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On this day in 2023

On this day in 2022

• EVENTS
• New study reveals Shark Bay sea grass, off Western Australia, may be world's largest plant, covering 77 square miles of sea floor, having cloned itself for 4,500 years.
• BIRTHS
• Sunday Labrant, Family Member, born in United States.
• GAMING: PLAYSTATION 5
• SpellForce III Reforced for PlayStation 5 is released. SpellForce III Reforced is a unique mix of an epic RPG storyline blended with accessible real-time strategy elements, designed to offer a riveting console experience to fans and newcomers alike. It is the year 518. The rebellion of the renegade mages, known as the Mage Wars, has been quashed by the Crown. However, it was a Pyrrhic victory: Whole regions have fallen into anarchy, refugees roam the lands in search of shelter, and a mysterious, deadly plague called the “Bloodburn” has arisen and is spreading rapidly. In times like these people cling to any sign of hope they can find. The Purity of Light, led by a charismatic man called Rondar Lacaine, claims that mages are the source of all misfortune – and that only the second coming of Aonir, the father of all gods, will return Eo to its former splendor. The story takes place before the acclaimed SpellForce: The Order of Dawn.

On this day in 2021

• EVENTS
• Two passenger trains collide in Pakistan, killing at least 40 people in Sindh province.
• UN International Labor Director says global impact of the pandemic four times worse than 2008 Economic Crisis, pushed 100 million workers into poverty.
• Multicellular organisms (bdelloid rotifer) frozen for 24,000 years in Siberia to return to life after Russian scientists have them thawed.
• Auckland named world's most livable city (due to success with COVID) and Damascus named the worst by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
• DEATHS
• Dontay Banks, Family Member.
• Paul Murdaugh, Family Member.
• John McDonnell, American track, cross country coach (University of Arkansas 1972–2008; 40 x NCAA C'ships; 8 x NCAA Triple Crown; 30 x NCAA coach of the year), who died at 82.
• Tim Pickup, Australian rugby league five eighth (11 Tests; North Sydney, Canterbury), RL executive (Adelaide Rams) and boxing manager (Jeff Harding), who died from dementia at 72.
• POLITICS
• US Vice President Kamala Harris visiting Guatemala on her first foreign trip announces task forces on corruption and human trafficking.
• SPORTS
• Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean soccer midfielder (124 caps; 2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team; Ulsan Hyundai), who died from pancreatic cancer at 49.
• Jim Fassel, American football coach (University of Utah 1985–89; New York Giants 1997-2003), who died from a heart attack at 71.

On this day in 2020

• EVENTS
• Black Lives Matter Protests continue worldwide in large numbers, In Bristol England statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston pulled down.
• COVID-19 pandemic global death toll passes 400,000 with confirmed cases at 6,973,195 according to Johns Hopkins figures.
• US National Guard pulled out of Washington D.C. and curfew ends in New York as anti-racism protests stay largely peaceful.
• DEATHS
• Frank Bey [Bass], American blues singer-songwriter (" All My Dues Are Paid"), who died at 74.
• Ken Riley, American NFL cornerback (All-Pro 1975,76,83; Cincinnati Bengals) and coach (Florida A& M), who died at 72.
• Michael Beavis, British RAF officer, deputy Commanding-in-Chief (Allied Forces Central Europe), who died at 90.
• TV SERIES
• I May Destroy You: Season 1 is released. Arabella (Michaela Coel), an up-and-coming writer was living her best life in London, but after she is assaulted at a nightclub, she begins to reconsider parts of her life.

On this day in 2019

• EVENTS
• More than four million Venezuelans have left their country since 2015 due to its economic crisis according to the UN.
• DEATHS
• Noemi Ban, Non-Fiction Author.
• MOVIES: NC17
• This One's for the Ladies is released. Every Thursday Night hundreds of women gather for a potluck celebration and the chance to throw singles at the hottest dancers in New Jersey, The Nasty Boyz — featuring Satan, Mr. Capable, Fever, Young Rider and lesbian ‘dom’ dancer Blaze. This One's for the Ladies isn’t just about the tips or the dancing. It’s a heartwarming story of friendship and the resilience that comes from the community.
• MOVIES: NOT RATED
• The Raft is released. In 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment studying the sociology of violence, aggression and sexual attraction in human behavior. Although the project became known in the press as 'The Sex Raft', nobody expected what ultimately took place on that three month journey. Through extraordinary archive material and a reunion of the surviving members of the expedition on a full scale replica of the raft, this film tells the hidden story behind what has been described as 'one of the strangest group experiments of all time.'
• The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil is released. After barely surviving a violent attack by an elusive serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su (Don Lee) finds himself forming an unlikely partnership with local detective Jung Tae-seok (Kim Moo Yul) to catch the sadistic killer simply known as “K”.
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco is released. Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he struggles to reconnect with his family and reconstruct the community he longs for, his hopes blind him to the reality of his situation. [A24]
• The Lavender Scare is released. With the United States gripped in the panic of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be "security risks"and orders the immediate firing of any government employee discovered to be gay or lesbian. It triggers a vicious witch hunt that lasts for forty years and ruins thousands of lives, while thrusting an unlikely hero into the forefront of what would become the modern LGBT rights movement.
• Mine 9 is released. Two miles into the earth, nine Appalachian miners struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them trapped with only one hour of oxygen.
• Katie Says Goodbye is released. In her late teens, Katie (Olivia Cooke) is the sole breadwinner in the trailer she shares with her mother (Mireille Enos). Katie waits tables at her small town's lone diner, and she supplements her wages by selling sex to a few locals and a kindly trucker named Bear (Jim Belushi) who regularly passes through. Her goals are greater than just getting by day to day; she's saving up to get out of New Mexico and start a new life in San Francisco.
• Leto is released. Avant-garde Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov (The Student) returns to the big-screen with a tribute to the early years of Russian rock. Leningrad, in the summer, early eighties. Smuggling LP’s by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the trajectory of rock n’roll music in the Soviet Union. [Gunpowder & Sky]
• Funan is released. Cambodia, April 1975. Chou is a young woman whose everyday world is suddenly upended by the arrival of the Khmer Rouge regime. During the chaos of the forced exile from their home, Chou and her husband are separated from their 4-year-old son, who has been sent to an unknown location. As she navigates her new reality, working in the fields day and night under the careful watch of soldiers, and surviving the small indignities and harrowing realities of the increasingly grim work camps, Chou remains steadfast in her determination to reunite her family – even if it means risking everything.
• MOVIES: NR
• Framing John DeLorean is released. Money, power, politics, drugs, scandal, and fast cars. The incredible story of John DeLorean is the stuff of a Hollywood screenwriter’s dreams. But who was the real John DeLorean? To some, he was a renegade visionary who revolutionized the automobile industry. To others, he was the ultimate con man. For the first time, Framing John DeLorean recounts the extraordinary life and legend of the controversial automaker, tracing his meteoric rise through the ranks of General Motors, his obsessive quest to build a sports car that would conquer the world, and his shocking fall from grace on charges of cocaine trafficking. Interweaving a treasure trove of archival footage with dramatic vignettes starring Alec Baldwin, Framing John DeLorean is a gripping look at a man who gambled everything in his pursuit of the American Dream. [Sundance Selects]
• MOVIES: PG
• The Secret Life of Pets 2 is released. The Secret Life of Pets 2 will follow summer 2016's blockbuster about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. The Secret Life of Pets 2 will see the return of writer Brian Lynch (Minions) and once again be directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable Me series, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax).
• MOVIES: PG13
• Dark Phoenix is released. In Dark Phoenix, the X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey. During a rescue mission in space, Jean is nearly killed when she is hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. Wrestling with this entity inside her, Jean unleashes her powers in ways she can neither comprehend nor contain. With Jean spiraling out of control, and hurting the ones she loves most, she begins to unravel the very fabric that holds the X-Men together. Now, with this family falling apart, they must find a way to unite -- not only to save Jean's soul, but to save our very planet from aliens who wish to weaponize this force and rule the galaxy.
• Pavarotti is released. Created from a combination of Luciano Pavarotti's genre-redefining performances and granted access to never-before-seen footage, the film will give audiences around the world a stunningly intimate portrait of the most beloved opera singer of all time.
• MOVIES: R
• Papi Chulo is released. After a newly-single TV weatherman (Matt Bomer) is put on leave following an on-air meltdown, he directs his energy into home improvement and hires a middle-aged Latino day laborer named Ernesto (Alejandro Patiño) to help. Despite a language barrier and having nothing in common, the two men develop an unexpected but profound friendship.
• Late Night is released. Legendary talk-show host Katherine Newberry (Emma Thompson) is a pioneer in her field. The only woman ever to have a long-running program on late night, she keeps her writers’ room on a short leash ? and all male. But when her ratings plummet and she is accused of being a “woman who hates women, ” Katherine puts gender equality on her to-do list and impulsively hires Molly Patel (Mindy Kaling), a chemical plant efficiency expert from suburban Pennsylvania, as the first and only female on her writing staff. With rumors swirling that Katherine is being replaced by a younger, hipper male host, she demands that the writers make her funny and relevant again. A lifelong fan, Molly is determined to prove she’s not just a diversity hire, but the one person who can turn her idol’s career around. Going against everything Katherine has staked her reputation on, she urges her to make the show more contemporary, authentic and personal, a move that could make Molly’s career ? or send her back to the chemical plant for good.
• MOVIES: TV14
• I Am Mother is released. I Am Mother is a sci-fi thriller about a teenage girl (Clara Rugaard), who is the first of a new generation of humans to be raised by Mother (Rose Byrne), a robot designed to repopulate the earth after the extinction of humankind. But the pair's unique relationship is threatened when an injured stranger (Hilary Swank) arrives with news that calls into question everything Daughter has been told about the outside world and her Mother's intentions. [Netflix]
• TV SERIES
• Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City: Season 1 is released. A midlife crisis has Mary Ann (Laura Linney) leaving Connecticut to return to San Francisco where her daughter Shawna (Ellen Page) and ex-husband Brian (Paul Gross) still live. At 28 Barbary Lane where Anna Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis) still rules the roost, she meets a new group of people in this 10-part limited series inspired by the on books by Armistead Maupin.
• ALBUMS
• Black Friday was released by Palehound. The third full-length release for the Boston-based indie rock trio led by Ellen Kempner was co-produced with Gabe Wax.
• Humanworld was released by Peter Perrett. The second full-length solo release for the former frontman of The Only Ones was produced by his son, Jamie Parrett.
• Erotic Reruns was released by Yeasayer. The fifth full-length release for the Brooklyn experimental rock band the was self-recorded and produced.
• Final Transmission was released by Cave In. The sixth full-length studio release for the Massachusetts alt-metal band is its final album with bassist Caleb Scofield, who died in a car accident in 2018.
• Midnight was released by Stef Chura. The second full-length release for the Detroit-based indie rock artist was produced by Car Seat Headrest's Will Toledo.
• Lust for Youth was released by Lust for Youth. The latest release for the Scandinavian synth/electro-pop duo of Hannes Norrvide and Loke Rahbek was produced by Malthe Fischer.
• Kind Heaven was released by Perry Farrell. The first solo full-length release in 18 years for the Jane's Addiction frontman was produced with Tony Visconti and features contributions from his wife Etty Lau Farrell, the Cars' Elliott Easton, Dhani Harrison, and Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins.
• Office Politics was released by The Divine Comedy. The 12th full-length release for the orchestral pop band led by Neil Hannon was recorded in London and Ireland.
• ONDA was released by Jambinai. The third full-length release for the South Korean post-rock group is its first with former live band members Jaehyuk Choi and B.K Yu joining as regular members.
• Nighttime Stories was released by Pelican. The first full-length release in six year for the Chicago instrumental post-metal band in six years was produced by Sanford Parker.
• The Age of Immunology was released by Vanishing Twin. This is the second full-length release for the London-based experimental psychedelic pop project led by Cathy Lucas.
• Sirens was released by Kevin Richard Martin. The first release for the artist better known as The Bug under his real name was influenced by the birth of his son and the subsequent life-threatening complications that followed.
• Small Mercies was released by Pixx. The second full-length release for Hannah Rodgers as Pixx was co-produced by Simon Byrt and Dan Carey.
• Step 2: A Different Kind of Human was released by Aurora. The third full-length release for Norwegian electronic pop artist is the follow-up to 2018's Step 1: Infections of a Different Kind.
• Polymer was released by Plaid. This is the 10th full-length studio release for the electronic duo of Ed Handley and Andy Turner.
• Widow's Weeds was released by Silversun Pickups. The fifth full-length release for the Los Angeles alternative rock band was produced by Butch Vig.
• GAMING: PC
• Octopath Traveler for PC is released. Eight travelers. Eight adventures. Eight roles to play in a new world brought to life by Square Enix. Explore each traveler's story and use their abilities in and out of battle. Will you expand your horizons as the Merchant or track down a traitor as the Warrior? Where will you go? Who will join you? You alone can choose your path.Step into the shoes of a traveler to inherit their struggles and strengths. Use each character's special abilities to interact with the world and enhance your tactics in turn-based battles. The Dancer's alluring charm leads followers into battle, whereas the Apothecary can mix items to heal allies or unleash explosive attacks. Discover enemy weaknesses and target them to break through their defenses. Sore Boost Points each turn and spend them at strategic times to strengthn abilities, chain attacks, or provide aid. Choose the path you wish to walk and discover what lies beyond the horizon.* Explore multiple, distinct RPG adventures in a world created by Square Enix* Choose from eight characters, each with their own distinct story* The path you choose will affect where your adventure ends* Deep, strategic turn-based combat with a layered battle system* Music and visuals inspired by retro RPGs, brought to life with modern touches
• GAMING: SWITCH
• Warlocks 2: God Slayers for Switch is released. Warlocks 2: God Slayers is a humorous action RPG game with online and local co-op up to 4 players. Challenge the vile gods and dethrone them in this action-packed hack n' slash experience with wizards and meteor showers.God Slayers is a brand new story, where our titled Warlocks now need to face the gods themselves, as apparently perishing the shadow monsters have angered them, to say the least. The Order of Warlocks has been called to challenge and dethrone the arrogant god from their thrones.

On this day in 2018

• EVENTS
• Mars Curiosity Rover finds organic matter, including methane, on Mars in studies published in journal "Science".
• Baltimore ex-police sergeant Wayne Earl Jenkins, head of a rogue police unit sentenced to 25 years for robbery and racketeering.
• DEATHS
• David Douglas Duncan, American photo-journalist best known for his war photography, who died at 102.
• Peter Stringfellow, English nightclub owner (Stringfellows), who died at 77.
• TV SERIES
• Marvel's Cloak & Dagger: Season 1 is released. In New Orleans, despite coming from different backgrounds, Tandy Bowen (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone Johnson (Aubrey Joseph) meet and discover their superpowers are linked together. Their lives are complicated even more as their feelings grow for each other in this coming-of-age drama based on the comic book series.
• American Woman: Season 1 is released. Set in the 1970s Los Angeles, Bonnie Nolan (Alica Silverstone) struggles to raise her two her two daughters as a single mother with the help of her two best friends, Kathleen (Mena Suvari) and Diana (Jennifer Bartels).
• GAMING: PC
• Gray Dawn for PC is released. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements seen through beautiful and terrifying worlds. You play as Father Abraham, a priest trying to find the missing altar boy.
• GAMING: PLAYSTATION 4
• MotoGP 18 for PlayStation 4 is released. Become the star of the 2018 MotoGP season. Pursue your career as a professional rider starting from the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup up to the Premier class of the MotoGP.
• GAMING: SWITCH
• Iro Hero for Switch is released. Iro Hero is a vertical shoot 'em up with beautiful pixel art graphics inspired by many old-school classics. Staged across 9 action-packed levels, Iro Hero features a unique and fresh approach to the popular color polarity mechanic, with interactive level elements, color zones, reflective surfaces and much more. Encounter 10 different types of enemies with over a hundred different behaviors, and defeat 10 final bosses in the vein of classic arcade games. Unlock special skills throughout the game to help you land a final blow or escape from desperate situations.
• The Banner Saga 2 for Switch is released. The award winning and BAFTA nominated saga continues in The Banner Saga 2. Continue your journey soon after the climactic events of The Banner Saga. The choices you made in the first game will affect who is alive and who is dead in this exciting sequel.

On this day in 2017

• EVENTS
• Police warn bald men against attacks in Mozambique after 5 men murdered for the gold believed in their heads.
• Suicide bombers attack Iranian parliament in Tehran and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini killing 12,1st Islamic State attacks in Iran.
• 51st CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood win.
• Earliest-ever evidence of Homo Sapiens from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco unearthed by archaeologists published in "Nature", at 300,000 years old.

On this day in 2016

• EVENTS
• Car bomb attack on a police bus in central Istanbul kills 11.
• " Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", a play written by Jack Thorne with JK Rowling, premieres in London.
• DEATHS
• Stephen Keshi, Soccer Player.
• TV SERIES
• Casual: Season 2 is released. The comedy returns for a second season of the lives of Alex (Tommy Dewey), Valerie (Michaela Watkins) and Valarie's daughter Laura (Tara Lynne Barr).
• GAMING: PC
• Ghost 1.0 for PC is released. A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.
• SteamWorld Heist for PC is released. Join Captain Piper Faraday, smuggler and occasional pirate, as she recruits a rag-tag team of steam-driven robots and sets out on a daring adventure. With your hearty crew you’ll board, loot and shoot your way through enemy spaceships. Overcome the challenges of the vast frontier by upgrading your robots with unique abilities, weapons – and even stylish hats!
• The Solus Project for PC is released. Stranded on a deserted alien planet and with your home planet of Earth on the brink of destruction, The Solus Project challenges you to survive the harsh, volatile environment and find a way to send a signal back home. Confronted with merciless weather, and danger lurking around every corner, the player must save the human race while unraveling the deep secrets of the seemingly deserted alien civilization. Are you alone on the planet…?
• GAMING: PLAYSTATION 4
• Soul Axiom for PlayStation 4 is released. From the studio that brought you Master Reboot comes a first-person story-driven adventure puzzle game, set in the beautiful, haunting cyber-world of Elysia. Collect unique hand powers, discover multiple endings and choose your own destiny as you unravel the mystery of your digital afterlife.
• Fenix Furia for PlayStation 4 is released. Fenix Rage is a stylish, aggravatingly addictive 2D platformer that will have gamers exclaim in frustration and exult in victory as they navigate through hundreds of palm-sweating levels to reach… a cookie?! Best played with patience and a glass of milk.
• Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- for PlayStation 4 is released. Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- moves along at 60 frames per second and features PS4/PS3 cross compatible battles. Choose from over 20+ fighters as you battle for glory in the post apocalypse. New modes and polished mechanics provide infinite ways to annihilate your rivals.
• Anima: Gate of Memories for PlayStation 4 is released. Anima Gate of Memories is a third person action RPG in which the player will explore a vast world filled with dangers and wonders. In it you take control of two characters who are trap in a war in the shadows, a secret conflict that will engulf the world into chaos.
• Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book for PlayStation 4 is released. The nubie alchemist Sophie of Kirchen Bell meets the Mysterious Book called Plachta and embarks on a wonderful adventure.
• Mirror's Edge Catalyst for PlayStation 4 is released. Through Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, experience the emergence of Faith, a brave Runner who uncovers a hidden truth inside the walls of the city of Glass. Through her journey, Faith explores every corner of the city, from the highest, most pristine skyscrapers, to the dark and dingy tunnels that underlie the city. Players must master the environment, using their momentum and timing their combat to fight the oppressiveness of the ruling elite, uncovering the dark secrets behind the city’s beautiful façade. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst offers players the freedom to explore the expanse of the city, discovering a variety of new activities, like ‘Dash’, races from point A to B, environmental puzzles and story missions to complete at their leisure. [EA]
• Odin Sphere Leifthrasir for PlayStation 4 is released. The tale of Armageddon is about to be told... In the world of Erion, the magical kingdom of Valentine held an enormous power. The "Cauldron" -- the source of this great power-- Maintained the kingdom's prosperity. However, Valentine suffered a sudden, mysterious downfall. And so the neighboring kingdoms clashed over the now-masterless Cauldron.
• SEPERATIONS
• Model Amber Rose and rapper Wiz Khalifa divorce after 2 years of marriage.
• American model Amber Rose (32) weds American rapper Wiz Khalifa (28) divorce after not quite 3 years of marriage.

On this day in 2015

• EVENTS
• -8 41st G7 summit held in Schloss Elmau, Bavaria.
• Sir Elton John lost his cool during a performance at Gloucester's Kingsholm Stadium in England after he likened a steward to Hitler as she tried to stop crowds from surging forward during a gig. In an expletive-laden rant, John went on to say it was "not China" and he picked out a female steward, telling her: "You put a uniform on and you think you're Hitler - well you're not.".
• DEATHS
• Sir Christopher Lee, English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Dracula), who died at 93.
• Michael Oliver, British cardiologist (linked cholesterol with coronary artery disease), who died at 89.
• Peter Petherick, New Zealand cricketer (NZ slow lefty 1976-77, hat-trick on debut), who died at 72.

On this day in 2014

• WEDDINGS
• Good Morning America's meteorologist Ginger Zee at the age of 33 weds NBC news correspondent Benjamin Aaron at beachfront ceremony in Petoskey, Michigan.
• Playwright Tom Stoppard at the age of 76 weds brewery heiress Sabrina Guinness on an intimate register office ceremony in East Dorset, England.
• DEATHS
• Norman Willis, English union leader (General Secretary of the UK's Trades Union Congress), who died at 81.
• TV SERIES
• Power: Season 1 is released. Executive produced by rapper 50 Cent, the drama created by Courtney Kemp Agboh is about the life of married nightclub owner/major drug dealer James "Ghost"St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick) as he starts thinking of leaving his life of crime.

On this day in 2013

• EVENTS
• 18 people are killed and 14 are injured after a bus plunges off a mountain road in Himachel Pradesh, India.
• WEDDINGS
• " Client List" actress Alicia Lagano at the age of 34 weds manager Hector Rendon at the Malibu Lake Mountain Club in Agoura Hills, California.
• MOVIES: NOT RATED
• Tiger Eyes is released. After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico. Here Davey is befriended by a young man who helps her find the strength to carry on and conquer her fears.
• You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet is released. Based on two works by the playwright Jean Anouilh, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet opens with a who's-who of French acting royalty (including Mathieu Amalric, Michel Piccoli and frequent Resnais muse Sabine Azema) being summoned to the reading of a late playwright's last will and testament. There, the playwright (Denis Podalydes) appears on a TV screen from beyond the grave and asks his erstwhile collaborators to evaluate a recording of an experimental theater company performing his Eurydice--a play they themselves all appeared in over the years. But as the video unspools, instead of watching passively, these seasoned thespians begin acting out the text alongside their youthful avatars, looking back into the past rather like mythic Orpheus himself. Gorgeously shot by cinematographer Eric Gautier on stylized sets that recall the French poetic realism of the 1930s, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet is an alternately wry and wistful valentine to actors and the art of performance from a director long fascinated by the intersection of life, theater and cinema. [Kino Lorber]
• Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie is released. Before entire networks were built on populist personalities; before reality morphed into a TV genre; the masses fixated on a single, sociopathic star: controversial talk-show host Morton Downey, Jr. In the late ‘80s, Downey tore apart the traditional talk format by turning debate of current issues into a gladiator pit. His blow-smoke-in-your-face style drew a rabid cult following, but also the title “Father of Trash Television.” Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie dissects the mind and motivation of television’s most notorious agitator. [Magnolia Pictures]
• Hey Bartender is released. Hey Bartender looks at how the renaissance of the bartender comes to be in the era of the craft cocktail by focusing on two bartenders. After being injured a Marine turns his goals to becoming a rock star bartender at the best cocktail bar in the world. A former bank executive who bought the corner bar in his hometown struggles to keep it afloat in a community that no longer values a place where everyone knows your name. Featuring the most famous bartenders in the world along with unprecedented access to the most exclusive bars in New York City and commentary from Graydon Carter, Danny Meyer and Amy Sacco.
• Dirty Wars is released. Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into a surprising journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.
• MOVIES: PG13
• Much Ado About Nothing is released. Shakespeare’s classic comedy is given a contemporary spin by director Joss Whedon. Shot in just 12 days, the story of sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick offers a dark, sexy and occasionally absurd view of the intricate game that is love. As matchmaking schemes are put into play and disguises are donned, loathing and love soon prove to be close cousins. [Lionsgate]
• The Internship is released. Two recently laid-off men in their forties, try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their twenties.
• MOVIES: R
• The Prey is released. Franck Adrien, a bank robber convicted of a heist and sentenced to six months in prison, shares a cell with seemingly weak Jean Louis Morel. But once Morel gets released from behind bars, Adrien learns that Morel is really a sadistic serial killer who now knows private details about Adrien’s life. Adrien must break out of prison and catch Morel before he gets to Adrien’s family…and before France’s elite police detectives hunt Adrien down. [Cohen Media Group]
• The Purge is released. In a future America devastated by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government provides a 12-hour period once a year when all criminal activity (including murder) is legal. A man attempts to protect his family from an intruder during one such period.
• Violet & Daisy is released. Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.
• Rapture-Palooza is released. A young couple battle their way through a religious apocalypse on a mission to defeat the Antichrist.
• Wish You Were Here is released. Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South East Asian holiday. Only three return home. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?
• POLITICS
• Russian President Vladimir Putin announces his divorce from his wife on national TV.
• Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister of France (1981-84), who died from lung cancer at 84.
• SPORTS
• NHL Eastern Conference Finals: Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins,4 games to 0.