TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Brigitte Bardot is 87. Actor Joel Higgins is 78. Singer Helen Shapiro is 75. Actor Vernee Watson is 72. Movie writer-director-actor John Sayles is 71. Rock musician George Lynch is 67. Zydeco singer-musician C.J. Chenier is 64. Actor Steve Hytner is 62. Actorcomedian Janeane Garofalo is 57. Country singer Matt King is 55.