Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (05/29/26 – 05/30/26 – 05/31/26)
Jimbo's Birthday Wishes (05/29/26 - 05/30/26 - 05/31/26)
Birthdays on May 29, 2026
Lorelei Linklater is 32. Director Richard Linklater’s daughter. She grew up on camera as Mason’s sister Samantha, in the Oscar-nominated movie “Boyhood”.
Maika Monroe is 33. She starred in “It Follows” and the remake of “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle”.
Riley Keough is 37. Elvis’s granddaughter. Lisa Marie’s daughter. She was in “Mad Max: Fury Road” as one of the women being used as breeding stock. She also starred as a call girl on the Starz show “The Girlfriend Experience”.
Carmelo Anthony is 42. NBA star for the L.A. Lakers.
Mel B. is 51. “America’s Got Talent” judge. Scary Spice from The Spice Girls.
Daniel Tosh is 51. Comedy Central’s “Tosh.0”.
David Burtka is 51. Lucky bastard who gets to kiss Neil Patrick Harris ANYTIME HE WANTS TO. He was on “How I Met Your Mother” a few times, as Scooter.
Laverne Cox is 54. Sophia on “Orange is the New Black” and Dr. Frank-N-Furter on the “Rocky Horror” Picture Show” remake.
Noel Gallagher is 59. He did most of the songwriting for Oasis . . . after he heard the stuff his brother and the other guys were writing and told them . . . “Let me write your songs and I’ll take you to superstardom, or else you’ll rot here.”
Lisa Whelchel is 63. Blair on “The Facts of Life”.
Melissa Etheridge is 65. Enjoys music and the touch of a lady.
Rupert Everett is 67. Prince Charming in the “Shrek” movies. But to ME he’ll always be Julia Roberts’ flamboyantly gay friend in “My Best Friend’s Wedding”.
Annette Bening is 68. Beulah Jackson on “Dutton Ranch”. She’s also the doctor who helps Christian Bale bring a woman back from the dead in the “Bride of Frankenstein” remake “The Bride!”.
LaToya Jackson is 70. The second-most talented Jackson. Behind Tito. It’s also her sister Rebbie’s birthday today.
John Hinckley is 71. The guy who shot Ronald Reagan in 1981. He did it to impress Jodie Foster.
Danny Elfman is 73. Oingo Boingo genius turned movie composing genius. He scored “Beetlejuice”, “Batman”, “Sleepy Hollow”, “Mission: Impossible”, “Men In Black”, “Spy Kids”, “Spider-Man”, “Alice in Wonderland”, “Dark Shadows” . . . to name literally a FRACTION of the movies he’s done the music for.
Rebbie Jackson is 76. Third-most talented Jackson. Behind Tito and LaToya.
John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) 35th President. Assassinated on 11/22/63.
Bob Hope (1903 – 2003) Legendary comedian. “Thanks for the Memory“.
Toto bassist Mike Porcaro. (1955 – 2015) He had Lou Gehrig’s disease.
• Today is Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day (???)
• 23 days until Father’s Day
• 36 days until Independence Day
Birthdays on May 30, 2026
Jared Gilmore is 26. Henry on “Once Upon a Time”. Apparently he gave up acting and began streaming as Nightingale_Styx
Remy Ma is 46. Rapper who served six years for shooting and wounding a friend over some cash that was missing from her purse.
CeeLo is 51. “Forget You“, “Crazy“.
Idina Menzel is 55. Elsa in “Frozen” and Rachel’s mom on “Glee”. But to John Travolta, she’s Adele Dazeem.
Tom Morello is 62. Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and “Prophets of Rage” guitarist.
Wynonna Judd is 62. “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days)“, “Mama He’s Crazy“, “Why Not Me“.
Ralph Carter is 65. Michael Evans on “Good Times”.
Ted McGinley is 68. Handsome but cursed actor who’s blamed for the demise of every series he’s ever joined. “Happy Days”, “The Love Boat”, “Dynasty”, “Married with Children” and “Hope and Faith” all went down with Ted aboard.
Jake “The Snake” Roberts is 71. WWE Hall of Famer.
Colm Meaney is 73. Irish Chief Miles O’Brien on “Star Trek: TNG” and “DS9”. He was also Doc Durant on the AMC western “Hell on Wheels”.
Gale Sayers (1943 – 2020) Chicago Bears legend. He was portrayed by the great Billy Dee Williams in “Brian’s Song”.
Marie Fredriksson (1958 – 2019) Roxette singer. “Listen to Your Heart“, “Dangerous“, “It Must Have Been Love“, “Joyride“, “The Look“ and “Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)“.
The Great Mel Blanc (1908 – 1989) The Voice of classic Warner Brothers cartoons. His amazing voices included Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety and Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, and Barney Rubble on “The Flintstones”.
Christine Jorgensen (1926 – 1989) She was George Jorgensen before undergoing the first-ever sex change operation in the U.S. in 1952.
Birthdays on May 31, 2026
Normani Kordei from Fifth Harmony is 30. She had hits on “Love Lies“ with Khalid, and “Dancing with a Stranger“ with Sam Smith.
Azealia Banks is 35. “212“, “The Big Beat“, “Anna Wintour“.
Phillipa Soo is 36. Eliza in “Hamilton” and Jin-Sook on “Shining Girls”. And more recently she was Joshua Jackson’s nurse, Avery Morgan, on “Doctor Odyssey”.
Waka Flocka Flame is 40. “No Hands“, “Hard in Da Paint“.
Eric Christian Olsen is 49. Marty Deeks on “NCIS: Los Angeles”.
Colin Farrell is 50. The Penguin in “The Batman” and the HBO Max miniseries. Now he stars on Apple TV’s detective show “Sugar”. He was also in “Minority Report”, “True Detective”, and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”.
Archie Panjabi is 54. Kalinda Sharma on “The Good Wife”, NSA agent Nas Kamal on “Blindspot”, and Asha on “Snowpiercer”.
Phil Keoghan is 59. New Zealander who hosts “The Amazing Race”.
Brooke Shields is 61. “The Blue Lagoon“, Redneck Rita Glossner on “The Middle”, and Miley’s dead mom on “Hannah Montana”.
Darryl McDaniels is 62. DMC of Run-DMC. “Walk This Way“, “It’s Tricky“, “It’s Like That“.
Corey Hart is 64. “Sunglasses at Night“.
Lea Thompson is 65. “Caroline in the City” and “Back to the Future”.
Chris Elliott is 66. Star of the old Fox sitcom “Get a Life”. It was absurdist and WAY ahead of his time. Several episodes ended with him DYING. His naughty daughter Abby was on “Saturday Night Live” from 2008 to 2012.
Susie Essman is 71. Jeff’s hilariously feisty wife Susie on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”.
Tom Berenger is 77. “Platoon”, “Major League”, “Inception”, “Hatfields and McCoys”, “Training Day”, “The Gingerbread Man”, “Born on the Fourth of July”, “Eddie and the Cruisers”, “The Big Chill”, AND “Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball”.
Joe Namath is 83. Hall-of-Fame quarterback and Hall-of-Fame playboy. During a sideline interview a few years ago, he drunkenly tried to get the sideline reporter, Suzy Kolber, to kiss him. Here’s the video.
Sharon Gless is 83. She was the Cagney in “Cagney & Lacey”.
Clint Eastwood is 96.
Peter Yarrow (1938 – 2025) The Peter in Peter, Paul and Mary. Biggest hits: “If I Had a Hammer“, “Blowing in the Wind“, and “Puff the Magic Dragon“.
John Bonham (1948 – 1980) Led Zeppelin drummer who partied so hard he died . . . choking on his own vomit.
Johnny PayCheck (1938 – 2003) Country legend who did “Take This Job and Shove It“. He also did two years in prison for shooting a man at a bar in 1985.
Don Ameche (1908 – 1993) Great actor in “Trading Places” and “Cocoon”.
Prince Rainier of Monaco (1923 – 2005) He’s the guy who made Grace Kelly the first American Princess when they married in 1956.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898 – 1993) Author of one of the best “self-help books” of all-time, “The Power of Positive Thinking”.
Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892) Classic American poet. “Leaves of Grass“ ring a bell? “O Captain! My Captain!“?
