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New York Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Jack Osbourne's ex-wife Lisa Stelly pays tribute to Ozzy with touching family photos
Jack Osbourne's ex-wife is remembering the late Ozzy Osbourne. Following the rocker's death at age 76 on Tuesday, July 22, Lisa Stelly took to Instagram to share a touching tribute. Osbourne, 39, and Stelly, 38, were married from 2012 to 2019 and share daughters Pearl, 13, Andy, 10, and Minnie, 7. Advertisement 11 Lisa Stelly shares a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. Lisa Stelly/Instagram On Thursday, the mom of three shared pictures of Ozzy with his grandchildren over the years. Shots included the musician holding his granddaughter on a private plane, lying on the couch with the kiddos, and carrying one of the girls on his shoulders. Stelly also shared a picture of herself and Ozzy at a dinner table. Advertisement Rounding out the sweet post was a video of a cat crawling on the Prince of Darkness, as well as a clip of Ozzy and Sharon, 72, playing with one of their granddaughters. 11 Ozzy Osbourne with his grandkids. Lisa Stelly/Instagram Stelly shared the carousel to her Instagram Stories, writing, 'Love you, Papa,' and set it to Ozzy's 1995 song, 'See You on the Other Side.' Ozzy's family confirmed his death to The Post on Tuesday, sharing, 'It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family's privacy at this time.' Advertisement Along with Jack, Ozzy and Sharon, who tied the knot in 1982, are parents to daughters Aimee, 41, and Kelly, 40. 11 Ozzy Osbourne kisses his granddaughter. Lisa Stelly/Instagram The heavy metal icon is also dad to Louis and Jessica from his first marriage to Thelma Riley. Additionally, he helped raise Riley's son, Elliot Kingsley, from a previous relationship. Ozzy and Sharon brought up their three kids in California, with the family landing their own show in 2002. Advertisement The MTV reality series 'The Osbournes' ran for four seasons until 2005. 11 Lisa Stelly and Ozzy Osbourne. Lisa Stelly/Instagram Aimee chose not to participate in the project and lives a mostly private life. 'It definitely worked great for the rest of my family, but for me, and who I am, I just knew it was never something that I would have been able to consider realistically,' she told New York's Q1043 radio show in 2020. On Tuesday, Sue Kolinsky, who worked as a producer on 'The Osbournes,' told The Post just how perfect Ozzy was for the show. 11 Ozzy Osbourne paints in the house. Lisa Stelly/Instagram 'We realized early on that anything Ozzy did was going to be funny,' she shared. 'Like making a milkshake – we were gonna have [that be] three minutes of an episode. He was so funny, and he had no idea how funny he was.' Kolinsky added about the Black Sabbath frontman: 'Everything he did was kind of like a crazy rocker version of 'Father Knows Best.' And he was kind.' Advertisement Meanwhile, Osbourne, who also shares daughter Maple, 3, with wife Aree Gearhart, continued to work closely with his dad over the years. 11 Ozzy Osbourne holds his son Jack Osbourne's daughter. Lisa Stelly/Instagram In 2009, the podcast host starred in the variety show 'Osbournes Reloaded' with his parents and Kelly. Jack also produced the 2011 documentary 'God Bless Ozzy Osbourne,' which gave fans a behind-the-scenes look into Ozzy's life and career. Advertisement From 2016 to 2018, Jack and Ozzy collaborated on a special project, 'Ozzy and Jack's World Detour.' 11 Ozzy Osbourne on a private plane with his grandchild. Lisa Stelly/Instagram The father-son duo hit the road to visit historically significant locations and landmarks that were on their bucket list. The show ran for three seasons. Jack also executive-produced 'The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne' in 2020. Advertisement Along with having a tight-knit relationship with his youngest son, Ozzy had also formed a close bond with his grandchildren. 11 Ozzy Osbourne enjoys a meal with family. Lisa Stelly/Instagram In 2023, Osbourne opened up about Ozzy's philosophy as a grandfather. 'My dad is like, 'Hell, no. Like, no,'' he told Fox News Digital about changing diapers. 'Because my dad's in that era where, like, men don't touch diapers. Like, that's not that's not what dads do.' Advertisement 'It's funny if my kids are at the house and like they all want to get into bed and watch TV with my mom, my dad is like, 'Nope.' And he like, gets out of the bed and like, goes. He's like, 'No, I'm not doing that,'' Jack continued. 'I'm like, 'Why?' He's like, 'I don't want them going to school being like, 'I was in bed with my grandpa.' He's like, 'No, not dealing with it.' And I'm like, 'OK.' I'm like, 'Fine, that's your boundary. That's your boundary.'' 11 Lisa Stelly holds her daughter while posing for a pic with Ozzy Osbourne. Lisa Stelly/Instagram Along with the actor's kids, Ozzy was also a grandfather to Kelly's son Sidney, whom she shares with her fiancé, Slipknot's Sid Wilson. Jessica, 45, is also mom to kids Isabelle, Kitty, and Harry. Louis, meanwhile, is dad to Maia and Elijah. Weeks before Ozzy's death, Jack spoke candidly about his dad during a screening of his 2020 documentary, 'The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne.' 11 Jack Osbourne and Lisa Stelly attend the 23rd Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party. Dimitrios Kambouris 'What are my three words to describe my dad? I would say funny, unique and powerful,' he said while at the Millennium Point Centre in Birmingham, England, on July 4. 'He is an incredible man. He really is. His contribution to music is bigger than his faults. This whole weekend has been emotional.' A day later, Ozzy would perform for the final time at Black Sabbath's 'Back to the Beginning' farewell concert. Jack also told the audience at the Millennium Point Centre that a planned Ozzy biopic is in the works. 11 Lisa Osbourne, Pearl Osbourne and Jack Osbourne. WireImage 'We do have the film on the way. We have a lot of good forward momentum on the Ozzy biopic. We have a director attached now and the script is done and Sony Studios is going to be producing it,' he revealed. 'We are really excited about it so maybe we will do the premiere here in Birmingham. It is about to go through a script rewrite. It's going to be raw.' 'We are not pulling any punches, we are really laying it all out,' Jack admitted. 'The director we have is absolutely phenomenal.'
New York Post
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
How Ozzy Osbourne became the original King of reality TV with 'The Osbournes'
It was a crazy train. On Tuesday, Ozzy Osbourne died at age 76, five years after he announced his Parkinson's disease diagnosis in January 2020. He passed away, 'surrounded by love,' his family said in a statement to The Post. The rock star was the Prince of Darkness, the father of heavy metal, but perhaps the strangest Ozzy milestone is starring on one of the first reality TV shows – with the seminal series, 'The Osbournes,' which aired on MTV from 2002 to 2005. Sue Kolinsky, who worked as a producer on 'The Osbournes,' exclusively told The Post, 'We realized early on that anything Ozzy did was going to be funny. Like making a milkshake – we were gonna have [that be] three minutes of an episode. He was so funny, and he had no idea how funny he was.' 12 Ozzy, Sharon, Jack, and Kelly on 'The Osbournes' in 2003. AP She added, 'No one ever said to Ozzy, 'hey, can you say that again?' Whatever you shot, that's what we had to use. And that's what made the show so brilliant, because it really was real.' Kolinsky continued, 'Everything he did was kind of like a crazy rocker version of 'Father Knows Best.' And he was kind.' Jason Mittell, professor of Film and Media Culture at Middlebury College, exclusively told The Post, 'It's pretty amazing that it started in 2002, which was really the very beginning of the reality TV boom. 'Survivor' and 'Big Brother' had only been on for a couple of years at that point.' He explained that when 'The Osbournes' premiered, 'There was a real sense at the time that reality TV was a passing fad.' 12 Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne at the MTV EMA's 2014 at The Hydro on November 9, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Dave Hogan/MTV 2014 With 'The Osbournes' diving into the family's life and following them as characters, 'that really had not been done before on TV,' he shared. It was swiftly followed by Paris Hilton's 'The Simple Life' in 2003, and the reign of the Kardashian family, which first launched on TV when 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' premiered in 2007, just two years after 'The Osbournes' ended. The show followed the outrageous antics and home life of the Black Sabbath frontman, his wife Sharon, 72, his daughter Kelly, 40, and son Jack, 39. The couple's other daughter, Aimee, 41, chose not to participate in the series. 12 Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Jack Osbourne, Minnie, Kelly Osbourne, Robert Osbourne in 2003. ©MTV/courtesy Everett 'He and the family were the ones who really put reality TV on the map. I believe the reason why the show was so successful was because they really were a loving family,' Kolinsky said. 'And we got such creative freedom because it was new. I don't know what other family in the rock world would have been able to pull this off.' She added, 'The family was just so gracious with giving us access to everything about their lives. They let us film them when they woke up in the morning. They let us film them in every situation that they were going through. They never said, 'No, we don't want to see ourselves in that light.'' 12 Ozzy Osbourne in Hollywood in 2024. ALEXJR / BACKGRID Kolinsky recalled an incident when Ozzy and Sharon were leaving on a trip, but 'The Osbournes' wasn't allowed to film on a plane. So, the creative team filmed the pair sitting in 'a black SUV that kind of looked like a private plane,' she recalled. 'And we found shots of a pilot's hand punching in instruments. We used that and cut to his assistant. So, we made his assistant the pilot, and tilted the shot, to make it look like the car was taking off.' She recalled showing Ozzy the footage before it aired, 'and he was on the floor, hysterical. Like 'Oh my God, I can't believe you made the car a plane and used Tony as the pilot!' At the time, 'The Osbournes' was the highest-rated show in MTV's history, drawing over 5 million viewers per episode. 12 Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne at their home on December 31, 2004 in Buckinghamshire, England. Getty Images During a 2021 appearance on the 'Armchair Expert' podcast, Kelly said that when 'The Osbournes' began, 'No one had ever done what we did before. So as we were doing it, we didn't know either. We didn't know what they were going to use, and what they weren't, because they filmed everything.' She recalled that when the show premiered, 'The next day, everything changed. It was like Beatlemania, except for 'The Osbournes.'' In 2002, the Kardashians and 'Real Housewives' weren't even a twinkle in TV producers' eyes. 12 Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner on 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' in 2013. Brian Bowen Smith/E! Reality TV existed – that was the year 'The Bachelor' premiered, too – but it was mostly competition shows like 'American Idol' or ones about niche industries, such as 'Monster Garage.' Today, fame-hungry people let viewers into their lives all the time – on shows like 'Vanderpump Rules' or 'Below Deck.' A slew of celebs also have their own reality shows, such as Sylvester Stallone in the 2023 Paramount+ show 'The Family Stallone,' Denise Richards (her first of several shows, 'Denise Richards: It's Complicated,' premiered in 2008). Alec and Hilaria Baldwin currently have TLC's 'The Baldwins.' 12 Kim Kardashian,, Kourtney, Khloe, and Kris Jenner on 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians.' 12 Mia Regan, Romeo Beckham, Cruz Beckham, Harper Beckham, David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz attend the Netflix 'Beckham' UK Premiere at The Curzon Mayfair on October 3, 2023 in London, England. WireImage David and Victoria Beckham also saw viral success with their 2023 Netflix series, 'Beckham.' But, the Osbournes 'set the template,' Mittell explained. About Ozzy's unlikely path from heavy metal rocker to reality TV star, he said, 'I think a lot of [the show's appeal] was just the combination of the sense of, here's this guy who is known for these massive rock shows and this flamboyant onscreen personality and the piercing voice. And here he is, just watching history documentaries. Or, wandering around the house, and living the normal family life.' He added, 'So I think that was a big part of [the show's success], was the idea that it was such an unusual contrast to what we would think the life of an iconic rocker would be.' 12 Annemarie Wiley, Erika Jayne, Dorit Kemsley, Kyle Richards, Garcelle Beauvais, Sutton Stracke, Crystal Minkoff on 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' in 2023. Emily Shur/Bravo In a 2019 SiriusXM interview, reporter Jess Cagle told Sharon, 'Without you, you realize, there would be no Kardashians.' The family matriarch replied, 'It was really Ozzy. He was the one that was in the public eye. He was the celebrity, and he's the one that took all the risks….I think it paid off for Ozzy because people saw how funny he is. He's just hysterical, and a teddy bear.' 'The Osbournes' showed the metal star as a foul-mouthed loving father who was often amusingly bewildered by mundane daily life. 12 Sharon Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Jack Osbourne and Ozzy Osbourne appear as guest presenters on MTV TRL at The Penthouse, Leicester Square on December 17, 2004 in London. Getty Images For instance, in the series premiere episode, Ozzy struggled to figure out how to use a TV remote. 'I'm a very simple man. You've got to have computer knowledge to turn the f–king TV on and off,' he said. 'I pressed this one button…I'm going: 'What is this? Where am I, man?'' 'He just didn't really care that much about doing anything embarrassing,' Mittell told The Post. 12 The show only lasted four seasons. Getty Images Cameron Glendenning, who became a camera operator on 'The Osbournes,' told The Post that Ozzy would hang out in the garage with the show's crew at night when he was bored, and he'd prank fans who would turn up at his gate by turning the sprinklers on them. 'He'd come in there and he would be like, 'Oh yeah, let's get him! Let's go get him,'' he recalled. To Glendenning, it was just another day in the office. 'He's a f–king rock legend and we were just a bunch of kids in his garage shooting a TV show about his life and he would like break that fourth wall, walking in the garage, and we would all, you be like, 'Oh s–t! The boss is here,' but you know he was just so funny,' he added. 12 Ozzy has mixed feelings about his time on television. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The 'War Pigs' singer had mixed feelings about his own show, which is why it lasted only four seasons, despite its outsized impact on TV history. 'I don't know how the Kardashians have done it for so long — it sent us crazy at the end,' Ozzy recounted in January 2023. 'I am not sorry I did it, but after three or four years I said, 'Do you know what, we're going to lose somebody because it is getting too crazy. There is rock 'n' roll fame, which is pretty intense, but that Osbourne level was just unbelievable.' Kolinsky remembers the show as being 'part of something so special, and so unique, and so iconic.' She recalled an incident where she felt the show's impact. Shortly after it premiered, the producers went out to the House of Blues. There were no seats available, but when it came out that they worked on 'The Osbournes,' they were swiftly escorted to the venue's VIP section. 'That was the effect that show had on people. Everybody wanted to know you. [Ozzy] united different generations. The fact that he was a heavy metal rocker didn't dismay an older crowd from being hooked on the show. And, to so many people who didn't know him from his music, he was just this funny TV dad.'
Miami Herald
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Beloved ‘General Hospital' Matriach Denise Alexander Dies at 85
Denise Alexander, beloved star of General Hospital, died at the age of 85. Denise Alexander, who played Lesley Webber on General Hospital, has died at the age of 85. She was born on November 11, 1939, in New York City and began acting as a child. She appeared as Perry Como's daughter in 1949's Perry Como's Chesterfield Supper Club and had roles on many other series in the 50s and 60s, including The Twilight Zone, Father KnowsBest, and The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis. Her first role on soaps was as Lois Adams on The Clear Horizon. In 1966, she landed the role of Susan Hunter Martin on Days of our Lives while a student at UCLA. In 1973, General Hospital snagged her away from Days when they outbid them during her contract negotiations with the show. When they hired her, GH didn't have a role ready, but quickly created one for her. The role was Lesley Webber, and it garnered her a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1976. Alexander played an integral role in saving GH when it was on the brink of cancellation in the late 70's, along with her TV daughter Genie Francis, who plays Laura Webber, of Luke & Laura fame, and the rest of the contract cast. Lesley Webber was killed off in 1984, but in true soap opera fashion was resurrected in 1996. Alexander reccured as Lesley until 2009 and then made sporadic visits to the show over the next decade. Her last appearance was in 2021. Genie Francis spoke to TV Insider about Alexander, saying, "I loved her. She loved me. I stole her good stuff. When I look at myself sometimes on television, which I don't do often because I don't really like to watch myself, but I have seen myself do stuff and been kind of taken aback because I realized I just did Denise. So when I say I stole her good stuff, I'm saying I was so young, she imprinted on me. And some of my acting, some of my style of acting, was directly imprinted on me by Denise Alexander. And she was very, very good to me as I was growing up." She went on to share, "She actually gave me this lovely necklace. It's like a little angel that's standing on a cloud, and it's on a pearl. It was a charm, and I wore it all the time. And then when my daughter wanted to become an actress when she was young, I said, 'You've got to have your good luck charm.' So I said, 'I'm going to give you this little angel that's been worn by two actresses, and now it's yours.' And so Eliza (Frakes, Francis's daughter) has that, and it's important to her too. And when I told Denise that, she cried. She was so excited to hear that what she had given me, I gave to my daughter." Alexander died March 5, 2025. No details about the cause of death have been released. She was predeceased by her husband, Richard A. Colla, and is survived by her stepdaughter from that marriage, Elizabeth Colla. Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Independent
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 2-8
Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 2-8: March 2: Actor Charlie Brill is 88. Actor Billy Gray ('Father Knows Best') is 88. Guitarist Trevor Rabin of Yes is 72. Actor Kevin Anderson ('Nothing Sacred,' 'Sleeping with the Enemy') is 66. Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 65. Singer Graham 'Suggs' McPherson of Madness is 65. Country singer Trace Adkins is 64. Actor Penelope Ann Miller is 62. Actor Patrick Dempsey is 60. Actor Suzanne Cryer ('Silicon Valley,' ″Two Guys and a Girl') is 59. Actor Traci Bingham ('Baywatch') is 58. Actor Keith Coogan ('Adventures in Babysitting') is 56. Writer-producer Shonda Rhimes ('Scandal,' ″Grey's Anatomy') is 56. Actor Nicole Eggert ('Baywatch,' ″Charles in Charge') is 54. Actor Ross McCall ('White Collar,' 'Band of Brothers') is 50. Actor Michael Pena ('Jack Ryan,' 'American Hustle') is 50. Actor Orlando Bloom is 49. 'Good Morning America' meteorologist Ginger Zee is 45. Actor Beau Mirchoff ('Good Trouble,' 'Desperate Housewives') is 37. Actor Liam Hemsworth ('The Hunger Games') is 36. March 3: Singer-guitarist Mike Pender of The Searchers is 84. Movie producer-director George Miller ('Mad Max,' 'Babe') is 80. Actor Hattie Winston ('Becker,' 'Rugrats') is 80. Singer Jennifer Warnes is 78. Actor-director Tim Kazurinsky ('Police Academy' films) is 75. Musician Robyn Hitchcock is 72. Actor Robert Gossett ('Major Crimes,' 'The Closer') is 71. Guitarist John Lilley of The Hooters is 71. Actor Miranda Richardson is 67. Actor Mary Page Keller ('Ryan's Hope,' 'Another World') is 64. Actor Laura Harring ('Mulholland Drive,' ″Gossip Girl') is 61. Drummer Duncan Phillips of Newsboys is 61. Rapper-actor Tone Loc is 59. Actor Julie Bowen ('Modern Family') is 55. Singer Brett Warren of The Warren Brothers is 54. Actor David Faustino ('Married... With Children') is 51. Gospel singer Jason Crabb is 48. Singer Ronan Keating of Boyzone is 48. Rapper Lil' Flip is 44. Actor Jessica Biel is 43. Guitarist Joe 'Blower' Garvey of Hinder is 41. Singer Camila Cabello (Fifth Harmony) is 28. Actor Thomas Barbusca ('The Mick') is 22. Actor Reylynn Caster (TV's 'Me, Myself and I') is 22. March 4: Actor Paula Prentiss (1975′s 'The Stepford Wives') is 87. Movie director Adrian Lyne ('Fatal Attraction') is 84. Singer Chris Rea is 74. Actor-singer Ronn Moss of Player ('The Bold and the Beautiful') is 73. Musician Emilio Estefan of the Miami Sound Machine is 72. Actor Kay Lenz is 72. Actor Catherine O'Hara ('Home Alone,' ″A Mighty Wind') is 71. Actor Mykelti Williamson ('Forrest Gump') is 68. Actor Patricia Heaton ('The Middle,' ″Everybody Loves Raymond') is 67. Actor Steven Weber ('NCIS: New Orleans,' ″Wings') is 64. Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted is 62. Actor Stacy Edwards ('Chicago Hope') is 60. Singer Evan Dando of The Lemonheads is 58. Actor Patsy Kensit is 57. Actor Andrea Bendewald ('Suddenly Susan') is 55. Drummer Fergal Lawler of The Cranberries is 54. Country singer Jason Sellers is 54. Jazz drummer Jason Marsalis is 48. Actor Jessica Heap ('The Young and the Restless') is 42. Actor Scott Michael Foster ('Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,' 'Greek') is 40. TV personality Whitney Port ('The Hills') is 40. Actor Audrey Esparza ('Blindspot') is 39. Actor Margo Harshman ('NCIS,' ″The Big Bang Theory') is 39. Actor Josh Bowman ('Revenge') is 37. Actor Andrea Bowen ('Desperate Housewives') is 35. Actor Jenna Boyd ('The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,' 'Atypical') is 32. March 5: Actor Paul Sand ('St. Elsewhere') is 93. Football player-turned-actor Fred Williamson is 87. Actor Samantha Eggar ('The Molly Maguires,' ″Dr. Dolittle') is 86. Actor Michael Warren ('Soul Food,' ″Hill Street Blues') is 79. Actor Eddie Hodges is 78. Singer Eddy Grant is 77. Keyboardist Alan Clark of Dire Straits is 73. Actor-comedian Marsha Warfield ('Night Court') is 71. Magician Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller is 70. Actor Adriana Barraza is 69. Actor Talia Balsam ('Divorce,' ″Mad Men') is 66. Musicians Charlie and Craig Reid of The Proclaimers are 63. Actor Paul Blackthorne ('Arrow,' ″24″) is 56. Guitarist John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 55. Singer Rome is 55. Actor Kevin Connolly ('Entourage') is 51. Actor Eva Mendes is 51. Actor Jolene Blalock ('Star Trek: Enterprise') is 50. Model Niki Taylor is 50. Actor Kimberly McCullough ('General Hospital') is 47. Actor Karolina Wydra ('Wicked City,' 'House') is 44. Musician Amanda Shires (The Highwomen, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit) is 43. Actor Sterling Knight ('Sonny With a Chance') is 36. Actor Jake Lloyd ('Star Wars' films) is 36. Actor Micah Fowler ('Speechless') is 27. March 6: Dancer Carmen de Lavallade is 94. Actor-writer Joanna Miles is 85. Actor Ben Murphy is 83. Drummer Hugh Grundy of The Zombies is 80. Guitarist David Gilmour of Pink Floyd is 79. Singer Kiki Dee is 78. Actor Anna Maria Horsford ('Amen,' 'The Bold and the Beautiful') is 78. Actor-director Rob Reiner is 78. TV personality John Stossel is 78. Sports correspondent Armen Keteyian is 72. Actor Tom Arnold is 66. Actor D.L. Hughley ('The Hughleys') is 62. Country songwriter Skip Ewing is 61. Actor Connie Britton ('Nashville') is 58. Actor Shuler Hensley is 58. Actor Moira Kelly ('One Tree Hill') is 57. Actor Amy Pietz ('Aliens in America,' ″Caroline in the City') is 56. Guitarist Chris Broderick of Megadeth is 55. Country singer Trent Willmon is 52. Guitarist Shane Farmer (Ricochet) is 51. Rapper Beanie Sigel is 51. Rapper Bubba Sparxxx is 48. Actor Shaun Evans ('Endeavour') is 45. Drummer Chris Tomson of Vampire Weekend is 41. Actor Eli Marienthal is 39. Rapper-producer Tyler, the Creator is 34. Actor Millicent Simmonds ('A Quiet Place,' 'Wonderstruck') is 22. March 7: Actor Daniel J. Travanti ('Hill Street Blues') is 85. Bassist Chris White of The Zombies is 82. Keyboardist Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum is 79. Singer Peter Wolf of The J. Geils Band is 79. Guitarist Ernie Isley of The Isley Brothers is 73. Actor Bryan Cranston ('Breaking Bad') is 69. Actor Donna Murphy ('Mercy Street,' ″Murder One') is 66. Actor Nick Searcy ('Justified') is 66. Actor Mary Beth Evans ('Days of Our Lives') is 64. Singer Taylor Dayne is 63. Actor Bill Brochtrup ('Major Crimes,' ″NYPD Blue') is 62. Opera singer Denyce Graves is 61. Comedian Wanda Sykes is 61. Actor Jonathan Del Arco ('Major Crimes') is 59. Drummer Randy Guss of Toad The Wet Sprocket is 58. Actor Rachel Weisz is 54. Actor Peter Sarsgaard ('Kinsey,' ″Garden State') is 54. Actor Jay Duplass ('The Mindy Project') is 52. Singer Sebastien Izambard of Il Divo is 52. Singer Hugo Ferreira of Tantric is 51. Actor Jenna Fischer ('The Office') is 51. Actor Tobias Menzies ('The Crown,' ″Game of Thrones') is 51. Actor Audrey Marie Anderson ('The Unit') is 50. Actor TJ Thyne ('Bones') is 50. Actor Laura Prepon ('Orange Is the New Black,' ″That '70s Show') is 45. Actor Bel Powley (Film: 'Diary of a Teenage Girl') is 33. Actor Giselle Eisenberg ('Life in Pieces') is 28. March 8: Jazz saxophonist George Coleman is 90. Actor Sue Ane Langdon is 89. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 81. Actor-director Micky Dolenz of The Monkees is 80. Singer Peggy March is 77. Jazz pianist Billy Childs is 68. Singer Gary Numan is 67. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 66. Actor Aidan Quinn is 66. Guitarist Jimmy Dormire (Confederate Railroad) is 65. Actor Leon ('Cool Runnings') is 64. Actor Camryn Manheim ('The Practice') is 64. Singer Shawn Mullins is 57. Actor Andrea Parker ('Less Than Perfect') is 55. Actor Boris Kodjoe ('Code Black,' ″Madea's Family Reunion') is 52. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 49. Actor Laura Main ('Call the Midwife') is 48. Actor James Van Der Beek ('CSI: Cyber,' ″Dawson's Creek') is 48. Singer Kameelah Williams of 702 is 47. Actor Nick Zano ('Minority Report,' ″2 Broke Girls') is 47. Singer Tom Chaplin of Keane is 46. Guitarist Andy Ross of OK Go is 46. Singer Kristinia DeBarge is 35.
Associated Press
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 2-8
Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 2-8: March 2: Actor Charlie Brill is 88. Actor Billy Gray ('Father Knows Best') is 88. Guitarist Trevor Rabin of Yes is 72. Actor Kevin Anderson ('Nothing Sacred,' 'Sleeping with the Enemy') is 66. Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 65. Singer Graham 'Suggs' McPherson of Madness is 65. Country singer Trace Adkins is 64. Actor Penelope Ann Miller is 62. Actor Patrick Dempsey is 60. Actor Suzanne Cryer ('Silicon Valley,' ″Two Guys and a Girl') is 59. Actor Traci Bingham ('Baywatch') is 58. Actor Keith Coogan ('Adventures in Babysitting') is 56. Writer-producer Shonda Rhimes ('Scandal,' ″Grey's Anatomy') is 56. Actor Nicole Eggert ('Baywatch,' ″Charles in Charge') is 54. Actor Ross McCall ('White Collar,' 'Band of Brothers') is 50. Actor Michael Pena ('Jack Ryan,' 'American Hustle') is 50. Actor Orlando Bloom is 49. 'Good Morning America' meteorologist Ginger Zee is 45. Actor Beau Mirchoff ('Good Trouble,' 'Desperate Housewives') is 37. Actor Liam Hemsworth ('The Hunger Games') is 36. March 3: Singer-guitarist Mike Pender of The Searchers is 84. Movie producer-director George Miller ('Mad Max,' 'Babe') is 80. Actor Hattie Winston ('Becker,' 'Rugrats') is 80. Singer Jennifer Warnes is 78. Actor-director Tim Kazurinsky ('Police Academy' films) is 75. Musician Robyn Hitchcock is 72. Actor Robert Gossett ('Major Crimes,' 'The Closer') is 71. Guitarist John Lilley of The Hooters is 71. Actor Miranda Richardson is 67. Actor Mary Page Keller ('Ryan's Hope,' 'Another World') is 64. Actor Laura Harring ('Mulholland Drive,' ″Gossip Girl') is 61. Drummer Duncan Phillips of Newsboys is 61. Rapper-actor Tone Loc is 59. Actor Julie Bowen ('Modern Family') is 55. Singer Brett Warren of The Warren Brothers is 54. Actor David Faustino ('Married... With Children') is 51. Gospel singer Jason Crabb is 48. Singer Ronan Keating of Boyzone is 48. Rapper Lil' Flip is 44. Actor Jessica Biel is 43. Guitarist Joe 'Blower' Garvey of Hinder is 41. Singer Camila Cabello (Fifth Harmony) is 28. Actor Thomas Barbusca ('The Mick') is 22. Actor Reylynn Caster (TV's 'Me, Myself and I') is 22. March 4: Actor Paula Prentiss (1975′s 'The Stepford Wives') is 87. Movie director Adrian Lyne ('Fatal Attraction') is 84. Singer Chris Rea is 74. Actor-singer Ronn Moss of Player ('The Bold and the Beautiful') is 73. Musician Emilio Estefan of the Miami Sound Machine is 72. Actor Kay Lenz is 72. Actor Catherine O'Hara ('Home Alone,' ″A Mighty Wind') is 71. Actor Mykelti Williamson ('Forrest Gump') is 68. Actor Patricia Heaton ('The Middle,' ″Everybody Loves Raymond') is 67. Actor Steven Weber ('NCIS: New Orleans,' ″Wings') is 64. Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted is 62. Actor Stacy Edwards ('Chicago Hope') is 60. Singer Evan Dando of The Lemonheads is 58. Actor Patsy Kensit is 57. Actor Andrea Bendewald ('Suddenly Susan') is 55. Drummer Fergal Lawler of The Cranberries is 54. Country singer Jason Sellers is 54. Jazz drummer Jason Marsalis is 48. Actor Jessica Heap ('The Young and the Restless') is 42. Actor Scott Michael Foster ('Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,' 'Greek') is 40. TV personality Whitney Port ('The Hills') is 40. Actor Audrey Esparza ('Blindspot') is 39. Actor Margo Harshman ('NCIS,' ″The Big Bang Theory') is 39. Actor Josh Bowman ('Revenge') is 37. Actor Andrea Bowen ('Desperate Housewives') is 35. Actor Jenna Boyd ('The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,' 'Atypical') is 32. March 5: Actor Paul Sand ('St. Elsewhere') is 93. Football player-turned-actor Fred Williamson is 87. Actor Samantha Eggar ('The Molly Maguires,' ″Dr. Dolittle') is 86. Actor Michael Warren ('Soul Food,' ″Hill Street Blues') is 79. Actor Eddie Hodges is 78. Singer Eddy Grant is 77. Keyboardist Alan Clark of Dire Straits is 73. Actor-comedian Marsha Warfield ('Night Court') is 71. Magician Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller is 70. Actor Adriana Barraza is 69. Actor Talia Balsam ('Divorce,' ″Mad Men') is 66. Musicians Charlie and Craig Reid of The Proclaimers are 63. Actor Paul Blackthorne ('Arrow,' ″24″) is 56. Guitarist John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 55. Singer Rome is 55. Actor Kevin Connolly ('Entourage') is 51. Actor Eva Mendes is 51. Actor Jolene Blalock ('Star Trek: Enterprise') is 50. Model Niki Taylor is 50. Actor Kimberly McCullough ('General Hospital') is 47. Actor Karolina Wydra ('Wicked City,' 'House') is 44. Musician Amanda Shires (The Highwomen, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit) is 43. Actor Sterling Knight ('Sonny With a Chance') is 36. Actor Jake Lloyd ('Star Wars' films) is 36. Actor Micah Fowler ('Speechless') is 27. March 6: Dancer Carmen de Lavallade is 94. Actor-writer Joanna Miles is 85. Actor Ben Murphy is 83. Drummer Hugh Grundy of The Zombies is 80. Guitarist David Gilmour of Pink Floyd is 79. Singer Kiki Dee is 78. Actor Anna Maria Horsford ('Amen,' 'The Bold and the Beautiful') is 78. Actor-director Rob Reiner is 78. TV personality John Stossel is 78. Sports correspondent Armen Keteyian is 72. Actor Tom Arnold is 66. Actor D.L. Hughley ('The Hughleys') is 62. Country songwriter Skip Ewing is 61. Actor Connie Britton ('Nashville') is 58. Actor Shuler Hensley is 58. Actor Moira Kelly ('One Tree Hill') is 57. Actor Amy Pietz ('Aliens in America,' ″Caroline in the City') is 56. Guitarist Chris Broderick of Megadeth is 55. Country singer Trent Willmon is 52. Guitarist Shane Farmer (Ricochet) is 51. Rapper Beanie Sigel is 51. Rapper Bubba Sparxxx is 48. Actor Shaun Evans ('Endeavour') is 45. Drummer Chris Tomson of Vampire Weekend is 41. Actor Eli Marienthal is 39. Rapper-producer Tyler, the Creator is 34. Actor Millicent Simmonds ('A Quiet Place,' 'Wonderstruck') is 22. March 7: Actor Daniel J. Travanti ('Hill Street Blues') is 85. Bassist Chris White of The Zombies is 82. Keyboardist Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum is 79. Singer Peter Wolf of The J. Geils Band is 79. Guitarist Ernie Isley of The Isley Brothers is 73. Actor Bryan Cranston ('Breaking Bad') is 69. Actor Donna Murphy ('Mercy Street,' ″Murder One') is 66. Actor Nick Searcy ('Justified') is 66. Actor Mary Beth Evans ('Days of Our Lives') is 64. Singer Taylor Dayne is 63. Actor Bill Brochtrup ('Major Crimes,' ″NYPD Blue') is 62. Opera singer Denyce Graves is 61. Comedian Wanda Sykes is 61. Actor Jonathan Del Arco ('Major Crimes') is 59. Drummer Randy Guss of Toad The Wet Sprocket is 58. Actor Rachel Weisz is 54. Actor Peter Sarsgaard ('Kinsey,' ″Garden State') is 54. Actor Jay Duplass ('The Mindy Project') is 52. Singer Sebastien Izambard of Il Divo is 52. Singer Hugo Ferreira of Tantric is 51. Actor Jenna Fischer ('The Office') is 51. Actor Tobias Menzies ('The Crown,' ″Game of Thrones') is 51. Actor Audrey Marie Anderson ('The Unit') is 50. Actor TJ Thyne ('Bones') is 50. Actor Laura Prepon ('Orange Is the New Black,' ″That '70s Show') is 45. Actor Bel Powley (Film: 'Diary of a Teenage Girl') is 33. Actor Giselle Eisenberg ('Life in Pieces') is 28. March 8: Jazz saxophonist George Coleman is 90. Actor Sue Ane Langdon is 89. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 81. Actor-director Micky Dolenz of The Monkees is 80. Singer Peggy March is 77. Jazz pianist Billy Childs is 68. Singer Gary Numan is 67. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 66. Actor Aidan Quinn is 66. Guitarist Jimmy Dormire (Confederate Railroad) is 65. Actor Leon ('Cool Runnings') is 64. Actor Camryn Manheim ('The Practice') is 64. Singer Shawn Mullins is 57. Actor Andrea Parker ('Less Than Perfect') is 55. Actor Boris Kodjoe ('Code Black,' ″Madea's Family Reunion') is 52. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 49. Actor Laura Main ('Call the Midwife') is 48. Actor James Van Der Beek ('CSI: Cyber,' ″Dawson's Creek') is 48. Singer Kameelah Williams of 702 is 47. Actor Nick Zano ('Minority Report,' ″2 Broke Girls') is 47. Singer Tom Chaplin of Keane is 46. Guitarist Andy Ross of OK Go is 46. Singer Kristinia DeBarge is 35.
