Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (08/28/26 – 08/30/26)
Jimbo's Birthday Wishes (08/28/26 - 08/30/26)
Birthdays on August 28, 2026
Alana Thompson from “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” is 21.
Quvenzhane Wallis is 23. Dre’s cousin Kyra on “Black-ish”. She also played Jennifer Hudson’s daughter in “Breathe” and “Annie” in the Jamie Foxx remake.
Bazzi is 29. Biggest hits: “Beautiful“ and “Mine“.
Kyle Massey is 35. Disney Channel star who played Raven’s brother Cory Baxter on “That’s So Raven” and its spin-off “Cory in the House”. He was also the runner-up on the 11th season of “Dancing with the Stars”.
Cassadee Pope is 37. “Voice“ winner turned country star. Biggest hits: “Wasting All These Tears“ and her Chris Young duet “Think of You“.
Florence Welch is 40. Leader of Florence and the Machine.
Armie Hammer is 40. RBG’s husband in “On the Basis of Sex”. Before that he was the Winklevoss twins in “The Social Network”, the Prince in “Mirror Mirror”, Russian spy Illya Kuryakin in “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”, and the Lone Ranger opposite Johnny Depp’s Tonto.
Leann Rimes is 44. Biggest hit: “How Do I Live“.
Jake Owen is 45. Country singer. “Barefoot Blue Jean Night“, “Beachin’“, and “I Was Jack (You Were Diane)“.
Jack Black is 57. “Kung Fu Panda” and “Jumanji” superstar.
Jason Priestley is 57. Brandon Walsh on “Beverly Hills 90210”.
Billy Boyd is 58. Pippin in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
Shania Twain is 61. Country superstar. Her hits include “You’re Still the One“, “From This Moment On“, and “That Don’t Impress Me Much“.
Amanda Tapping is 61. Samantha Carter on “Stargate SG-1”.
Jennifer Coolidge is 65. Stifler’s mom in the “American Pie” movies.
Emma Samms is 66. Holly Sutton on “General Hospital” and the second Fallon Carrington on “Dynasty”. She replaced Pamela Sue Martin in Season 5.
Scott Hamilton is 68. Old-school Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater . . . and Testicular Hero of the Day. Scott beat down nad cancer.
Daniel Stern is 69. “City Slickers” and Joe Pesci’s bumbling partner in “Home Alone”. He’s also the adult voice of Kevin on “The Wonder Years” and “Dilbert”.
Luis Guzman is 70. Gomez Addams on “Wednesday”.
Wayne Osmond would have been 75. (1951 – 2025) The Osmonds. Remember: “One Bad Apple“ don’t spoil the whole bunch, girl.
David Soul (1943 – 2024) Hutch of “Starsky & Hutch“, and the star of the classic 1979 horror miniseries “Salem’s Lot“.
Roxie Roker (1929 – 1995) Helen Willis on “The Jeffersons”. She’s responsible for the badass black half of Lenny Kravitz. Her husband, Sy Kravitz, is responsible for the jammin’ Jewish half.
Nancy Kulp (1921 – 1991) Sexy Jane Hathaway on “Beverly Hillbillies”.
• Today is National Red Wine Day
• 7 days until Labor Day Weekend
• 13 days until the NFL Season kicks off
Birthdays on August 29, 2026
John McCain (1936 – 2018) Respected Arizona Senator and War Hero.
Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009) He still makes the most money in his family, and had way too many hits to count . . . including “Thriller“, “Smooth Criminal“, “Black or White“, “Billie Jean“, “Bad“, “Rock with You“, and “Man in the Mirror“.
Liam Payne would have been 33. (1993 – 2024) One Direction member who struggled with narcotics and mental health, and tragically fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.
Lea Michele is 40. Rachel on “Glee”, and Hester on “Scream Queens”.
Jay Ryan is 45. Adult Ben in “It: Chapter 2”, undercover cop Ben Wesley on “Mary Kills People”, and Vincent on the CW’s “Beauty and the Beast” remake.
Beth Dover is 48. Linda Ferguson on “Orange is the New Black”.
Rufio! Rufio! Rufio! Dante Basco is 51. The leader of the lost boys in “Hook”.
Carla Gugino is 55. “Spy Kids”, “Sin City”, “Watchmen”, “Entourage”, and “Roadies”.
Me’Shell N’degeocello is 58. Her name is pronounced “n-day-gay-o-CHEL-lo”. She’s best known for her work with John Mellencamp on the remake of Van Morrison’s “Wild Night“. She prefers the touch of a woman to that of a man.
Rebecca De Mornay is 67. The call girl Tom Cruise hooks up with in “Risky Business” and the psychotic nanny from “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle”. Her dad was crazy TV talk show host Wally George. She was so embarrassed by him, she changed her last name so she wouldn’t have any connection to him.
Elliott Gould is 88. Ross and Monica’s dad on “Friends”, and Trapper in the original, movie version of “M*A*S*H”.
Isabel Sanford (1917 – 2004) Weezy on “The Jeffersons”.
Joel Schumacher (1939 – 2020) Director of “St. Elmo’s Fire”, “The Lost Boys”, and “Flatliners”. He also directed “Batman & Robin” starring George Clooney, and “Batman Forever” starring Val Kilmer.
Robin Leach (1941 – 2018) “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”.
Richard Attenborough (1923 – 2014) The rich old man who made the dinosaurs in the “Jurassic Park” movies. He also directed “Gandhi”.
Ingrid Bergman (1915 – 1982) Ilsa in “Casablanca”. She was also Isabella Rossellini’s mom, and one of the few people to die on their own birthday.
Charlie Parker (1920 – 1955) Jazz legend.
Wendell Scott (1921 – 1990) The first black NASCAR driver . . . and still the only black driver to EVER win a Winston Cup race, which he did in 1963.
Birthdays on August 30, 2026
Jessica Henwick is 34. Helen on “Silo”, Nymeria Sand on “Game of Thrones” and Colleen on Marvel’s “Iron Fist”.
Bebe Rexha is 37. Her biggest collaborations so far include “Meant to Be“ with Florida Georgia Line, (Profanity Alert!!!) “Me, Myself & I“ with G-Eazy, and “I’m Good (Blue)“ with David Guetta.
Johanna Braddy is 39. Shelby on “Quantico”. She also played runaway bride Anna on the first season of Lifetime’s “UnREAL”.
Andy Roddick is 44. Retired tennis stud. He’s married to “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit cover girl Brooklyn Decker.
Cameron Diaz is 54.
Michael Chiklis is 63. Detective Vic Mackey on “The Shield”, The Thing in the pre-reboot “Fantastic Four” movies, a father with super strength on “No Ordinary Family”, and Dell The Strong Man on “American Horror Story: Freak Show”.
Lewis Black is 78. Furious comic who got huge as a “Daily Show” contributor.
Warren Buffett is 96. The 11th richest person in the world. Net worth: $143 billion. Elon Musk is #1 with $879.3 billion, Google’s Larry Page is #2 with $278.6 billion and Jeff Bezos is #3 with $264.6 billion. Mr. Buffett wants the government to tax him more and, quote, “stop coddling the super-rich.”
Ben Jones would have been 85. (1941 – 2026) Cooter on “The Dukes of Hazzard”. He went on to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993. (True.)
Peggy Lipton (1946 – 2019) Julie on “The Mod Squad” and Norma Jennings on “Twin Peaks”. She and Quincy Jones are the parents of Rashida Jones.
Bill Daily (1927 – 2018) Major Roger Healey on “I Dream of Jeannie”.
Ted Williams (1918 – 2002) Frozen Baseball Hall of Famer.
Tug McGraw (1944 – 2004) Former baseball pitcher whose greatest accomplishment in life was illegitimately siring country superstar Tim McGraw.
Kitty Wells (1919 – 2012) The Queen of Country Music. The first woman to break into country music with “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels“.
John Phillips (1935 – 2001) The Mamas & The Papas. Biggest hits: “California Dreamin’“ and “Monday, Monday“.
