TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Tom Skerritt is 88. Jazz musician Wayne Shorter is 88. Movie director Hugh Hudson is 85. Author Frederick Forsyth is 83. Movie director John Badham is 82. Filmmaker Marshall Brickman is 82. Rhythmand-blues singer Walter Williams (The O’Jays) is 78. Actor Anthony Heald (held) is 77. Rock singer-actor Gene Simmons is 72. Actor John Savage is 72. Author Martin Amis is 72. Country singer-musician Henry Paul (Outlaws; Blackhawk) is 72. Rock singer Rob Halford is

70. Rock musician Geoff Downes (Asia) is 69. Rock singer Elvis Costello is 67. Movie director Tim Burton is

63. Actor Christian LeBlanc is 63. Actor Ashley Crow is

61. Actor Ally Walker is 60. Country singer Cyrus (AKA Billy Ray Cyrus) is 60. Actor Joanne Whalley is 60. Rock musician Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard) is 59. Actor Blair Underwood is 57. Actor Robert Maschio is 55. Rap DJ Terminator X (Public Enemy) is 55. Alternative country singer Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) is 54. Actor David Alan Basche is 53. Television chef Rachael Ray is 53. Actor Cameron Mathison is

52. Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 51. Model Claudia Schiffer is 51. Country singer Brice Long is 50. Actor Nathan Page is 50. Actor-writer-director Ben Falcone is 48. Actor Eric Millegan is 47. Actor Alexander Skarsgard is 45.