Reneé Rapp is 24.  She’s Regina George in the Mean Girls musical.  It hits theaters Friday.

Carissa Alvarado from Us the Duo is 33.  They do a top hits of the year medley every year.  Enjoy their latest medley:  The Top Hits of 2023.

Sarah Shahi is 44.  Adrianna Tomaz in “Black Adam”.  Shaw on “Person of Interest”.

Chris Smith is 45.  Daddy Mac a.k.a. the sole survivor of Kris Kross.  So what’s the Daddy Mac up to now?  He’s into art and spends his days painting.

Brent Smith is 46.  Shinedown singer.

Jemaine Clement is 50.  Oliver Bird on Legion, the giant crab that sings Shiny in “Moana”, and half of the comedy duo Flight of the Conchords

Brad Roberts is 60.  Lead singer and guitarist of the Crash Test Dummies.

Evan Handler is 63.  David Duchovny’s bald best friend Charlie on “Californication”, Charlotte’s husband Harry on “Sex and the City”, and Hurley’s imaginary friend Dave on “Lost”.

Shawn Colvin is 68.  She had a 1997 hit with Sunny Came Home and sang backup on Suzanne Vega’s 1987 smash, Luka.

Pat Benatar is 71.  You learned Hit Me with Your Best Shot on “Guitar Hero 3”, rocked to Heartbreaker on “Guitar Hero:  World Tour”, and cruised to Shadows of the Night on Los Santos Rock Radio in “GTA V”.  Her other hits include Little Too LateLove Is a BattlefieldWe Belong, and Invincible.

George Foreman is 75.

Donald Fagen from Steely Dan is 76.

Rod Stewart is 79.

Jim Croce  (1943 – 1973)  Blue-collar genius.  Bad, Bad Leroy Brown . . . Time in a Bottle . . . I Got a Name . . . Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) . . . I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song . . . You Don’t Mess Around with Jim.

On September 20th, 1973, during his “Life and Times” tour, and the day before his single “I Got a Name” was released, Croce and five others died when their chartered plane crashed into a tree during take-off in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Ray Bolger  (1904 – 1987)  Scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz”.

Linda Lovelace  (1949 – 2002)  Deep Throat legend.  Amanda Seyfried plays Linda in the 2013 movie Lovelace.  James Franco plays Hugh Hefner.  Adam Brody plays Harry Reems.

•  Today is Houseplant Appreciation Day.  It’s also National Take the Stairs Day.

•  5 days to Martin Luther King Day

•  31 days to the Year of the Dragon

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