Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (08/21/26)
Jimbo's Birthday Wishes (08/21/26)
Birthdays on August 21, 2026
Hayden Panettiere would have been 37. (1989 – 2026) Juliette Barnes on “Nashville”, Kirby in “Scream 4”, and Claire the indestructible cheerleader on “Heroes”.
Kacey Musgraves is 38. “Merry Go Round“, “Follow Your Arrow“.
Usain Bolt is 40. Jamaican sprinter who was once the Fastest Man Alive.
Laura Haddock is 41. Peter Quill’s mom in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2”, and Vivian Wembley in “Transformers: The Last Knight”. Now she stars on Netflix opposite Noah Centineo on his CIA spy thriller “The Recruit”.
Brody Jenner is 43.
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are 45. The twins who sued Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their idea to create Facebook. They got a reported $65 million settlement in 2008 . . . but they’re STILL bitter.
Kelis is 47. “Milkshake“ singer who gave birth to Nas’ son in 2009.
Alicia Witt is 51. Zelda on the seventh and final season of “Orange is the New Black”. You might also remember her as Autumn Chase on “Nashville”.
Amy Fisher is 52. Long Island Lolita. She used her notoriety to briefly become a porn star, then did “Celebrity Rehab” before dropping out of the public eye.
Liam Howlett is 55. The Prodigy. They did the original version of “Firestarter“, which you may remember Gene Simmons covered in 2004.
Carrie-Anne Moss is 59. Trinity in “The Matrix” trilogy and Jeri Hogarth in Marvel’s TV universe. She’s the cutthroat lawyer from “Jessica Jones”, who also appeared on “Daredevil”, “Iron Fist”, and “The Defenders”.
Serj Tankian is 59. System of a Down superstar. “Chop Suey“, “Aerials“, “Toxicity“, “Hypnotize“, and an awesome cover of Black Sabbath’s “Snowblind“.
Jim McMahon is 67. NFL veteran who’s dealing with early-onset dementia, thanks to the beatings he took during his football career. Remember the “Super Bowl Shuffle“? I DO. But he might not.
Kim Cattrall is 70. Samantha on “Sex and the City”, Cadet Karen Thompson in “Police Academy”, Emmy in “Mannequin”, and Vulcan traitor Lieutenant Valeris in “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”.
Glenn Hughes is 75. Rock & Roll Hall of Famer as the bassist for the Mark III and Mark IV lineups of Deep Purple. He was also the singer for Black Sabbath on their “Seventh Star” album. It was part of Sabbath’s underrated post-Dio era.
Jackie DeShannon is 85. Biggest Hits: “Put a Little Love in Your Heart“ and “What the World Needs Now“. She also co-wrote “Bette Davis Eyes“ . . . which Kim Carnes turned into a hit in 1981.
Kenny Rogers (1938 – 2020) Country legend. “The Gambler“, “Coward of the County“, “We’ve Got Tonight“, “Islands in the Stream“, “Through the Years“, “She Believes in Me“, “You Decorated My Life“, “Lady“, and “Lucille“.
Joe Strummer (1952 – 2002) The Clash’s singer. “Should I Stay Or Should I Go“, “Rock the Casbah“, a rockin’ cover of “I Fought the Law“.
Wilt Chamberlain (1936 – 1999) Probable cause of death: sexual exhaustion. Wilt once claimed to have had sex with 20,000 women.
• Today is National Senior Citizens Day
• 14 days until Labor Day Weekend
• 20 days until the NFL Season kicks off
Birthdays on August 22, 2026
Dua Lipa is 31. British singer: “Don’t Start Now“, “New Rules“, and “Levitating“.
Ross Marquand is 45. Aaron on “The Walking Dead”.
James Corden is 48. Former “Late Late Show” host and “Carpool Karaoke” superstar.
Rodrigo Santoro is 51. Hector on HBO’s “Westworld”. You’d also remember him as Paulo on “Lost”, Xerxes in “300”, and Jesus in the “Ben-Hur” remake.
Howie D. of the Backstreet Boys is 53.
Kristen Wiig is 53. “Bridesmaids”, “Ghostbusters”, and Cheetah, one of the main villains in “Wonder Woman 1984“.
Richard Armitage is 55. Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the dwarves in the “Hobbit” movies, the star of the Epix spy series “Berlin Station”, and Hydra assassin Heinz Kruger in “Captain America”.
Giada De Laurentiis is 56. Celebrity chef and granddaughter of movie producer Dino De Laurentiis, whose career stretched from the 1940s until 2007.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is 59. Mr. Eko on “Lost”, Killer Croc in “Suicide Squad”, and Simon Adebisi on HBO’s “Oz”.
Ty Burrell is 59. Phil Dunphy on “Modern Family”.
GZA is 60. One of the 9 main members of the Wu-Tang Clan. He’s the cousin of the late great Ol’ Dirty Bastard (slash) Big Baby Jesus (slash) Dirt McGirt.
James DeBarge is 63. Older brother of Chico and El DeBarge. For about six months in 1984-1985, he got to enjoy the marital “Rhythm of the Night“ with his then-wife Janet Jackson.
Debbi Peterson from The Bangles is 65. “Walk Like an Egyptian“, “Eternal Flame“, “Manic Monday“, and “Hazy Shade of Winter“.
Roland Orzabal from Tears for Fears is 65. “Shout“, “Head Over Heels“, and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World“.
Collin Raye is 66. Country stud whose hits include “My Kind of Girl“, “That’s My Story“, and “Love Me“.
Vernon Reid is 68. Living Colour guitarist. Remember “Cult of Personality“?
Bill Parcells is 85. “Big Tuna“. He used to coach the New York Giants, New York Jets, New England Patriots and the Dallas Cowboys.
Carl Yastrzemski is 87. Boston Red Sox Baseball Hall-of-Famer.
Cindy Williams (1947 – 2023) Shirley Feeney on “Laverne & Shirley”.
Valerie Harper (1939 – 2019) Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Rhoda”. In January of 2013, she was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, and only given three months to live. But she survived for six more years. SCREW CANCER.
General Stormin’ Norman Schwarzkopf (1934 – 2012)
Ray Bradbury (1920 – 2012) TIGHT sci-fi author of “The Martian Chronicles”, “Something Wicked This Way Comes” and “Fahrenheit 451”.
Layne Staley (1967 – 2002) Alice In Chains singer / smack-head. Now he’s literally the “Man in the Box“.
Birthdays on August 23, 2026
Kobe Bryant (1978 – 2020)
Lil Yachty is 29. (Profanity Alert!) Rapper from Mackelmore’s “Marmalade“. He stirred some minor controversy in the rap community by including two men kissing on the cover of his 2017 debut album, “Teenage Emotions”.
Jeremy Lin is 38. Asian-American basketball player who came out of nowhere to become an NBA star. He currently plays in Taiwan for a team called the New Taipei Kings. And he can totally dunk on his mom.
Skyler Gordy is 40. Berry Gordy’s grandson, and Sky Blu in LMFAO. Redfoo is his uncle. Remember the “Party Rock Anthem“?
Jaime Lee Kirchner is 45. Lead investigator Danny James on “Bull”.
Joanne Froggatt is 46. Anna on “Downton Abbey”.
Julian Casablancas is 48. Lead singer of The Strokes and The Voidz.
Scott Caan is 50. He’s starring in “NCIS: New York” with LL Cool J, which premieres on October 6th. He’s James Caan’s son. You’d know him as Danno on “Hawaii Five-0” and Scott Lavin on “Entourage”.
Ray Park is 52. Darth Maul in “The Phantom Menace” and “Solo: A Star Wars Story”. He was also Edgar on “Heroes”, Toad in “X-Men”, and the ninja hero Snake Eyes in “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”.
Jay Mohr is 56. Bob Sugar in “Jerry Maguire”. He was also the original “Last Comic Standing” host, and a former “SNL” cast member who does a great Christopher Walken impersonation.
Shelley Long is 77. Diane Chambers on “Cheers”. She also plays Ed O’Neill’s ex-wife DeDe on “Modern Family”.
Rick Springfield is 77. Soap actor turned “rock star” with “Jessie’s Girl“. Your grandparents knew him as Dr. Noah Drake on “General Hospital”.
Rudy Ruettiger is 78. The real-life inspiration for the movie “Rudy”. FYI: Joe Montana, who was quarterback of Rudy’s Notre Dame team, says a lot of the touching, inspirational aspects of the movie were BULL.
Richard Sanders is 86. Les Nessman on “WKRP In Cincinnati”.
Barbara Eden is 95. Jeannie on “I Dream of Jeannie”.
Jimi Jamison (1951 – 2014) Survivor’s lead singer. Their biggest jams include the “Rocky 3” anthem “Eye of the Tiger” . . . plus “High On You“, “The Search is Over“, “I Can’t Hold Back“, and “Burning Heart“ from the “Rocky 4” soundtrack.
Keith Moon (1946 – 1978) Drummer for The Who, who frequently kicked over his drums, and once loaded enough gunpowder in his kit to actually explode.
River Phoenix (1970 – 1993) Chris Chambers in “Stand By Me”, and young Indiana Jones in the third movie, “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”.
Gene Kelly (1912 – 1996) Magnificent dancer. If your girlfriend hasn’t forced you to sit through “Singin’ in the Rain“ at least once, it’s not a real relationship.
