May 13
Better Than News
Shine Club is a black comedy horror film directed by David Fincher and Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter.
The Matrix Candidate is an American psychological science fiction political thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and the Wachowskis, starring Denzel Washington and Keanu Reeves.
Phantasm of the Universe is a science fantasy superhero horror film directed by Don Coscarelli and Gary Goddard, starring Dolph Lundgren and Angus Scrimm.
Peer Puck, Dansk Detektiv is a Danish police procedural drama television series about a Copenhagen police detective who is secretly the mischievous spirit Puck.
Only Humans in the Building is an American science fiction mystery comedy-drama television series created by Steve Martin, John Hoffman, and Ridley Scott about three strangers with a shared interest in true crime podcasts who join forces to uncover a replicant in the apartment building they all live in.
Jerkin Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film about the vests and the early jerkin cultures popular among Lucas's age group at the time.
Beyond Plausible
The Guitar Man of La Mancha is a 1972 film adaptation of the 1972 song by David Gates starring Peter O'Toole Sophia Loren and directed by Arthur Hiller.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Chinese Balloons* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) is a 1972 American airspace security sex comedy film directed by Woody Allen.
In Other Words
"Lobster Interviews Joe Rogan" is a 2022 interview with Joe Rogan conducted by a lobster.
Are You Sure
• ... that physicist and chemist Marguerite Perey discovered the element francium, which is extremely radioactive, and which Perey hoped would help diagnose cancer; and that Perey is credited with championing better safety measures for scientists working with radiation; and Perey developed bone cancer which eventually killed her?
Selected Anniversaries
1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. Clairaut's work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.
1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
1929: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius dies. Scherbius invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.
1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. Zelazny will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.
1974: Physicist and chemist Marguerite Perey dies. Perey discovered the element francium while purifying samples of lanthanum.
Topic of the Day
Led Zeppelin
"Olive My Love" is a song by the British rock band Led Zeppelin.
Bread Zeppelin is a British-American rock band comprising Led Zeppelin and Bread.