Sandy Weill turns 76 today. Jean-Georges Vongerichten is turning 52. Mixologist Sasha Petraske is 36. Peaches Geldof is turning 20. Brooke Burns is 31. Congressman Joseph Crowley turns 47. CNN's Reynolds Wolf is 39. Actress Lauren Graham turns 42. Jerry Lewis is 83. Game show host Chuck Woolery turns 68. Erik Estrada is 60. And Flavor Flav celebrates his 50th today.
Armed & Famous star Erik Estrada returned to Muncie to continue the reserve police officer training he began on the canceled D-listers-with-guns CBS reality show. "I hope, 30 or 40 years from now, God willing, that when it's time to put me in my grave, I'll go in my Muncie uniform and badge," he told the local paper, adding, "And hopefully my trusty K-9 co-officer will be inside that overcrowded casket right along with me." [AP]
· Having recently provided the venture capital that buoyed the business of a pair of North Carolina lemonade magnates, do-gooding Ocean's 13 star George Clooney is now helping to launch multimillion-dollar musical careers.
· Being the most recognizable motorcycle cop to an entire generation of law enforcement officials has put a target on Ponch's back.
· Apparently, Judd Apatow is a big Britney Spears fan. Do with this information what you will.
· Stuff on My Lohan: Like with the cats, only drunker and much less cute.
· Nicole Richie was just kidding about that 100-lb weight limit on her party. The fatty cut-off was only supposed to keep out porkers over 85.
Erik Estrada can now add another line to his impressive biography: proud recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The trailblazing '70s TV heartthrob and current informed consumer and devoted family man accepted the honor this morning, a dutiful Mrs. Ponch at his side, trying his best to keep emotions in check as he explained what having his name immortalized on a patch of Hollywood Blvd. means to him:
