Remembering Neil Sedaka March 13th, 1939 - February 27th, 2026 May he rest in peace.🕊️ youtu.be/tbad22CKlB4?si=wp8wZxPMMVtUaiCM

Remembering Neil Sedaka March 13th, 1939 - February 27th, 2026 May he rest in peace.🕊️ youtu.be/tbad22CKlB4?si=wp8wZxPMMVtUaiCM

Sade Adu, 1992

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Gustave Flaubert, from a letter to Louise Colet

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Ice Skating on the lake in Central Park, New York City (the Dakota in the distance), Unidentified photographer, 1894

February 25, 1912 / Franz Kafka diaries

Hedy Lamarr for National Innovation Day. Lamarr co-invented frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology during WWII, which laid the groundwork for modern wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth.

Gustave Flaubert, from a letter to Louise Colet

February 25, 1912 / Franz Kafka diaries

Hedy Lamarr for National Innovation Day. Lamarr co-invented frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology during WWII, which laid the groundwork for modern wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth.

"Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks...". TWIN PEAKS 1990, dir. David Lynch Happy Twin Peaks Day

"Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks...". TWIN PEAKS 1990, dir. David Lynch Happy Twin Peaks Day

Ice Skating on the lake in Central Park, New York City (the Dakota in the distance), Unidentified photographer, 1894

Sade Adu, 1992

Kris Kristofferson as Billy the Kid in Sam Peckinpah's PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID (1973).

On the day of his execution he wrote: "Happiness to those who will outlive us and taste the sweetness of tomorrow's Freedom and Peace." Leader of the FTP-MOI Resistance Group in Paris,Manouchian and 21 of his comrades were shot at Fort Mont-Valérien near Paris on 21 February 1944.

Jeanne Moreau JULES AND JIM (1962) Francois Truffaut

On Sam Peckinpah Birthday, Director Sam Peckinpah and Dustin Hoffman on set of Straw Dogs 1971

Nina Simone born February 21, 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina photographed by michael ochs in 1967

Members of the Manouchian Group, FTP-MOI Resistance in Paris executed feb, 21, 1944 Golda Bancic, the only woman fighter in the group, was not executed that day, since the French wouldn't allow women to be killed by firing squad.She was deported to Germany, where she was executed by beheading.

On the day of his execution he wrote: "Happiness to those who will outlive us and taste the sweetness of tomorrow's Freedom and Peace." Leader of the FTP-MOI Resistance Group in Paris,Manouchian and 21 of his comrades were shot at Fort Mont-Valérien near Paris on 21 February 1944.

On Sam Peckinpah Birthday, Director Sam Peckinpah and Dustin Hoffman on set of Straw Dogs 1971

Kris Kristofferson as Billy the Kid in Sam Peckinpah's PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID (1973).

Jeanne Moreau JULES AND JIM (1962) Francois Truffaut

Nina Simone born February 21, 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina photographed by michael ochs in 1967

Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek "3 Women" (1977). Robert Altman

“Maybe when people longed for a thing that bad the longing made them trust in anything that might give it to them.” The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, 1940 Carson McCullers, February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967

“Mister Rogers' Neighborhood” debuted nationally on February 19, 1968. Created by Fred Rogers, the children's show premiered on NET (National Educational Television, which later became PBS).

Happy 76th, Cybill Shepherd.

“Maybe when people longed for a thing that bad the longing made them trust in anything that might give it to them.” The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, 1940 Carson McCullers, February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967

“Mister Rogers' Neighborhood” debuted nationally on February 19, 1968. Created by Fred Rogers, the children's show premiered on NET (National Educational Television, which later became PBS).

"Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all." Beloved Toni Morrison, February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019

Susan Sontag Photo by Duane Michals BOTD

"Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all." Beloved Toni Morrison, February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019

Happy 76th, Cybill Shepherd.

Susan Sontag Photo by Duane Michals BOTD

Happy 97th, Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Happy 97th, Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Happy Lunar New Year!

Happy Lunar New Year!

Happy 93rd, Kim Novak.

Oliver Reed, February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999.

Georges Simenon, February 13, 1903 – September 4, 1989 The only author to rival Christie more than 100 books,16 plays, billions of copies sold for quantity output is Georges Simenon 425 books 600 million copies sold. Simenon usually didn't use notebooks: he wrote at his typewriter in manic bursts

Cabaret was released on 13 February 1972. It received 8 Oscars Best Director, Best Actress Liza MinnelliBest Supporting Actor Joel Grey Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Score Ralph Burns Best Art Direction, and Best Sound David Hildyard and Robert Knudson.

George Segal, February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021. With Mike Nichols, Elizabeth Taylor, and Richard Burton during the making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).

Oliver Reed, February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999.

George Segal, February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021. With Mike Nichols, Elizabeth Taylor, and Richard Burton during the making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).