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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.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Peoria County celebrates ‘Bison-tennial' with digital experience; bison competition
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (WMBD) — Two fiberglass bison's overlooked the crowd as county officials announced several new unveilings to honor the county's bicentennial. The two bison, one of which is set to be installed at Wildlife Prairie Park and the other which will be placed at Tower Park in Peoria Heights, are two of the many sculptures that are placed around the county. They are both, like the others, 5 feet tall, made out of fiberglass, and decorated by artists. After each bison is decorated, it is then taken to Woodruff High School, where students help to put a clear protective coat over the bison to help them withstand the elements. The Wildlife Prairie Park bison is painted with imagery that represents the park painted on it, including trees, the sky, birds, and other naturalistic imagery. A volunteer for the park painted their bison. The one that will go at Tower Park was designed by a local artist, Morgan Elser, who covered the fiberglass bison in bronze as well as a homemade putty to give the bison a unique look. She also named the statue, Yanasi (pronounced Yah-nah-see), the Cherokee word for bison, to honor her great-grandmother, who was 100% Cherokee. 'We talked about him looking like a cast of bronze piece, which I do a lot of that, where you can get the look, and he is actually covered in nine layers of real bronze,' she said. 'The big rough piece of his hair and everything that's on the top in front of him is an applied clay that I create out of all recycled materials.' Also at the unveiling, James Dillon, the Peoria County board chair, revealed two new ways the community can be involved in the bicentennial with Bison Trek as well as a Bison sculpture competition with the help of Fired Up. The Bison Trek Digital Passport is an online experience that will allow community members to earn badges for going and taking a picture of all the different Bison sculptures around the county. 'It's a free online platform where you can go and see where all the Bison are placed. You can then go to the bison and check in and earn badges based on you checking in with them and to check in, all you do is take a picture of the bison and load it into the platform,' said county chairman Rob Reneau. On the platform, users will also see a short text about the bison, as well as the artists and the organization that sponsored the sculpture. Each bison costs the organization that sponsored it $2,500, which pays for the fiberglass sculpture as well as the base it stands on. Each organization is also tasked with decorating, or hiring someone to decorate their bison. Because of this expense, the county wanted a way for someone from the community to have artwork portrayed on a bison without them having to spend all that money. In steps, their partnership with Fired Up. Anyone who wants can visit Fired Up at 4532 N. Prospect Road in Peoria Heights and pay $20, and they can paint their own miniature bison. Each bison painted will then have a photo taken of it and entered into the contest, and the winning design will be featured on one of the county's bison statues. 'You will have the opportunity to visit our studio, pick a bison, and create. You will glaze the piece and paint it. Staff's there to help you with different techniques and ideas, and then we'll take care of the rest,' said Heather Hogan with the studio. Once you finish with your bison, the staff at Fired Up will then take it and do the 'firing' as well as the photographing for the contest, then they will call, and the artists can pick up their miniature bison 7–10 days later. Anyone wanting to paint a bison should visit their website to make a reservation. The competition will run through the summer. For more information on the bicentennial, the bison and Bison Trek, visit the county's website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
