If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”
Actor Jacques Sernas (55 Days at Peking, La Dolce Vita, Superfly T.N.T.) is 87.
Actor Edd Byrnes (Breitenberger; 77 Sunset Strip, Darby’s Rangers) is 79.
Singer – blues guitarist Buddy (George) Guy (Stone Crazy, LPs: A Man and His Blues, This is Buddy Guy, Hold That Plane, Hot and Cool, Buddy and the Juniors, In the Beginning; in films: The Blues is Alive and Well in Chicago, Out of the Blacks and into the Blues) is 76.
Film director Peter Bogdanovich (What’s Up Doc?, Paper Moon, Nickelodeon; director/writer: The Last Picture Show, Texasville) is 73.
Paul Anka (songwriter: Johnny’s Theme [Tonight Show Theme], My Way, She’s a Lady, Diana; singer: Diana, You Are My Destiny, Lonely Boy, Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Puppy Love, You’re Having My Baby) is 71.
Saxophonist – flutist – composer David Sanborn (Voyeur, Sanborn, David Sanborn Band, Heart to Heart, Hideaway, As We Speak, Backstreet, Straight to the Heart, Love and Happiness) is 67.
Actor William Atherton (Bio-Dome, Saints and Sinners, The Pelican Brief, Die Hard series, Ghostbusters, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, The Day of the Locust, Class of ’44, Centennial) is 65.
Arnold Schwarzenegger (actor: Eraser, The Terminator, Predator, Twins, Conan the Barbarian, Total Recall, Kindergarten Cop, True Lies, Last Action Hero; 5-time Mr. Universe; Governor of California [2003 – 2011]) is 65.
Actor Jean Reno (Le Grand bleu, Les Visiteurs, Léon, Mission: Impossible, Godzilla, Just Visiting) is 64.
Actor Frank Stallone (Rocky series, Staying Alive, Ten Little Indians, Hudson Hawk, Tombstone, Doublecross On Costa’s Island) is 62.
Actor Ken Olin (Hill Street Blues, Falcon Crest, Thirtysomething) is 58.
Actress Delta Burke (Delta, Designing Women, Filthy Rich, Chisholm; Miss Florida) is 56.
Law professor Anita Hill, Brandeis University, is 56.
Actor Laurence Fishburne (Two Trains Running; Apocalypse Now, Bad Company, Boyz N the Hood) is 51.
Actress Lisa Kudrow (Friends, Mad About You, The Opposite of Sex, Analyze This, Dr. Dolittle 2) is 49.
Actress Vivica A. Fox (Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, Independence Day, Booty Call, Hollywood Squares, City of Angels) is 48.
Actress Hilary Swank (Growing Pains, Evening Shade, The Next Karate Kid, Boys Don’t Cry, Million Dollar Baby) is 38.
Chief Writing Wolf 
I had no idea that Hillary Swank was on Growing Pains. I still miss that show, even though I hate Kirk Cameron.
I had no idea either, although I never watched the show. I never really liked shows with kids or teens as the central characters – even when I was a kid! Yea, Kirk Cameron has gone off the deep end of religious extremism. Once the 1980’s ended, he just sort of tumbled into obscurity and is now trying desperately to remain relevant.