BIRTHDAYS

Journalist-author Peter Arnett is 83. Country singersongwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is 71. Actor Joe Mantegna is 70. Actor Chris Noth is 63. Actress-comedian Whoopi Goldberg is 62. Comedian and talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel is 50. Actor Steve Zahn is 50. Actor Gerard Butler is 48. NBA All-Star Metta World Peace (formerly Ron Artest) is 38.