
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 10-16
Aug. 10: Actor James Reynolds ('Days of Our Lives') is 79. Singer-flutist Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is 78. Mandolin player Gene Johnson of Diamond Rio is 76. Singer Patti Austin is 75. Actor Rosanna Arquette is 66. Actor Antonio Banderas is 65. Drummer Jon Farriss of INXS is 64. Actor Chris Caldovino ('Boardwalk Empire') is 62. Singer Neneh Cherry is 61. Singer Aaron Hall of Guy is 61. Singer Lorraine Pearson of Five Star is 58. Singer Michael Bivins (Bell Biv Devoe, New Edition) is 57. Actor Angie Harmon ('Law & Order') is 53. Country singer Jennifer Hanson is 52. Actor-turned-lawyer Craig Kirkwood ('Remember the Titans') is 51. Actor JoAnna Garcia Swisher ('Kevin (Probably) Saves the World,' ″Reba') is 46. Singer Cary Ann Hearst of Shovels and Rope is 46. Singer Nikki Bratcher of Divine is 45. Actor Aaron Staton ('Mad Men') is 45. Actor Ryan Eggold ('The Blacklist: Redemption,' ″90210″) is 41. Actor Charley Koontz ('CSI: Cyber') is 38. Actor Lucas Till ('Hannah Montana') is 35. Actor Jeremy Maguire ('Modern Family') is 14.
Aug. 11: Songwriter Kenny Gamble of Gamble and Huff is 82. Bassist Jim Kale of the Guess Who is 82. Country singer John Conlee is 79. Singer Joe Jackson is 71. Actor Viola Davis ('How to Get Away With Murder,' ″The Help') is 60. Actor-podcaster Joe Rogan ('Fear Factor,' ″NewsRadio') is 58. Actor Anna Gunn ('Breaking Bad') is 57. Actor Ashley Jensen ('Ugly Betty') is 57. Actor Sophie Okonedo ('Hotel Rwanda') is 57. Guitarist Charlie Sexton is 57. Hip-hop artist Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Lucy Pearl, A Tribe Called Quest) is 55. Actor Nigel Harman ('Downton Abbey') is 52. Actor Will Friedle ('Boy Meets World') is 49. Singer Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie is 49. Actor Rob Kerkovich ('NCIS: New Orleans') is 46. Actor Merritt Wever ('Nurse Jackie') is 45. Actor Chris Hemsworth ('Tron,' ″The Avengers') is 42. Guitarist Heath Fogg of Alabama Shakes is 41. Singer J-Boog (B2K) is 40. Rapper Asher Roth is 40. Actor Alyson Stoner ('Cheaper by the Dozen,' ″Camp Rock') is 32.
Aug. 12: Actor George Hamilton is 86. Actor Dana Ivey is 84. Actor Jennifer Warren is 84. Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 76. Actor Jim Beaver ('Supernatural') is 75. Singer Kid Creole (of Kid Creole and the Coconuts) is 75. Actor Sam J. Jones ('Flash Gordon') is 71. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 71. Actor Bruce Greenwood (2009′s 'Star Trek,' ″Thirteen Days') is 69. Country singer Danny Shirley of Confederate Railroad is 69. Guitarist Roy Hay of Culture Club is 64. Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot is 62. Actor Peter Krause ('Parenthood,' ″Six Feet Under') is 60. Actor Brent Sexton ('The Killing,' ″Deadwood') is 58. Actor Michael Ian Black ('Ed') is 54. Actor Yvette Nicole Brown (new 'The Odd Couple,' ″Community') is 54. Actor Rebecca Gayheart is 54. Actor Casey Affleck is 50. Actor Maggie Lawson ('Psych') is 45. Actor Dominique Swain ('Lolita,' 'Face/Off') is 45. Actor Leah Pipes ('The Originals') is 37. Actor Lakeith Stanfield ('Atlanta') is 34. Actor Cara Delevingne ('Paper Towns') is 33. Actor Imani Hakim ('Mythic Quest,' 'Everybody Hates Chris') is 32.
Aug. 13: Actor Kevin Tighe ('Emergency,' ″Murder One') is 81. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is 77. Director Paul Greengrass (the 'Bourne' films) is 70. Actor Danny Bonaduce ('The Partridge Family') is 66. Actor Dawnn Lewis ('A Different World,' ″Hangin' With Mr. Cooper') is 64. Actor John Slattery ('Mad Men,' ″Desperate Housewives') is 63. Actor Debi Mazar is 61. Actor Quinn Cummings ('Family') is 58. Actor Seana Kofoed ('Men in Trees') is 55. Country singer Andy Griggs is 52. Drummer Mike Melancon of Emerson Drive is 47. Actor Kathryn Fiore ('Reno 911!') is 46. Actor Sebastian Stan is 43. Actor Eme Ikwuakor ('Marvel's Inhumans') is 41. Singer James Morrison is 41. Actor Lennon Stella ('Nashville') is 26.
Aug. 14: Singer Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts is 87. Country singer Connie Smith is 84. Actor-musician Steve Martin is 80. Actor Antonio Fargas ('Starsky & Hutch') is 79. Bassist Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone is 79. Actor Susan St. James is 79. Romance novelist Danielle Steel is 78. Keyboardist Terry Adams of NRBQ is 77. Cartoonist Gary Larson ('The Far Side') is 75. Actor Carl Lumbly ('Alias') is 74. Actor Jackee Harry ('Sister, Sister,' ″227″) is 69. Actor Marcia Gay Harden is 66. Singer Sarah Brightman is 65. Actor Susan Olsen ('The Brady Bunch') is 64. Actor Halle Berry is 59. Actor Ben Bass ('Rookie Blue') is 57. Actor Catherine Bell ('JAG') is 57. Keyboardist Cody McCarver of Confederate Railroad is 57. Guitarist Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind) is 56. Actor Lalanya Masters ('Barbershop') is 53. Actor Christopher Gorham ('Ugly Betty') is 51. Actor Mila Kunis is 42. Actor Lamorne Morris ('New Girl') is 42. TV personality Spencer Pratt ('The Hills') is 42. Actor Marsai Martin ('black-ish') is 21.
Aug. 15: Actor-musician Jim Dale is 90. Actor Pat Priest ('The Munsters') is 89. Drummer Pete York of The Spencer Davis Group is 83. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 81. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 79. Singer-guitarist Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers is 77. Actor Phyllis Smith ('The Office') is 76. Actor Tess Harper is 75. Actor Larry Mathews ('The Dick Van Dyke Show') is 70. Actor Zeljko Ivanek ('Madam Secretary,' ″Heroes') is 68. Actor Rondell Sheridan ('That's So Raven,' ″Cory in the House') is 67. Singer-keyboardist Matt Johnson (The The) is 64. Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ('Birdman,' 'Babel') is 62. Actor Peter Hermann ('Law & Order: Special Victims Unit') is 58. Actor Debra Messing ('Will & Grace') is 57. Actor Anthony Anderson ('black-ish') is 55. Actor Ben Affleck is 53. Actor Natasha Henstridge ('The Whole Nine Yards,' ″Species') is 51. Bassist Tim Foreman of Switchfoot is 47. Actor Emily Kinney ('Conviction,' 'The Walking Dead') is 41. Actor Courtney Hope ('The Bold and the Beautiful') is 36. Singer Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers is 36. Actor-singer Carlos PenaVega ('Big Time Rush') is 36. Actor Jennifer Lawrence is 35. DJ Smoove da General of Cali Swag District is 35.
Aug. 16: Actor Ann Blyth ('Mildred Pierce') is 97. Actor Gary Clarke ('Hondo,' ″The Virginian') is 92. Actor Julie Newmar (TV's 'Batman') is 92. Actor-singer Ketty Lester ('Little House on the Prairie') is 91. Actor Anita Gillette is 89. Actor Bob Balaban ('A Mighty Wind,' ″Best In Show') is 80. Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is 80. Actor Lesley Ann Warren is 79. Bassist Joey Spampinato (NRBQ) is 77. Actor Marshall Manesh ('How I Met Your Mother,' ″Will and Grace') is 75. Actor Reginald VelJohnson ('Family Matters') is 74. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 72. Singer J.T. Taylor (Kool and the Gang) is 72. Director James Cameron ('Titanic,' ″The Terminator') is 71. Actor Jeff Perry ('Scandal,' ″Grey's Anatomy') is 70. Guitarist Tim Farriss of INXS is 68. Actor Laura Innes ('ER') is 68. Actor Angela Bassett is 67. Singer Madonna is 67. Actor Timothy Hutton is 65. Actor Steve Carell is 63. Actor Andy Milder ('Weeds') is 57. Actor Seth Peterson ('Burn Notice,' 'Providence') is 55. Country singer Emily Robison of The Dixie Chicks is 53. Actor George Stults ('Seventh Heaven') is 50. Singer Vanessa Carlton is 45. Actor Cam Gigandet ('Twilight') is 43. Singer-guitarist Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes is 40. Actor Cristin Milioti ('How I Met Your Mother') is 40. Actor Shawn Pyfrom ('Desperate Housewives') is 39. Country singer Ashton Shepherd is 39. Singer Dan Smyers of Dan and Shay is 38. Rapper Young Thug is 34. Actor Cameron Monaghan ('Gotham') is 32. Singer Greyson Chance is 28.
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Winnipeg Free Press
04-08-2025
- Winnipeg Free Press
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 10-16
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 10-16: Aug. 10: Actor James Reynolds ('Days of Our Lives') is 79. Singer-flutist Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is 78. Mandolin player Gene Johnson of Diamond Rio is 76. Singer Patti Austin is 75. Actor Rosanna Arquette is 66. Actor Antonio Banderas is 65. Drummer Jon Farriss of INXS is 64. Actor Chris Caldovino ('Boardwalk Empire') is 62. Singer Neneh Cherry is 61. Singer Aaron Hall of Guy is 61. Singer Lorraine Pearson of Five Star is 58. Singer Michael Bivins (Bell Biv Devoe, New Edition) is 57. Actor Angie Harmon ('Law & Order') is 53. Country singer Jennifer Hanson is 52. Actor-turned-lawyer Craig Kirkwood ('Remember the Titans') is 51. Actor JoAnna Garcia Swisher ('Kevin (Probably) Saves the World,' ″Reba') is 46. Singer Cary Ann Hearst of Shovels and Rope is 46. Singer Nikki Bratcher of Divine is 45. Actor Aaron Staton ('Mad Men') is 45. Actor Ryan Eggold ('The Blacklist: Redemption,' ″90210″) is 41. Actor Charley Koontz ('CSI: Cyber') is 38. Actor Lucas Till ('Hannah Montana') is 35. Actor Jeremy Maguire ('Modern Family') is 14. Aug. 11: Songwriter Kenny Gamble of Gamble and Huff is 82. Bassist Jim Kale of the Guess Who is 82. Country singer John Conlee is 79. Singer Joe Jackson is 71. Actor Viola Davis ('How to Get Away With Murder,' ″The Help') is 60. Actor-podcaster Joe Rogan ('Fear Factor,' ″NewsRadio') is 58. Actor Anna Gunn ('Breaking Bad') is 57. Actor Ashley Jensen ('Ugly Betty') is 57. Actor Sophie Okonedo ('Hotel Rwanda') is 57. Guitarist Charlie Sexton is 57. Hip-hop artist Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Lucy Pearl, A Tribe Called Quest) is 55. Actor Nigel Harman ('Downton Abbey') is 52. Actor Will Friedle ('Boy Meets World') is 49. Singer Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie is 49. Actor Rob Kerkovich ('NCIS: New Orleans') is 46. Actor Merritt Wever ('Nurse Jackie') is 45. Actor Chris Hemsworth ('Tron,' ″The Avengers') is 42. Guitarist Heath Fogg of Alabama Shakes is 41. Singer J-Boog (B2K) is 40. Rapper Asher Roth is 40. Actor Alyson Stoner ('Cheaper by the Dozen,' ″Camp Rock') is 32. Aug. 12: Actor George Hamilton is 86. Actor Dana Ivey is 84. Actor Jennifer Warren is 84. Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 76. Actor Jim Beaver ('Supernatural') is 75. Singer Kid Creole (of Kid Creole and the Coconuts) is 75. Actor Sam J. Jones ('Flash Gordon') is 71. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 71. Actor Bruce Greenwood (2009′s 'Star Trek,' ″Thirteen Days') is 69. Country singer Danny Shirley of Confederate Railroad is 69. Guitarist Roy Hay of Culture Club is 64. Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot is 62. Actor Peter Krause ('Parenthood,' ″Six Feet Under') is 60. Actor Brent Sexton ('The Killing,' ″Deadwood') is 58. Actor Michael Ian Black ('Ed') is 54. Actor Yvette Nicole Brown (new 'The Odd Couple,' ″Community') is 54. Actor Rebecca Gayheart is 54. Actor Casey Affleck is 50. Actor Maggie Lawson ('Psych') is 45. Actor Dominique Swain ('Lolita,' 'Face/Off') is 45. Actor Leah Pipes ('The Originals') is 37. Actor Lakeith Stanfield ('Atlanta') is 34. Actor Cara Delevingne ('Paper Towns') is 33. Actor Imani Hakim ('Mythic Quest,' 'Everybody Hates Chris') is 32. Aug. 13: Actor Kevin Tighe ('Emergency,' ″Murder One') is 81. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is 77. Director Paul Greengrass (the 'Bourne' films) is 70. Actor Danny Bonaduce ('The Partridge Family') is 66. Actor Dawnn Lewis ('A Different World,' ″Hangin' With Mr. Cooper') is 64. Actor John Slattery ('Mad Men,' ″Desperate Housewives') is 63. Actor Debi Mazar is 61. Actor Quinn Cummings ('Family') is 58. Actor Seana Kofoed ('Men in Trees') is 55. Country singer Andy Griggs is 52. Drummer Mike Melancon of Emerson Drive is 47. Actor Kathryn Fiore ('Reno 911!') is 46. Actor Sebastian Stan is 43. Actor Eme Ikwuakor ('Marvel's Inhumans') is 41. Singer James Morrison is 41. Actor Lennon Stella ('Nashville') is 26. Aug. 14: Singer Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts is 87. Country singer Connie Smith is 84. Actor-musician Steve Martin is 80. Actor Antonio Fargas ('Starsky & Hutch') is 79. Bassist Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone is 79. Actor Susan St. James is 79. Romance novelist Danielle Steel is 78. Keyboardist Terry Adams of NRBQ is 77. Cartoonist Gary Larson ('The Far Side') is 75. Actor Carl Lumbly ('Alias') is 74. Actor Jackee Harry ('Sister, Sister,' ″227″) is 69. Actor Marcia Gay Harden is 66. Singer Sarah Brightman is 65. Actor Susan Olsen ('The Brady Bunch') is 64. Actor Halle Berry is 59. Actor Ben Bass ('Rookie Blue') is 57. Actor Catherine Bell ('JAG') is 57. Keyboardist Cody McCarver of Confederate Railroad is 57. Guitarist Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind) is 56. Actor Lalanya Masters ('Barbershop') is 53. Actor Christopher Gorham ('Ugly Betty') is 51. Actor Mila Kunis is 42. Actor Lamorne Morris ('New Girl') is 42. TV personality Spencer Pratt ('The Hills') is 42. Actor Marsai Martin ('black-ish') is 21. Aug. 15: Actor-musician Jim Dale is 90. Actor Pat Priest ('The Munsters') is 89. Drummer Pete York of The Spencer Davis Group is 83. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 81. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 79. Singer-guitarist Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers is 77. Actor Phyllis Smith ('The Office') is 76. Actor Tess Harper is 75. Actor Larry Mathews ('The Dick Van Dyke Show') is 70. Actor Zeljko Ivanek ('Madam Secretary,' ″Heroes') is 68. Actor Rondell Sheridan ('That's So Raven,' ″Cory in the House') is 67. Singer-keyboardist Matt Johnson (The The) is 64. Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ('Birdman,' 'Babel') is 62. Actor Peter Hermann ('Law & Order: Special Victims Unit') is 58. Actor Debra Messing ('Will & Grace') is 57. Actor Anthony Anderson ('black-ish') is 55. Actor Ben Affleck is 53. Actor Natasha Henstridge ('The Whole Nine Yards,' ″Species') is 51. Bassist Tim Foreman of Switchfoot is 47. Actor Emily Kinney ('Conviction,' 'The Walking Dead') is 41. Actor Courtney Hope ('The Bold and the Beautiful') is 36. Singer Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers is 36. Actor-singer Carlos PenaVega ('Big Time Rush') is 36. Actor Jennifer Lawrence is 35. DJ Smoove da General of Cali Swag District is 35. Aug. 16: Actor Ann Blyth ('Mildred Pierce') is 97. Actor Gary Clarke ('Hondo,' ″The Virginian') is 92. Actor Julie Newmar (TV's 'Batman') is 92. Actor-singer Ketty Lester ('Little House on the Prairie') is 91. Actor Anita Gillette is 89. Actor Bob Balaban ('A Mighty Wind,' ″Best In Show') is 80. Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is 80. Actor Lesley Ann Warren is 79. Bassist Joey Spampinato (NRBQ) is 77. Actor Marshall Manesh ('How I Met Your Mother,' ″Will and Grace') is 75. Actor Reginald VelJohnson ('Family Matters') is 74. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 72. Singer J.T. Taylor (Kool and the Gang) is 72. Director James Cameron ('Titanic,' ″The Terminator') is 71. Actor Jeff Perry ('Scandal,' ″Grey's Anatomy') is 70. Guitarist Tim Farriss of INXS is 68. Actor Laura Innes ('ER') is 68. Actor Angela Bassett is 67. Singer Madonna is 67. Actor Timothy Hutton is 65. Actor Steve Carell is 63. Actor Andy Milder ('Weeds') is 57. Actor Seth Peterson ('Burn Notice,' 'Providence') is 55. Country singer Emily Robison of The Dixie Chicks is 53. Actor George Stults ('Seventh Heaven') is 50. Singer Vanessa Carlton is 45. Actor Cam Gigandet ('Twilight') is 43. Singer-guitarist Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes is 40. Actor Cristin Milioti ('How I Met Your Mother') is 40. Actor Shawn Pyfrom ('Desperate Housewives') is 39. Country singer Ashton Shepherd is 39. Singer Dan Smyers of Dan and Shay is 38. Rapper Young Thug is 34. Actor Cameron Monaghan ('Gotham') is 32. Singer Greyson Chance is 28.


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Winnipeg Free Press
08-07-2025
- Winnipeg Free Press
‘Beautiful cause': Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds donates to Oake foundation, asks others to join in
Scott Oake is used to hob-nobbing with famous hockey players, but goodwill from a Hollywood superstar has him feeling starstruck. The longtime Winnipeg sports broadcaster shared an Ottawa stage with actor Ryan Reynolds on Canada Day as the two were among 88 inducted into the Order of Canada. The two spoke briefly about the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, named after Oake's son, who struggled with addiction and died of an overdose at 25 in 2011, along with the planned Anne Oake Family Recovery Centre, named after his wife, who died in 2021 of an autoimmune liver disease at 65. SPENCER COLBY / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES Scott Oake looks on as Ryan Reynolds chats with Deantha Rae Edmunds after she was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada in Ottawa on July 1. Oake said the Vancouver actor made a donation to the Bruce and Anne Oake Memorial Foundation the day before the ceremony, and they spoke on the phone Monday about how he could offer further support. On Tuesday morning, the Deadpool star sent along a video of him cracking jokes but also sharing an important message, calling Canada's drug crisis the 'single greatest peace time problem this country has ever faced' and commending Oake's commitment to fight it. 'I'm really proud to know Scott Oake, I think he's an incredible example of Canadian grit and determination and moving through grief in a way that has a positive outcome for other people,' he said in the video posted to Oake's social media. 'I think it's just a beautiful cause, and I'm proud to support the Bruce and Anne Oake foundation, and I hope you'll consider doing the same.' Oake said Reynolds was well-informed on the work they were doing when they spoke, and they had discussed him creating a video to promote the foundation. He described Reynolds as a 'generous, solid, down-to-earth guy.' 'This came in, and we were stunned … we couldn't believe it, he spent a lot of time shooting that, editing it,' he said. 'It was amazing.' Oake was one of four Manitoba recipients of the Order of Canada announced in December, joining Free Press faith columnist John Longhurst, disability rights activist Oly Backstrom and veterinarian Ken Mould. He joked that the honour and ensuing ceremony was 'enough to make you feel like a fraud.' 'I'm always kind of embarrassed when people are willing to heap credit on me and the family — we weren't innocent bystanders, put it that way, but it's a lot of people who have got Bruce Oake open and running the beautiful way it is, and will do the same for the Anne Oake Recovery Centre,' he said. X Ryan Reynolds called Scott Oake 'an incredible example of Canadian grit and determination,' in the video posted to social media. 'That's why I like to say, this Order of Canada is for everyone in the recovery community.' In April, the province announced it would invest $1.5 million into the creation of the Anne Oake centre, which will provide treatment for women struggling with addiction. Wednesdays Sent weekly from the heart of Turtle Island, an exploration of Indigenous voices, perspectives and experiences. Oake said the facility is 'well down the road in design' and they are in the process of completing the lease for the land near the Victoria Hospital. The capital campaign for the project seeks to raise $25 million; $15 million has been raised so far. The upcoming Hockey Night in Canada Gala is scheduled for Sept. 4 at the Metropolitan Entertainment Centre on Donald Street, with all proceeds going to the Anne Oake centre. Guests will have the chance to win a 'major prize' donated by Reynolds. Malak AbasReporter Malak Abas is a city reporter at the Free Press. Born and raised in Winnipeg's North End, she led the campus paper at the University of Manitoba before joining the Free Press in 2020. Read more about Malak. Every piece of reporting Malak produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.