1939); King Kong (1933); King of the Newsboys (1938); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Maverick (1957); Montana Belle (1952); Parole Fixer (1940); Parole! (1936); Persons in Hiding (1939); Postal Inspector (1936); Prison Farm (1938); Queen of the Mob (1940); Rage at Dawn (1955); Soldiers of the Storm (1933); Speed Wings (1934); Television Spy (1939); Texas (1941); Texas Lady (1955); Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Fireball (1950); The Hollywood Handicap (1932); The Lusty Men (1952); The Road to Denver (1955); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Turning Point (1952); The World in His Arms (1952); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); TV de Vanguarda (1953); Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974); Undercover Doctor (1939); Valley of the Sun (1942); Western Union (1941); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Women Without Names (1940).

Born on this day – Valerie Hobson:

 

Valerie Hobson

Actress

April 14, 1917 – November 13, 1998

Credits:

Atlantic Ferry (1941); August Weekend (1936); Badger's Green (1934); Blackout (1940); Blanche Fury (1948); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Cabaret (1937); Chinatown Squad (1935); Continental Express (1939); Edge of Divorce (1953); Evening News British Film Awards (1978); Eyes of Fate (1933); Film Profile (1961); For Love of You (1933); Great Expectations (1934); Great Expectations (1946); Henry IV (1938); His Lordship (1932); Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); Knave of Hearts (1954); Life Returns (1934); Murder Will Out (1952); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935); No Escape (1936); Oh, What a Night (1935); Pasquinade (1937); Q Planes (1939); Rendezvous at Midnight (1935); Round the Film Studios (1937); Round the Film Studios (1937); Shadows of the Underworld (1939); Strange Wives (1934); Tele-Ho! (1937); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Drum (1938); The Great Impersonation (1935); The Hideout (1948); The Interrupted Journey (1949); The Man of Destiny (1950); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Passionate Sentry (1952); The Path of Glory (1934); The Promoter (1952); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The Spy in White (1936); The Years Between (1946); This Man Is News (1938); Tonight at 8:30 / Ways and Means (1952); Train of Events / The Composer (1949); Tugboat Princess (1936); Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934); U-Boat 29 (1939); Unpublished Story (1942); Werewolf of London (1935); When Thief Meets Thief (1937).

Born on this day – Dolores Muñoz Ledo:

Dolores Muñoz Ledo

Voice actress

April 14, 1918 – February 13, 2026

Credits:

Anita Louise in Marie Antoinette (1938); Bea Arthur in The Golden Girls (1989–1992); Chip in Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers; Donna Reed in They Were Expendable (1945); Sorceress in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Born on this day – Philip Stone:

Philip Stone

Actor

April 14, 1924 – June 15, 2003

Credits:

50/50 (critique) (2020); A Certain Justice (1998); A Chance of Thunder (1961); A Clockwork Orange (1971); A Touch of Frost (1997); An Age of Kings (1960); Ann Veronica (1964); Armchair Theatre (1961–1963); Badger's Bend (1963); Barlow at Large (1975); Barry Lyndon (1975); BBC Play of the Month (1965–1978); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963); Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995); Bergerac (1983); Black and Blue (1973); Blackmail (1965); Brat Farrar (1986); Budgie (1972); Carry on Loving (1970); Centre Play (1975); Champion House (1967); Chancer (1991); Charters & Caldicott (1985); Churchill's People (1975); City '68 (1968); Compact (1962); Coronation Street (1961–1965); Court of Mystery (1961); Crane (1965); Crown Court (1984); Dalziel and Pascoe (1997); Dead Entry (1987); Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1965); Emergency-Ward 10 (1962); Father Brown (1974); Fiddlers Three (1991); Flash Gordon (1980); Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994); Fragment of Fear (1970); Fraud Squad (1969); Great Performances (1987); Green Ice (1981); Harem (1986); Heartbeat (1994); Here I Stand... (1977); Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973); Home to Roost (1987); In Sickness and in Health (1990); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); ITV Playhouse (1977); ITV Television Playhouse (1961); Jacks and Knaves (1961); Jason King (1971); Jenny's War (1985); John Browne's Body (1969); Justice (1971–1973); Lace (1984); Lace II (1985); Life at the Top (1965); Love Story (1963–1972); Madness (1991); Maigret (1962); Man at the Top (1972); Martin Luther, Heretic (1983); Maupassant (1963); Moses (1995–1996); Mr Don & Mr George (1993); Nearest and Dearest (1972); Never Mention Murder (1965); No Hiding Place (1964); O Lucky Man! (1973); Our Geoff (1987); Parkin's Patch (1970); Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977); Pope John Paul II (1984); Quest for Love (1971); Room 237 (2012); Room at the Bottom (1988); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1994); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Shadowlands (1985); Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location (2024); Softly Softly (1969); Spearhead (1981); Stanley and Us (1999); Stanleyandus (2022); Star Maidens (1976); Story Parade (1965); Suspense (1963); Target (1977); The Avengers (1961); The Baby of Mâcon (1993); The Big Pull (1962); The Brief (1984); The Cost of Loving (1977); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1964); The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964); The Last of the Baskets (1971); The Lord of the Rings (1978); The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970); The Medusa Touch (1978); The Misfit (1970); The Old Crowd (1979); The Old Pull 'n Push (1960); The Organization (1972); The Phantom of the Opera (1983); The Pump (1980); The Rat Catchers (1966–1967); The Saint (1963); The Shining (1980); The Villains (1964); The Worker (1970); Theatre 625 (1964); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967); Thriller (1975); Thunderball (1965); Thursday Play Date (1979); To Encourage the Others (1972); Top Secret (1962); Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969); Unearthly Stranger (1963); View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007); Voyage of the Damned (1976); WatchMojo (2019–2025); We, the Accused (1980); What a Carry On (1984); Where Eagles Dare (1968); Who-Dun-It (1969); Wilde Alliance (1978); Yes Minister (1984); Your World (1962); Z Cars (1962–1963).

Born on this day – Rod Steiger:

 

Rod Steiger

Actor

April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002

Credits:

Poolhall Junkies (2002); The Hollywood Sign (2001); A Month of Sundays (2001); Lightmaker (2001); The Flying Dutchman (2001); The Last Producer (2000); End of Days (1999); The Hurricane (1999); Body and Soul (1999); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Cypress Edge (1999); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999–2000); Hotel Alexandria (1999); Animated Epics: Moby Dick (1999); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); The Snatching of Bookie Bob (1998); Legacy (1998); The Simpsons (1998); Modern Vampires (1998); Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998); The Kid (1997); Incognito (1997); Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997); Mars Attacks! (1996); Shiloh (1996); Little Surprises (1996); EZ Streets (1996); Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1996); Carpool (1996); Dalva (1996); The Real Thing (1996); The Commish (1996); Out There (1995); Columbo (1995); In Pursuit of Honor (1995); Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995); OP Center (1995); Seven Sundays (1994); The Specialist (1994); The Critic (1994); The Last Tattoo (1994); The Neighbor (1993); Tales of the City (1993); Due vite, un destino (1993); Kölcsönkapott idö (1993); Lincoln (1992); Sinatra (1992); The Player (1992); In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); Guilty as Charged (1991); The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991); Men of Respect (1990); Tennessee Waltz (1989); That Summer of White Roses (1989); Passion and Paradise (1989); The January Man (1989); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Catch the Heat (1987); American Gothic (1987); The Kindred (1987); Sword of Gideon (1986); Hollywood Wives (1985); The Glory Boys (1984); The Naked Face (1984); Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983); The Magic Mountain (1982); The Chosen (1981); The Lion of the Desert (1980); Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980); The Lucky Star (1980); Klondike Fever (1979); Wolf Lake (1979); The Amityville Horror (1979); Breakthrough (1979); Love and Bullets (1979); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); F.I.S.T. (1978); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); W.C. Fields and Me (1976); Hennessy (1975); Dirty Hands (1975); The Last 4 Days (1974); Lucky Luciano (1973); The Heroes (1973); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Duck, You Sucker! (1971); Waterloo (1970); Three Into Two Won't Go (1969); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Sergeant (1968); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); The Girl and the General (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); BBC Play of the Month (1966); Doctor Zhivago (1965); The Loved One (1965); A Man Named John (1965); Time of Indifference (1964); The Pawnbroker (1964); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); The Movie Maker (1964); Hands Over the City (1963); Route 66 (1962); Ben Casey (1962); The Longest Day (1962); Convicts 4 (1962); 13 West Street (1962); Wagon Train (1961); The World in My Pocket (1961); The Mark (1961); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); Seven Thieves (1960); General Electric Theater (1960); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); Al Capone (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1958); Playhouse 90 (1958); Cry Terror! (1958); Suspicion (1958); The Unholy Wife (1957); Across the Bridge (1957); Run of the Arrow (1957); Back from Eternity (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); The Harder They Fall (1956); Jubal (1956); The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955); Oklahoma! (1955); The Big Knife (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951–1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); Kraft Theatre (1952–1954); On the Waterfront (1954); Justice (1954); You Are There (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1952–1953); Medallion Theatre (1953); Suspense (1952–1953); Danger (1950–1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); Tales of Tomorrow (1952–1953); The Clock (1951); Out There (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Teresa (1951); Actor's Studio (1950); Watchmen (2019); Aesop's Fables (1995); Oklahoma! (1955); Real James Dean (2006); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); Biography (1994–2002); Dinner for Five (2002); Contender: Mastering the Method (2001); Besuch bei Rod Steiger (2001); Bravo Profiles (2001); Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (2001); The Directors (1997–2001); The Heaven and Earth Show (2001); Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2001); Starstruck (2000); Private Screenings (2000); Scene by Scene (2000); Omnibus (2000); End of Days: The Beginning (2000); The Unforgettable Diana Dors (2000); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Journey Into Amazonia (1999); The Martin Short Show (1999); Hollywood Squares (1999); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); HARDtalk (1999); Linehan (1999); Kingdom of Shadows (1998); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Politically Incorrect (1998); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); Close-Up (1997); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997); 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997); The First Annual Golden Satellite Awards (1997); The Charles Grodin Show (1996); James Dean and Me (1995); 'Doctor Zhivago': The Making of a Russian Epic (1995); James Dean: A Portrait (1995); The 7th Annual Britannia Awards (1995); Humphrey Bogart: Behind the Legend (1994); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The American Gangster (1992); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974–1992); Earth and the American Dream (1992); From Hollywood to Hanoi (1992); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1992); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); Street Scenes: New York on Film (1992); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1992); Aspel & Company (1990); MTV Movie Special: Licence to Kill (1989); This Is Your Life (1972–1989); The Exiles (1989); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Poitier (1989); Sunday, Sunday (1984–1989); Good Morning America (1977–1989); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); Hello Actors Studio (1988); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1988); Change of Heart (1987); Our World (1986); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The London Standard Film Awards (1986); Wogan (1986); Television (1985); Harty (1984); Thicke of the Night (1983); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); I Love Liberty (1982); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); The Making of Lion of the Desert (1981); 100 Tage auf dem 'Zauberberg' - Bericht über die Verfilmung des Romans von Thomas Mann (1981); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1981); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); ABC's Wide World of Sports (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1977); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1976); Dinah! (1976); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); Film '74 (1974); The Moviemakers (1973); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); Jerry Visits (1971); Parkinson (1971); Cinema (1970); The Year of the Communes (1970); Frost on Sunday (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); Tattooed Steiger (1969); Telescope (1969); Hemingway's Spain: A Love Affair (1968); How It Is (1968); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968); Today (1957–1968); Stars for Israel (1967); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); Late Show London (1966); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1965); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); Here's Hollywood (1961); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); Monitor (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1959); This Week (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Film Fanfare (1956); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955).

Born on this day – Gloria Jean:

Gloria Jean

Actress

Singer

April 14, 1926 – August 31, 2018

Born on this day – Bradford Dillman:

Bradford Dillman

Actor

Writer

April 14, 1930 – January 16, 2018

Born on this day – Arlene Martel:

 

Arlene Martel

Actress

April 14, 1936 – August 12, 2014

Credits:

Adventures of Nick Carter (1972); Angels from Hell (1968); Banacek (1973); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Behind Closed Doors (1958); Ben Casey (1961); Berrenger's (1985); Bewitched (1971); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Brothers & Sisters (2010); Bunny Yeager's Nude Camera (1963); Bus Stop (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); Chatterbox! (1977); Cheyenne (1962); Columbo (1972–1974); Conspiracy of Terror (1975); Death Valley Days (1960); Dracula's Dog (1977); Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982); FedCon XX: The SciFi Experience (2011); General Electric Theater (1960); Gunslinger (1961); Gunsmoke (1975); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Here Come the Brides (1970); Historias para no dormir (1966); Hogan's Heroes (1965–1970); Hong Kong (1961); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); Indict and Convict (1974); Intimate Diary of Artists' Models (1963); Iron Horse (1966); It Takes a Thief (1969); Knots Landing (1983); Man from Atlantis (1977); Mannix (1970–1973); Matter of Family (2012); McCloud (1971–1972); Mission: Impossible (1970); My Favorite Martian (1965); Nudes on Tiger Reef (1964); Nudes, Nudists, and Nudism Vol. 4 / Segment: Nudes on Tiger Reef (2000); Perry Mason (1962–1966); Petrocelli (1974); Playhouse 90 (1960); Profiles in Courage (1965); Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978); Route 66 (1960–1961); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007); Target: The Corruptors (1961); The Beat That Her Heart Skipped (2013); The Day the Loving Stopped (1981); The Delphi Bureau (1973); The Detectives (1960–1961); The Doris Day Show (1972); The Extra Mile (2013); The Final Day (2000); The Flying Nun (1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Glass Cage (1964); The James Dean Story (1957); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Love Boat (1981); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); The Monkees (1966–1968); The New Breed (1962); The Outer Limits (1964); The Rebel (1960); The Restless Gun (1958); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rookies (1974); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); The Untouchables (1960–1961); The Wild Wild West (1967); The Young and the Restless (1973); This Man Dawson (1960); Unity (2015); What Do Women Want (1996); William Shatner's Get a Life! (2012).

Born on this day – Betty Anne Rees:

Betty Anne Rees

Actress

April 14, 1943 – June 3, 2024

Credits:

Adam-12 (1970); Banning (1967); Barnaby Jones (1976–1977); Bearcats! (1971); Deathmaster (1972); Lou Grant (1977); Mannix (1971); Medical Center (1970); Mod Squad (1971); Movin' On (1974); My Three Sons (1971–1972); Police Story (1977); Police Woman (1974); S.W.A.T. (1975); Shane (1966); Sugar Hill (1974); The Cool Ones (1967); The F.B.I. (1970–1973); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Magician (1974); The Photographer (1974); The Smith Family (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1977); The Unholy Rollers (1972); This Is the Life (1977); To Rome with Love (1971).

Born on this day – Lynda Obst:

 

Lynda Obst

Producer

Writer

April 14, 1950 – October 22, 2024

Credits:
 
Books:
 

Dirty Dreams: A Novel (1990); Hello, He Lied (1996); Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business (2013); The Sixties (1978).

 

Movies and television:
 

A Single Man (2009); Abandon (2002); Above Suspicion (2019); Adventures in Babysitting (1987 / 1989); Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008); Bad Girls (1994); Charlie Rose (1996); Contact (1997); Et la femme créa Hollywood (2016); Everything Is Copy (2015); Finding the 'Wonder Woman' Within (2017); Flashdance (1983); From Weepies to Chick Flicks (2010); Good Girls Revolt (2015–2016); GPS Fareed Zakaria (2018); Heartbreak Hotel (1988); Helix (2014–2015); Helix: Fabricating the Plague (2014); Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (2002); Hope Floats (1998); Hot in Cleveland (2010–2015); How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003); I Love Your Work (2003); Inside 'Interstellar' (2015); nterstellar (2014); Naked Hollywood (1991); One Fine Day (1996); Pie in the Sky (1995); Red Carpet Report (2019); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Releasing the 'Flashdance' Phenomenon (2007); Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Someone Like You (2001); The 40th Annual Women in Film Crystal and Lucy Awards (2016); The '60s (1999); The Cycle (2013); The Fisher King (1991); The History of 'Flashdance' (2007); The Hot Zone (2019–2021); The Independents (2014); The Invention of Lying (2009); The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015–2024); The Making of 'the Siege' (2000); The Media Show (1988); The Siege (1998); The Soul Man (2012–2014); This Is My Life (1992); Very Scary People (2020).

On this day in movie history - Hollywood Confidential (1997)

Hollywood Confidential

directed by Reynaldo Villalobos,

written by Anthony Yerkovich,

was released in the United States on April 14, 1997.

Music by Marc Bonilla.

Cast:

Edward James Olmos, Rick Aiello, Angela Alvarado, Christine Harnos, A. Day Henden, Richard T. Jones, Brendan Kelly, Charlize Theron, Thomas Jane, Evelina Fernández, Valarie Rae Miller, Marissa Ribisi, J. Downing, Sarah Lassez, Brent Huff, Kristen Dalton, Amanda Pays, William James Jones, Patrick Dollaghan, Billy Marti, Thomas Patti, Anthony Hickox, Ivana Milicevic, Kaylan Romero, Brendon Chad, Rene Mujica, Warren Reno, Madison Clark, Billy Kane, Paul Goodman, Robyn Lees, Anthony Yerkovich.

On this day in movie and book history - American Psycho (2000)

American Psycho

directed by Mary Harron,

written by Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner,

based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis,

was released in the United States on April 14, 2000.

Music by John Cale.

Picture shown in Patrick Bateman’s apartment is part of the Men in the Cities

series by Robert Longo.

Cast:

Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Chloë Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Jared Leto, Willem Dafoe, Cara Seymour, Guinevere Turner, Stephen Bogaert, Monika Meier, Reg E. Cathey, Blair Williams, Marie Dame, Kelley Harron, Patricia Gage, Krista Sutton, Landy Cannon, Park Bench, Catherine Black, Margaret Ma, Peter Tufford Kennedy, Mark Pawson, Jessica Lau, Lilette Wiens, Glen Marc Silot, Charlotte Hunter, Kiki Buttignol, Joyce R. Korbin, Reuben Thompson, Bryan Renfro, Ross Gibby, Christina McKay, Alan McCullough, Anthony Lemke, Connie Chen, Brett Alexander, Peter Loung, Joseph Oliveira, Leanne Poirier, Somaya Reece, Kate Steen.

Recommended reading:

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis.
Filmed as American Psycho (2000), directed by Mary Harron.
 
Published by Picador.
First published 1991.
Paperback.

ISBN 13: 9780330319928
ISBN 10: 0330319922
ASIN: 0330319922

Description:

Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and he works on Wall Street, he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to head-on collision with America's greatest dream – and its worst nightmare – American Psycho is bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.

Cover Illustration by Marshall Arisman.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Picard:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)

Star Trek: Picard (2022)

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: The Icarus Factor.

Released April 14, 1989.

Directed by Robert Iscove.

Written by David Assael, Robert L. McCullough, Melinda M. Snodgrass.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Mitchell Ryan, Lance Spellerberg, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, John L. Bennett, Michael Braveheart, Josef Cannon, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Robert Smithson, Teo Smoot, John Tesh.

 

Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Monsters.

Released April 14, 2022.

Directed by Joe Menendez.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Matt Okumura, Juliana James, Jane Maggs, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, James Callis, Madeline Wise, Sol Rodriguez, Ito Aghayere, Jay Karnes, Ivo Nandi, Steve Gutierrez, Dylan Von Halle, Marti Matulis, Oscar Torre, Travis Walck, Cyrus Zoghi, Jonathan Flaugher, Philip Krohnengold, Sunny Ozell, Mark Stepro, Mason Stoops. 

On this day in television history (2015)

Justified
Season 6. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: The Promise.

Released April 14, 2015.

Directed by Adam Arkin.

Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Dave Andron, Benjamin Cavell, Keith Schreier.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.
 
Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Sam Elliott, Kaitlyn Dever, David Koechner, Jonathan Tucker, Jack Conley, Jason Gedrick, Jeffrey Pierce, Robert Dolan, Chad Todhunter, Natalie Zea, Ryder Cohen, Mel Fair, Christopher Grove, Eden Henderson, Otto Krause, Robert Neary, Russell Bertolino, Abby Miller, Mark Parrish, Nathan Szczotka, Mykelti Williamson.

On this day in music history - Lakmé, by Léo Delibes (1883)

Lakmé

by Léo Delibes,

was first performed at the Salle Favart in Paris, France, on April 14, 1883.

Opera in three acts.

Based on Les babouches du Brahmane, by Théodore Pavie,

and the novel Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti.