Short takes/Celeb birthdays: Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Short takes/Celeb birthdays: Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Published: June 10, 2008

SHORT TAKES
Birthdays
•Actress Jeanne Tripplehorn, 45.

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•Singer Shirley Alston Reeves (The Shirelles), 67.

•Actor Andrew Stevens, 53.

•Bassist Kim Deal (The Pixies), 47.

•Singer Maxi Priest, 47.

•Actress Gina Gershon, 46.

•Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan), 44.

•Actress Kate Flannery ("The Office”), 44.

•Model-actress Elizabeth Hurley, 43.

•Guitarist Joey Santiago (The Pixies), 43.

•Guitarist Emma Anderson (Lush), 41.

•Country guitarist Brian Hofeldt (The Derailers), 41.

•Singer Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing), 38.

•Singer JoJo (K-Ci and JoJo), 37.

•Singer Faith Evans, 35.

•Actor DJ Qualls ("Hustle and Flow”), 30.

•Actor Shane West ("ER”), 30.

•Singer Hoku, 27.

•Actress Leelee Sobieski, 26.

This week in history
•1979: Actor John Wayne died of cancer at age 72.

Sound bite
"I was always trying to kind of imitate the actors that I liked. I was always kind of just doing what I thought great actors would do. And then I found my own voice when I wrote songs and sketches for Tenacious D. I was just being me.”

— Jack Black, the lead voice in the animated comedy "Kung Fu Panda”

The Associated Press


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