Born on this day – John LaMotta:

 

John LaMotta

Actor

January 8, 1939 – January 29, 2014

Credits:

2076 Olympiad (1977); A Family for Joe (1990); A Place Called Today (1972); ALF (1986–2004); ALF on ALF (2023); American Ninja (1985); Baretta (1977); Barney Miller (1975–1978); Benson (1986); Birch Street Gym (1991); Bloodfist IV: Die Trying (1992); Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984); Cagney & Lacey (1984–1986); Cagney & Lacey: Together Again (1995); Caroline in the City (1998); Dark Shadows (1969); ER (1994); Fatal Choice (1995); Fish (1977); Five Aces (1999); Frasier (1994–1998); Growing Pains (1986–1991); Gypsy (1993); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Hill Street Blues (1983–1986); Hooperman (1988); In This Corner (1994); Knight Rider (1985); Local Heroes (1996); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Lookin' Italian (1994); Me and Mom (1985); Mean Johnny Barrows (1975); Motel Blue (1997); Mr. Belvedere (1990); Ninja III: The Domination (1984); Northern Exposure (1994); One More Chance (1981); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989); Pet Shop (1994); Rats: A Sin City Yarn (2004); Reasonable Doubts (1991); Remington Steele (1987); Revenge of the Ninja (1983); Running Scared (1986); Sinatra (1992); Stingray (1985); Sweet Temptation (1996); T.J. Hooker (1984); The Gift of Love (1978); The Godson (1998); The Nanny (1995); The Scout (1994); The White Shadow (1979); Vampire in Brooklyn (1995); Webster (1987); Weird Science (1996); We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992); Who's the Boss? (1990); Why Me? (1990); You Wish (1998).

Born on this day – David Bowie:

David Bowie

Singer

Songwriter

Actor

January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016

Credits:

Albums:

David Bowie (1967); David Bowie (1969); The Man Who Sold the World (1970); Hunky Dory (1971); The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972); Aladdin Sane (1973); Pin Ups (1973); Diamond Dogs (1974); Young Americans (1975); Station to Station (1976); Low (1977); "Heroes" (1977); Lodger (1979); Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980); Let's Dance (1983); Tonight (1984); Never Let Me Down (1987); Black Tie White Noise (1993); The Buddha of Suburbia (1993); Outside (1995); Earthling (1997); Hours (1999); Heathen (2002); Reality (2003); The Next Day (2013); Blackstar (2016).

Movies:

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014); Bandslam (2009); August (2008); SpongeBob SquarePants (1999); Arthur and the Invisibles (2006); The Prestige (2006); Extras (2005); Nathan Barley (2005); Zoolander (2001); Empty (2000); The Hunger (1997); The Nomad Soul (1999); Mr. Rice's Secret (1999); Il mio West (1998); B.U.S.T.E.D (1998); Basquiat (1996); Full Stretch (1993); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); The Linguini Incident (1991); Dream On (1990); Tina Turner & David Bowie: Tonight (1988); The Last Temptation of Christ (1988); Labyrinth (1986); Absolute Beginners (1986); Into the Night (1985); Yellowbeard (1983); Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983); The Hunger (1983); The Snowman (1982); Baal (1982); Christiane F. (1981); Just a Gigolo (1978); The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976); The Looking Glass Murders (1970); The Virgin Soldiers (1969); The Image (1969); Theatre 625 (1964).

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On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: The Man Who Went Straight.

Released January 8, 1960.

Directed by Francis D. Lyon.

Written by Stuart Jerome and Leonard Neubauer.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Robert H. Harris, Harry Bartell, Jarl Victor, Harry Landers, Rand Brooks, Don Kohler.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation (1990, 1994), Voyager (1997), Enterprise (2003)

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: The Hunted.

Released January 8, 1990.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Written by Robin Bernheim, Richard Danus, Ronald D. Moore.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jeff McCarthy, James Cromwell, Colm Meaney, J. Michael Flynn, Andrew Bicknell, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, David Channell, George B. Colucci Jr., Robert Daniels, Jeremy Doyle, John Gillespie, Phil Lodwick, Tim McCormack, Lincoln Simonds, Oliver Theess, Bryan Thompson.

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 7. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: The Pegasus.

Released January 8, 1994.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by John Debney.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Nancy Vawter, Terry O'Quinn, Michael Mack, David Keith Anderson, Lena Banks, Shawn Belschner, Michael Braveheart, John Copage, Kerry Hoyt, Gary Hunter, Rick Ryan Kiesau, Christina Wegler Miles, Rad Milo, Joyce Robinson, Dee Giffin Scott, Oliver Theess.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Fair Trade.

Released January 8, 1997.

Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by André Bormanis, Ronald Wilkerson, Jean Louise Matthias, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, James Nardini, Carlos Carrasco, Alexander Enberg, Steve Kehela, James Horan, Eric Howell Sharp, John Austin, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Heather Ferguson, Ken Gruz, Grace Harrell, Susan Henley, Peter Horak, Stephen R. Hudis, Donald R. Jankiewicz, Pat Jankiewicz, Irving E. Lewis, Mark Major, Irving Ross, Pablo Soriano, Scott Strozier, Adrian Tafoya.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 2. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Dawn.

Released January 8, 2003.

Directed by Roxann Dawson.

Written by John Shiban, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by David Bell.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Brad Greenquist, Gregg Henry, Alexandrea Ortiz, Evan English, Aldric A. Horton, Mark Watson.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013)

Justified
Season 4. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Hole in the Wall.

Released January 8, 2013.

Directed by Michael Dinner.

Written by Graham Yost, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

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

Music by Steve Porcaro.
 
Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Patton Oswalt, Ron Eldard, Joseph Mazzello, Chris Chalk, Brian Howe, Jenn Lyon, David Meunier, Abby Miller, Lindsay Pulsipher, Alexandra Kyle, Casey Brown, David Ury, Raymond J. Barry, Nicole Alvarez, Murphy Dunne, Aja Evans, Jesse Luken, Howard S. Miller, Terry Dale Parks, Joe Stevens, Leslie Stevens, Christopher Weir, Jorga Caye, Trevor Hammonds.

Born on this day – William Peter Blatty:

 

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).

Recommended reading - The Exorcist (1971) and Legion (1983) by William Peter Blatty

The Exorcist: A Novel (1971).

by William Peter Blatty.
 
Published by Harper Paperbacks
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 006209436X
ISBN-13: 978-0062094360
 
Description:
 

Four decades after it first shook the nation, then the world, William Peter Blatty’s thrilling masterwork of faith and demonic possession returns in an even more powerful form. Raw and profane, shocking and blood-chilling, it remains a modern parable of good and evil and perhaps the most terrifying novel ever written.

 

Legion (1983).

by William Peter Blatty.
 
Published by Tor Books.
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0765327139
ISBN-13: 978-0765327130
 
Description:
 
“Jesus asked the man his name, and he answered, ‘Legion, for we are many.’” – Mark 5:9.
 

A young boy is found horribly murdered in a mock crucifixion. Is the murderer the elderly woman who witnessed the crime? A neurologist who can no longer bear the pain life inflicts on its victims? A psychiatrist with a macabre sense of humor and a guilty secret? A mysterious mental patient,in silent isolation?

 

Lieutenant Kinderman follows a bewildering trail that links all these people, confronting new enigmas at every turn, even as more murders occur. Why does each victim suffer the same dreadful mutilations? Why are two priests among the dead? Is there a connection between these crimes and another series of murders that took place twelve years ago – one that supposedly ended with the death of the killer?

 

Legion is a novel of breathtaking energy and suspense. But more than this, it is an extraordinary journey into the uncharted depths of the human mind and the most agonizing questions of the human condition.

 

The answers are revealed in a climax so stunning that it could only have been written by the author of The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty.