Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 16-22
March 16: Actor Erik Estrada is 76. Actor Victor Garber ('DC's Legends of Tomorrow,' 'Alias') is 76. Singer Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel is 74. Bluegrass musician Tim O'Brien (Hot Rize, Earls of Leicester) is 71. Guitarist Nancy Wilson of Heart is 71. Actor Clifton Powell ('Ray,' ″Norbit') is 69. Rapper Flavor Flav of Public Enemy is 66. Actor Jerome Flynn ('Game of Thrones') is 62. Folk singer Patty Griffin is 61. Singer Tracy Bonham is 58. Actor Lauren Graham ('Parenthood,' ″Gilmore Girls') is 58. Actor Judah Friedlander ('30 Rock') is 56. Alan Tudyk ('Suburgatory') is 54. Actor Tim Kang ('The Mentalist') is 52. Singer Blu Cantrell is 49. Actor Brooke Burns ('Baywatch') is 47. Actor Kimrie Lewis ('Single Parents,' ″Scandal') is 43. Actor Brett Davern ('Awkward') is 42. Actor Alexandra Daddario ('True Detective') is 39. Singer Jhene Aiko is 37. Bassist Wolfgang Van Halen of Mammoth WVH is 34.
March 17: Singer-songwriter John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful is 81. Percussionist Harold Brown of War is 79. Actor Patrick Duffy is 76. Actor Kurt Russell is 74. Country singer Susie Allanson is 73. Actor Lesley-Anne Down is 71. Actor Mark Boone Junior ('Sons of Anarchy') is 70. Country singer Paul Overstreet is 70. Actor Gary Sinise is 70. Actor Christian Clemenson ('CSI: Miami') is 67. Actor Arye Gross ('Castle') is 65. Actor Vicki Lewis ('NewsRadio') is 65. Actor Casey Siemaszko ('NYPD Blue') is 64. Actor Rob Lowe is 61. Singer Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins is 58. Actor Mathew St. Patrick ('Six Feet Under') is 57. Actor Yanic Truesdale ('Gilmore Girls') is 56. Bassist Melissa Auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins, Hole) is 53. Drummer Caroline Corr of The Corrs is 52. Actor Amelia Heinle ('The Young and the Restless,' 'All My Children') is 52. Singer Keifer Thompson of Thompson Square is 52. Actor Marisa Coughlan ('Boston Legal,' ″Freddy Got Fingered') is 51. Rapper Swifty of D12 is 50. 'The NFL on CBS' reporter Tracy Wolfson is 50. Actor Natalie Zea ('Justified,' 'Dirty Sexy Money') is 50. Actor Brittany Daniel ('It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia') is 49. Singer-TV personality Tamar Braxton ('Braxton Family Values') is 48. Bassist Geoff Sprung of Old Dominion is 47. Reggaeton singer Nicky Jam is 44. TV personality Rob Kardashian ('Keeping Up With the Kardashians') is 38. Singer Hozier is 35. Actor Eliza Hope Bennett ('Nanny McPhee') is 33. Actor John Boyega ('Star Wars: The Force Awakens') is 33. Actor Flynn Morrison ('Last Man Standing') is 20.
March 18: Composer John Kander ('Chicago') is 98. Actor Brad Dourif ('Deadwood,' ″Lord of the Rings') is 75. Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell is 74. Keyboardist Karen Grotberg of The Jayhawks is 66. Actor Geoffrey Owens ('The Cosby Show') is 64. Actor Thomas Ian Griffith ('Cobra Kai,' 'The Karate Kid Part 3') is 63. TV personality Mike Rowe ('Dirty Jobs') is 63. Singer-actor Vanessa Williams ('Desperate Housewives,' ″Ugly Betty') is 62. Keyboardist Scott Saunders of Sons of the Desert is 61. Actor David Cubitt ('Medium') is 60. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains is 59. Actor Michael Bergin ('Baywatch') is 56. Rapper-actor Queen Latifah is 55. Comedian Dane Cook ('Employee of the Month') is 53. Singer Phillip Sweet of Little Big Town is 51. Singers Evan and Jaron Lowenstein of Evan and Jaron are 51. Actor Sutton Foster ('Younger,' 'Bunheads') is 50. Singer Adam Levine of Maroon 5 is 46. Drummer Daren Taylor of Airborne Toxic Event is 45. Actor Adam Pally ('The Mindy Project') is 43. Actor Cornelius Smith Jr. ('Scandal') is 43. Actor Duane Henry ('NCIS') is 40. Actor Lily Collins is 36. Actor Julia Goldani Telles ('Bunheads') is 30. Actor Ciara Bravo ('Big Time Rush') is 28. Actor Blake Garrett Rosenthal ('Mom') is 21.
March 19: Actor Renee Taylor ('The Nanny') is 92. Actor Ursula Andress ('Dr. No,' ″Casino Royale') is 89. Singer Ruth Pointer of the Pointer Sisters is 79. Actor Glenn Close is 78. Actor Bruce Willis is 70. Actor Mary Scheer ('iCarly,' ″MadTV') is 62. Actor Connor Trinneer ('Star Trek: Enterprise') is 56. Guitarist-keyboardist Gert Bettens of K's Choice is 55. Rapper Bun B of UGK is 52. Drummer Zach Lind of Jimmy Eat World is 49. Actor Virginia Williams ('Fuller House') is 47. Actor Abby Brammell ('The Unit') is 46. Actor Craig Lamar Traylor ('Malcolm in the Middle') is 36. Actor Philip Bolden ('Are We There Yet?') is 30.
March 20: Actor Hal Linden is 94. Country singer-guitarist Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky is 79. Blues musician Marcia Ball is 76. Drummer Carl Palmer (Asia; Emerson, Lake and Palmer) is 75. Guitarist Jimmie Vaughan (Fabulous Thunderbirds) is 74. Guitarist Jim Seales (Shenandoah) is 71. Actor Amy Aquino ('Bosch,' 'Brooklyn Bridge') is 68. Actor Vanessa Bell Calloway is 68. Director Spike Lee is 68. Actor Theresa Russell is 68. Actor Holly Hunter is 67. Drummer Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) is 64. Model Kathy Ireland is 62. Actor David Thewlis ('Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban') is 62. Guitarist Adrian Oxaal of James is 60. Actor Jessica Lundy ('Party of Five,' 'Hope and Gloria') is 59. Actor Liza Snyder ('Yes, Dear') is 57. Actor Michael Rapaport ('Boston Public') is 55. Actor Alexander Chaplin ('Spin City') is 54. Actor Cedric Yarbrough ('Speechless,' 'Reno 911!') is 52. Actor Paula Garces ('Harold and Kumar' films) is 51. Michael Genadry ('Ed') is 47. Actor Bianca Lawson ('Pretty Little Liars') is 46. Comedian Mikey Day ('Saturday Night Live') is 45. Actor Nick Blood ('Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.') is 43. Guitarist Nick Wheeler of All-American Rejects is 43. Actor Michael Cassidy ('People of Earth,' 'The O.C.') is 42. Actor Christy Carlson Romano ('Even Stevens,' 'Kim Possible') is 41. Actor Ruby Rose ('Orange Is the New Black') is 39. Actor Barrett Doss ('Station 19″) is 36.
March 21: Actor Kathleen Widdoes ('As the World Turns') is 86. Singer-guitarist Keith Potger of The Seekers is 84. Actor Marie-Christine Barrault is 81. Singer-keyboardist Rose Stone of Sly and the Family Stone is 80. Actor Timothy Dalton is 79. Singer-guitarist Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry is 79. Singer-guitarist Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is 75. Bassist Conrad Lozano of Los Lobos is 74. Singer Russell Thompkins Jr. of The Stylistics is 74. Comedian Brad Hall ('Saturday Night Live') is 67. Actor Sabrina LeBeauf ('The Cosby Show') is 67. Actor Gary Oldman is 67. Actor Kassie Depaiva ('Days of Our Lives') is 64. Actor Matthew Broderick is 63. Actor-comedian Rosie O'Donnell is 63. Actor Cynthia Geary ('Northern Exposure') is 60. Musician DJ Premier of Gang Starr is 59. Keyboardist Jonas 'Joker' Berggren of Ace of Base is 58. Musician Maxim of Prodigy is 58. Guitarist Andrew Copeland of Sister Hazel is 57. Actor Laura Allen is 51. Actor Sonequa Martin-Green ('Star Trek: Discovery,' 'The Walking Dead') is 40. Actor Scott Eastwood ('Fast X,' 'The Longest Ride') is 39. Actor Jasmin Savoy Brown ('For the People') is 31. Actor Forrest Wheeler ('Fresh Off the Boat') is 21.
March 22: Actor William Shatner is 94. Singer Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy is 84. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 82. News anchor Wolf Blitzer is 77. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 77. Actor Fanny Ardant is 76. Sportscaster Bob Costas is 73. Country singer James House is 70. Actor Lena Olin is 70. Singer-actor Stephanie Mills is 68. Actor Matthew Modine is 66. Comedian Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele) is 54. Actor Will Yun Lee ('Hawaii Five-0″) is 54. Actor Guillermo Diaz ('Scandal') is 50. Actor Anne Dudek ('House,' 'Big Love') is 50. Actor Cole Hauser (TV's 'Yellowstone') is 50. Actor Kellie Williams ('Family Matters') is 49. Actor Reese Witherspoon is 49. Drummer John Otto of Limp Bizkit is 48. Actor Tiffany Dupont ('Murder in the First') is 44. Rapper Mims is 44. Actor Constance Wu (film's 'Crazy Rich Asians,' TV's 'Fresh Off the Boat') is 43. Guitarist Lincoln Parish of Cage the Elephant is 35.
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Sex, lies and small-town scandal. No wonder ‘The Hunting Wives' is a Netflix hit.
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'Nobody who puts this many naked people on TV does it entirely for educational or creative purposes,' Linda Holmes wrote for NPR, while also pointing out how 'everybody seems to be having a transparently great time.' Snow told Glamour she didn't find that nude scenes were 'gratuitously done, where we're showing this shot of a woman's body for no reason.' 'It's all part of the story that needs to be told, specifically because of Margo's coercion and power and making these moves on Sophie, the sex scenes need to happen because Margo uses her sexuality and prowess to make sure that Sophie feels like she's finally being seen,' she said. This show isn't just buzzy because of the sex, although Episode 7's pegging scene might be the most jaw-dropping moment of them all. "Respectfully, the entire meat of the series is its indescribable, inescapable, horniness,' Rolling Stone says. There are plenty of wild antics that make The Hunting Wives an unhinged binge. 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Elle
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- Elle
These Tropical-Scented Perfumes Smell Like Vacation in a Bottle
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USA Today
2 days ago
- USA Today
Lucy Score reveals cover of new rom-com, the Taylor Swift song that inspired her
Call her a mirrorball – Lucy Score is in her disco era. The bestselling author of 'Things We Never Got Over' is back with the second saga of Story Lake, and it is adorned with all sorts of glittery, broken pieces. 'Mistakes Were Made,' out March 10, 2026 from Bloom Books, is a new love story in the same small town as her last novel, 'Story of My Life.' USA TODAY is exclusively revealing the cover and has the inside scoop on what readers can expect. We sat down with Score to chat all things disco balls, small-town romance and the Taylor Swift song that inspired her latest book. 'Mistakes Were Made' by Lucy Score cover reveal When I call Score from her Pennsylvania home office, she's wearing a disco ball necklace. Behind her, there's a disco ball desk trinket among copies of her bestsellers. It's only fitting, then, that a glittering sphere is the forefront of the 'Mistakes Were Made' cover, hovering over a lake similar to the setting of the Story Lake love stories. Zoey, the novel's protagonist, was first introduced to readers as the best friend and literary agent of 'Story of My Life' heroine Hazel Hart. And while she may be a light to her friends and family, she can't help but feel like she's failing at life. The disco ball felt like an apt metaphor to Score. 'We're all made up of broken pieces, but if we're put together the right way, we can still shine,' Score says. The rest of the cover taps into that light as well, with a bright yellow cover and shining glittered stars clinging to the sprayed edges. She took notes from dopamine decor, a design technique that prioritizes fun shapes, colors and whimsy to bring joy in your space. And yes, the character wears a disco ball necklace similar to the one Score is wearing as we chat. 'I have her wearing a disco ball necklace throughout the book, just to remind herself that, 'Just be the sparkle, man!'' Score says. 'I felt like it was a little bit of method writing.' What is 'Mistakes Were Made' about? Expect a redemption rom-com somewhere between 'Gilmore Girls' and 'Schitt's Creek' with tropes like opposites attract, fish out of water and one night stand gone wrong. Zoey, an exiled Manhattanite planning her grand return to the city, is looking for her perfect one-night stand. Gage Bishop, the six-foot-two blue collar landlord and brother of 'Story of My Life' love interest Cam, is looking for the perfect wife. They couldn't be more wrong for each other. But when a Bishop family secret comes to light and rocks Gage's world, finding solace in Zoey for a night might be the best escape – or the biggest mistake. Readers may have already fallen for the gruff Bishop brothers in 'Story of My Life,' but Score promises more Bishop family dynamics in this book. 'That surprised me when I was writing the first one – how real they felt to me and how much I enjoyed every scene where the whole family is on the page,' Score says. 'There's a family secret that comes out that has a ripple effect for everybody. It was really fun for me to explore how each character reacts differently to this particular secret.' She adds 'plucky heroine' Zoey has her own mistakes to reconcile. Score, a certified Swiftie, listened to self-deprecating anthem 'Anti-Hero' the most while she was writing 'Mistakes Were Made.' Zoey is also personally meaningful to Score, who wrote a part of herself into the character. 'There's a reason why Zoey makes so many mistakes, and it's the reason why I make so many mistakes,' Score hints. 'I'm really excited to put it out there, but I'm also very nervous at how it's going to be received, because basically how you receive Zoey is going to be how you receive me.' Lucy Score explains title, hints at third novel in series While she's tight-lipped about the third Story Lake saga, Score does hint that all three will be titled with common, sarcastic sayings like 'Story of My Life' and 'Mistakes Were Made.' She took inspiration from idioms that she throws around in her day-to-day life. 'Besides basically being the title of my autobiography – 'Mistakes Were Made' – I always loved that phrase, and I felt like it applied so well to not just the heroine of the book, but there's an overarching theme of mistakes, understanding, forgiveness, grace,' Score says. 'I feel like I've gone through a similar process of just looking back at my past self and realizing I was just doing the best I could. That's all we're ever doing. And when you know better, you do better, but everybody is just a big bundle of mistakes.' Need a new book?: 15 new releases to read, from romantasy to nonfiction Clare Mulroy is USA TODAY's Books Reporter, where she covers buzzy releases, chats with authors and dives into the culture of reading. Find her on Instagram, subscribe to our weekly Books newsletter or tell her what you're reading at cmulroy@
