Saturday, July 12, 2025

Born on this day – Christine McVie:

 


Christine McVie


Singer

Musician

Writer

July 12, 1943 — November 30, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Albatross (1977); Bare Trees (1972); Behind the Mask (1990); Christine McVie (1984); Christine Perfect (1970); Fleetwood Mac (1975); Future Games (1971); Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974); In the Meantime (2004); Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie (2017); Live (1980); Mirage (1982); Mystery to Me (1973); Penguin (1973); Rumours (1977); Songbird (2022); Tango in the Night (1987); The Dance (1997); Time (1995); Tusk (1979).

Movies, television and video:

100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll (1999); 1987 MTV Video Music Awards (1987); 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year: Fleetwood Mac (2018); 25th Annual Family Film Awards (2022); 9-1-1: Lone Star (2021); A Dog's Way Home (2019); A Family of Killers (2018); A Fine Mess (1986); A Year in Music (2019); Accepted (2006); Alias (2002); Aloha (2015); American Bandstand (1984); America's Got Talent (2019); Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2016); Atop the Fourth Wall (2011); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Bad Music Video Theatre (2021); Beat Shazam (2017–2018); Beat-Club (1971); Behind the Music (1997); Biggest Band Breakups and Make Ups (2015); Black Mass (2015); Black Monday (2021); Bob Welch and Friends: Live from the Roxy (1981); Britain's Got More Talent (2015–2018); Britain's Got Talent (2016); Chevy - EV (2022); Christine McVie: Got A Hold on Me (1984); Christine McVie: Love Will Show Us How (1984); Christine McVie: The Video Album (1984); City on a Hill (2019); Classic Albums (1997); Cold Case (2004–2007); Coronation Street (2014); Dancing on Ice (2010); Dancing with the Stars (2009); Danville 2nd Ward Young Men (2011); Dare to Be Different (2017); Definitely, Maybe (2008); Desert Island Discs (2017); Doctors (2012); EastEnders (2006–2007); Entertainment Tonight (2022); Final Score (2016); Fleetwood Mac in Concert: Mirage Tour '82 (1983); Fleetwood Mac: As Long As You Follow (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Big Love (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop (2009); Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop (Live) (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Dreams (Live) (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Everywhere (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Family Man (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Go Your Own Way (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Gold Dust Woman (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Gypsy (1982); Fleetwood Mac: Hold Me (1981); Fleetwood Mac: In the Back of My Mind (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Isn't It Midnight (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Little Lies (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Love Shines (1992); Fleetwood Mac: Man of the World (1969); Fleetwood Mac: Not That Funny (1979); Fleetwood Mac: Oh Diane (1982); Fleetwood Mac: Paper Doll (1992); Fleetwood Mac: Rhiannon (1976); Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Sara (1979); Fleetwood Mac: Save Me (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Seven Wonders (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Silver Springs, Live (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Skies the Limit (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Temporary One (Live) (1997); Fleetwood Mac: The Chain, Live (1997); Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Their Own Way (2018); Fleetwood Mac: Tusk (1979); Fleetwood Mac's Songbird: Christine McVie (2019); FM (1978); Formula 1: 2013 (2013); Formula 1: BBC Sport (2009–2015); Galactica 1980 (1980); Glastonbury 2010 (2010); Glee (2011); Good Morning Britain (2019); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017); Heart of Stone (2023); Heroes (2009); Hi havia una vegada el disc de La Marató (2009); Hilary Duff: Little Lies (2016); Hollywood Game Night (2017); Hollywood Stargirl (2022); Homecoming (2020); I, Tonya (2017); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2005); Idols (2007 / 2008); Idool 2004 (2004); Irresistible (2006); iZombie (2017); Jesus Revolution (2023); Joe Somebody (2001); Judas (2019); Knight Rider (1982–1983); Leipzig Homicide (2024); Les invincibles (2007); Let It Be Me (1995); Lost in the Woods (2021); Love Actually (2003); Love and Lemons (2013); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green (2021); Mom's Day Away (2014); Morning Joe (2021); Mr. Music (1998); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2013); NOS Uit het Leven (2022); Olive Kitteridge (2014); Our Flag Means Death (2022); Parenthood (2013); Personal Best (1982); Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Roadies (2016); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Start Me Up (2009); Rock Family Trees (1995); Rock Legends (2014); RTL DIREKT (2022); Rude Tube (2011); Sex Education (2020); Skins (2009); Slap Shot (1977); Solid Gold (1984); Sound City (2013); Sounds of Birmingham at the BBC (2022); SPF-18 (2017); Stevie Nicks: Sometimes It's A Bitch (1991); Stevie Nicks: Wild at Heart (2020); Supergirl (2017); Superstore (2015); TFI Friday (1996); The 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala (1993); The 65th Annual Grammy Awards (2023); The '70s (2000); The Act (2019); The Americans (2015); The Beat with Ari Melber (2017); The Boy Castaways (2013); The BRITs at 40 (2020); The Bukharan (2021); The Cockfields (2019); The Dancing Man of L.A. (2021); The Drew Carey Show (1998); The End of the F***ing World (2017); The End of the Tour (2015); The Five (2022); The Fleetwood Mac Channel (2020); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2021); The Jump (2016); The Kitchen (2019); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2017); The Mick Fleetwood Story: Two Sticks and a Drum (2000); The Midnight Gang (2018); The Midnight Special (1973); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1976); The One Show (2017); The Seventies (2015); The Simpsons (1997–1999); The Story of Fleetwood Mac (2013); The Talk (2017); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017); The Voice (2012–2020); The War Room (1993); The X Factor UK (2008); The Year: 2022 (2022); Time of Our Lives (2019); Today (2014); Top Ten New York (1977); Triple Frontier (2019); UK Championship Snooker (2014); Under the Volcano (2021); Vanity Fair (2018); Victoria & Steve (2022); Wednesday (2022); Wimbledon (2017); Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022); Women in Rock (1986); Women Who Rock (2022); Younger (2016).

Born on this day – Jay Thomas:


Jay Thomas


Actor

Writer

Producer

July 12, 1948 – August 24, 2017

Credits:
101 Craziest TV Moments (2005); A Husband, a Wife and a Lover (1996); A Kiss for Jed (2011); A Smile Like Yours (1997); A Year in the Life (1987); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1997); Almost Grown (1989); American Dad! (2007–2010); American Graduate Day (2013); An Evening at the Improv (1992); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Bless This House (1995); Bobby's World (1992–1993); Bones (2015); Boston Legal (2008); C.H.U.D. (1984); Celebrity First Loves (1995); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009); Cheers (1987–1990); Circus of the Stars #16 (1991); Circus of the Stars Gives Kids the World (1993); Cold Case (2010); Copshop (2004); Cybill (1995); Dead Man's Gun (1999); Dennis Miller (2005); Desert's Edge (1997); Dirty Laundry (1996); Dragonfly (2002); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1996); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Earth Day at Walt Disney World (1995); Ed (2002); Ed Sullivan's Rock and Roll Classics: The 60s (2009); Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics (1999); Encino Woman (1996); Entertainment Tonight (2017); Explosion! (1997); Extremely Weird (1995); Family Ties (1987); Fantasy Island (1999); Freddy's Nightmares (1989); Get Real (1999); Ghost Stories (2009–2010); Ghosts and the Afterlife (2022); Gilbert Gottfried in Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014); Goof Troop (1992); Hannity (2011); Hercules (1998–1999); Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999); Hollywood Squares (2002–2004); Horrorween (2011); Howard Stern on Demand (2007 / 2008); Hung (2011); Ink (1996–1997); Intimate Portrait (1990–2005); Jacksonville WHO? (2018); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2008); Joan of Arcadia (2004); Jocking Around (2007); Joe Piscopo Live! (1987); Katie Joplin (1999); Killing Mr. Griffin (1997); King Cake: The New Orleans Mardi Gras Story (2024); Labor Pains (2009); Last Chance (1999); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–1996); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–2014); Lauren Hutton and... (1996); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002); Legal Eagles (1986); Life Tracker (2013); Little Vegas (1990); Love & War (1992–1995); Married People (1990–1991); Master of the Game (1984); Maury (1993); Michael Jordan: Come Fly with Me (1989); Miracle Landing (1990); Monday Night Mayhem (2002); Monkey Business (1998); Mork & Mindy (1979–1981); Mork & Mindy (1980); Mr. Holland's Opus (1995); Murphy Brown (1989–1998); My Date with the President's Daughter (1998); My Sports Story (2017); Mysteries at the Museum (2010–2011); NCIS: New Orleans (2015); Newsreaders (2014); Open House (1990); Politically Incorrect (1999); PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (2015); Pyramid (2003); Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith (2006); Ray Donovan (2013–2017); Retired at 35 (2011); Rock Jocks: The FM Revolution (2002); Run of the House (2003); Sex Tax: Based on a True Story (2010); Shake It Up (2012); Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979); Snatched (2011); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Straight Talk (1992); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1991); Surfacing: AKA A Letter from My Father (2001); Talker (2011); Teacher's Pet (2004); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The Adventures of Ragtime (1998); The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990); The Bachelor's Baby (1996); The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch (2006); The Big Tease (1999); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002); The Fame of Our Fathers (2008); The Gig (1985); The Golden Girls (1989); The Great American Celebrity Spelling Bee (2004); The Love Boat (1981); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Park Is Mine (1985); The Pool Boys (2009); The Road to Independence (2007); The Road to Independence: The Movie (2011); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Santa Clause 2 (2002); The Santa Clause 2: Gag Reel (2003); The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006); The Simple Life (1998); The Spirit of '76 (2009); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–1996); The Trials of Cate McCall (2013); The View (2005–2014); The Wild Thornberrys (1999); Total Stranger (1999); Trial by Media (2000); Two Heterosexual Men Get Ready to Go Out (2000); Ultimate Jordan (2001); Underdogs (2013); Vicki! (1992–1993); Whatever Happened To? (2008); Wheel of Fortune (1995); ...Where's Rodney? (1990); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002); Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? (2000); Why I Hate Parties (But Pretend to Love Them) (2003); Working (1997).

On this day in movie history - News Is Made at Night (1939)


News Is Made at Night


directed by Alfred L. Werker,

written by John Francis Larkin,

was released in the United States on July 12, 1939.

Music by Samuel Kaylin.


Behind the scenes photograph:
Cast:
Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Russell Gleason, George Barbier, Eddie Collins, Minor Watson, Charles Halton, Paul Harvey, Richard Lane, Charles Lane, Betty Compson, Paul Fix, Paul Guilfoyle, Ernie Alexander, Irving Bacon, Eugene Borden, Wade Boteler, Harold Goodwin, George Guhl, J. Anthony Hughes, William Irving, Robert Emmett Keane, Alberto Morin, James C. Morton, David Newell, Jack Norton, George O'Hara, Imboden Parrish, Arthur Rankin, Jack Richardson, Harry Strang, Billy Wayne.

On this day in movie history - Reign of Fire (2002)


Reign of Fire


directed by Rob Bowman,

written by Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka and Matt Greenberg,

based on a story by Gregg Chabot and Kevin Peterka,

was released in the United States on July 12, 2002.

Music by Edward Shearmur, Brad Wagner, Grant Claytor and Mad at Gravity.


Cast:
Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott Moutter, David Kennedy, Alexander Siddig, Ned Dennehy, Rory Keenan, Terence Maynard, Doug Cockle, Randall Carlton, Chris Kelly, Ben Thornton, Alice Krige, Malcolm Douglas, Dessie Gallagher, Martin Linnane, Denis Conway, Duncan Keegan, Laura Pyper, Berts Folan, Brian McGuinness, Barry Barnes, David Herlihy, Gerry O’Brien, Patrick Foy, Anne Maria McAuley, Maree Duffy, Alex Meacock, David Garrick, Andy Godbold, Conor Dean Smith, Ross Donnelly, Jack Gleeson, Sebastian Siegel.

On this day in movie history - Road to Perdition (2002)


Road to Perdition


directed by Sam Mendes,

written by David Self,

based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner,

was released in the United States on July 12, 2002.

Music by Thomas Newman.


Cast:
Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Stanley Tucci, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Liam Aiken, Dylan Baker, Ciarán Hinds, David Darlow, Kerry Rossall, Anthony LaPaglia, Kevin Chamberlin, Harry Groener, JoBe Cerny.

Friday, July 11, 2025

On this day in music history - Space Oddity, by David Bowie (1969)


Space Oddity


by David Bowie

was released on July 11, 1969.


On this day in movie history - Dredd (2012)

 

Dredd


directed by Pete Travis

written by Alex Garland

based on the comic book character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra

was released at the San Diego Comic-Con in the United States on July 11, 2012.

Music by Paul Leonard-Morgan.

Cast:
Karl Urban, Rachel Wood, Andile Mngadi, Porteus Xandau, Jason Cope, Emma Breschi, Olivia Thirlby, Rakie Ayola, Lena Headey, Tamer Burjaq, Warrick Grier, Wood Harris, Shoki Mokgapa, Yohan Chun, Eden Knowles, Desmond Lai Lan, Deobia Oparei, Patrick Lyster, Travis Snyders, Chad Phillips, Domhnall Gleeson, Joe Vaz, Scott Sparrow, Marty Kintu, Nicole Bailey, Daniel Hadebe, Francis Chouler, Junior Singo, Luke Tyler, Langley Kirkwood, Edwin Perry, Karl Thaning, Michele Levin, Allen Irwin, Brandon Livanos, Owen Llewelyn, Marc Pleass, Santi Scinelli, Julie Summers.