Celebrity Birthdays: Christina Applegate, Amy Grant
Christina Applegate, who started out as Kelly Bundy on Married...with Children and most recently starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom Samantha Who?, turns 38. Former President George W. Bush’s twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara Bush, celebrate their 28th. (Jenna just signed on as a correspondent for the Today show, so you can catch her in the mornings). Christian pop singer and Amy Grant is 49, and former Law & Order and Crossing Jordan star Jill Hennessy turns 41.
November 24, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Katherine Heigl, Colin Hanks
Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl celebrates her 31st birthday today. She's been seen regularly in big-screen fare such as Knocked Up and The Ugly Truth, and she'll appear in Killers (with Ashton Kutcher) and Life As We Know It (co-starring Josh Duhamel) next year. Tom Hanks' son, Colin Hanks, turns 32 today. He'll be seen opposite Patrick Wilson in Barry Munday. Character actor Garret Dillahunt, who can be seen later this month in The Road, is 45, and former Star Trek: The Next Generation star Denise Crosby turns 52.
November 23, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Miley Cyrus, Bruce Hornsby
Miley Cyrus, aka Disney’s identity-changing Hannah Montana, is one step closer to 18 today. The pop star will no doubt be throwing a Party in the U.S.A. as she celebrates turning 17. Fellow Disney star Lucas Grabeel, of the High School Musical movies, is 25. Robin Roberts, cancer survivor and anchor for ABC's Good Morning America, is 49. And musician Bruce Hornsby, who is currently touring the country like he has for decades, turns 55.
November 20, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Joel McHale, Bo Derek
Small-screen funnyman Joel McHale celebrates his 38th birthday today. He pulls double duty on a weekly basis, starring on NBC's freshman sitcom Community and hosting the E! network's The Soup. Bo Derek, who may forever be remembered as the beach babe with cornrows in the 1979 movie 10, turns 53. Sean Young, of Blade Runner and No Way Out fame, is 50. Stargate Universe's Ming-Na is 46, AFI singer Davey Havok turns 34, and former New York Jet sack machine Mark Gastineau is 53 today.
November 19, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Larry King, Jodie Foster
Interview veteran Larry King, who recently suffered an awkward moment with former Miss California Carrie Prejean on his live CNN show last week, celebrates his 76th birthday today. (Watch a video of the trainwreck below.) Oscar winner Jodie Foster, who voiced Maggie Simpson in an episode of The Simpsons earlier this year, is 47. Her next project is one she's directing, The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson and Star Trek's Anton Yelchin. Screen sweetheart Meg Ryan, who stars in the holiday comedy Serious Moonlight with Timothy Hutton and Kristen Bell, turns 48. And media mogul Ted Turner is 71.
November 18, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Owen Wilson, Chloe Sevigny
Owen Wilson celebrates his 41st birthday today. The actor has bounced back from a suicide attempt two years ago to star in the recent comedies Marley & Me (with Jennifer Aniston) and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (opposite Ben Stiller). You can hear him these days as a voice in Wes Anderson's animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, in theaters now. New York fashionista Chloe Sevigny, now starring on HBO’s Big Love, turns 35; while Peta Wilson, best known for her TV role as Nikita in the show La Femme Nikita, is 39.
November 17, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Martin Scorsese, Danny DeVito
November 16, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Diana Krall, Marg Helgenberger
Grammy-winning jazz singer Diana Krall celebrates her 45th birthday. The wife of British rocker Elvis Costello recently released her latest, Quiet Nights, but if you're in the mood for some yuletide cheer this holiday season, check out her 2005 Christmas Songs disc. Emmy-winning CSI staple Marg Helgenberger turns 51. Cosby girl Lisa Bonet, who is also ex-wife to rocker Lenny Kravitz, turns 42. Martha Plimpton, a veteran of '80s films such as The Goonies and Parenthood, is 39. The acclaimed Broadway star will play opposite Twilight's Robert Pattinson in the upcoming Remember Me. And figure skating legend Oksana Baiul celebrates her 33rd birthday. (Look for a cameo from her in Will Ferrell’s 2007 skating comedy Blades of Glory.)
November 13, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Jimmy Kimmel, Chris Noth
ABC’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is 42 today. If you can make it past midnight, watch him live on his birthday tonight. Chris Noth, the elusive Mr. Big on Sex and the City, celebrates his 53rd birthday. (And yes, he'll be in the movie sequel Sex and the City 2 when it hits theaters in May.) And outspoken The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg turns 54.
November 12, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Anne Hathaway, Ryan Gosling
Anne Hathaway, who was recently nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for Rachel Getting Married, turns 27 today. Next year, she stars as the White Queen in Tim Burton’s vision of Alice in Wonderland alongside Johnny Depp. Ryan Gosling, who will try to re-create The Notebook’s success with Kirsten Dunst in the 2010 romance All Good Things, turns 29. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young is 64, and Megan Mullally, the firecracker Karen Walker from Will & Grace, turns 51.
