Archive for the ‘Birthdays’ Category
Candle Blowers
Monday, August 25th, 2008
You might be all paying more attention to his tween queen sensation daughter, Miley Cyrus, but Billy Ray hasn’t stopped making music. In fact, the man still makes music and performs around the country. Next up, he’s performing at the Walworth County Fair in Wisconsin. Don’t hate on the county fair gig - he might not be doing Hannah Montana shows, but I’m sure he’s enjoying just playing some music. AND, it’s his birthday today. Happy 47th, Billy Ray! Hope Miley got you a new Ferrari. Other folks celebrating today:
Blake Lively (the Gossip Girl star turns 21)
Rachel Bilson (the O.C. star is 27)
Kel Mitchell (the Kenan and Kel star is 30)
Eric Millegan (the Bones actor is 34)
Thalia (the singer turns 37)
Claudia Schiffer (the supermodel turns 38)
Jo Dee Messina (the country singer is 38)
Rachael Ray (the cooking wonder is 40)
Jeff Tweedy (the Wilco dude is 41)
DJ Terminator X (the Public Enemy member is 42)
Blair Underwood (the hottie actor is 44)
Joanne Whalley (the English actress is 44)
Vivian Campbell (the Def Leppard drummer is 46)
Ally Walker (the Profiler actress is 47)
Tim Burton (the genius director is 50)
Elvis Costello (the super singer is 54)
Geoff Downes (the drummer is 56)
Rob Halford (the Judas Priest singer is 57)
Gene Simmons (he doesn’t really need and intro and he’s 59)
John Savage (The Deer Hunter actor is 59)
Henry Paul (the singer is 59)
Anne Archer (the actress is 61)
Anthony Heald (the Boston Public actor is 64)
Walter Williams (The O’Jays singer is 66)
David Canary (Adam on All My Children is 70)
Wayne Shorter (the Jazz saxophonist is 75)
Tom Skerritt (the actor is 75)
Regis Philbin (the talk-show host is 77)
Sean Connery (James Bond turns 78)
Candle Blowers
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Schlemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated. We’re gonna do it…! And the theme song continued. Who didn’t love Laverne & Shirley? I tried to find a solo picture of Cindy Williams as Shirley because it’s her 61st birthday today (yes, she’s 61), but I had no luck. Oh, well. We’ll just have to do with this lovely pic of Cindy and co-star Penny Marshall (who didn’t love her ‘L’ imprint on every outfit as Laverne?). Happy birthday, Shirley! You are still fabulous! Other folks celebrating with Ms. Williams:
Jenna Leigh Green (the Sabrina the Teenage Witch actress is 34)
Howie Dorough (the Backstreet Boy is 35)
Beenie Man (the reggae/dancehall artist turns 35)
Giada De Laurentiis (the Food Network star is 38)
GZA (the Genius of Wu-Tang Clan is 42)
Tori Amos (the singer turns 45)
Roland Orzabal (the Tears for Fears singer is 47)
Regina Taylor (The Unit actress is 48)
Vernon Reid (the Living Colour member is 50)
Steve Kroft (the 60 Minutes anchor is 63)
Valerie Harper (the actress is 68)
Candle Blowers
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
We all know and love her as Samantha on Sex and the City, but every ’80s kid became a Kim Cattrall fan when she appeared in Mannequin with Andrew McCarthy. Kim played Emmy the mannequin twenty-one years ago and she was just fabulous. She’s still fabulous and sexy these days and today she turns 52. Happy birthday, Kim! You make 52 look so good. Other folks celebrating with Samantha Jones:
Hayden Panettiere (the Heroes star is 19)
Usain Bolt (the Jamaican Olympian is 22)
Kelis (the hot singer and Nas’ wifey is 29)
Kimberly Stewart (Rod’s daughter turns 29)
Carrie-Ann Moss (the Matrix star is 41)
Loretta Devine (the Waiting to Exhale star is 59)
Kenny Rogers (the country singer/songwriter is 70)
Melvin van Peebles (the actor/director is 76)
Candle Blowers
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Robert Anthony Plant was born sixty-years ago in England. In those sixty years some would say that Robert Plant has made quite a contribution to music. Okay, maybe not just quite - he’s made A LOT of contribution to music. Led Zeppelin. There’s really nothing else to say but the band’s name for all of us to realize exactly what Mr. Plant has done for music. Gotta’ love him. Happy 60th birthday, Robert Plant. Hope you have a rockin’ good time today. Other folks blowing out candles:
Demi Lovato (the teen star is 16)
Ben Barnes (the Chronicles of Narnia star is 27)
Amy Adams (the Enchanted actress is 34)
Jonathan Ke Quan (the Indiana Jones actor is 37)
Fred Durst (the Limp Bizkit is 38)
KRS-One (one of the greatest rapper ever is 43)
James Marsters (Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer is 46)
Joan Allen (the Tony winning actres is 52)
Al Roker (The Today Show host is 54)
Peter Horton (the thirtysomething actor is 55)
John Hiatt (the singer/songwriter is 56)
Connie Chung (the news anchor is 62)
Don King (the legendary boxing promoter is 77)
Candle Blowers
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
I don’t care what anyone says, Drama is my favorite character in Entourage. I always try to root for the underdog and there’s no better underdog than Drama. Besides, Vince’s older bro makes omelettes for the guys and what could be better, right? The actor who plays Drama, Kevin Dillon, turns 43 today, so I celebrate him. Happy birthday, Kevin. Other folks celebrating their special day:
Lil’ Romeo (the rapper turns 19)
Fat Joe (the Bronx-born rapper turns 38)
Matthew Perry (Chandler turns 39)
Nate Dogg (the Cali.-born hip-hop artist is 39)
Lee Ann Womack (the country singer turns 42)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer actress is 43)
John Stamos (Uncle Jessie turns 45)
Peter Gallagher (The OC dad turns 53)
Tipper Gore (Al Gore’s wife turns 60)
Bill Clinton (the former Pres. turns 62)
Jill St. John (the former Bond girl turns 68)
Johnny Nash (the singer turns 68)
