On this day in movie history - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie,

written by Terry Hayes and George Miller,

was released in Australia on August 8, 1985.

Music by Maurice Jarre.

Songs by Tina Turner: One of the Living and We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome).

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn, Tina Turner, Frank Thring, Angelo Rossitto, Paul Larsson, Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb, George Spartels, Edwin Hodgeman, Bob Hornery, Andrew Oh, Ollie Hall, Lee Rice, Max Worrall, Susan Leonard, Robert Simper, Virginia Wark, Geeling Ching, Ray Turnbull, Brian Ellison, Gerard Armstrong, Helen Buday, Mark Spain, Mark Kounnas, Rod Zuanic, Justine Clarke, Shane Tickner, Toni Allaylis, James Wingrove, Adam Scougall, Tom Jennings, Gerry D’Angelo, Travis Latter, Miguel López, Paul Daniel, Tushka Bergen, Emily Stocker, Sandie Lillingston, Adam Willits, Ben Chesterman, Liam Nikkinen, Dan Chesterman, Christopher Norton, Katharine Cullen, Heilan Robertson, Gabriel Dilworth, Hugh Sands, Rebekah Elmaloglou, Marion Sands, Shari Flood, Kate Tatar, Rachael Graham, Pega Williams, Emma Howard, Tarah Williams, Joanna McCarroll, Daniel Willits, Toby Messiter, Tonya Wright, Charlie Kenney, Amanda Nikkinen, Flynn Kenney, Luke Panic, William Manning, James Robertson, Adam McCreadie, Sally Morton, Ross Bombaci, Susan Boyd, David Buchanan, Margaret Cardin, Margaret Dupre, Stephen Hayes, Christian Manon.

On this day in television history - Justified: City Primeval (2023)

 

Justified: City Primeval
Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: You Good?

Released August 8, 2023.

Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan.

Written by Eisa Davis, Chris Provenzano, Dave Andron, Michael Dinner, Cole Quirk.

Based on City Primeval and Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Mark Isham.
 
Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, Victor Williams, Norbert Leo Butz, Boyd Holbrook, David Cross, Paul Calderon, Amin Joseph, Kenn E. Head, Regina Taylor, Joseph Anthony Byrd, Ronald L. Conner, Penelope Walker, Andre Bellos, Greg Collins, Russ Panzarella, Brent Whitlock.

On this day in music history - Phobia, by Breaking Benjamin (2006)

Phobia

by Breaking Benjamin,

was released on August 8, 2006.

Track list:

Disc 1: Intro; Diary of Jane; Breath; You; Evil Angel; Until the End; Dance with the Devil; Topless; Here We Are; Unknown Soldier; Had Enough; You Fight Me; Outro; Diary of Jane (Version); (CD-ROM Track). / Disc 2: Polyamorous (DVD); Home (DVD); Shallow Bay (DVD); Breakdown (DVD); Topless (DVD); Away (DVD); Diary of Jane (DVD); Dance with the Devil (DVD); Until the End (DVD); Had Enough (DVD); Sooner or Later (DVD); Break My Fall (DVD); So Cold (DVD); Breath (DVD); Evil Angel (DVD).

#TheDiaryOfJane #Breath #UntilTheEnd

Recommended reading: The Answer Is . . . Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek (2020)

The Answer Is . . . Reflections on My Life

by Alex Trebek.
 
Published by Simon & Schuster.
Hardcover.
 
ISBN-10: 1982157992
ISBN-13: 978-1982157999
 
Description:
 
Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career.

Since debuting as the host of Jeopardy! in 1984, Alex Trebek has been something like a family member to millions of television viewers, bringing entertainment and education into their homes five nights a week. In 2019, he made the stunning announcement that he had been diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer. What followed was an incredible outpouring of love and kindness. Social media was flooded with messages of support, and the Jeopardy! studio received boxes of cards and letters offering guidance, encouragement, and prayers.

For more than three decades, Trebek had resisted countless appeals to write a book about his life. Yet he was moved so much by all the goodwill, he felt compelled to finally share his story. “I want people to know a little more about the person they have been cheering on for the past year,” he writes.

 

This book combines illuminating personal anecdotes with Trebek’s thoughts on a range of topics, including marriage, parenthood, education, success, spirituality, and philanthropy. Trebek also addresses the questions he gets asked most often by Jeopardy! fans, such as what prompted him to shave his signature mustache, his insights on legendary players like Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer, and his opinion of Will Ferrell’s Saturday Night Live impersonation. The book uses a novel structure inspired by Jeopardy! and features dozens of never-before-seen photos that candidly capture Trebek over the years.

This wise, charming, and inspiring book is further evidence of why Trebek has long been considered one of the most beloved and respected figures in entertainment.

J. A. Jance, on writing:

 

When you have an important story to tell, the words you need seem to come of their own accord.

- J. A. Jance.

On this day in music history - The album Beyond Dreams: Pathways To Deep Relaxation, by Hennie Bekker (2016)

Beyond Dreams: Pathways To Deep Relaxation

by Hennie Bekker

was released on July 22, 2016.

Track list:

Self Connect; Floating to Forever; Letting Go; The Calm; Quiescence; Beyond Dreams.

On this day in music history - The album Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, by Susan Graham and John Nelson (1997)

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été

by Susan Graham and John Nelson

was released on July 15, 1997.

Track list:

No. 1, Villanelle; No. 2, Le spectre de la rose; No. 3, Sur les lagunes; No. 4, Absence; No. 5, Au cimitière; No. 6, L’île inconnue; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H 111: D’amour l’ardente flamme; Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, H 76: Mais, qu’ai-je donc?; Les troyens, H 133: Je vais mourir; Les troyens, H 133: Adieu, fière cite; Béatrice et Bénédict, H 138: Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?