Born on this day – George Armitage:

 

George Armitage

Director

Writer

Producer

March 2, 1942 – February 15, 2025

Credits:

Caged Heat (1974); Carrott Butts (196?); Coming Together (1970); Darktown Strutters (1975); Fighting Mad (1976); Gas-s-s-s / Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Grosse Pointe Blank (1997); Hit Man (1972); Hot Rod (1979); Joy Division (2010); Miami Blues (1990); Monty Nash (1971); Mutiny! (2021); Night Call Nurses (1972); Peyton Place (1967); Pochantonas Revenge (1975); Private Duty Nurses (1971); Tantruma (1975); The Big Bounce (2004); The Burning Bride (2025); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Late Shift (1996); Trophy (197?); Vigilante Force (1976); Von Richthofen and Brown (1971).

Born on this day – Ángel Salazar:

 

Ángel Salazar

Actor

Writer

Director

Comedian

March 2, 1956 – August 11, 2024

Credits:

A Felon in New York (2017); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); Anarchy Radio (2024); Ante' (2012); Big Pun: I'm Not a Player (1997); Boulevard Nights (1979); Carlito's Way (1993); Comedian (2002); Counterpunch (2013); Crumble (2010); Da Pinche Code (2012); Duke of New York in New Ghost City (2021); Engaging (2009); For NYC (2020); Good Dads (2014); Harlem Blues (2003); Heart of the City (1986); Hollywood Entertainment News TV Show (2023); Hot to Trot (1988); In Living Color (1991); Japanese Borscht (2019); Jersey Mafia Chronicles (2017); Jim and James Morning Podcast (2021); Laugh Killer Laugh (2015); Made in Brooklyn (2007); Maniac Cop 2 (1990); Mob Tales with Nick Christophers (2022); Night Rapper (2021); On Our Own (2020–2021); Punchline (1988); Rose Woes and Joe's (2005); SacTown Underground (2017); Saved by the Pole (2012); Scarface (1983); Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006); Screen Machines (2014); Seven Diamonds (2013); Showtime at the Apollo (1992); Sylvester (1985); Take It Back (2016); Tatalia (2017); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The Black Caesar (2022); The Familia: The Rise of Don Pedro (2014); The Gilbert Diaries: The Movie (2023); The Last Gamble (2011); The Latin Legends of Comedy (2006); The New $treetz Seriez (2020); The Scarface Phenomenon (2011); The Streetz (2017); The Streetz 2 (2020); The Wild Life (1984); Trust Me (2009); Vamp Bikers Dos (2015); Vamp Bikers Tres (2016); Vote for Me (2003); Vote for Me! (2002); Walk Proud (1979); Where the Buffalo Roam (1980).

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Star Trek, Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series / book, Picard

Star Trek (1967)
Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series / book (1991)
Star Trek: Picard (2023)
 

Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: This Side of Paradise.

Released March 2, 1967.

Directed by Ralph Senensky.

Written by Jerry Sohl / Nathan Butler, D.C. Fontana.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Jill Ireland, Frank Overton, Grant Woods, Michael Barrier, Dick Scotter, Eddie Paskey, Bobby Bass, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Walker Edmiston, Carey Foster, John Lindesmith, Jeannie Malone, Sean Morgan, Fred Shue, Ron Veto.

 

Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series

by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry.

Published by Titan Books Ltd.
Published 1991.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1852863633
ISBN-13: 978-1852863630

Description:

The behind-the-scenes story of the most popular science fiction show ever made!

Did you know … that Captain Kirk was originally Captain April? That Mr. Spock was nearly dropped as a character? That Dr. McCoy’s medical instruments were salt shakers? Why all buttons were banned? How the ‘beam down’ effect was achieved? What happens at Warp Factor Eight? All this, and much, much more, is revealed in this book that tells the complete behind-the-scenes story of the production of the science fiction series that became a phenomenon – Star Trek!

Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Seventeen Seconds.

Released March 2, 2023.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Cindy Appel, Jane Maggs, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Stephen Barton, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, Todd Stashwick, Amanda Plummer, Marina Sirtis, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Thomas Dekker, Allison Acosta, Stephanie Czajkowski, Joseph Lee, Chad Lindberg, Jin Maley, Tiffany Shepis, Luis Avilez, Amy Earhart, Jermain Hollman, Grace Lee, Dean Neistat, An Dang, Hayden Hiebert, Frances Parsons, Aric Rogokos, Dominique Stango, Olivia Youngers.

On this day in television history - Justified (2011)

Justified
Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: For Blood or Money.

Released March 2, 2011.

Directed by John Dahl.

Written by Graham Yost, Wendy Calhoun, Benjamin Cavell and VJ Boyd.

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, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Margo Martindale, Jeremy Davies, Chadwick Boseman, Kaitlyn Dever, Jakobe’ Dempsey, Steven Flynn, Brad William Henke, Juanita Jennings, Joel McCrary, Michael Mosley, William Ragsdale, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Larenz Tate, Mitch Baker, Jennifer Birmingham Lee, Mark Patrick Gleason, Lindsay Halladay, Nathan Sutton, Carlos Pratts, Emily Happe, Chadney Brewer.

On this day in music history - Jennifer Rush (1984)

 

Jennifer Rush

by Jennifer Rush

was released on March 2, 1984.

Track list:

Madonna's Eyes; 25 Lovers; Come Give Me Your Hand; Nobody Move; Never Gonna Turn Back Again; Ring of Ice (DAS ORIGINAL); Into My Dreams; I See a Shadow (Not a Fantasy); Surrender; The Power of Love.

March is MS Awareness Month:

 

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Neil Gaiman, on books:

 

A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.
- Neil Gaiman.