These celebrities have birthdays this week:
Dec. 4
Actor-producer Max Baer Jr. is 88. Actor Gemma Jones is 83. Actor Jeff Bridges is 76. Actor Patricia Wettig is 74. Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson is 70. Basketball Hall of Famer Bernard King is 69. Actor Marisa Tomei is 61. Actor-comedian Fred Armisen is 59. Rapper Jay-Z is 56.
Dec. 5
Author Calvin Trillin is 90. Opera singer Jose Carreras is 79. Musician Jim Messina is 78. Golf Hall of Famer Lanny Wadkins is 76. Football Hall of Famer Art Monk is 68. Comedian-actor Margaret Cho is 57.
Dec. 6
Actor JoBeth Williams is 77. Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is 73. Actor Tom Hulce is 72. Comedian Steven Wright is 70. Rock musician Peter Buck (R.E.M.) is 69. Animator Nick Park is 67. Actor Janine Turner is 63. Writer-director Judd Apatow is 58.
Dec. 7
Linguist and political philosopher Noam Chomsky is 97. Actor Ellen Burstyn is 93. Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench is 78. Singer-songwriter Tom Waits is 76. Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird is 69. Actor Jeffrey Wright is 60. Actor C. Thomas Howell is 59.
Dec. 8
Flutist James Galway is 86. Author Bill Bryson is 74. Actor Kim Basinger is 72. Commentator and columnist Ann Coulter is 64. Actor Wendell Pierce is 63. Actor Teri Hatcher is 61.
Dec. 9
Actor Judi Dench is 91. Actor Beau Bridges is 84. World Golf Hall of Famer Tom Kite is 76. Actor John Malkovich is 72. Singer Donny Osmond is 68. Actor Felicity Huffman is 63. Rock singer-musician Jakob Dylan (Wallflowers) is 56.
Dec. 10
Actor Fionnula Flanagan is 84. Actor-singer Gloria Loring is 79. Jazz musician Diane Schuur is 72. Actor-director Kenneth Branagh is 65. TV chef Bobby Flay is 61. Rock musician Meg White (The White Stripes) is 51.
