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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

John Goodman (actor) is 56
"Dan" in Rosanne

Martin Landau (actor) is 77
"Bela Lugosi" in Ed Wood

Olympia Dukakis (actress) is 77
"Rose Castorini" in Moonstruck

Danny Aiello (actor) is 75
"Sal" in Do The Right Thing

John Mahoney (actor) is 68
"Martin" on Frasier

Brian Wilson (musician, The Beach Boys) is 66
His brothers were also in the group

Anne Murray (singer, "What About Me") is 63
Is Canadian

Bob Vila (home-repair show host) is 62
Former host of This Old House

Lionel Richie (singer) is 59
Daughter is Nicole Richie

Michael Anthony (bassist, Van Halen) is 54
Not currently in the band

John Taylor (bassist, Duran Duran) is 48
Born in England

Mark De Gli Antoni (keyboardist, Soul Coughing) is 46
From San Francisco, California

Murphy Karges (bassist, Sugar Ray) is 41
Band was named after boxer Sugar Ray Leonard

Nicole Kidman (actress) is 41
Formerly married to Tom Cruise

Josh Lucas (actor) is 37
"Jake" in Sweet Home Alabama

Peter Paige (actor) is 39
"Emmett" on Queer as Folk

Loon (rapper) is 33
From Harlem, New York

Saturday, June 21st

Bernie Kopell (actor) is 75
"Dr. Bricker" on The Love Boat

Joe Flaherty (comedian-actor) is 66
Know for his work on Canadian show SCTV

Ray Davies (musician, The Kinks) is 64
Born in London, England

Brenda Holloway (singer) is 62
Once opened for The Beatles

Meredith Baxter (actress) is 61
"Elyse" on Family Ties

Michael Gross (actor) is 61
"Steven" on Family Ties

Joey Molland (guitarist, Badfinger) is 60
Born in Liverpool, England

Don Airey (keyboardist, Deep Purple) is 60
Joined the band in 2002

Joey Kramer (drummer, Aerosmith) is 58
Came up with the name of the band

 Nils Lofgren (guitarist, E Street Band) is 57
Started in Neil Young's band

Doug Savant (actor) is 44
"Tom" on Desperate Housewives

Porter Howell (musician, Little Texas) is 44
Lead guitarist for the band

Juliette Lewis (actress) is 35
"Mallory Knox" in Natural Born Killers

Justin Cary (bassist, Sixpence None the Richer) is 33
Name of band was taken from a passage in a book by C.S. Lewis

Mike Einziger (guitarist, Incubus) is 32
Nickname is "The Man"

Prince William (Prince of Wales) is 26
Mother was Princess Diana

Sunday, June 22nd

Ralph Waite (actor) is 79
"John" on The Waltons

Kris Kristofferson (singer-actor) is 72
"Abraham Whistler" in the Blade series

Ed Bradley (correspondent, 60 Minutes) would have been 67
Passed away in 2006

Michael Lerner (actor) is 67
"Mr. Channing" in My Favorite Martian

Brit Hume (journalist) is 65
Panelist on Fox News Sundays

Peter Asher (singer, Peter and Gordon) is 64
His sister dated Paul McCartney

Klaus Maria Branduer (actor) is 64
"Bror Blixen" in Out of Africa

David L. Lander (actor) is 61
"Squiggy" on Laverne and Shirley

Todd Rundgren (singer) is 60
Born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

Meryl Streep (actress) is 59
Has done voice work for The Simpsons

Alan Osmond (singer, The Osmonds) is 59
Siblings were also in the group with him

Lindsay Wagner (actress) is 59
"Susan" in The Paper Chase

Murphy Cross (actress) is 58
"Meredith" on Numb3rs

Graham Greene (actor) is 56
"Kicking Bird" in Dances With Wolves

Cyndi Lauper (singer) is 55
Famous for the song "Time After Time"

Chris Lemmon (actor) is 55
"Alex" in Just the Ticket

Garry Beers (bassist, INXS) is 51
Born in Australia

 Alan Anton (rock musician, Cowboy Junkies) is 49
Born in Canada

Tracy Pollan (actress) is 48
"Mara" in A Stranger Among Us

Amy Brenneman (actress) is 44
"Amy Gray" on Judging Amy

Dan Brown (writer, The Da Vinci Code) is 44
Also wrote Angels and Demons

Steven Page (singer, Barenaked Ladies) is 38
Is Canadian

Mary Lynn Rajskub (actress) is 37
"Chloe O'Brian" on 24

Carson Daly (TV host) is 35
Former host of the MTV show TRL

Chris Traynor (guitarist, Helmet) is 35
Has played with Gavin Rossdale

Donald Faison (actor) is 34
"Turk" on Scrubs

Lecy Goranson (actress) is 34
"Becky" on Roseanne

Jai Rodriguez (TV personality, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) is 29
Also an author

Lindsay Ridgeway (actress) is 23
"Morgan Matthews" on Boy Meets World

ON JUNE 20th...

In 1964...John Lennon was described as "in a pathetic state of near illiteracy" by one critic after the publication of his book, In His Own Write.

In 1967...Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane performed at San Francisco's Fillmore.

In 1969...Young David Bowie signed his record deal with Mercury Records. The label had to wait three years for him to produce a successful follow-up to Space Oddity.

In 1969...Jimi Hendrix played the Newport Jazz Festival for a whopping 125-thousand dollars. At the time, it was the largest fee ever for a concert appearance.

In 1973...On American Bandstand's 20th anniversary show, Dick Clark welcomed Little Richard, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Cheech and Chong and Three Dog Night.

In 1974...Bob Dylan and The Band released their live album Before the Flood.

In 1980...Bob Dylan released Saved, his second collection of Christian material.

In 1981...Guitarist Gerry Cott walked out on The Boomtown Rats.

In 1983...Twang pioneer Duane Eddy embarked on his first U-S concert tour in 15 years in San Francisco.
In 1987...Boston appeared at the 10th annual Texas Jam for their first live performance in eight years.

In 1988...Bobby Brown released his album Don't Be Cruel.

In 1994...It was reported that Paul, George and Ringo were working on a new song for inclusion on The Beatles' Anthology box set.

In 1995...The Foo Fighters released their self-titled debut album.

In 1997...Lawrence Payton of The Four Tops died at age 59 from liver cancer.

In 2002...Yoko Ono attended the opening of a retrospective dedicated to her at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

In 2002...Bobby Brown was released from a Virginia hospital where he was being treated for an infection.

In 2003...Lipton, the sponsors of The Dixie Chicks' summer tour, pulled an ad featuring the trio following singer Natalie Maines' controversial statements about President George W. Bush.

In 2003...Rap star Lil' Kim had 250-thousand dollars' worth of jewelry stolen from her at New York's John F. Kennedy airport. The haul included her signature "Queen Bee" necklace.

In 2004...In St. Petersburg's Palace Square, Paul McCartney played his 3000th gig since he first performed with The Quarrymen. 50-thousand Russians turned out to see the ex-Beatle, who, of course, played "Back in the USSR."

In 2006...Bassist Andy Nicholson left British band Arctic Monkeys.

In 2006...The BBC announced they were axing their flagship music program Top of the Pops. The show debuted in 1964, with The Rolling Stones singing "I Wanna be Your Man."

In 2006...Clayde "Charles" Smith, lead guitarist and a founding member with Kool & the Gang, died aged 57. He wrote the hits "Joanna" and "Take My Heart."

ON JUNE 21ST...

In 1955...Johnny Cash released his first single, "Hey Porter," which sold 100-thousand copies.

In 1966...The Rolling Stones sued 14 New York hotels that refused to put the band up and accused them of "discrimination on account of national origin."

In 1967...At San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, The Grateful Dead, Big Brother & The Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service all performed for the Summer Solstice celebrations.

In 1973...Bread played their last show in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 1975...Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple announced he was quitting the rock band to start Rainbow.

In 1975...At England's Wembley Stadium, Elton John headlined a show with The Eagles, The Beach Boys, Rufus and future Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh.

In 1987..."Freaks" celebrated the 20th anniversary of the "Summer of Love" with a parade through Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco.

In 1988...Pink Floyd performed at Versailles, a concert which was later released as the Delicate Sound of Thunder video.

In 1989...New Kids on the Block released "Hangin' Tough." It would reach number one on the charts.

In 1990...Little Richard was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 1993...The U-S Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from John Fogerty. He was hoping to recoup legal fees from a copyright battle with the other members of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

In 1994...A British court declared that George Michael's contract with Sony was still valid, although Michael accused the label of holding him to "professional slavery."

In 2002...Bruce Springsteen fans in the New York area got a sneak peek at The Rising when radio station WPLJ played tracks from "The Boss'" forthcoming album.

In 2003...U2 and The Corrs performed at the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics, held in Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland.

In 2003...Johnny Cash made a surprise live appearance in Virginia, near his late wife June Carter Cash's birthplace. "I don't know hardly what to say tonight about being up here without her," he said. "The pain is so severe there is no way of describing it."

In 2003...Eminem and 50 Cent played the first date of their U-K Anger Management tour at the Milton Keynes Bowl.

In 2005...Billy Corgan took out full-page advertisements in two newspapers that announced he wanted to reform the Smashing Pumpkins. "I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams," he said.

ON JUNE 22ND...

In 1963...Little Stevie Wonder's "Fingertips, Part 2" became the first live single to go to number one on the charts.

In 1968...The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart as lead singer, made their U-S debut at New York's Fillmore. Stewart got such a bad case of stage fright, he spent the entirety of the first song behind a large speaker cabinet.

In 1969...Super-group Blind Faith released their self-titled album.

In 1969...Judy Garland died.

In 1975...At New York's Madison Square Garden, Eric Clapton joined The Rolling Stones onstage to jam on "Sympathy for the Devil."

In 1981...Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to the murder of John Lennon. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail.

In 1990...Billy Joel performed at Yankee Stadium in New York, becoming the first musician to perform a concert at "The House that Ruth Built."

In 1991...Jimi Hendrix's handwritten lyrics to "Room Full of Mirrors" sold for 35-hundred dollars at a New York auction. 

In 1992...Tom Jones was joined during his performance at London's Town & Country Club by Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour on guitar.

In 1993...Ozzy Osbourne changed his mind about retirement and said he would reunite with Black Sabbath for a tour.

In 1995...R.E.M. performed "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" with Dan Rather at a sound check in New York. The song was inspired by the words a mugger shouted at Rather years earlier.

In 1998...In London, a memorial service was held for Linda McCartney.  Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all attended.

In 2002...U2's The Edge married his longtime girlfriend Morleigh Steinberg in the South of France. In attendance were Lenny Kravitz, Michael Stipe and the other members of U2.

In 2004...Organizers announced that the Lollapalooza touring festival, which was set to feature Morrissey, The Pixies and String Cheese Incident as headliners, had been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.

MOVIE MINUTE: GET SMART

Steve Carell stars with Dwayne Johnson, a-k-a The Rock, in the big screen adaptation of Get Smart. The ringleader on The Office plays famed spy "Maxwell Smart," and unlike his previous work, the funnyman got to perform some serious action stunts in the flick.  "Yeah, it was great, you know, hanging from wires and rappelling off buildings and doing fight scenes with seven-foot-five villains, it's... yeah, it was crazy, fun."\

And as the leading man in Get Smart, Steve shares a kiss with his leading lady, Anne Hathaway. He told us how his wife, fellow Daily Show alum Nancy Walls, felt about it. "She was more upset about the kiss I have with The Rock than the kiss with Anne Hathaway. I think that was confusing to her."

Moviegoers may see more of Steve Carell than they expect in the film, like his butt. "Yes, there was no stunt derriere used. That was in fact mine. No, no, I... it was an unaltered derriere, could not be more proud."

Get Smart also stars Alan Arkin and Masi Oka and it's in theaters now.

DEEP THOUGHT... FOR THE WEEKEND

I'll never forget the time that skunk got under the house and Grandpa went under to get him.  Boy it smelled for months.  You know, that was the last time we ever saw Grandpa.

"Deep Thoughts... for the Weekend" courtesy of Jack Handey (as seen on Saturday Night Live)