A team of sports broadcasters finds themselves caught in a life-or-death hostage situation. A quick-living British singer portrayed as a chimpanzee. An actress who’s a loyal malcontent who attacks everyone she meets.

They're a few of the fascinating characters (and a monkey) you'll meet on movie screens this week. That's why you need to get to know them.

“5. September”: At a time when it seems like meatier movies need to last more than two hours, director Tim Fehlbaum's purposeful and altogether terrific 95-minute pulse-pounder is something highly gratifying. The thriller from him and his co-screenwriters Moritz S. Binder and Alex David puts us right in the sweaty control room as ABC Sports producers and crew members scramble to cover the deadly Summer Olympics in Munich on that fateful day in 1972 to report. This ticking time- The bombshell report is (mostly) confined to the inner sanctum of this harried TV newsroom, where hot newcomer producer Geoff (John Magaro of “Past Lives”) leads the coverage and makes decisions in the face of the shocking consequences of the Israeli athletes being taken hostage both good and bad decisions.

The resulting chaos spirals completely out of control, making it difficult to determine what is truth and what is fiction. Key decisions about how to update the latest details and convey them to viewers responsibly and accurately are quickly reconsidered, resulting in an unbearably tense experience. “September 5” is seamless throughout, with precise editing from Hansjörg Weißbrich and powerful acting from Magaro, Peter Sarsgaard as TV boss Roone Arledge and Leonie Benesch as a particularly astute German interpreter. Plus, all the production details are right, from the chunky cameras to the wardrobe styles and the hectic arrangement of letter tiles used as on-screen descriptions. It is a riveting historical account from start to finish. Details: 3½ out of 4 stars; in theaters January 10th.

“Better Man”: The monkey is out of the bag, so to speak. Paramount Pictures is now fully embracing the central idea of ​​”The Greatest Showman” director Michael Gracey's biopic about British pop star/villain Robbie Williams – that he is portrayed by a CGI chimpanzee. While I'm still not convinced that this is actually the best way to go, I'm wholeheartedly in love with this high-energy, do-everything musical about Williams' life and struggles. Gracey entertains us in this stone-cold, honest overview of Williams' rapid rise to stardom (a desire instilled in him by his father, powerfully played by Steve Pemberton) in the boy band Take That, and on to his drug-fueled rants and escapades, his heavy tangible loves, his conflicts with other artists and his solo career. “Better Man” is brimming with priceless, surprisingly tender moments and plenty of insightful concert scenes (Take That's recreations are outstanding; a sequence with Williams' “Angels” will leave you in awe). Best of all is a magnificent, breathtaking number centered around “Rock DJ” that sprawls across London's Regent Street and will be remembered as one of the most effervescent and exhilarating sequences in any film of the last decade. Gracey saves the most emotional moment for last, as Williams taps into the Sinatra side he never wanted to let go of. Like the rest of the film, it is full of emotion and highlights the skill and impressiveness of the actor behind the computerized monkey suit – Jonno Davies. It's a fleet-footed feat of physical and emotional acting, and the 32-year-old English actor, much like Andy Serkis as Caesar in War for the Planet of the Apes, manages to make us cry and care for the person inside . Details: 3½ stars; in theaters January 10th.

“Last Showgirl”: In “The Last Showgirl,” Pamela Anderson's insightful but understated performance as a veteran Las Vegas performer at the end of her career never hits a wrong note. She plays Shelly, a performer who has dedicated 30 years to the old-fashioned Razzle Dazzle Show, which is now scheduled to close, putting her future in the business in doubt. Director Gia Coppola's film, based on a compelling screenplay by Kate Gersten, is a dark, character-driven drama that gives Anderson a powerful role that she relishes and commands in every scene. It is an achievement that is certainly worthy of an award.

Shelly has seen it all and sacrificed a lot; But she also did things her own way, which led to criticism from those around her, including her college-age daughter Hannah (Billie Lourd), who comes home for unpleasant visits, and stage manager Eddie (Dave Bautista, proving once again that he has dramatic range). who has a past with Shelly. The best scenes focus on the close-knit group of female cast members starting families of their own, as their “blood” families often want nothing to do with them. Shelly has become an adoptive mother to everyone, even her very tanned best cocktail waitress Annette (Jaime Lee Curtis, in another unforgettable performance), who is always struggling with finances. “The Last Showgirl” exposes the sexism and ageism these women face, but also shows the resilience and fighting spirit that help them stay true to who they are. Details: 3 stars; hits theaters on January 9th.

“Hard truths”: If you had the terrible misfortune of encountering Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste in a performance of breathtaking cobra-like artistry), the venomous protagonist in another of Mike Leigh's excellent character studies, you might want to sprint like Olympian Noah Lyles to get out of it Way to go her. The married, scorching-sour Londoner spews hatred wherever she goes, insulting everyone she meets: her dentist; her cowering, bullied, bear-sized son Moses (Tuwaine Barrett); even her hard-working punching bag husband Curtley (David Webber). Everyone around her bears the germaphobe's wrath, and the only person who can occasionally penetrate her bilious anger is her optimistic hairdresser sister Chantal (Michelle Austin), mother of two lively daughters. Chantal understands the reasons why Pansy lashes out and refuses to ever give herself the chance to see the beauty that exists all around her. Built on the great performances of Jean-Baptiste and Austin, Leigh's deeply conscious human drama makes us realize how tragic a character Pansy is and how compassionate Chantal is. It's a credit to both actors that they pulled this off, as the 81-year-old Leigh allows his cast to create their characters, interactions and situations through a long round of rehearsals. The unorthodox process continues to produce real and raw character studies, and “Hard Truths” stands on the same top floor as Leigh's best works – “Naked,” “Secrets & Lies,” “Happy-Go-Lucky” and “Another Year.” ” It is certainly a brilliant triumph for Jean-Baptiste, who burns in every scene and delivers a fearless performance that is unique for the ages. Details: 3½ stars; in theaters January 10th.

“The room next door”: Director Pedro Almodovar abandons the sexy to take mortality very seriously and seriously in his wandering, strangely stilted first feature in English, an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's acclaimed novel “What Are You Going Through?” At the center of Almodovar's version is the reunion of two writers – the war journalist Martha (Tilda Swinton) and the writer Ingrid (Julianne Moore). The former friends reunite when Martha learns that her cancer is terminal. She doesn't want to die alone, and after Martha tells some convoluted stories from the past and laughs a bit, she asks Ingrid to come with her to New York State to live in an architect's dream house. There she asks Ingrid for a big favor. While many of the Almodovar hallmarks are present – the splashes of color, the rich visuals and the strong female characters – “The Room Next Door” feels fairly hole, an odd occurrence given its preoccupation with the actual fact of what's to return death, and that he plays the leading role of two of our biggest actors. But even their performances seem distant and distant in a movie of occasional beauty that ultimately fails to attach. Details: 2 stars; in theaters January tenth.

Originally published: January 9, 2025 at 3:40 pm PST

It wasn't way back that the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, feared that annual inflation would exceed 9% Mid-2022. Prices within the U.S. economy had not risen so quickly for the reason that Nineteen Eighties, and almost everyone feared that a series of rate of interest hikes would plunge the economy into recession.

What a difference two years could make.

Inflation cooled to 2.4% in September 2024, in response to consumer price index data released by the Labor Department on October 10. This is down from 2.5% the previous month and consistent with market expectations 2.3% to 2.4%. The inflation rate peaked at 8.9% in June 2022 – a 41-year high.

The news brings the Fed – and its Chairman Jerome Powell – significantly closer to its 2% inflation goal. It can be the fourth consecutive month by which year-on-year price changes were below 3% and the third consecutive month of declining inflation rates.

Speak as Economist and finance professorI feel this could possibly be a giant deal for the Federal Reserve, which meets in November – and will cut rates of interest again.

Fodder for one more rate of interest cut?

The Fed has what is named Dual mandate: It goals for each low inflation and stable employment, two goals that may sometimes be contradictory. Cutting rates of interest can boost employment but worsen inflation, while raising rates of interest can do the alternative.

Since inflation began to take off During the COVID-19 pandemic, Fed officials have stressed that their job is just not done until price increases return to the two percent goal.

But given recent jobs news, Powell and his colleagues have done so have modified their messages a bit. This suggests that the upside risks of inflation are lower than the risks related to a weakening labor market.

And in September the The Fed lowered the federal funds rate by 0.5 percentage points, or 50 basis points – the primary cut for the reason that rate hike began in March 2022. The move got here as unemployment had risen 4.3% in July, Job offers fell sharply and broader labor markets weakened.

Increasingly optimistic markets

The stock markets recovered in regards to the news of the rate of interest cut in September. Investors imagine a cut within the federal funds rate, a key rate of interest that dictates mortgage rates, auto loans, bank card rates and residential equity lines of credit, will spur a surge in investment and consumption and send the economy right into a so-called crisis soft landing as a substitute of a recession.

After that meeting, most members of the Federal Reserve Board indicated that they’d accomplish that also support rate of interest cuts by 25 basis points each Meetings in November and December.

Between today's inflation news and this unexpectedly sunny jobs report On October 4th, investors and markets have lots of news to digest as they consider where rates of interest will move in the approaching months. Many proceed to imagine that we may yet see it two cuts of 25 basis points by the tip of 2024 – and me too.

Today is Monday, September thirtieth, the 274th day of 2024. There are 92 days left within the 12 months.

Today in history:

The Berlin Airlift ended on September 30, 1949, after greater than 2.3 million tons of cargo had been delivered to the blockaded residents of West Berlin over the previous 15 months.

Also on this date:

In 1777, the Continental Congress – forced to flee within the face of advancing British troops – moved to York, Pennsylvania.

In 1938, after co-signing the Munich Agreement that enabled the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced to the general public: “I believe this is peace for our time.”

In 1939, NBC broadcast the primary televised football game, a school matchup between Fordham and Waynesburg; Fordham won 34-7.

In 1947, the World Series was televised for the primary time when the New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-3 in Game 1; The Yankees would win the series 4 games to a few.

In 1954, the primary nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned by the US Navy.

In 1955, actor James Dean was killed at age 24 in a two-car collision near Cholame, California.

In 1962, James Meredith, a black student, was escorted by federal marshals to the University of Mississippi campus, where he enrolled in classes the subsequent day; Meredith's presence sparked riots wherein two people died.

In 1972, Pittsburgh Pirates star Roberto Clemente hit his 3,000th and final hit, a double against Jon Matlack of the New York Mets at Three Rivers Stadium.

In 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties to illegally annex more occupied Ukrainian territories, marking a pointy escalation of his seven-month invasion.

Today's birthdays:

• Actress Angie Dickinson is 93.
• Singer Cissy Houston is 91.
• Singer Johnny Mathis is 89.
• Actor Len Cariou is 85.
• Singer Marilyn McCoo is 81.
• Actor Barry Williams is 70.
• Singer Patrice Rushen is 70.
• Actor Fran Drescher is 67.
• Country musician Marty Stuart is 66.
• Actor Crystal Bernard is 63.
• Actor Eric Stoltz is 63.
• Rapper-producer Marley Marl is 62.
• Country musician Eddie Montgomery (Montgomery Gentry) is 61.
• Rock singer Trey Anastasio (Phish) is 60.
• Actress Monica Bellucci is 60.
• Actor Tony Hale is 54.
• Actress Jenna Elfman is 53.
• Actress Marion Cotillard is 49.
• Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates is 49.
• Tennis Hall of Famer Martina Hingis is 44.
• Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu is 43 years old.
• Actress Lacey Chabert is 42.
• Actor Kieran Culkin is 42.
• Singer and rapper T-Pain is 40.
• Racing driver Max Verstappen is 27.
• Actress and dancer Maddie Ziegler is 22.

Today is Sunday, September twenty ninth, the 273rd day of 2024. There are 93 days left within the yr.

Today in history:

On September 29, 1982, extra-strength Tylenol capsules laced with deadly cyanide claimed the primary of seven victims within the Chicago area; The case, which led to legislative and packaging improvements to forestall product tampering, stays unsolved.

Also on this date:

In 1789, Congress officially established a daily army under the U.S. Constitution.

In 1954, Willie Mays of the New York Giants ran over his shoulder to catch a ball hit by Vic Wirtz of the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series; “The Catch” would turn into probably the most famous plays in baseball history.

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed laws establishing the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.

In 1990, construction of the Washington National Cathedral was accomplished, 83 years to the day after the cornerstone was laid in a ceremony attended by President Theodore Roosevelt.

In 2005, John G. Roberts Jr. was sworn in because the nation's seventeenth chief justice after receiving Senate confirmation.

In 2017, Tom Price resigned as President Donald Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services amid investigations into his use of costly charter flights for official travel at taxpayer expense.

In 2018, Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk agreed to pay a complete of $40 million to settle a government lawsuit that claimed Musk misled investors with misleading statements a couple of planned takeover of the corporate.

In 2021, a Los Angeles judge suspended Britney Spears' father from the conservatorship that had controlled her life and money for 13 years, saying the agreement reflected a “toxic environment.”

In 2022, rescue crews piloted boats and waded through flooded streets to avoid wasting 1000’s of Floridians trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed homes and businesses and left thousands and thousands at midnight.

Today's birthdays:

• The author and director Robert Benton is 92 years old.
• NASA administrator and former Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, is 82 years old.
• Actor Ian McShane is 82.
• The jazz musician Jean-Luc Ponty is 82.
• Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa (lehk vah-WEN'-sah) is 81 years old.
• Television journalist and sports reporter Bryant Gumbel is 76.
• Olympic gold medalist Sebastian Coe is 68 years old.
• Rock musician Les Claypool is 61.
• Actor Zachary Levi is 44.
• Actress Chrissy Metz (TV: “This Is Us”) is 44.
• Actress Kelly McCreary (TV: “Grey’s Anatomy”) is 43.
• Football Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson is 39.
• NBA All-Star Kevin Durant is 36.
• Pop singer Halsey is 30.

Today is Saturday, September twenty eighth, the 272nd day of 2024. There are 94 days left within the yr.

Today in history:

On September 28, 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the primary effective antibiotic.

Also on this date:

In 1781, American forces within the Revolutionary War, supported by a French fleet, began the successful siege of Yorktown, Virginia.

In 1941, Ted Williams became the youngest American League baseball player to bat over .400 for a season, batting .406 for the Boston Red Sox.

In 1962, a federal appeals court convicted Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett of civil contempt for blocking the admission of James Meredith, a black student, to the University of Mississippi.

In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat signed an agreement on the White House that ended Israel's military occupation of West Bank cities and laid the muse for a Palestinian state.

In 2000, concluding a 12-year battle, the U.S. government approved the usage of the abortion pill RU-486.

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic reached a million worldwide in 2020, in accordance with a count by Johns Hopkins University.

In 2022, Hurricane Ian barreled toward the coast of southwest Florida as a large Category 4 storm. About 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate before the storm reached the coast with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 km/h).

Today's birthdays:

• Actress Brigitte Bardot is 90.
• Filmmaker John Sayles is 74.
• Football Hall of Famer Steve Largent is 70.
• Zydeco musician CJ Chenier (sheh-NEER') is 67.
• Hockey Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr is 62.
• Actress and comedian Janeane Garofalo (juh-NEEN' guh-RAH'-fuh-loh) is 60.
• Actress Maria Canals-Barrera is 58.
• Actress Mira Sorvino is 57.
• Actress Naomi Watts is 56.
• Olympic gold medal swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg is 49 years old.
• Rapper Jeezy is 47.
• Golf Hall of Famer Se Ri Pak is 47.
• Pop-rock singer St. Vincent is 42.
• Actress Hilary Duff is 37.
• Boxer Terence “Bud” Crawford is 37.
• Tennis player Marin Čilić is 36.
• Actor Keir Gilchrist is 32.

Today is Friday, September twenty seventh, the 271st day of 2024. There are 95 days left within the 12 months.

Today in history:

On September 27, 2018, during a daylong hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Christine Blasey Ford said she was “100 percent” certain that she was sexually abused as a young person by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and Kavanaugh then told it The senators said he was “100 percent sure” he did nothing of the type.

Also on this date:

In 1779, John Adams was commissioned by Congress to barter the terms of the Revolutionary War peace with Great Britain.

In 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.

In 1940, Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, officially allying the Axis powers of World War II.

In 1964, the federal government publicly released the Warren Commission report, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone within the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

In 1979, Congress gave its final approval to the formation of the U.S. Department of Education.

In 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced in a nationally broadcast address that he would eliminate all U.S. nuclear weapons on the battlefield and called on the Soviet Union to follow this gesture.

In 1994, greater than 350 Republican congressional candidates gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to sign the “Contract with America,” a 10-point program they hoped to enact if voters put a GOP majority within the House House of Representatives would send.

In Afghanistan in 1996, the Taliban, a bunch of former seminary students, drove President Burhanuddin Rabbani's government out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Najibullah.

In 2013, President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had a telephone conversation, the primary conversation between American and Iranian leaders in greater than 30 years.

In 2021, R&B singer R. Kelly was convicted in a sex trafficking trial in New York after a long time of evading criminal responsibility for varied allegations of misconduct against young women and youngsters.

Today's birthdays:

• Musician Randy Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is 81.
• Actress Liz Torres is 77.
• Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt is 75.
• Singer and actor Shaun Cassidy is 66.
• Comedian Marc Maron is 61.
• Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is 52.
• Actress Indira Varma is 51.
• The musician and actress Carrie Brownstein is 50.
• Actress Anna Camp is 42.
• Rapper Lil Wayne is 42.
• The musician Avril Lavigne (AV'-rihl la-VEEN') is 40.
• Tennis player Simona Halep is 33.
• Actress Jenna Ortega is 22.

Great food and fun await us this weekend, from amazing food halls to perhaps the most effective animated film of 2024. So let's start, lets?

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1 WATCH: Francis Ford Coppola's passion

The legendary director spent 30 years realizing his dream project, Megalopolis, and now it's here. We just saw it and had a number of thoughts about it.

2 SEE: A good looking “robot”

With or without Coppola, the most effective movie this week and maybe the most effective movie of 2024 is that this wild and delightful animated release from DreamWorks.

3 PLAY & TASTE: Fantastic food halls

If food halls aren't the best things on this planet, we'd like to see what else is on the market. And these three are a few of our favorites.

4 SEE & HEAR: A preferred festival

The Monterey Jazz Festival, which returns this weekend, is all the time a highlight of the autumn music season, and this 12 months's lineup is filled with legends and young stars. And legendary musician and producer Don Was might be there, too.

5 FOOD: The crème de la crème

Bon Appétit has released its top 20 recent restaurants within the United States, and…drum roll please…two of them are right here within the Bay Area.

6 SEE & HEAR: There are great shows all over the place

From a brand new exhibit on Korea's ubiquitous popular culture to raunchy political humor, there's plenty to see and do within the Bay Area this weekend and beyond.

7 PLAY: Birdwatching within the Bay

Every 12 months, migratory birds go through the Bay Area. Here are five great places to experience the splendor of the birds. These days, there are even board games for bird lovers.

Today is Thursday, September 26, the 270th day of the yr 2024. There are 96 days left within the yr.

Today in history:

On September 26, 1960, the very first debate between the presidential candidates took place when Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon faced off before a national television audience from Chicago.

Also on this date:

In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia through the American Revolution.

In 1986, William H. Rehnquist was sworn in because the sixteenth Chief Justice of the United States, while Antonin Scalia joined the Supreme Court as its 103rd member.

In 1990, the Motion Picture Association of America announced that it had introduced a brand new age rating called NC-17 to interchange the X rating.

In 1991, 4 men and 4 women began a two-year stay in a sealed structure called Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona; they left Biosphere 2 the identical day in 1993.

In 2000, demonstrations against a summit of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Prague led to clashes between hundreds of anti-globalization protesters and the police.

In 2005, Private First Class Lynndie England was found guilty by a military court at Fort Hood, Texas, on six of seven counts related to the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.

In 2020, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a former law clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, to the Supreme Court to fill the seat vacated by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Barrett was confirmed the next month.)

In 2022, NASA's Dart spacecraft rammed an asteroid at breakneck speed – an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day when a killer rock threatens Earth.

Today's birthdays:

• Country singer David Frizzell is 83.
• TV presenter Anne Robinson is 80.
• Singer Bryan Ferry is 79.
• The writer Jane Smiley is 75.
• Singer and guitarist Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos) is 70.
• Actress Linda Hamilton is 68.
• Actress Melissa Sue Anderson is 62.
• Actor Jim Caviezel (kuh-VEE'-zuhl) is 56.
• Singer Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men) is 52.
• Hockey Hall of Famers Daniel and Henrik Sedin are 44.
• Tennis player Serena Williams is 43.
• Singer and actress Christina Milian (MIHL'-ee-ahn) is 43.
• Actress Zoe Perry is 41.

Today is Wednesday, September twenty fifth, the 269th day of the 12 months 2024. There are 97 days left within the 12 months.

Today in history:

On September 25, 2018, Bill Cosby was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a girl in his suburban Philadelphia home. (After serving nearly three years, Cosby was released in June 2021 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction.)

Also on this date:

In 1513, the Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and saw the Pacific Ocean.

In 1956, the primary transatlantic telephone cable was officially inaugurated with a ceremonial three-way call between New York, Ottawa and London.

In 1957, nine black students who were forced to depart Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, due to unruly white crowds were escorted to class by members of the U.S. Army's one hundred and first Airborne Division and the National Guard.

In 1978, 144 people were killed when a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 and a non-public plane collided over San Diego.

In 2005, within the presence of disarmament observers, the Irish Republican Army decommissioned its arsenal, officially ending its 36-year armed struggle for a united Irish state.

In 2012, President Barack Obama, in a speech to the UN General Assembly, promised American support to Syrians searching for to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, calling him “a dictator who is massacring his own people.”

In 2013, skipper Jimmy Spithill and Oracle Team USA won the America's Cup with one among the best comebacks in sporting history, overtaking Dean Barker and Emirates Team New Zealand within the all-important Race 19 on San Francisco Bay.

Today's birthdays:

• Hubie Brown, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, is 91.
• Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is 81.
• Actor and producer Michael Douglas is 80.
• Model Cheryl Tiegs is 77.
• Actress Mimi Kennedy is 76.
• Film director Pedro Almodovar is 75.
• Actor and director Anson Williams is 75.
• Actor Mark Hamill is 73.
• Bob McAdoo, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, is 73.
• Actor Michael Madsen is 66.
• Actress Heather Locklear is 63.
• The actress Aida Turturro is 62.
• Actor Tate Donovan is 61.
• Actress Maria Doyle Kennedy is 60.
• Scottie Pippen, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, is 59.
• Actor Will Smith is 56.
• Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is 55.
• John Lynch, a member of the Football Hall of Fame, is 53.
• Chauncey Billups, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, is 48.
• Actress Clea DuVall is 47.
• Rapper TI is 44.
• The actor and rapper Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) is 41.
• Actor Zach Woods is 40.
• Actor Jordan Gavaris is 35.
• Actress Leah Jeffries is 15.