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Toronto Star
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 17-23
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 17-23: Aug. 17: Actor Robert De Niro is 82. Guitarist Gary Talley of The Box Tops is 78. 'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes is 76. Actor Robert Joy ('CSI: NY') is 74. Singer Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners is 72. Bassist Colin Moulding of XTC is 70. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 70. Singer Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go's is 67. Actor Sean Penn is 65. Jazz saxophonist Everette Harp is 64. Guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses) is 63. Singer Maria McKee (Lone Justice) is 61. Drummer Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) is 60. Singer-bassist Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson) is 59. Actor David Conrad ('Ghost Whisperer,' 'Relativity') is 58. Rapper Posdnuos of De La Soul is 56. Actor-singer Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) is 56. TV personality Giuliana Rancic ('Fashion Police,' ″E! News') is 51. Actor Bryton James ('Family Matters') is 39. Actor Brady Corbet ('24,' 'Thirteen') is 37. Actor Austin Butler ('Dune: Part Two,' 'Elvis') is 34. Actor Taissa Farmiga ('American Horror Story') is 31.
Winnipeg Free Press
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 17-23
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 17-23: Aug. 17: Actor Robert De Niro is 82. Guitarist Gary Talley of The Box Tops is 78. 'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes is 76. Actor Robert Joy ('CSI: NY') is 74. Singer Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners is 72. Bassist Colin Moulding of XTC is 70. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 70. Singer Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go's is 67. Actor Sean Penn is 65. Jazz saxophonist Everette Harp is 64. Guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses) is 63. Singer Maria McKee (Lone Justice) is 61. Drummer Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) is 60. Singer-bassist Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson) is 59. Actor David Conrad ('Ghost Whisperer,' 'Relativity') is 58. Rapper Posdnuos of De La Soul is 56. Actor-singer Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) is 56. TV personality Giuliana Rancic ('Fashion Police,' ″E! News') is 51. Actor Bryton James ('Family Matters') is 39. Actor Brady Corbet ('24,' 'Thirteen') is 37. Actor Austin Butler ('Dune: Part Two,' 'Elvis') is 34. Actor Taissa Farmiga ('American Horror Story') is 31. Aug. 18: Actor Robert Redford is 89. Actor Henry G. Sanders ('Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman') is 83. Drummer Dennis Elliott (Foreigner) is 75. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 73. Country singer Steve Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 70. Comedian-actor Denis Leary is 68. Actor Madeleine Stowe is 67. TV news anchor Bob Woodruff is 64. Actor Adam Storke ('Mystic Pizza') is 63. Actor Craig Bierko ('Sex and the City,' ″The Long Kiss Goodnight') is 61. Singer Zac Maloy of The Nixons is 57. Musician Everlast (House of Pain) is 56. Rapper Masta Killa of Wu-Tang Clan is 56. Actor Edward Norton is 56. Actor Christian Slater is 56. Actor Kaitlin Olson ('The Mick,' ″It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia') is 50. Comedian Andy Samberg ('Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' ″Saturday Night Live') is 47. Guitarist Brad Tursi of Old Dominion is 46. Actor Maia Mitchell ('The Fosters') is 32. Actor Madelaine Petsch ('Riverdale') is 31. Actor Parker McKenna Posey ('My Wife and Kids') is 30. Aug. 19: Actor Debra Paget ('The Ten Commandments,' 'Love Me Tender') is 92. Actor Diana Muldaur ('Star Trek: The Next Generation') is 87. Actor Jill St. John is 85. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 82. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 81. Singer Ian Gillan of Deep Purple is 80. Actor Gerald McRaney is 78. Actor Jim Carter ('Downton Abbey') is 77. Singer-guitarist Elliot Lurie of Looking Glass is 77. Bassist John Deacon of Queen is 74. Actor Jonathan Frakes ('Star Trek: The Next Generation') is 73. Actor Peter Gallagher is 70. Actor Adam Arkin is 69. Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 68. Actor Martin Donovan is 68. Singer Ivan Neville is 66. Actor Eric Lutes ('Caroline in the City') is 63. Actor John Stamos is 62. Actor Kyra Sedgwick is 60. Actor Kevin Dillon ('Entourage') is 60. Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 59. Former MTV reporter Tabitha Soren is 58. Country singer Clay Walker is 56. Rapper Fat Joe is 55. Actor Tracie Thoms ('Cold Case') is 50. Actor Erika Christensen ('Parenthood') is 43. Actor Melissa Fumero ('Brooklyn Nine-Nine') is 43. Actor Tammin Sursok ('Pretty Little Liars') is 42. Singer Karli Osborn (SHeDaisy) is 41. Rapper Romeo (formerly Lil' Romeo) is 36. Actor Ethan Cutkosky (TV's 'Shameless') is 26. Aug. 20: News anchor Connie Chung is 79. Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 78. Actor Ray Wise ('Reaper,' ″Twin Peaks') is 78. Actor John Noble ('Lord of the Rings' films) is 77. Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 77. Singer Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 73. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 73. Actor-director Peter Horton ('thirtysomething') is 72. 'Today' show weatherman Al Roker is 71. Actor Jay Acovone ('Stargate SG-1') is 70. Actor Joan Allen is 69. Director David O. Russell ('Silver Linings Playbook,' 'American Hustle') is 67. Actor James Marsters ('Angel,' ″Buffy the Vampire Slayer') is 63. Rapper KRS-One is 60. Actor Colin Cunningham ('Falling Skies') is 59. Actor Billy Gardell ('Mike and Molly') is 56. Singer Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 55. Actor Ke Huy Quan ('Everything Everywhere All at Once,' 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom') is 55. Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 54. Actor Misha Collins ('Supernatural') is 51. Singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris is 50. Actor Ben Barnes ('Westworld,' ″Prince Caspian') is 44. Actor Meghan Ory ('Once Upon a Time') is 43. Actor Andrew Garfield ('The Amazing Spider-Man') is 42. Actor Brant Daugherty ('Pretty Little Liars') is 40. Singer-actor Demi Lovato is 33. Aug. 21: Guitarist James Burton (with Elvis Presley) is 86. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 84. Actor Patty McCormack ('Frost/Nixon,' 'The Ropers') is 80. Singer Carl Giammarese of The Buckinghams is 78. Actor Loretta Devine ('Boston Public') is 76. Newsman Harry Smith is 74. Singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) is 73. Guitarist Nick Kane (The Mavericks) is 71. Actor Kim Cattrall ('Sex and the City') is 69. Actor Cleo King ('Mike and Molly') is 63. Singer Serj Tankian of System of a Down is 58. Actor Carrie-Anne Moss ('The Matrix,' ″Chocolat') is 55. Musician Liam Howlett of Prodigy is 54. Actor Alicia Witt ('Law & Order: Criminal Intent,' ″Cybill') is 50. Singer-chef Kelis is 46. Actor Diego Klattenhoff ('The Blacklist') is 46. TV personality Brody Jenner ('The Hills') is 42. Singer Melissa Schuman of Dream is 41. Comedian Brooks Wheelan ('Saturday Night Live') is 39. Actor Cody Kasch ('Desperate Housewives') is 38. Musician Kacey Musgraves is 37. Actor Hayden Panettiere ('Nashville,' ″Heroes') is 36. Actor RJ Mitte ('Breaking Bad') is 33. Actor Maxim Knight ('Falling Skies') is 26. Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. Aug. 22: Newsman Morton Dean is 90. TV writer/producer David Chase ('The Sopranos') is 80. Correspondent Steve Kroft ('60 Minutes') is 80. Guitarist David Marks of The Beach Boys is 77. Guitarist Vernon Reid of Living Colour is 67. Country singer Collin Raye is 65. Actor Regina Taylor ('The Unit,' ″I'll Fly Away') is 65. Singer Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is 64. Drummer Debbi Peterson of The Bangles is 64. Guitarist Gary Lee Conner of Screaming Trees is 63. Singer Tori Amos is 62. Keyboardist James DeBarge of DeBarge is 62. Country singer Mila Mason is 62. Rapper GZA (Wu-Tang Clan) is 59. Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ('Oz,' 'Lost') is 58. Actor Ty Burrell ('Modern Family') is 58. Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis is 55. Actor Melinda Page Hamilton ('Devious Maids,' ″Mad Men') is 54. Actor Rick Yune ('Die Another Day,' 'The Fast and the Furious') is 54. Guitarist Paul Doucette of Matchbox Twenty is 53. Rapper Beenie Man is 52. Singer Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys is 52. Comedian Kristen Wiig ('Bridesmaids,' ″Saturday Night Live') is 52. Actor Jenna Leigh Green ('Sabrina the Teenage Witch') is 51. Keyboardist Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket is 51. Bassist Dean Back of Theory of a Deadman is 50. Actor and TV host James Corden is 47. Guitarist Jeff Stinco of Simple Plan is 47. Actor Brandon Adams ('The Mighty Ducks') is 46. Actor Aya Sumika ('Numb3rs') is 45. Actor Ari Stidham (TV's 'Scorpion') is 33. Aug. 23: Actor Vera Miles is 95. Actor Barbara Eden is 94. Actor Richard Sanders ('WKRP In Cincinnati') is 85. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 78. Actor David Robb ('Downton Abbey') is 78. Singer Linda Thompson is 78. Actor Shelley Long is 76. Fiddler-singer Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 76. Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 76. Actor-producer Mark Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) is 74. Actor Skipp Sudduth ('The Good Wife') is 69. Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 64. Singer-bassist Ira Dean of Trick Pony is 56. Actor Jay Mohr is 55. Actor Ray Park ('X-Men,' ″The Phantom Menace') is 51. Actor Scott Caan ('Hawaii Five-0') is 49. Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 47. Actor Joanne Froggatt ('Downton Abbey') is 45. Actor Jaime Lee Kirchner ('Bull') is 44. Saxophonist Andy Wild of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 44. Actor Annie Ilonzeh ('Chicago Fire') is 42. Musician Sky Blu of LMFAO is 39. Actor Kimberly Matula ('The Bold and the Beautiful') is 37.
The Independent
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 17-23
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 17-23: Aug. 17: Actor Robert De Niro is 82. Guitarist Gary Talley of The Box Tops is 78. 'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes is 76. Actor Robert Joy ('CSI: NY') is 74. Singer Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners is 72. Bassist Colin Moulding of XTC is 70. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 70. Singer Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go's is 67. Actor Sean Penn is 65. Jazz saxophonist Everette Harp is 64. Guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses) is 63. Singer Maria McKee (Lone Justice) is 61. Drummer Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) is 60. Singer-bassist Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson) is 59. Actor David Conrad ('Ghost Whisperer,' 'Relativity') is 58. Rapper Posdnuos of De La Soul is 56. Actor-singer Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) is 56. TV personality Giuliana Rancic ('Fashion Police,' ″E! News') is 51. Actor Bryton James ('Family Matters') is 39. Actor Brady Corbet ('24,' 'Thirteen') is 37. Actor Austin Butler ('Dune: Part Two,' 'Elvis') is 34. Actor Taissa Farmiga ('American Horror Story') is 31. Aug. 18: Actor Robert Redford is 89. Actor Henry G. Sanders ('Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman') is 83. Drummer Dennis Elliott (Foreigner) is 75. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 73. Country singer Steve Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 70. Comedian-actor Denis Leary is 68. Actor Madeleine Stowe is 67. TV news anchor Bob Woodruff is 64. Actor Adam Storke ('Mystic Pizza') is 63. Actor Craig Bierko ('Sex and the City,' ″The Long Kiss Goodnight') is 61. Singer Zac Maloy of The Nixons is 57. Musician Everlast (House of Pain) is 56. Rapper Masta Killa of Wu-Tang Clan is 56. Actor Edward Norton is 56. Actor Christian Slater is 56. Actor Kaitlin Olson ('The Mick,' ″It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia') is 50. Comedian Andy Samberg ('Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' ″Saturday Night Live') is 47. Guitarist Brad Tursi of Old Dominion is 46. Actor Maia Mitchell ('The Fosters') is 32. Actor Madelaine Petsch ('Riverdale') is 31. Actor Parker McKenna Posey ('My Wife and Kids') is 30. Aug. 19: Actor Debra Paget ('The Ten Commandments,' 'Love Me Tender') is 92. Actor Diana Muldaur ('Star Trek: The Next Generation') is 87. Actor Jill St. John is 85. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 82. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 81. Singer Ian Gillan of Deep Purple is 80. Actor Gerald McRaney is 78. Actor Jim Carter ('Downton Abbey') is 77. Singer-guitarist Elliot Lurie of Looking Glass is 77. Bassist John Deacon of Queen is 74. Actor Jonathan Frakes ('Star Trek: The Next Generation') is 73. Actor Peter Gallagher is 70. Actor Adam Arkin is 69. Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 68. Actor Martin Donovan is 68. Singer Ivan Neville is 66. Actor Eric Lutes ('Caroline in the City') is 63. Actor John Stamos is 62. Actor Kyra Sedgwick is 60. Actor Kevin Dillon ('Entourage') is 60. Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 59. Former MTV reporter Tabitha Soren is 58. Country singer Clay Walker is 56. Rapper Fat Joe is 55. Actor Tracie Thoms ('Cold Case') is 50. Actor Erika Christensen ('Parenthood') is 43. Actor Melissa Fumero ('Brooklyn Nine-Nine') is 43. Actor Tammin Sursok ('Pretty Little Liars') is 42. Singer Karli Osborn (SHeDaisy) is 41. Rapper Romeo (formerly Lil' Romeo) is 36. Actor Ethan Cutkosky (TV's 'Shameless') is 26. Aug. 20: News anchor Connie Chung is 79. Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 78. Actor Ray Wise ('Reaper,' ″Twin Peaks') is 78. Actor John Noble ('Lord of the Rings' films) is 77. Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 77. Singer Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 73. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 73. Actor-director Peter Horton ('thirtysomething') is 72. 'Today' show weatherman Al Roker is 71. Actor Jay Acovone ('Stargate SG-1') is 70. Actor Joan Allen is 69. Director David O. Russell ('Silver Linings Playbook,' 'American Hustle') is 67. Actor James Marsters ('Angel,' ″Buffy the Vampire Slayer') is 63. Rapper KRS-One is 60. Actor Colin Cunningham ('Falling Skies') is 59. Actor Billy Gardell ('Mike and Molly') is 56. Singer Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 55. Actor Ke Huy Quan ('Everything Everywhere All at Once,' 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom') is 55. Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 54. Actor Misha Collins ('Supernatural') is 51. Singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris is 50. Actor Ben Barnes ('Westworld,' ″Prince Caspian') is 44. Actor Meghan Ory ('Once Upon a Time') is 43. Actor Andrew Garfield ('The Amazing Spider-Man') is 42. Actor Brant Daugherty ('Pretty Little Liars') is 40. Singer-actor Demi Lovato is 33. Aug. 21: Guitarist James Burton (with Elvis Presley) is 86. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 84. Actor Patty McCormack ('Frost/Nixon,' 'The Ropers') is 80. Singer Carl Giammarese of The Buckinghams is 78. Actor Loretta Devine ('Boston Public') is 76. Newsman Harry Smith is 74. Singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) is 73. Guitarist Nick Kane (The Mavericks) is 71. Actor Kim Cattrall ('Sex and the City') is 69. Actor Cleo King ('Mike and Molly') is 63. Singer Serj Tankian of System of a Down is 58. Actor Carrie-Anne Moss ('The Matrix,' ″Chocolat') is 55. Musician Liam Howlett of Prodigy is 54. Actor Alicia Witt ('Law & Order: Criminal Intent,' ″Cybill') is 50. Singer-chef Kelis is 46. Actor Diego Klattenhoff ('The Blacklist') is 46. TV personality Brody Jenner ('The Hills') is 42. Singer Melissa Schuman of Dream is 41. Comedian Brooks Wheelan ('Saturday Night Live') is 39. Actor Cody Kasch ('Desperate Housewives') is 38. Musician Kacey Musgraves is 37. Actor Hayden Panettiere ('Nashville,' ″Heroes') is 36. Actor RJ Mitte ('Breaking Bad') is 33. Actor Maxim Knight ('Falling Skies') is 26. Aug. 22: Newsman Morton Dean is 90. TV writer/producer David Chase ('The Sopranos') is 80. Correspondent Steve Kroft ('60 Minutes') is 80. Guitarist David Marks of The Beach Boys is 77. Guitarist Vernon Reid of Living Colour is 67. Country singer Collin Raye is 65. Actor Regina Taylor ('The Unit,' ″I'll Fly Away') is 65. Singer Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is 64. Drummer Debbi Peterson of The Bangles is 64. Guitarist Gary Lee Conner of Screaming Trees is 63. Singer Tori Amos is 62. Keyboardist James DeBarge of DeBarge is 62. Country singer Mila Mason is 62. Rapper GZA (Wu-Tang Clan) is 59. Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ('Oz,' 'Lost') is 58. Actor Ty Burrell ('Modern Family') is 58. Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis is 55. Actor Melinda Page Hamilton ('Devious Maids,' ″Mad Men') is 54. Actor Rick Yune ('Die Another Day,' 'The Fast and the Furious') is 54. Guitarist Paul Doucette of Matchbox Twenty is 53. Rapper Beenie Man is 52. Singer Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys is 52. Comedian Kristen Wiig ('Bridesmaids,' ″Saturday Night Live') is 52. Actor Jenna Leigh Green ('Sabrina the Teenage Witch') is 51. Keyboardist Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket is 51. Bassist Dean Back of Theory of a Deadman is 50. Actor and TV host James Corden is 47. Guitarist Jeff Stinco of Simple Plan is 47. Actor Brandon Adams ('The Mighty Ducks') is 46. Actor Aya Sumika ('Numb3rs') is 45. Actor Ari Stidham (TV's 'Scorpion') is 33. Aug. 23: Actor Vera Miles is 95. Actor Barbara Eden is 94. Actor Richard Sanders ('WKRP In Cincinnati') is 85. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 78. Actor David Robb ('Downton Abbey') is 78. Singer Linda Thompson is 78. Actor Shelley Long is 76. Fiddler-singer Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 76. Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 76. Actor-producer Mark Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) is 74. Actor Skipp Sudduth ('The Good Wife') is 69. Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 64. Singer-bassist Ira Dean of Trick Pony is 56. Actor Jay Mohr is 55. Actor Ray Park ('X-Men,' ″The Phantom Menace') is 51. Actor Scott Caan ('Hawaii Five-0') is 49. Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 47. Actor Joanne Froggatt ('Downton Abbey') is 45. Actor Jaime Lee Kirchner ('Bull') is 44. Saxophonist Andy Wild of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 44. Actor Annie Ilonzeh ('Chicago Fire') is 42. Musician Sky Blu of LMFAO is 39. Actor Kimberly Matula ('The Bold and the Beautiful') is 37.
Associated Press
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 17-23
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 17-23: Aug. 17: Actor Robert De Niro is 82. Guitarist Gary Talley of The Box Tops is 78. 'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes is 76. Actor Robert Joy ('CSI: NY') is 74. Singer Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners is 72. Bassist Colin Moulding of XTC is 70. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 70. Singer Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go's is 67. Actor Sean Penn is 65. Jazz saxophonist Everette Harp is 64. Guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses) is 63. Singer Maria McKee (Lone Justice) is 61. Drummer Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) is 60. Singer-bassist Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson) is 59. Actor David Conrad ('Ghost Whisperer,' 'Relativity') is 58. Rapper Posdnuos of De La Soul is 56. Actor-singer Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) is 56. TV personality Giuliana Rancic ('Fashion Police,' ″E! News') is 51. Actor Bryton James ('Family Matters') is 39. Actor Brady Corbet ('24,' 'Thirteen') is 37. Actor Austin Butler ('Dune: Part Two,' 'Elvis') is 34. Actor Taissa Farmiga ('American Horror Story') is 31. Aug. 18: Actor Robert Redford is 89. Actor Henry G. Sanders ('Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman') is 83. Drummer Dennis Elliott (Foreigner) is 75. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 73. Country singer Steve Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 70. Comedian-actor Denis Leary is 68. Actor Madeleine Stowe is 67. TV news anchor Bob Woodruff is 64. Actor Adam Storke ('Mystic Pizza') is 63. Actor Craig Bierko ('Sex and the City,' ″The Long Kiss Goodnight') is 61. Singer Zac Maloy of The Nixons is 57. Musician Everlast (House of Pain) is 56. Rapper Masta Killa of Wu-Tang Clan is 56. Actor Edward Norton is 56. Actor Christian Slater is 56. Actor Kaitlin Olson ('The Mick,' ″It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia') is 50. Comedian Andy Samberg ('Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' ″Saturday Night Live') is 47. Guitarist Brad Tursi of Old Dominion is 46. Actor Maia Mitchell ('The Fosters') is 32. Actor Madelaine Petsch ('Riverdale') is 31. Actor Parker McKenna Posey ('My Wife and Kids') is 30. Aug. 19: Actor Debra Paget ('The Ten Commandments,' 'Love Me Tender') is 92. Actor Diana Muldaur ('Star Trek: The Next Generation') is 87. Actor Jill St. John is 85. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 82. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 81. Singer Ian Gillan of Deep Purple is 80. Actor Gerald McRaney is 78. Actor Jim Carter ('Downton Abbey') is 77. Singer-guitarist Elliot Lurie of Looking Glass is 77. Bassist John Deacon of Queen is 74. Actor Jonathan Frakes ('Star Trek: The Next Generation') is 73. Actor Peter Gallagher is 70. Actor Adam Arkin is 69. Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 68. Actor Martin Donovan is 68. Singer Ivan Neville is 66. Actor Eric Lutes ('Caroline in the City') is 63. Actor John Stamos is 62. Actor Kyra Sedgwick is 60. Actor Kevin Dillon ('Entourage') is 60. Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 59. Former MTV reporter Tabitha Soren is 58. Country singer Clay Walker is 56. Rapper Fat Joe is 55. Actor Tracie Thoms ('Cold Case') is 50. Actor Erika Christensen ('Parenthood') is 43. Actor Melissa Fumero ('Brooklyn Nine-Nine') is 43. Actor Tammin Sursok ('Pretty Little Liars') is 42. Singer Karli Osborn (SHeDaisy) is 41. Rapper Romeo (formerly Lil' Romeo) is 36. Actor Ethan Cutkosky (TV's 'Shameless') is 26. Aug. 20: News anchor Connie Chung is 79. Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 78. Actor Ray Wise ('Reaper,' ″Twin Peaks') is 78. Actor John Noble ('Lord of the Rings' films) is 77. Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 77. Singer Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 73. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 73. Actor-director Peter Horton ('thirtysomething') is 72. 'Today' show weatherman Al Roker is 71. Actor Jay Acovone ('Stargate SG-1') is 70. Actor Joan Allen is 69. Director David O. Russell ('Silver Linings Playbook,' 'American Hustle') is 67. Actor James Marsters ('Angel,' ″Buffy the Vampire Slayer') is 63. Rapper KRS-One is 60. Actor Colin Cunningham ('Falling Skies') is 59. Actor Billy Gardell ('Mike and Molly') is 56. Singer Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 55. Actor Ke Huy Quan ('Everything Everywhere All at Once,' 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom') is 55. Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 54. Actor Misha Collins ('Supernatural') is 51. Singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris is 50. Actor Ben Barnes ('Westworld,' ″Prince Caspian') is 44. Actor Meghan Ory ('Once Upon a Time') is 43. Actor Andrew Garfield ('The Amazing Spider-Man') is 42. Actor Brant Daugherty ('Pretty Little Liars') is 40. Singer-actor Demi Lovato is 33. Aug. 21: Guitarist James Burton (with Elvis Presley) is 86. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 84. Actor Patty McCormack ('Frost/Nixon,' 'The Ropers') is 80. Singer Carl Giammarese of The Buckinghams is 78. Actor Loretta Devine ('Boston Public') is 76. Newsman Harry Smith is 74. Singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) is 73. Guitarist Nick Kane (The Mavericks) is 71. Actor Kim Cattrall ('Sex and the City') is 69. Actor Cleo King ('Mike and Molly') is 63. Singer Serj Tankian of System of a Down is 58. Actor Carrie-Anne Moss ('The Matrix,' ″Chocolat') is 55. Musician Liam Howlett of Prodigy is 54. Actor Alicia Witt ('Law & Order: Criminal Intent,' ″Cybill') is 50. Singer-chef Kelis is 46. Actor Diego Klattenhoff ('The Blacklist') is 46. TV personality Brody Jenner ('The Hills') is 42. Singer Melissa Schuman of Dream is 41. Comedian Brooks Wheelan ('Saturday Night Live') is 39. Actor Cody Kasch ('Desperate Housewives') is 38. Musician Kacey Musgraves is 37. Actor Hayden Panettiere ('Nashville,' ″Heroes') is 36. Actor RJ Mitte ('Breaking Bad') is 33. Actor Maxim Knight ('Falling Skies') is 26. Aug. 22: Newsman Morton Dean is 90. TV writer/producer David Chase ('The Sopranos') is 80. Correspondent Steve Kroft ('60 Minutes') is 80. Guitarist David Marks of The Beach Boys is 77. Guitarist Vernon Reid of Living Colour is 67. Country singer Collin Raye is 65. Actor Regina Taylor ('The Unit,' ″I'll Fly Away') is 65. Singer Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is 64. Drummer Debbi Peterson of The Bangles is 64. Guitarist Gary Lee Conner of Screaming Trees is 63. Singer Tori Amos is 62. Keyboardist James DeBarge of DeBarge is 62. Country singer Mila Mason is 62. Rapper GZA (Wu-Tang Clan) is 59. Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ('Oz,' 'Lost') is 58. Actor Ty Burrell ('Modern Family') is 58. Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis is 55. Actor Melinda Page Hamilton ('Devious Maids,' ″Mad Men') is 54. Actor Rick Yune ('Die Another Day,' 'The Fast and the Furious') is 54. Guitarist Paul Doucette of Matchbox Twenty is 53. Rapper Beenie Man is 52. Singer Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys is 52. Comedian Kristen Wiig ('Bridesmaids,' ″Saturday Night Live') is 52. Actor Jenna Leigh Green ('Sabrina the Teenage Witch') is 51. Keyboardist Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket is 51. Bassist Dean Back of Theory of a Deadman is 50. Actor and TV host James Corden is 47. Guitarist Jeff Stinco of Simple Plan is 47. Actor Brandon Adams ('The Mighty Ducks') is 46. Actor Aya Sumika ('Numb3rs') is 45. Actor Ari Stidham (TV's 'Scorpion') is 33. Aug. 23: Actor Vera Miles is 95. Actor Barbara Eden is 94. Actor Richard Sanders ('WKRP In Cincinnati') is 85. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 78. Actor David Robb ('Downton Abbey') is 78. Singer Linda Thompson is 78. Actor Shelley Long is 76. Fiddler-singer Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 76. Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 76. Actor-producer Mark Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) is 74. Actor Skipp Sudduth ('The Good Wife') is 69. Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 64. Singer-bassist Ira Dean of Trick Pony is 56. Actor Jay Mohr is 55. Actor Ray Park ('X-Men,' ″The Phantom Menace') is 51. Actor Scott Caan ('Hawaii Five-0') is 49. Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 47. Actor Joanne Froggatt ('Downton Abbey') is 45. Actor Jaime Lee Kirchner ('Bull') is 44. Saxophonist Andy Wild of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 44. Actor Annie Ilonzeh ('Chicago Fire') is 42. Musician Sky Blu of LMFAO is 39. Actor Kimberly Matula ('The Bold and the Beautiful') is 37.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Actor, author, Harvard grad. Hill Harper is a Renaissance man. His biggest role: Single dad.
You probably know actor Hill Harper from his roles on CSI: NY and The Good Doctor. He's also an activist, author and entrepreneur. But of all Harper's accomplishments, his greatest pride is raising his son, Pierce, whom he adopted as a single dad nine years ago. 'I just want to make my son proud to be honest,' Harper tells Yahoo Life. 'I want him to be proud of me. I want him to be proud that he's a Harper. I want him to be proud that he's my son.' While Harper had earned three Ivy League degrees and authored a shelf of inspirational books by the time he became a dad at 49, he had never changed a diaper. He now talks expertly about reward jars and his 'old-school' approach to screen time, and rattles off Pierce's list of extracurriculars, from sports to learning Mandarin. 'As a single parent, you just have to figure it out and do the best you can and provide as much love and support as possible,' Harper says. You also have to lean on others when needed. 'There's a lot of people that are positive influences in his life that help me be a better parent,' he says. Harper says the word 'energized' best describes his mini-me. 'Right now, it's go, go, go,' he says of Pierce. 'I celebrate that because I really feel that motor or skill is going to serve him later in life' — even though 'it may not serve very well in a third-grade classroom when they want you to sit down and be quiet.' He helps channel Pierce's big energy into 'active' activities together, from playing catch to shooting hoops. Reading and journal-writing are also big at home. 'I'm just not a huge fan of electronics, so trying to navigate that is a tough one as a parent these days,' the actor says. 'I try not to do anything that reinforces video games. … I have pretty much a no-screen-time policy unless you earn it. He has the rest of his life to be in front of screens and talk to robots and AI.' Harper, who limits screen time to two hours a week max, jokes, 'He may be in therapy because of it later in life: 'My dad didn't let me play enough video games, so I wasn't able to talk to my friends online [and] in Roblox and Minecraft.'' Harper, 59, credits his age with helping him keep his cool. 'The plus of being an older parent is perspective,' he notes. 'I don't get that stressed out about him and his behavior,' he says. 'My younger version of myself would have been much more like: There's a right way and the wrong way, and you've got to do it this way. As you get older, you're like [shrugs]: There's different ways to do it.' Besides, 'If you're healthy, that's almost 90% of everything,' says Harper, who beat thyroid cancer after a 2010 diagnosis. 'If you're living pain-free, everything else is almost like you're playing with house money. When I was younger, I never thought that way. … So [I'm] just trying to keep my son healthy and mentally healthy and positive.' The downside to being an older parent? Pierce 'can almost, at 9, beat me in a race, which is just embarrassing.' Early on, Harper had some awkward moments being the single dad planning playdates with mostly moms, the typical gatekeepers of child activities. That's shifted. 'When [the kids are] younger, before more formal athletic stuff happens, it's really difficult being a single dad because you don't fit into the mom groups,' Harper says. 'But now that [Pierce is] old enough to do Little League or flag football or organized basketball, it's gotten much easier because the dads are bringing their kids. You're exchanging information with the parents of the [whole] team. … It's gotten much better.' Yet he's still reminded how mom-centric the world is, like when Pierce's friends ask about his family dynamic. 'A lot of the questioning is motivated by the kids he's around: 'Where's your mom?' 'How come I never see your mom?' 'Do you know who your mom is?'' Harper shares that while Pierce hasn't yet met his biological mom, 'it's open adoption, so I think that he'll choose to at some point. But that's when he chooses to, and most people think it's sometime in their teens when that's best to happen.' As his son's one and only, Harper says his role is 'trying to just be the best dad I can be — being as loving as I can, being as supportive as I can. I'll never make up for that lack of female presence and real maternal love that he hasn't received. But a lot of kids these days are being raised by single parents of different genders.' Harper is the first to tell you that he doesn't do it alone. He has a dynamic support system he's built in their home state of Michigan, where Harper made a bid for the open U.S. Senate seat last year. It starts with his 87-year-old mother, Dr. Marilyn Hill Harper, a trailblazer in medicine, who resides with them and their family dog, Spice. It also includes Pierce's nanny, teachers, coaches, tutors and their friends. 'As a single father, I think that you learn that you're enough in many ways, but you're also not enough,' he says. 'Meaning your capacity to support, love, protect and hopefully nurture your child is there. … But also you need other people.'
