Born on this day – Lorey Sebastian:

Photographer

January 7, 1944 – May 9, 2022

Credits:

Hell or High Water (2016); A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014); 50 to 1 (2014); Frank (2014); Building Vegas (2013); As Cool as I Am (2013); Tiger Eyes (2012); Fright Night (2011); The Resident (2011); True Grit (2010); Passion Play (2010); The Killer Inside Me (2010); Crazy Heart (2009); Brothers (2009); Carriers (2009); Spoken Word (2009); Appaloosa (2008); Redbelt (2008); Living Hell (2008); In the Valley of Elah (2007); In the Land of Women (2007); Wild Hogs (2007); Bordertown (2007); Seraphim Falls (2006); Relative Strangers (2006); Even Money (2006); Big Love (2006); Mrs. Harris (2005); Havoc (2005); The Amateurs (2005); The Last Shot (2004); Crash (2004); Spartan (2004); The Clearing (2004); Carnivàle (2003); 11:14 (2003); Masked and Anonymous (2003); A Decade Under the Influence (2003); The United States of Leland (2003); The Singing Detective (2003); Moonlight Mile (2002); I Am Sam (2001); Blow (2001); Avant Feat. Keke Wyatt: My First Love (2000); The Cell (2000); If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000); Anywhere But Here (1999); Simpatico (1999); American Beauty (1999); Winchell (1998); The Parent Trap (1998); Slums of Beverly Hills (1998); Twilight (1998); Mousehunt (1997); Commandments (1997); Volcano (1997); Head Above Water (1996); Ransom (1996); Flirting with Disaster (1996); The Birdcage (1996); Beautiful Girls (1996); Three Wishes (1995); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Smoke (1995); Safe Passage (1994); Imaginary Crimes (1994); The Favor (1994); Blank Check (1994); Flesh and Bone (1993); Mariah Carey: Hero (1993); Dangerous Game (1993); American Playhouse (1992); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Boris and Natasha (1992); The Player (1992); Rush (1991); Late for Dinner (1991); White Palace (1990); Q&A (1990); Crazy People (1990); Communion (1989); Limit Up (1989); The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989); Lost Angels (1989); Far North (1988); Earth Girls Are Easy (1988); Pumpkinhead (1988); A Time of Destiny (1988); Tapeheads (1988); Best Seller (1987); House of Games (1987); Tin Men (1987); Slow Burn (1986); Violets Are Blue... (1986); The Money Pit (1986); St. Elmo's Fire (1985); Falling in Love (1984); Iceman (1984); Daniel (1983); Lovesick (1983); The King of Comedy (1982); Author! Author! (1982); Neighbors (1981); So Fine (1981); Boardwalk (1979); Acting Out (1978); Between the Lines (1977).

Born on this day – William Peter Blatty:

 

Writer

Director

Actor

Producer

January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017

Credits:

Books:

Which Way to Mecca, Jack? (1959); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1963); I, Billy Shakespeare (1965); Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane (1966); The Exorcist (1971); The Ninth Configuration (aka Twinkle, Twinkle “Killer” Kane) (1978); Legion (1983); Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable (1996); Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Hollywood Christmas Carol (2013); Elsewhere (2009); Dimiter (aka The Redemption) (2010 & 2013); Crazy (2010); The Exorcist for the 21st Century (2016); I'll Tell Them I Remember You (autobiography) (1974); William Peter Blatty on 'The Exorcist': From Novel to Screen (1974); If There Were Demons Then Perhaps There Were Angels: William Peter Blatty's Own Story of the Exorcist (2001); Finding Peter: A True Story of The Hand of Providence and Evidence of Life After Death (2015).

Movies:

The Exorcist III (1990); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Exorcist (1973); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); No Place to Land (1958); Ficción sonora (2006); Mastermind (1976); Insight (1960); Darling Lili (1970); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); Gunn (1967); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966); Promise Her Anything (1966); A Shot in the Dark (1964); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963).

Born on this day – Vincent Gardenia:

Actor

January 7, 1920 – December 9, 1992

Credits:

The Super (1991); L.A. Law (1986); The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985); Quattro piccole donne (1989); Age-Old Friends (1989); Skin Deep (1989); Cavalli si nasce (1989); Cheeeese (1988); Un siciliano in Sicilia (1987); Moonstruck (1987); American Playhouse (1987); Honor Thy Father (1986); Little Shop of Horrors (1986); The Twilight Zone (1985); Brass (1985); Movers & Shakers (1985); Dark Mirror (1984); Kennedy (1983); Charley's Aunt (1983); Muggable Mary, Street Cop (1982); Ciao nemico (1982); Death Wish II (1982); Thornwell (1981); Breaking Away (1980); The Dream Merchants (1980); The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980); That's Life (1979); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Marciano (1979); The House by the Edge of the Lake (1979); Home Movies (1979); Insight (1960); Firepower (1979); Heaven Can Wait (1978); Greased Lightning (1977); Fire Sale (1977); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970); Luna di miele in tre (1976); The Big Racket (1976); La banca di Monate (1976); Bordella (1976); Dean's Place (1976); Kojak (1973); Dean's Place (1975); The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975); The Front Page (1974); Death Wish (1974); All in the Family (1971); The Carpenters (1973); Lucky Luciano (1973); Bang the Drum Slowly (1973); Cops (1973); Screaming Skull (1973); The Rookies (1972); Maude (1972); Love, American Style (1969); Hickey & Boggs (1972); McCloud (1970); Sarge (1971); Cold Turkey (1971); Little Murders (1971); Where's Poppa? (1970); Jenny (1970); This Town Will Never Be the Same (1969); Mission: Impossible (1966); Ironside (1967); Coronet Blue (1967); N.Y.P.D. (1967); Judd for the Defense (1967); Mannix (1967); The Rat Patrol (1966); Gunsmoke (1955); I Spy (1965); The Fugitive (1963); The Monkees (1965); The Big Valley (1965); Hawk (1966); Seaway (1965); Ben Casey (1961); New York Television Theatre (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Third Day (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Memorandum for a Spy (1965); The Rogues (1964); The Defenders (1961); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); The Bing Crosby Show (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); East Side/West Side (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); Ride with Terror (1963); A View from the Bridge (1962); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); The Untouchables (1959); The Hustler (1961); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Mad Dog Coll (1961); Parrish (1961); Play of the Week (1959); The Edge of Night (1956); Murder, Inc. (1960); Deadline (1959); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Naked City (1958); Kraft Theatre (1947); Cop Hater (1958); Decoy (1957); Studio One (1948); The Phil Silvers Show (1955); The House on 92nd Street (1945).

Lawrence Clark Powell, on writing, speaking and reading:

Write to be understood,
speak to be heard,
read to grow.
 
- Lawrence Clark Powell.

On this day in music history - The album Distant Light, by Renée Fleming (2017)

Distant Light

by Renée Fleming

was released on January 6, 2017.

 

On this day in movie history - Dillinger (1991)

Dillinger

directed by Rupert Wainwright,

written by Paul F. Edwards,

was released in the United States on January 6, 1991.

Music by David McHugh.

Cast:

Mark Harmon, Sherilyn Fenn, Will Patton, Bruce Abbott, Tom Bower, Patricia Arquette, Xander Berkeley, Yvonne Suhor, John Philbin, Amy Yasbeck, David Neidorf, Vince Edwards, Lawrence Tierney, Joe Guzaldo, Michael Krawic, Ramsay Midwood, Ralph Wood, Tom White, Malcolm Rothman, Kurt Naebig, Rod Sell, Peggy Roeder, Lucy Childs, Joe Greco, Will Zahrn, Larry Brandenburg, Tim Grimm, Laurel Cronin, Mike McKune, Bob O'Donnell, Greg Kinnear, Larry Gittelson, Rebecca Borter, Jim Ortlieb, Gary Houston, Lance Alberti, Bill Belongia, Ernest Capponi, Laurence S. Chess, Bart Heimburger, Michelle Radish, Tom Simons, Mark Smith, Steven Marcus Smith, Neil Willenson, Sam Younghans.

Born on this day – E. L. Doctorow:

Writer

January 6, 1931 – July 21, 2015

Credits:

Welcome to Hard Times (1960); Big As Life (1966); The Book of Daniel (1971); Ragtime (1975); Drinks Before Dinner (1979); Loon Lake (1980); American Anthem (1982); World's Fair (1985); Billy Bathgate (1989); The Waterworks (1994); City of God (2000); The March (2005); Homer & Langley (2009); Andrew's Brain (2014); Lives of the Poets (1984); Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake (2003); Sweet Land Stories (2004); Poems for Life: A Special Collection of Poetry (2011); All the Time in the World (2011); Essays and Conversations (1983); Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992 (1993); Poets and Presidents: Selected Essays, 1977-92 (1994); Lamentation: 9/11 (2002); Reporting the Universe (2003); Creationists: Selected Essays, 1993-2006 (2006); Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth (1986); Writing New York (1998); The Best American Short Stories 2000 (2000); The Good Parts (2000); Writers on Writing (2001).