Posts Tagged ‘Birthday Skanks’

Singer Aretha Franklin was born March 25, 1942: singing her 1967 hit Respect.

• Singer Aretha Franklin is 68.
• Musician Elton John is 63.
• Movie critic Gene Shalit is 84.
• Singer Katharine McPhee American Idol is 26.
• Singer Aly Michalka of Aly and AJ is 21.
• Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is 45.
• Actress Marcia Cross is 48.
• Singer Melanie Blatt of All Saints is 35.
• Actor Lee Pace Pushing Daisies is 31.
• Actor Paul Michael Glaser is 67.
• Actor James McDaniel NYPD Blue is 52.
• Saxophonist Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet is 50.
• Actress Brenda Strong Desperate Housewives is 50.
• Actress Lisa Gay Hamilton The Practice is 46.

Aretha Franklin Think (Freedom); this is the official version of the 1968 song.

Pretty much everything that came out of this woman’s mouth in the 60/70s (and beyond, of course) was badass, but below are some of my personal favourites.

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• Alyson Hannigan How I Met Your Mother, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is 36.
• Actor Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory is 37.
• Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is 40.
• Actress Kelly LeBrock is 50.
• Actor R. Lee Ermey Full Metal Jacket is 66.
• Singer Nick Lowe is 61.
• Bassist Dougie Thomson of Supertramp is 59.
• Comedian Louie Anderson is 57.
• Actor Robert Carradine is 56.
• Actress Donna Pescow is 56.
• DJ Rodney “Kool Kollie” Terry of Ghostown DJs is 49.
• TV personality Star Jones is 48.
• Guitarist Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers is 46.
• Singer-violinist Sharon Corr of The Corrs is 40.

Pictures of Alyson Hannigan and her hubby, arriving at the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, September 12, 2009.

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Damon Albarn and his band Blur, with their AWESOME song, Song 2, from 1997.

• Singer Damon Albarn of Blur, co-creator of Gorillaz is 42.
• Singer Chaka Khan is 57.
• Actress Amanda Plummer is 53.
• Actress Catherine Keener is 51.
• Actress Hope Davis About Schmidt is 46.
• Actor Richard Grieco is 45.
• Country drummer Kevin Griffin of Yankee Grey is 45.
• Actress Marin Hinkle Two and a Half Men is 44.
• Drummer John Humphrey of The Nixons is 40.
• Actress Keri Russell Felicity is 34.
• Actress Nicholle Tom The Nanny is 32.

• Actress Reese Witherspoon is 34.
• Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 62.
• Actor William Shatner is 79.
• Actor M. Emmet Walsh is 75.
• Singer Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy is 69.
• Singer-guitarist George Benson is 67.
• Actress Fanny Ardant is 61.
• Sportscaster Bob Costas is 58.
• Country singer James House is 55.
• Actress Lena Olin is 55.
• Singer-actress Stephanie Mills is 53.
• Actor Matthew Modine is 51.
• Drummer John Otto of Limp Bizkit is 33.

Pictures of Reese Witherspoon as she made her way to the Brentwood Country Mart in Brentwood, California on March 16, 2010 to do some shopping.

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• Actress Vanessa Williams Ugly Betty is 47.
• Singer Adam Levine of Maroon 5 is 31.
• Rapper-actress Queen Latifah is 40.
• Comedian Dane Cook is 38.
• Actor Brad Dourif Lord of the Rings, Chucky movies is 60.
• Singer Irene Cara is 51.
• Keyboardist Scott Saunders of Sons of the Desert is 46.
• Guitarist Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains is 44.

Image credit to Juan Rico/Fame Pictures.

Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins turns 43; the band’s Tonight Tonight video.

• Singer Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins is 43.
• Bassist Melissa Auf der Maur Smashing Pumpkins, Hole) is 38.
• Guitarist Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship is 69.
• Actor Patrick Duffy is 61.
• Actor Kurt Russell is 59.
• Country singer Susie Allanson is 58.
• Actress Lesley-Anne Down is 56.
• Country singer Paul Overstreet is 55.
• Actor Gary Sinise is 55.
• Actress Vicki Lewis NewsRadio is 50.
• Actor Rob Lowe is 46.
• Bassist Van Conner of Screaming Trees is 43.
• Actor Mathew St. Patrick Six Feet Under is 42.
• Actor Yanic Truesdale Gilmore Girls is 41.
• Drummer Caroline Corr of The Corrs is 37.
• Rapper Swifty of D12 is 33.