Today’s Birthdays:
Skating champion and commentator Dick Button is 94.
Olympic gold medal figure skater Tenley Albright is 88.
Movie director Paul Verhoeven is 85.
Musician Brian Auger is 84.
Singer Dion DiMucci is 84.
Actor James Brolin is 83.
Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Torre is 83.
Singer Martha Reeves is 82.
Country-rock singer Craig Fuller (Pure Prairie League) is 74.
Business mogul Richard Branson is 73.
Actor Margo Martindale is 72.
Singer Ricky Skaggs is 69.
Actor Audrey Landers is 67.
World Golf Hall of Famer Nick Faldo is 66.
Actor Anne-Marie Johnson is 63.
Actor Elizabeth McGovern is 62.
Rock musician John Hermann (Widespread Panic) is 61.
Rock musician Jack Irons is 61.
Broadcaster Wendy Williams is 59.
Actor Vin Diesel is 56.
Actor Grant Bowler is 55.
Retired NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway is 52.
Bluegrass musician Jesse Brock (The Gibson Brothers) is 51.
Alt-country singer Elizabeth Cook is 51.
Actor Eddie Matos is 51.
Singer-songwriter M.I.A. is 48.
Rock musician Daron Malakian (System of a Down; Scars on Broadway) is 48.
Actor Elsa Pataky (“The Fast and the Furious” films) is 47.
Rock musician Tony Fagenson (formerly with Eve 6) is 45.
Movie director Jared Hess is 44.
Actor Jason Weaver is 44.
Actor Kristen Bell is 43.
Actor Michiel Huisman (MIHK’-heel HOWS’-man) is 42.
Rock singer Ryan Cabrera is 41.
Actor Priyanka Chopra is 41.
Christian-rock musician Aaron Gillespie (Underoath) is 40.
Actor Chace Crawford is 38.
Actor James Norton is 38.
Musician Paul Kowert (Punch Brothers) is 37.
Actor Travis Milne is 37.
Thought you all would have gotten the ones highlighted.
Then additional musical ones for Raz...
Can't get 'em all I guess.
Here's some guidelines for handicapping me.
*If it's a Christian musician or singer, but they name a band in parentheses, odds are against me.
*Rock Musicians have to be old enough to have made it by the 1990s, or the odds are against me.
*If the person is listed as a "Rock singer" and they are under the age of 50, bet against me. Guitarists and drummers, not so much.
*For hip-hop artists, odds are against me.
*If it's a Bluegrass musician, but they are under age 40, odds are I won't know them. If they are over 40, odds are with me.
*If it's an actor under the age of 40, odds are against me, and they are more against me the younger they get.
*I've never followed any of the daytime or prime-time soap operas, so odds are against me unless the names are huge.
*Sports figures are even odds at best, but I have a slight advantage for tennis players and Olympians.
There are always exceptions, but these are the general tendencies.
