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1961: On The Edge Of Night, Mike, Ed, and Teresa faced death in the deserted mine shaft.

1984: Krystal and Blake's daughter, Kristina, is born prematurely on Dynasty.

1985: Bobby and Pam reunite on Dallas as J.R. tries to have Sue Ellen committed again for her alcoholism.

Celebrating a birthday today are:

Laurence Lau (ex-Brian, As The World Turns; ex-Sam, One Life To Live; ex-Greg, All My Children, ex-Jamie, Another World) - 57

Victoria Rowell (ex-Drucilla, The Young And The Restless) - 53

Lisa Linde (ex-Ali, Days Of Our Lives) - 39

Eileen Boylan (ex-Betsy, Greek; ex-Sage, General Hospital) - 22...

You know, it must be a nice to be a character in an independent film; even when you’re faced with major existential and relationship crises, they seem to be easily solved by trite monologues, acoustic guitar riffs, and staring off into the sunset for a long enough duration of time. It worked for Garden State, it worked for Juno, and by golly, it’s going to work for Dakota Skye. And by work, I mean annoy the living Hell out of me. Granted, Dakota Skye hasn’t become quite the thorn in my paw that the other mentioned films have been, but I suspect that’s due only to those films' complete omnipresence during the years of their release. In fact, I’m sure of it.

Dakota Skye (Eileen April Boylan) is a fairly typical teenage girl with a dumb name and an ambivalent attitude about what she wants to do with her life,...

Here’s a list of some of the new DVD and Blu-ray releases this week. Plus, some old favorites (and not so favorites) coming out this week on Blu-Ray.

Movies:

For All Mankind: Criterion Collection ~ Jim Lovell, Kenneth Mattingly, Russell Schweickart, and Eugene Cernan (Blu-ray)

The Color of Magic ~ David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, and Jeremy Irons (DVD)

The Towering Inferno ~ Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Richard Chamberlain (Blu-ray)

The Haunting in Connecticut (Unrated Special Edition) ~ Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas and Virginia Madsen (DVD and Blu-ray)

The Edge of Love ~ Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, and Simon Armstrong (DVD and Blu-ray)

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon / Curse of the Golden Flower / House of Flying Daggers Trilogy ~ Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Chow Yun-Fat (Blu-ray)

Horsemen ~ Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Lou Taylor Pucci, and Clifton Collins Jr. (DVD)

Van Wilder: Freshman Year – Unrated ~ Linden Ashby, Kurt Fuller,...