Born on this day – Tristan Rogers:

Tristan Rogers

Actor

Writer

June 3, 1946 – August 15, 2025

Credits:

13th Annual Indie Series Awards (2023); 82nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2013); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994); A Piece of Eden (2000); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1997); Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1994); Babylon 5 (1994); Barrier Reef (1971); Batman Beyond (2000); Bellbird (1977); Breakaway (1984); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1994); Cop Shop (1978); Cover Up (1984); Delgo (2008); Delta (1969); Division 4 (1969–1975); Family Law (2001); Fast Track (1997–1998); Four Dimensions of Greta (1972); Frustrated Wives (1974); General Hospital (1980–2025); General Hospital: 60 Years of Stars and Storytelling (2024); General Hospital: Night Shift (2008); GH Fanasty (2015–2018); Good Morning America (1985); Good Morning America Weekend Edition (2025); Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews (2010); Homicide (1968–1975); Hotel (1986); Hour Magazine (1982–1984); Intimate Portrait (2002); Jack Rio (2008); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1985); Kid with the Cape (2025); LIVE Magazine TV (2018); Live with Kelly and Mark (2006); Mad Max / Video Game (2015); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Marie (2013); Never Give a Crim an Even Break (1979); Night Eyes Three (1993); Number 96 (1974); One on One with John Tesh (1992); One West Waikiki (1995); Opportunity Knocks (2007); Paul Temple (1971); Power Without Glory (1976); PS After Dark (2021); Raven (2010); Serial Scoop Now (2016); Sky Commanders (1987); Soap Central (2016); SoapTalk (2006); Soulmates (1992); Star Search (1984); Star's Table (1986); Studio City (2019–2022); Super Force (1991–1992); Surviving Exctinction (2012); Tales from the Crypt (1991); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2006); The 35th Annual Thalians Gala (1990); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (1989); The 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2014); The 84th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2015); The 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2018); The 89th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2021); The Adventurer (1972); The Agency (2018); The Bay (2010–2023); The Bay: Covid 19 Special Fundraiser American Red Cross (2020); The Bold and the Beautiful (1997); The Box (1974–1975); The Dawn Reese Show (2008); The Diamond in the Desert (2015); The Flesh and Blood Show (1972); The Hollywood Moment (2021); The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell (2018); The Link Men (1970); The Los Angeles Ripper (2011); The Love Boat (1982); The Merv Griffin Show (1983–1984); The Protectors (1973); The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996); The Rescuers Down Under (1990); The Sullivans (1978); The View (2008); The Wil Shriner Show (1987); The Wild Thornberrys (2001); The Young and the Restless (2010–2025); Two Way Mirror (1975); V.I.P. (1999); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); Without Your Head (2020).

On this day in movie and book history - The Untouchables (1987)

The Untouchables

directed by Brian De Palma,

written by David Mamet,

based on the book by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley,

was released in the United States on June 3, 1987.

Music by Ennio Morricone.

 

Cast:

Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Billy Drago, Patricia Clarkson, Vito D’Ambrosio, Steven Goldstein, Peter Aylward, Don Harvey, Robert Swan, John J. Walsh, Del Close, Colleen Bade, Greg Noonan, Sean Grennan, Larry Viverito Sr., Kevin Michael Doyle, Mike Bacarella, Michael P. Byrne, Kaitlin Montgomery, Aditra Kohl, Charles Keller Watson, Larry Brandenburg, Chelcie Ross, Tim Gamble, Sam Smiley, Pat Billingsley, John Bracci, Jennifer Anglin, Eddie Minasian, Anthony Mockus Sr., Will Zahrn, Louie Lanciloti, Vince Viverito, Valentino Cimo, Joe Greco, Clem Caserta, Bob Martana, Joseph Scianablo, George S. Spataro, Melody Rae, Robert Miranda, James Guthrie, Basil Reale.

Recommended reading:

The Untouchables

by Eliot Ness.

With Oscar Fraley.

ASIN: B000WFDVYA

Published by Award Books.

First published 1957.

Brings to life an era of violence unique in the nation’s history. – The New York Times.

Tremendously exciting. – Cleveland News.

This is the anatomy of a Mafia boss – a scar-faced killer named Al Capone who gripped this nation in his diamond-studded hand in the legendary 1930’s. Capone’s trademarks – the one-way ride, the bullet in the head, the emasculated body in the ditch – still carry the signature of the Mafia.

Al Capone ruled an empire of evil that stole billions of dollars while destroying untold numbers of lives. His discipline murderers collected incredible profits from drugs, gambling and prostitution, making Al Capone the most powerful Mafia boss who ever lived.

On this day in movie history - Cinderella Man (2005)

Cinderella Man

directed by Ron Howard,

written by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman,

story by Cliff Hollingsworth,

based on the life of James J. Braddock,

was released in the United States on June 3, 2005.

Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill, David Huband, Connor Price, Ariel Waller, Patrick Louis, Rosemarie DeWitt, Linda Kash, Nicholas Campbell, Gene Pyrz, Chuck Shamata, Ron Canada, Alicia Johnston, Troy Amos-Ross, Mark Simmons, Art Binkowski, David Litzinger, Matthew G. Taylor, Rance Howard, James Ritz, Fulvio Cecere, Clint Howard, Gerry Ellison, Bill Mackie, Ray Marsh, Fernand Chretien, Dave Dunbar, Ken James, Rufus Crawford, Angelo Dundee, Lou Eisen, Wayne Gordon, Wayne Flemming, Nick Alachiotis, Christopher D. Amos, Nick Carusi, Keith Murphy, Everton McEwan, John Kalbhenn, David Georgieff, Wayne Bourque, Paul Ryan, Sean Gilroy, Michael McNamara, Billy Wine, Richard Bachynsky Hoover, Michael Chin, Stewart Lunn, Richard Lewis, Peter Wylie, Thomasz Kurzydlowski, Stuart Clark, Julian Lewis, Eric Fink, Sergio Di Zio, Gavin Grazer, Boyd Banks, Daniel Kash, Judah Katz, Angelo Tsarouchas, Rob Smith, Craig Warnock, Aaron Abrams, Duff MacDonald, Andrew Stelmack, Christopher Crumb, Gerry Quigley, Peter MacNeill, Darrin Brown, John Healy, Peter Didiano, James Kirchner, Michael Langlois, Magdalena Alexander, Nola Augustson, Gino Marrocco, Mark Taylor, Sharron Matthews, Alec Stockwell, Chick Roberts, Isabella Fink, Beau Starr, Philip Craig, Roman Podhora, R.D. Reid, Michael Dyson, Sam Malkin, Tony Munch, Conrad Bergschneider, Richard Binsley, Ramona Pringle, Katrina Matthews Swain, Cooper Bracken, Jacob Bracken, Alon Nashman, Dominic Cuzzocrea, Neil Foster, Brian Jagersky, Ray Kerr, Tim Eddis, Dave Arkell, Debra Sherman, Joanne Ritcey, Alex Cairns, George Duff, Tom Anastasios, Timothy Burd, Krysta Carter, Rick Cordeiro, James Donohue, Mark Falvo, Conor Gomez, Carlos Henriques, Riva Lombardi, Robert-William McAlpine, Kennedy McGuckian, Liam McGuckian, Robert Morse, Michael C. Newsome, Andrew Martin Priestman, Riley Raymer, Jake Richards, Jason Ruta, Michael Sercerchi, John Shannon, Nick Smith, Nick Smyth, Michael Stevens, Derek Sypniewski, Egidio Tari, Marcello Tulipano, Nancy E.L. Ward.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Star Trek:

Star Trek (1969)

Star Trek
Season 3. Episode 24.
Episode entitled: Turnabout Intruder.

Released June 3, 1969.

Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky.

Written by Jean Lisette Aroeste, Arthur H. Singer.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, Mariette Hartley, Ian Wolfe, Kermit Murdock, Ed Bakey, Anna Karen, Albert Cavens, Stan Barrett, Johnny Haymer.

Francine Prose, on reading:

With so much reading ahead of you, the temptation might be to speed up.

But in fact it’s essential to slow down and read every word.

Because one important thing that can be learned by reading slowly is the seemingly obvious but oddly underappreciated fact that language is the medium we use in much the same way a composer uses notes, the way a painter uses paint.

I realize it may seem obvious, but it’s surprising how easily we lose sight of the fact that words are the raw material out of which literature is crafted.

– Francine Prose.

Born on this day – Thomas Hardy:

Thomas Hardy

Writer

June 2, 1840 - January 11, 1928

Credits:

 

A Laodicean (1881); A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873); Desperate Remedies (1871); Far From the Madding Crowd (1874); Fathers: A Literary Anthology (2011); Jude the Obscure (1895); Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891); The Hand of Ethelberta (1876); The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886); The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992); The Return of the Native (1878); The Trumpet-Major (1880); The Well-Beloved (1892); The Withered Arm (1888); The Woodlanders (1887); Two on a Tower (1882); Under the Greenwood Tree (1872); Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages (2022); War: An Anthology (1969); World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Others (1997); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

 

2nd House (1975); Actor's Studio (1949); And There Was a Great Calm (2017); Boston Blackie (1952–1953); Cheongchun mujeong (1970); Daags na de kermis (1974); Day Out (1985); Dulhan Ek Raat Ki (1967); Exploits at West Poley (1985); Far from the Madding Crowd (1915 / 1967 / 1998 / 2015); General Electric Theater (1956); Hora once (1970); ITV Play of the Week (1960); Jude (1996); Jude the Obscure (1971); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959); Man Ki Jeet (1944); Romina (1980); Screen Two (1995); Tajemství dáblovy kapsy (1980); Tess (1979); Tess d'Urberville (1959); Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913 / 1924 / 1952 / 1998 / 2008); The Claim (2000); The Day After the Fair (1986); The Distracted Preacher (1969); The Greenwood Tree (1929); The Mayor of Casterbridge (1921 / 1978 / 2003); The Return of the Native (1994 / 2010); The Scarlet Tunic (1998); The Secret Cave (1953); The Sunday Programme (2002); The Unforeseen (1958); The Woodlanders (1970 / 1997); Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion & Tragedy (2021); Thomas Hardy's the Three Strangers (2014); Trishna (2011); Una romantica avventura (1940); Under the Greenwood Tree (2005); Wessex Tales (1973); Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021); Your Favorite Story (1953).

Born on this day – Yolande Donlan:

 

Yolande Donlan

Actress

June 2, 1920 – December 30, 2014

Credits:

80,000 Suspects (1963); Brian Rix Presents ... (1966); Celebrity Squares (1976); Cross-Country Romance (1940); Dark Streets of Cairo (1940); Expresso Bongo (1959); Jigsaw (1962); Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Looks Familiar (1980); Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949); Mr Drake's Duck (1951); Penny Princess (1952); Psychedelic Cinema (2002); Rheingold Theatre (1956); Road Show (1941); Seven Nights in Japan (1976); Sunday Night Thriller (1981); Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957); The Adventurers (1970); The Blitz Kiss (1941); The Body Said No! (1950); The Devil Bat (1940); Theatre Night (1957–1959); They Can't Hang Me (1955); This Is Your Life (1962); Traveller's Joy (1950); Turnabout (1940); Under Age (1941); Unfinished Business (1941); What's My Line (1955).