BIRTHDAYS

Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 79. Actress Meryl Streep is 66. Pop singer Cyndi Lauper is 62. Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is 55. Basketball Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler is 53. Author Dan Brown is 51. TV personality Carson Daly is 42. Actor Donald Faison is 41. Actress Lindsay Ridgeway is 30. Pop singer Dina Hansen (Fifth Harmony) (“The X Factor”) is 18.