HAPPY BIRTHDAY

EDDY GRANT, 70. The Guyana-born, British reggae singer’s hits include Baby Come Back, Electric Avenue and anti-apartheid anthem Gimme Hope Jo’anna. He set up Europe’s first black- owned recording studio, saying: ‘I wanted to own a black bank, too, because I couldn’t get the money to support my ideas.’ Grant wrote, performed, produced and put out his hits. EVA MENDES, 44. The American actress, star of Training Day and Hitch, has two daughters, Esmerelda and Amada, with actor Ryan Gosling. One of Hollywood’s most private couples, they have rarely been seen on the red carpet together. Eva’s first dream was to be a nun, ‘but my sister told me nuns didn’t get paid, so I soon went off that idea’.