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Chicago Tribune
4 days ago
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison
Today is Sunday, June 29, the 180th day of 2025. There are 185 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On June 29, 2022, R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his R&B superstardom to subject young fans to sexual abuse. The singer and songwriter was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking the previous year. R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in federal court in New York after judge says he left 'a trail of broken lives'Also on this date: In 1520, Montezuma II, the ninth and last emperor of the Aztecs, died in Tenochtitlan under unclear circumstances (some say he was killed by his own subjects; others, by the Spanish). In 1613, London's original Globe Theatre, where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed, was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot during a performance of 'Henry VIII.' In 1767, Britain approved the Townshend Revenue Act, which imposed import duties on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea shipped to the American colonies. (Colonists bitterly protested, prompting Parliament to repeal the duties on each of the products — except for tea.) In 1776, the Virginia state constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry was made the state's governor. In 1967, Jerusalem was reunified as Israel removed barricades separating the Old City from the Israeli sector. In 1970, the United States ended a two-month military offensive into Cambodia. In 1995, the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia's Mir space station as they orbited the earth. In 2006, the Supreme Court ruled, 5-3, that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violated U.S. and international law. In 2007, the first version of the iPhone went on sale to the public; over 2.3 billion iPhones have been sold to date. In 2009, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff received a 150-year sentence for his multibillion-dollar fraud. (Madoff died in prison in April 2021.) Today's Birthdays: Songwriter L. Russell Brown is 85. Singer-songwriter Garland Jeffreys is 82. Actor Gary Busey is 81. Former actor and politician Fred Grandy is 77. Rock musician Ian Paice (Deep Purple) is 77. Singer Don Dokken is 72. Rock singer Colin Hay (Men At Work) is 72. Actor Maria Conchita Alonso is 70. Actor Sharon Lawrence ('NYPD Blue') is 64. Actor Amanda Donohoe is 63. Actor Judith Hoag is 62. Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is 62. Producer-writer Matthew Weiner is 60. Actor Melora Hardin is 58. Actor Brian D'Arcy James is 57. Rap DJ and record producer DJ Shadow is 53. Actor Zuleikha Robinson is 48. Rock musician Sam Farrar (Maroon 5) is 47. Actor Luke Kirby is 47. Singer and TV personality Nicole Scherzinger is 47. Comedian-writer Colin Jost is 43. Actor Lily Rabe is 43. NBA forward Kawhi Leonard is 34. Actor Camila Mendes (TV: 'Riverdale') is 31. Soccer player Jude Bellingham is 22.
San Francisco Chronicle
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 29-July 5
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 29-July 5: June 29: Actor Gary Busey is 81. Actor-turned-Congressman-turned-radio host Fred Grandy is 77. Drummer Ian Paice of Deep Purple is 77. Singer Don Dokken of Dokken is 72. Singer Colin Hay of Men at Work is 72. Actor Maria Conchita Alonso is 70. Actor Kimberlin Brown ('The Bold and the Beautiful,' 'The Young and the Restless') is 64. Actor Sharon Lawrence ('Fired Up,' ″NYPD Blue') is 64. Actor Amanda Donohoe is 63. Actor Judith Hoag ('Nashville') is 62. Singer Stedman Pearson of Five Star is 61. Actor Kathleen Wilhoite ('Gilmore Girls,' 'ER') is 61. Actor Melora Hardin ('The Office') is 58. Broadway actor Brian D'Arcy James ('Hamilton') is 57. Actor Christina Chang ('The Good Doctor') is 54. DJ and rapper DJ Shadow is 53. Actor Lance Barber ('Young Sheldon') is 52. Musician Sam Farrar of Maroon 5 is 47. Actor Luke Kirby ('The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel') is 47. Guitarist Todd Sansom of Marshall Dyllon is 47. Singer and TV personality Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls, 'The Masked Singer') is 47. Comedian Colin Jost ('Saturday Night Live') is 43. Actor Lily Rabe ('American Horror Story') is 43. Singer Aundrea Fimbres of Danity Kane is 42. Actor Camila Mendes ('Riverdale') is 31. June 30: Actor Nancy Dussault ('Too Close For Comfort') is 89. Singer Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) is 81. Jazz bassist Stanley Clarke is 74. Actor David Garrison (' Children') is 73. Guitarist Hal Lindes of Dire Straits is 72. Actor David Alan Grier is 69. Actor Vincent D'Onofrio is 66. Actor Deirdre Lovejoy ('The Wire') is 63. Actor Rupert Graves ('The Madness of King George') is 62. Bassist Tom Drummond of Better Than Ezra is 56. Actor Tony Rock ('Living Biblically') is 56. Actor Monica Potter ('Parenthood,' ″Boston Legal') is 54. Actor Molly Parker ('House of Cards') is 53. Actor Lizzy Caplan ('Masters of Sex,' ″Mean Girls') is 43. Guitarist James Adam Shelley of American Authors is 42. Country singer Cole Swindell is 42. Singer and 'American Idol' winner Fantasia Barrino is 41. Actor Sean Marquette ('The Goldbergs') is 37. July 1: Actor Leslie Caron is 94. Actor Jamie Farr is 91. Dancer Twyla Tharp is 84. Actor Genevieve Bujold is 83. Singer Deborah Harry of Blondie is 80. Actor Daryl Anderson ('Lou Grant') is 74. Actor Trevor Eve is 74. Stage actor Terrence Mann is 74. Singer Fred Schneider of The B-52′s is 74. Singer Victor Willis of the Village People is 74. Actor Dan Aykroyd is 73. Actor Lorna Patterson ('Airplane!') is 69. Actor Alan Ruck ('Spin City,' ″Ferris Bueller's Day Off') is 69. Singer Evelyn 'Champagne' King is 65. Singer Michelle Wright is 64. Actor Dominic Keating ('Star Trek: Enterprise') is 63. Actor Pamela Anderson is 58. Bassist Mark Pirro of Polyphonic Spree is 55. Actor Henry Simmons ('Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' ″NYPD Blue') is 55. Rapper Missy Elliott is 54. Actor Julianne Nicholson ('Law & Order: Criminal Intent,' ″Ally McBeal') is 54. Actor Melissa Peterman ('Young Sheldon,' 'Reba') is 54. Actor and writer Jill Kargman ('Odd Mom Out') is 51. Drummer Bryan Devendorf of The National is 50. Singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens is 50. Actor Thomas Sadoski ('Life in Pieces') is 49. Actor Liv Tyler is 48. Actor Hilarie Burton ('One Tree Hill') is 43. Actor Lea Seydoux ('Spectre,' ″The Grand Budapest Hotel') is 40. Actors Steven and Andrew Cavarno ('Party of Five') are 33. Singer Chloe Bailey of Chloe X Halle is 27. Actor Storm Reid ('12 Years a Slave,' ″A Wrinkle in Time') is 22. July 2: Actor Robert Ito ('Quincy') is 94. Actor Polly Holliday ('Alice') is 88. Writer-director Larry David ('Curb Your Enthusiasm,' ″Seinfeld') is 78. Actor Saul Rubinek ('Warehouse 13,' 'Frasier') is 77. Keyboardist Roy Bittan of the E Street Band is 76. Actor Wendy Schaal ('American Dad,' ″It's a Living') is 71. Model-actor Jerry Hall is 69. Actor Jimmy McNichol is 64. Bassist Dave Parsons (Bush) is 60. Actor Yancy Butler ('Witchblade') is 55. Violinist Melodee DeVevo of Casting Crowns is 49. Actor Owain Yeoman ('The Mentalist') is 47. Singer Michelle Branch is 42. Actor Vanessa Lee Chester ('The Lost World: Jurassic Park') is 41. Actor Nelson Franklin ('The Millers') is 40. Actor Ashley Tisdale ('Hellcats,' ″High School Musical') is 40. Actor Lindsay Lohan is 39. Actor Margot Robbie is 35. July 3: Actor Kurtwood Smith ('That 70s Show') is 82. Country singer Johnny Lee is 79. Writer Dave Barry is 78. Actor Betty Buckley is 78. Actor Jan Smithers ('WKRP In Cincinnati') is 76. Actor Bruce Altman ('Blue Bloods') is 70. Talk show host Montel Williams is 69. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 67. Synthesizer player Vince Clarke of Erasure is 65. Actor Tom Cruise is 63. Actor Thomas Gibson ('Criminal Minds,' ″Dharma and Greg') is 63. Actor Hunter Tylo is 63. Actor Connie Nielsen ('Gladiator') is 61. Actor Yeardley Smith ('The Simpsons') is 61. TV chef Sandra Lee is 59. Singer Ishmael 'Butterfly' Butler of Digable Planets is 56. Keyboardist-guitarist Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies is 56. Actor Shawnee Smith ('Saw,' ″Becker') is 56. Actor-singer Audra McDonald ('Private Practice') is 55. Actor Patrick Wilson (film's 'Aquaman,' TV's 'Fargo') is 52. Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 50. Actor Andrea Barber ('Full House') is 49. Actor Ian Anthony Dale ('Hawaii Five-0') is 47. Comedian Julie Klausner ('Difficult People') is 47. Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 46. Actor Olivia Munn ('The Newsroom') is 45. Actor Shoshannah Stern ('Jericho') is 45. Singer Elle King is 36. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer (TV's 'Oliver Beene') is 34. Actor Kelsey Batelaan ('Nip/Tuck') is 30. July 4: Actor Eva Marie Saint is 101. Actor Ed Bernard ('Police Woman,' ″White Shadow') is 86. Actor Karolyn Grimes (Zuzu in 'It's A Wonderful Life') is 85. Singer Annette Beard of Martha and the Vandellas is 82. TV personality Geraldo Rivera is 82. Percussionist Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind and Fire is 74. Percussionist Domingo Ortiz of Widespread Panic is 73. Singer John Waite is 73. Guitarist Kirk Pengilly of INXS is 67. Steel guitarist Teddy Carr (Ricochet) is 65. DJ Zonka (Big Audio Dynamite) is 63. Singer Michael Sweet of Stryper is 62. Bassist Matt Malley (Counting Crows) is 62. Actor-playwright Tracy Letts ('Homeland') is 60. Actor-comedian Al Madrigal ('Gary Unmarried,' ″The Daily Show') is 54. Actor John Lloyd Young ('Jersey Boys') is 50. Singer Stephen 'Ste' McNally of BBMak is 47. Actor Becki Newton ('Ugly Betty') is 47. Actor Mo McRae ('Sons of Anarchy') is 43. Reality star Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino ('Jersey Shore') is 43. Singer Melanie Fiona is 42. July 5: Musician Huey Lewis is 75. Country keyboardist Charles Ventre of River Road is 73. Singer Marc Cohn is 66. Actor Dorien Wilson ('The Parkers,' ″Sister, Sister') is 63. Actor Edie Falco ('Nurse Jackie,' 'The Sopranos') is 62. Actor Jillian Armenante ('Judging Amy') is 61. Actor Kathryn Erbe ('Law & Order: Criminal Intent') is 60. Michael Stuhlbarg ('Dr. Strange') is 57. Rapper RZA of Wu-Tang Clan is 56. Singer Joe is 52. Drummer Bengt Lagerberg of The Cardigans is 52. Rapper Bizarre of D12 is 49. Rapper Royce da 5′9″ is 48. Musician Jason Wade of Lifehouse is 45. Actor Ryan Hansen ('Party Down,' 'Veronica Mars') is 44. Musician Dave Haywood of Lady A is 43. Bassist Nick O'Malley of Arctic Monkeys is 40. Actor Jason Dolley ('Cory in the House') is 34.
Associated Press
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 29-July 5
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 29-July 5: June 29: Actor Gary Busey is 81. Actor-turned-Congressman-turned-radio host Fred Grandy is 77. Drummer Ian Paice of Deep Purple is 77. Singer Don Dokken of Dokken is 72. Singer Colin Hay of Men at Work is 72. Actor Maria Conchita Alonso is 70. Actor Kimberlin Brown ('The Bold and the Beautiful,' 'The Young and the Restless') is 64. Actor Sharon Lawrence ('Fired Up,' ″NYPD Blue') is 64. Actor Amanda Donohoe is 63. Actor Judith Hoag ('Nashville') is 62. Singer Stedman Pearson of Five Star is 61. Actor Kathleen Wilhoite ('Gilmore Girls,' 'ER') is 61. Actor Melora Hardin ('The Office') is 58. Broadway actor Brian D'Arcy James ('Hamilton') is 57. Actor Christina Chang ('The Good Doctor') is 54. DJ and rapper DJ Shadow is 53. Actor Lance Barber ('Young Sheldon') is 52. Musician Sam Farrar of Maroon 5 is 47. Actor Luke Kirby ('The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel') is 47. Guitarist Todd Sansom of Marshall Dyllon is 47. Singer and TV personality Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls, 'The Masked Singer') is 47. Comedian Colin Jost ('Saturday Night Live') is 43. Actor Lily Rabe ('American Horror Story') is 43. Singer Aundrea Fimbres of Danity Kane is 42. Actor Camila Mendes ('Riverdale') is 31. June 30: Actor Nancy Dussault ('Too Close For Comfort') is 89. Singer Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) is 81. Jazz bassist Stanley Clarke is 74. Actor David Garrison (' Children') is 73. Guitarist Hal Lindes of Dire Straits is 72. Actor David Alan Grier is 69. Actor Vincent D'Onofrio is 66. Actor Deirdre Lovejoy ('The Wire') is 63. Actor Rupert Graves ('The Madness of King George') is 62. Bassist Tom Drummond of Better Than Ezra is 56. Actor Tony Rock ('Living Biblically') is 56. Actor Monica Potter ('Parenthood,' ″Boston Legal') is 54. Actor Molly Parker ('House of Cards') is 53. Actor Lizzy Caplan ('Masters of Sex,' ″Mean Girls') is 43. Guitarist James Adam Shelley of American Authors is 42. Country singer Cole Swindell is 42. Singer and 'American Idol' winner Fantasia Barrino is 41. Actor Sean Marquette ('The Goldbergs') is 37. July 1: Actor Leslie Caron is 94. Actor Jamie Farr is 91. Dancer Twyla Tharp is 84. Actor Genevieve Bujold is 83. Singer Deborah Harry of Blondie is 80. Actor Daryl Anderson ('Lou Grant') is 74. Actor Trevor Eve is 74. Stage actor Terrence Mann is 74. Singer Fred Schneider of The B-52′s is 74. Singer Victor Willis of the Village People is 74. Actor Dan Aykroyd is 73. Actor Lorna Patterson ('Airplane!') is 69. Actor Alan Ruck ('Spin City,' ″Ferris Bueller's Day Off') is 69. Singer Evelyn 'Champagne' King is 65. Singer Michelle Wright is 64. Actor Dominic Keating ('Star Trek: Enterprise') is 63. Actor Pamela Anderson is 58. Bassist Mark Pirro of Polyphonic Spree is 55. Actor Henry Simmons ('Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' ″NYPD Blue') is 55. Rapper Missy Elliott is 54. Actor Julianne Nicholson ('Law & Order: Criminal Intent,' ″Ally McBeal') is 54. Actor Melissa Peterman ('Young Sheldon,' 'Reba') is 54. Actor and writer Jill Kargman ('Odd Mom Out') is 51. Drummer Bryan Devendorf of The National is 50. Singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens is 50. Actor Thomas Sadoski ('Life in Pieces') is 49. Actor Liv Tyler is 48. Actor Hilarie Burton ('One Tree Hill') is 43. Actor Lea Seydoux ('Spectre,' ″The Grand Budapest Hotel') is 40. Actors Steven and Andrew Cavarno ('Party of Five') are 33. Singer Chloe Bailey of Chloe X Halle is 27. Actor Storm Reid ('12 Years a Slave,' ″A Wrinkle in Time') is 22. July 2: Actor Robert Ito ('Quincy') is 94. Actor Polly Holliday ('Alice') is 88. Writer-director Larry David ('Curb Your Enthusiasm,' ″Seinfeld') is 78. Actor Saul Rubinek ('Warehouse 13,' 'Frasier') is 77. Keyboardist Roy Bittan of the E Street Band is 76. Actor Wendy Schaal ('American Dad,' ″It's a Living') is 71. Model-actor Jerry Hall is 69. Actor Jimmy McNichol is 64. Bassist Dave Parsons (Bush) is 60. Actor Yancy Butler ('Witchblade') is 55. Violinist Melodee DeVevo of Casting Crowns is 49. Actor Owain Yeoman ('The Mentalist') is 47. Singer Michelle Branch is 42. Actor Vanessa Lee Chester ('The Lost World: Jurassic Park') is 41. Actor Nelson Franklin ('The Millers') is 40. Actor Ashley Tisdale ('Hellcats,' ″High School Musical') is 40. Actor Lindsay Lohan is 39. Actor Margot Robbie is 35. July 3: Actor Kurtwood Smith ('That 70s Show') is 82. Country singer Johnny Lee is 79. Writer Dave Barry is 78. Actor Betty Buckley is 78. Actor Jan Smithers ('WKRP In Cincinnati') is 76. Actor Bruce Altman ('Blue Bloods') is 70. Talk show host Montel Williams is 69. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 67. Synthesizer player Vince Clarke of Erasure is 65. Actor Tom Cruise is 63. Actor Thomas Gibson ('Criminal Minds,' ″Dharma and Greg') is 63. Actor Hunter Tylo is 63. Actor Connie Nielsen ('Gladiator') is 61. Actor Yeardley Smith ('The Simpsons') is 61. TV chef Sandra Lee is 59. Singer Ishmael 'Butterfly' Butler of Digable Planets is 56. Keyboardist-guitarist Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies is 56. Actor Shawnee Smith ('Saw,' ″Becker') is 56. Actor-singer Audra McDonald ('Private Practice') is 55. Actor Patrick Wilson (film's 'Aquaman,' TV's 'Fargo') is 52. Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 50. Actor Andrea Barber ('Full House') is 49. Actor Ian Anthony Dale ('Hawaii Five-0') is 47. Comedian Julie Klausner ('Difficult People') is 47. Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 46. Actor Olivia Munn ('The Newsroom') is 45. Actor Shoshannah Stern ('Jericho') is 45. Singer Elle King is 36. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer (TV's 'Oliver Beene') is 34. Actor Kelsey Batelaan ('Nip/Tuck') is 30. July 4: Actor Eva Marie Saint is 101. Actor Ed Bernard ('Police Woman,' ″White Shadow') is 86. Actor Karolyn Grimes (Zuzu in 'It's A Wonderful Life') is 85. Singer Annette Beard of Martha and the Vandellas is 82. TV personality Geraldo Rivera is 82. Percussionist Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind and Fire is 74. Percussionist Domingo Ortiz of Widespread Panic is 73. Singer John Waite is 73. Guitarist Kirk Pengilly of INXS is 67. Steel guitarist Teddy Carr (Ricochet) is 65. DJ Zonka (Big Audio Dynamite) is 63. Singer Michael Sweet of Stryper is 62. Bassist Matt Malley (Counting Crows) is 62. Actor-playwright Tracy Letts ('Homeland') is 60. Actor-comedian Al Madrigal ('Gary Unmarried,' ″The Daily Show') is 54. Actor John Lloyd Young ('Jersey Boys') is 50. Singer Stephen 'Ste' McNally of BBMak is 47. Actor Becki Newton ('Ugly Betty') is 47. Actor Mo McRae ('Sons of Anarchy') is 43. Reality star Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino ('Jersey Shore') is 43. Singer Melanie Fiona is 42. July 5: Musician Huey Lewis is 75. Country keyboardist Charles Ventre of River Road is 73. Singer Marc Cohn is 66. Actor Dorien Wilson ('The Parkers,' ″Sister, Sister') is 63. Actor Edie Falco ('Nurse Jackie,' 'The Sopranos') is 62. Actor Jillian Armenante ('Judging Amy') is 61. Actor Kathryn Erbe ('Law & Order: Criminal Intent') is 60. Michael Stuhlbarg ('Dr. Strange') is 57. Rapper RZA of Wu-Tang Clan is 56. Singer Joe is 52. Drummer Bengt Lagerberg of The Cardigans is 52. Rapper Bizarre of D12 is 49. Rapper Royce da 5′9″ is 48. Musician Jason Wade of Lifehouse is 45. Actor Ryan Hansen ('Party Down,' 'Veronica Mars') is 44. Musician Dave Haywood of Lady A is 43. Bassist Nick O'Malley of Arctic Monkeys is 40. Actor Jason Dolley ('Cory in the House') is 34.
The Independent
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 29-July 5
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 29-July 5: June 29: Actor Gary Busey is 81. Actor-turned-Congressman-turned-radio host Fred Grandy is 77. Drummer Ian Paice of Deep Purple is 77. Singer Don Dokken of Dokken is 72. Singer Colin Hay of Men at Work is 72. Actor Maria Conchita Alonso is 70. Actor Kimberlin Brown ('The Bold and the Beautiful,' 'The Young and the Restless') is 64. Actor Sharon Lawrence ('Fired Up,' ″NYPD Blue') is 64. Actor Amanda Donohoe is 63. Actor Judith Hoag ('Nashville') is 62. Singer Stedman Pearson of Five Star is 61. Actor Kathleen Wilhoite ('Gilmore Girls,' 'ER') is 61. Actor Melora Hardin ('The Office') is 58. Broadway actor Brian D'Arcy James ('Hamilton') is 57. Actor Christina Chang ('The Good Doctor') is 54. DJ and rapper DJ Shadow is 53. Actor Lance Barber ('Young Sheldon') is 52. Musician Sam Farrar of Maroon 5 is 47. Actor Luke Kirby ('The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel') is 47. Guitarist Todd Sansom of Marshall Dyllon is 47. Singer and TV personality Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls, 'The Masked Singer') is 47. Comedian Colin Jost ('Saturday Night Live') is 43. Actor Lily Rabe ('American Horror Story') is 43. Singer Aundrea Fimbres of Danity Kane is 42. Actor Camila Mendes ('Riverdale') is 31. June 30: Actor Nancy Dussault ('Too Close For Comfort') is 89. Singer Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) is 81. Jazz bassist Stanley Clarke is 74. Actor David Garrison (' Children') is 73. Guitarist Hal Lindes of Dire Straits is 72. Actor David Alan Grier is 69. Actor Vincent D'Onofrio is 66. Actor Deirdre Lovejoy ('The Wire') is 63. Actor Rupert Graves ('The Madness of King George') is 62. Bassist Tom Drummond of Better Than Ezra is 56. Actor Tony Rock ('Living Biblically') is 56. Actor Monica Potter ('Parenthood,' ″Boston Legal') is 54. Actor Molly Parker ('House of Cards') is 53. Actor Lizzy Caplan ('Masters of Sex,' ″Mean Girls') is 43. Guitarist James Adam Shelley of American Authors is 42. Country singer Cole Swindell is 42. Singer and 'American Idol' winner Fantasia Barrino is 41. Actor Sean Marquette ('The Goldbergs') is 37. July 1: Actor Leslie Caron is 94. Actor Jamie Farr is 91. Dancer Twyla Tharp is 84. Actor Genevieve Bujold is 83. Singer Deborah Harry of Blondie is 80. Actor Daryl Anderson ('Lou Grant') is 74. Actor Trevor Eve is 74. Stage actor Terrence Mann is 74. Singer Fred Schneider of The B-52′s is 74. Singer Victor Willis of the Village People is 74. Actor Dan Aykroyd is 73. Actor Lorna Patterson ('Airplane!') is 69. Actor Alan Ruck ('Spin City,' ″Ferris Bueller's Day Off') is 69. Singer Evelyn 'Champagne' King is 65. Singer Michelle Wright is 64. Actor Dominic Keating ('Star Trek: Enterprise') is 63. Actor Pamela Anderson is 58. Bassist Mark Pirro of Polyphonic Spree is 55. Actor Henry Simmons ('Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' ″NYPD Blue') is 55. Rapper Missy Elliott is 54. Actor Julianne Nicholson ('Law & Order: Criminal Intent,' ″Ally McBeal') is 54. Actor Melissa Peterman ('Young Sheldon,' 'Reba') is 54. Actor and writer Jill Kargman ('Odd Mom Out') is 51. Drummer Bryan Devendorf of The National is 50. Singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens is 50. Actor Thomas Sadoski ('Life in Pieces') is 49. Actor Liv Tyler is 48. Actor Hilarie Burton ('One Tree Hill') is 43. Actor Lea Seydoux ('Spectre,' ″The Grand Budapest Hotel') is 40. Actors Steven and Andrew Cavarno ('Party of Five') are 33. Singer Chloe Bailey of Chloe X Halle is 27. Actor Storm Reid ('12 Years a Slave,' ″A Wrinkle in Time') is 22. July 2: Actor Robert Ito ('Quincy') is 94. Actor Polly Holliday ('Alice') is 88. Writer-director Larry David ('Curb Your Enthusiasm,' ″Seinfeld') is 78. Actor Saul Rubinek ('Warehouse 13,' 'Frasier') is 77. Keyboardist Roy Bittan of the E Street Band is 76. Actor Wendy Schaal ('American Dad,' ″It's a Living') is 71. Model-actor Jerry Hall is 69. Actor Jimmy McNichol is 64. Bassist Dave Parsons (Bush) is 60. Actor Yancy Butler ('Witchblade') is 55. Violinist Melodee DeVevo of Casting Crowns is 49. Actor Owain Yeoman ('The Mentalist') is 47. Singer Michelle Branch is 42. Actor Vanessa Lee Chester ('The Lost World: Jurassic Park') is 41. Actor Nelson Franklin ('The Millers') is 40. Actor Ashley Tisdale ('Hellcats,' ″High School Musical') is 40. Actor Lindsay Lohan is 39. Actor Margot Robbie is 35. July 3: Actor Kurtwood Smith ('That 70s Show') is 82. Country singer Johnny Lee is 79. Writer Dave Barry is 78. Actor Betty Buckley is 78. Actor Jan Smithers ('WKRP In Cincinnati') is 76. Actor Bruce Altman ('Blue Bloods') is 70. Talk show host Montel Williams is 69. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 67. Synthesizer player Vince Clarke of Erasure is 65. Actor Tom Cruise is 63. Actor Thomas Gibson ('Criminal Minds,' ″Dharma and Greg') is 63. Actor Hunter Tylo is 63. Actor Connie Nielsen ('Gladiator') is 61. Actor Yeardley Smith ('The Simpsons') is 61. TV chef Sandra Lee is 59. Singer Ishmael 'Butterfly' Butler of Digable Planets is 56. Keyboardist-guitarist Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies is 56. Actor Shawnee Smith ('Saw,' ″Becker') is 56. Actor-singer Audra McDonald ('Private Practice') is 55. Actor Patrick Wilson (film's 'Aquaman,' TV's 'Fargo') is 52. Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 50. Actor Andrea Barber ('Full House') is 49. Actor Ian Anthony Dale ('Hawaii Five-0') is 47. Comedian Julie Klausner ('Difficult People') is 47. Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 46. Actor Olivia Munn ('The Newsroom') is 45. Actor Shoshannah Stern ('Jericho') is 45. Singer Elle King is 36. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer (TV's 'Oliver Beene') is 34. Actor Kelsey Batelaan ('Nip/Tuck') is 30. July 4: Actor Eva Marie Saint is 101. Actor Ed Bernard ('Police Woman,' ″White Shadow') is 86. Actor Karolyn Grimes (Zuzu in 'It's A Wonderful Life') is 85. Singer Annette Beard of Martha and the Vandellas is 82. TV personality Geraldo Rivera is 82. Percussionist Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind and Fire is 74. Percussionist Domingo Ortiz of Widespread Panic is 73. Singer John Waite is 73. Guitarist Kirk Pengilly of INXS is 67. Steel guitarist Teddy Carr (Ricochet) is 65. DJ Zonka (Big Audio Dynamite) is 63. Singer Michael Sweet of Stryper is 62. Bassist Matt Malley (Counting Crows) is 62. Actor-playwright Tracy Letts ('Homeland') is 60. Actor-comedian Al Madrigal ('Gary Unmarried,' ″The Daily Show') is 54. Actor John Lloyd Young ('Jersey Boys') is 50. Singer Stephen 'Ste' McNally of BBMak is 47. Actor Becki Newton ('Ugly Betty') is 47. Actor Mo McRae ('Sons of Anarchy') is 43. Reality star Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino ('Jersey Shore') is 43. Singer Melanie Fiona is 42. July 5: Musician Huey Lewis is 75. Country keyboardist Charles Ventre of River Road is 73. Singer Marc Cohn is 66. Actor Dorien Wilson ('The Parkers,' ″Sister, Sister') is 63. Actor Edie Falco ('Nurse Jackie,' 'The Sopranos') is 62. Actor Jillian Armenante ('Judging Amy') is 61. Actor Kathryn Erbe ('Law & Order: Criminal Intent') is 60. Michael Stuhlbarg ('Dr. Strange') is 57. Rapper RZA of Wu-Tang Clan is 56. Singer Joe is 52. Drummer Bengt Lagerberg of The Cardigans is 52. Rapper Bizarre of D12 is 49. Rapper Royce da 5′9″ is 48. Musician Jason Wade of Lifehouse is 45. Actor Ryan Hansen ('Party Down,' 'Veronica Mars') is 44. Musician Dave Haywood of Lady A is 43. Bassist Nick O'Malley of Arctic Monkeys is 40. Actor Jason Dolley ('Cory in the House') is 34.
Leader Live
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
BGT's Olly Pearson wowed at 'first festival'
The Wrexham youngster secured the golden buzzer for the second time during the semi-final earlier this month to ensure that he'll be one of ten hopefuls competing for the hit show's main prize on Saturday, May 31. The 11-year-old guitarist has been performing across social media and at shows in both Wrexham and Chester since picking up the instrument at around age seven. A Chester photographer who spotted him at the Handbridge Summer Festival in 2023, says his talent was evident even then. 'I'd been documenting some of the events near the centre of Chester and I'd walked over to the Co-op car park [for the festival]. 'I heard the music, and I thought 'That sounds good', and I walked around the corner and here's this little lad, and I think he was playing Apache at the time,' says Jeff Price. He saw Olly with his grandad, Lee, stood to the side of the stage. Lee told him that he had begun teaching Olly the guitar just a few years before. Jeff, who's photographed several bands down the years including Deep Purple, Whitesnake, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, added that he was struck by his ability at such a young age. 'The first time I photographed him, I think he was about nine, and I thought it was bloody marvellous. 'When I saw [he'd made the final] I thought, this is amazing.' Olly's mum, Sarah, described the event as "Olly's first festival" in a Facebook post at the time. The youngster will now be hoping to wow Simon Cowell and his fellow judges one again when he takes to the stage this weekend. You can watch Olly performing in this year's BGT final on ITV and ITVX on Saturday, May 31.
