Short takes/Celeb birthdays: Saturday, March 29, 2008

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Published: March 29, 2008

SHORT TAKES
Saturday birthdays
•Host John McLaughlin ("The McLaughlin Group”), 81.

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•Comedian Eric Idle, 65.

•Composer Vangelis ("Chariots of Fire”), 65.

•Singer Bobby Kimball (Toto), 61.

•Actor Christopher Lambert ("Highlander”), 51.

•Singer Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction), 49.

•Model Elle Macpherson, 45.

•Singer-harmonica player John Popper (Blues Traveler), 41.

•Actress Lucy Lawless ("Xena: Warrior Princess”), 40.

•Country singer Regina Leigh (Regina Regina), 40.

•Country singer Brady Seals, 39.

•Singer Kelly Sweet, 20.

Sunday birthdays
•Actor John Astin, 78.

•TV personality Peter Marshall, 78.

•Actor Warren Beatty, 71.

•Drummer Graeme Edge (Moody Blues), 67.

•Musician Eric Clapton, 63.

•Actor Robbie Coltrane ("Harry Potter”), 58.

•Actor Paul Reiser, 51.

•Rapper MC Hammer, 45.

•Actor Ian Ziering ("Beverly Hills 90210”), 44.

•Singer Tracy Chapman, 44.

•Singer Celine Dion, 40.

•Singer Norah Jones, 29.

This week in history
•1991: "Dances With Wolves” won seven Academy Awards.

Sound bite
"To some extent, she is her own worst enemy. She has an explosive and volatile character.”

— Hugh Bennett, a British judge, on his ruling on Heather Mills' bitter divorce from Paul McCartney. Bennett awarded Mills a $48.6 million settlement.

The Associated Press


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