Celebrity Birthdays: Donald Sutherland, David Hasselhoff
Jack Bauer’s real-life dad, Donald Sutherland, turns 74 today — maybe son Keifer will throw him a birthday bash? Catch the elder Sutherland on new episodes of ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money, starting this Saturday at 10 p.m. EST. German singing sensation and eternal Baywatch star, David Hasselhoff (at right), celebrates his 57th. The Hoff is still in the public eye these days, teamed with Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan as judges on America's Got Talent. And Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, is 58.
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July 16, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Will Ferrell, Corey Feldman
Recent Tony nominee and all-around funny guy Will Ferrell, who mooned audiences in Old School and donned a tight leotard for Blades of Glory, celebrates his 43rd birthday today. Did you catch his latest comedy, The Land of the Lost? Yeah, neither did a lot of people. Rumor is, though, he has a cameo in the upcoming Jeremy Piven comedy, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. A true icon of the '80s, former child star Corey Feldman turns 38. More recently, he starred in an A&E reality show alongside fellow ‘80s heartthrob Corey Haim, entitled The Two Coreys, and the direct-to-DVD sequel, Lost Boys: The Tribe. Another retro favorite, Fast Times at Ridgemont High star Phoebe Cates, who's married to actor Kevin Kline, is 46. 90210 star AnnaLynne McCord turns 22 — last month, she was honored with Hollywood Life's Young Hollywood Superstar of Tomorrow award. Legendary Police drummer Stewart Copeland is 57, and Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk turns 38.
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July 15, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Brian Austin Green, Diane Kruger
Beverly Hills, 90210’s Brian Austin Green, who hit the girlfriend jackpot with Megan Fox, celebrates his 36th birthday today. He starred on the recent Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, but already has his next TV gig in place: Green will be the villainous Metallo this fall on Smallville. Diane Kruger, starring in the much-anticipated Quentin Tarantino World War II flick Inglourious Basterds, turns 33. The Last King of Scotland, Forest Whitaker, is 48. The Oscar-winner is slated to star in several 2009 releases, including Hurricane Season, a Hurricane Katrina-inspired sports drama starring Taraji P. Henson and Isaiah Washington. Scott Foley, of Felicity and The Unit, turns 37, and legendary pop singer Linda Ronstadt is 63.
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July 14, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Matthew Fox, Jackie Earle Haley
Matthew Fox, aka Dr. Jack Shephard on Lost, celebrates his 43rd birthday today. In his next leap to the big screen, Fox will turn comic book superhero and play the title character of next year's Billy Smoke. Former child actor and Oscar nominee Jackie Earle Haley turns 48. We talked with him earlier this year when he was starring in Watchmen, and Haley will be filling Robert Englund's clawed glove as the next Freddy Krueger in a remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, out next year. Country star Jamey Johnson, who hit gold with his recent hit In Color and was nominated for the CMT USA WEEKEND Breakthrough Video of the Year award this year, turns 34. Jane Lynch, who will be a series regular on Fox's Glee this fall, is 49, and Missy Gold, whom you may remember as little Katie on the '80s sitcom Benson, is now 39.
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July 13, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Harrison Ford, Cameron Crowe
Mega-star Harrison Ford, whom you may know as Indiana Jones or Han Solo from the original Star Wars trilogy, celebrates his 67th birthday. He thrilled audiences last summer in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and there are rumors of a fifth Indy movie in the future. But his next film is Morning Glory, a comedy set for release next summer co-starring Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton and Patrick Wilson. Patrick Stewart, who's 69 today, is no stranger to blockbuster franchises, playing Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Xavier in the X-Men films. Stewart's new role is as narrator of Ricky Gervais' comedy The Invention of Lying, opening in September. Director Cameron Crowe, who was behind the lens of Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous and Vanilla Sky, turns 52. Steve-O, of Jackass and recently a contestant on Dancing With The Stars, is 35, and comedian Cheech Marin turns 63.
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July 10, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Adrian Grenier, Jessica Simpson
Happy 33rd birthday to actor Adrian Grenier. He's made quite a name for himself as mega-star Vincent Chase on HBO's popular series Entourage, and Grenier returns for the show's sixth season, which starts this Sunday. Singer Jessica Simpson is 29. The former pop star tried her hand at country but she left her label, Sony Nashville, earlier this year. Fortunately, she still has her boyfriend, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. Rascal Flatts frontman Gary Levox turns 39 — you can catch him and his group now on tour with Darius Rucker. British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, who's 35 today, has a couple of big movies coming up: the disaster flick 2012 with John Cusack later this year, and next year's spy movie Salt with Angelina Jolie. Legendary folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 62, and ace banjo picker Bela Fleck turns 51.
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July 09, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Tom Hanks, Jack White
Tom Hanks, in theaters now with Angels & Demons, celebrates his 53rd birthday today. Looking ahead to 2010, the back-to-back Oscar winner will again voice sheriff Woody in Pixar's Toy Story 3. Multi-talented musician Jack White, of both the White Stripes and the Raconteurs, is 34. He started a new group this year, The Dead Weather, whose debut album Horehound gets released on Tuesday. Oscar-winning actor Chris Cooper (Adaptation) is 58. He next stars in the ensemble drama New York, I Love You, in theaters in October. Jimmy Smits, an alum of L.A. Law, The West Wing and Dexter, turns 54. Infamous footballer OJ Simpson spends his 62nd birthday in jail, after being convicted of armed robbery. Fred Savage, the curly-haired boy from The Wonder Years, is all grown up at 33, and Kurt Cobain’s erratic widow, singer Courtney Love, is 45.
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July 08, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Billy Crudup, Toby Keith
Happy 41st birthday today to actor Billy Crudup. He starred as super man Dr. Manhattan in the blockbuster Watchmen earlier this year, and you can currently see him on the big screen as FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover opposite Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in Public Enemies. Country star Toby Keith is 48 — maybe he'll make some time for cake while working on his next studio album, due this fall. Robert Knepper, best known as T-Bag on Prison Break, is 50. The show just finished its fourth and final season, although Knepper will reprise his role in the DVD movie Prison Break: The Final Break out July 21. He will play another villain in this fall's fourth season of Heroes, co-starring with another birthday boy, Milo Ventimiglia, who's 32. Kevin Bacon, the husband of Kyra Sedgwick who next stars in the summer comedy My One and Only, is 51 today. Indie rocker Beck turns 39, and legendary actress Anjelica Huston, who won an Oscar for Prizzi's Honor in 1985, is 58.
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July 07, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Ringo Starr, Shelley Duvall
Beatle Ringo Starr, who still looks the part of a rocker post-retirement age, celebrates his 69th birthday today. Starr and the other living member of the Fab Four, Paul McCartney, took the stage last month at E3 to promote the new The Beatles: Rock Band video game, out in September (check out the eye-popping trailer below). Billy Campbell, who had his breakout role in The Rocketeer in 1991, is 50. He next appears alongside Marla Sokoloff and Christopher Lloyd in Meteor, a two-part TV event that premieres on NBC Sunday night. Shelley Duvall, of such classics as Annie Hall and The Shining, is 60. Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan turns 29, and WNBA pioneer Lisa Leslie, who will be retiring after this season with the Los Angeles Sparks, is 37.
July 06, 2009
Celebrity Birthdays: Sylvester Stallone, 50 Cent
Happy birthday to both John Rambo and Rocky Balboa, as the '80s action icon Sylvester Stallone celebrates his 63rd. He just finished filming next year's flick The Expendables, which he wrote, directed and stars in with fellow action heroes Jet Li, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Fresh off the July 4 holiday, former commander-in chief George W. Bush is 63. Interestingly, our former president shares his birthday with the Dalai Lama, turning 74, and a first lady, Nancy Reagan, who is 88 today. Rapper 50 Cent will probably be partying on his 34rd birthday. The G-Unit mogul is set to release his next album, Before I Self Destruct, this fall. And actor Geoffrey Rush is 52. He's one of only 20 people ever to have won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony.
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