SHORT TAKES: Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008

Published: November 29, 2008

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

→Actress Diane Ladd, 73.

→Musician Chuck Mangione, 68.

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→Country singer Jody Miller, 67.

→Comedian Garry Shan dling, 59.

→Director Joel Coen, 54.

→Actor-comedian Howie Mandel, 53.

→Actress Cathy Moriarty, 48.

→Actress Kim Delaney ("NYPD Blue”), 47.

→Actor Tom Sizemore, 47.

→Actor Andrew McCarthy, 46.

→Actor Don Cheadle, 44.

→Singer Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block), 40.

→Actor Larry Joe Campbell ("According to Jim”), 38.

→Actress Gena Lee Nolin, 37.

→Actor Brian Baumgartner ("The Office”), 36.

→Actress Anna Faris ("Scary Movie”), 32.

→Rapper The Game, 29.

→Actor Lucas Black ("The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift”), 26.

→Actor Robert Guillaume, 81.

→TV personality-producer Dick Clark, 79.

→Country singer-record company executive Jimmy Bowen, 71.

→Director Ridley Scott, 71.

→Singer Rob Grill (Grass Roots), 65.

→Actress Margaret Whitton, 58.

→Singer-actor Mandy Patinkin, 56.

→Country singer Jeannie Kendall (The Kendalls), 54.

→Singer Billy Idol, 53.

→Comedian Colin Mochrie ("Whose Line Is It Anyway?”), 51.

→Rapper Jalil (Whodini), 45.

→Actor-director Ben Stiller, 43.

→Actress Sandra Oh ("Grey’s Anatomy,” "Sideways”), 38.

→Country singer Mindy McCready, 33.

→Singer Clay Aiken, 30.

→Actress Elisha Cuthbert ( 24”), 26.

→Actress Kaley Cuoco ("The Big Bang Theory”), 23.

The Associated Press

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