THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY
Brad Pitt, actor, is 53. Keith Richards, Rolling Stone, is 73. Steven Spielberg, film director-producer, is 70. Robson Green, actor and half of singing duo Robson & Jerome, is 52. Ray Liotta, actor star of Goodfellas, is 62. Christina Aguilera, pop singer, is 36. ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin, WWE wrestler, is 52. Katie Holmes, actress and ex-wife of Tom Cruise, is 38. David O’Doherty, comedian, is 41.
MONDAY
Syd Little, half of the Little & Large comedy duo, is 74. Jake Gyllenhaal, star of Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain, is 36. Karim Benzema, France and Real Madrid footballer, is 29. Richard ‘The Hamster’ Hammond, TV presenter and former co-host of Top Gear, is 47. Ricky Ponting, former Australian cricket captain, is 42.
TUESDAY
Tom McGurk, TV journalist, is 70. Billy Bragg, singer/ songwriter, is 59. Todd Phillips, comedy writer/director, is 46. Ashley Cole, English footballer and ex-husband of Cheryl Cole, is 36. Uri Geller, Israeli spoon-bending psy- chic, is 70. Jonah Hill, actor who starred in Superbad and Moneyball, is 33. David Forde, Republic of Ireland goalkeeper, is 37.
WEDNESDAY
Kiefer Sutherland, actor who starred in TV series 24, is 50. Jane Fonda, actress turned political activist, is 79. Samuel L Jackson, actor who starred in Pulp Fiction, is 68. Chris Evert, three-time Wimbledon champion, is 62.
THURSDAY
Noel Edmonds, UK TV personality, is 68. Diane Sawyer, legendary ABC news anchor- woman, is 71. Paul Wolfowitz, former president of the World Bank, is 73. Ralph Fiennes, actor, is 54. Vanessa Paradis, French singer, model, and actress, is 44. Marcus O’Sullivan, Irish former athlete, is 55.
FRIDAY
Carla Bruni, Italian ex-model and pop singer and wife of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is 49. Eddie Vedder, singer of rock band Pearl Jam, is 52. Harry Shearer, actor/ writer and voice of numerous
Simpsons characters, is 73. Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, socialite and TV personality, is 45. Jodie Marsh, model, bodybuilder and reality TV star, is 38.
CHRISTMAS EVE
Ricky Martin, Latin pop star, is 45. Chris Morris, former Ireland and Celtic footballer, is 53. Stan Bowles, 1970s soccer legend, is 68. Carol Vorderman, TV presenter, former co-host of Countdown, is 56. Louis Tomlinson, One Direction singer, is 25. Stephenie Meyer, author of book series Twilight, is 44, Ed Miliband, former British Labour Party leader, is 47. Sean Og De Paor, Galway All-Ireland winning footballer, is 46.