Author/humorist David Sedaris turns 52 today. Jared Leto is 37. CNN's Candy Crowley is 60. AOL chief Randy Falco is 55. Senator Evan Bayh is 53. America's Most Wanted's John Walsh is 63. Chris Daughtry is 29. And record producer (and possible murderer) Phil Spector celebrates his 68th today. Weekend birthdays after the jump.

An actor turned Tony Award-winning Broadway director, Mantello has helmed everything from smash Broadway musicals (Wicked, Take Me Out, and Assassins) to star-studded failures (Three Days of Rain).