Kevin Bacon turns 51 today. Milo Ventimiglia of Heroes fame is turning 32. Beck is 39. Celeb chef Wolfgang Puck is 60. Real estate developer David Walentas is turning 72. Paul LeClerc, the president of the New York Public Library, turns 64. Hedge fund manager Dwight Anderson turns 41. Actor Billy Crudup is turning 41, too. Anjelica Huston is 58. Country singer Toby Keith is 48. Actor Jeffrey Tambor turns 65. Columnist-turned-author Anna Quindlen is turning 57. Actress Sophia Bush is 27. And singer Joan Osborne turns 47 today.

Anna Quindlen: Democrats should take the most winnable election since 1932 and gamble on the chance that Americans who hate blacks will be mollified by a woman at the top of the ticket, and that Americans who don't believe a woman should be in charge will say to themselves, "Well, hey, at least they've got a black guy in there to help out." Great idea. [Newsweek]