Short takes/Celeb birthdays: Thursday, August 28, 2008

Published: August 28, 2008

•Country singer LeAnn Rimes, 26.

•Actor Ben Gazzara, 78.

•Actor Ken Jenkins ("Scrubs”), 68.

•Actor David Soul, 65.

•Singer Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds), 57.

•Actor Daniel Stern, 51.

•Actress Emma Samms, 48.

•Country singer Shania Twain, 43.

•Actor Billy Boyd ("Lord of the Rings”), 40.

•Actor-singer Jack Black (Tenacious D), 39.

•Actor Jason Priestley ("Beverly Hills, 90210”), 39.

•1967: The last episode of "The Fugitive” aired. It was the largest audience in TV history until the "Who Shot J.R.” episode of "Dallas.”

•Gwen Stefani gives birth to her second child

LOS ANGELES— It's Love, Angel, Music and Baby No. 2 for Gwen Stefani, who on Thursday gave birth to a boy.

Zuma Nesta Rock weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces when he was born Aug. 21, publicist Dave Tomberlin said. "Mother, baby and family are all happy and healthy,” he said in a statement.

The pop star and fashionista has one son, Kingston, with her husband, rocker Gavin Rossdale. Rossdale also has a teenage daughter with fashion designer Pearl Lowe.

The Associated Press

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