Desiigner is 26. Profanity Warning: “Panda“.
Pom Klementieff is 37. Mantis in “Avengers: Endgame”, “Infinity War”, and the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies.
Cheryl Burke is 39. Irish / Russian / Filipino “Dancing with the Stars“ beauty. She helped Drew Lachey and Emmitt Smith win the second and third seasons . . . and admitted to having a “fling” with Chad Ochocinco during season 10.
Rebecca Hall is 41. Kong expert Dr. Ilene Andrews in “Godzilla vs. Kong”. She was also the scientist who creates Extremis in “Iron Man 3”, Johnny Depp’s wife in “Transcendence”, and the Vicky in “Vicky Christina Barcelona”.
Eric Church is 46. Country singer. “Springsteen“ and “Drink in My Hand“.
Christina Hendricks is 48. Beth Boland on NBC’s “Good Girls”, and Joan Holloway on “Mad Men”.
Dulé Hill is 48. Gus on “Psych”, Alex on “Suits”, and Larry on “Ballers”. He used to be Presidential Aide Charlie Young on “The West Wing”.
Kristin Lehman is 51. Miriam Bancroft on the Netflix series “Altered Carbon”.
Damon “Dame” Dash is 52. He co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay-Z. They had a MAJOR falling out so Dame sold his stake in the label for $10 million and his stake in Roca Wear for $22 million.
Amy Ryan is 55. Holly Flax on “The Office”.
Christopher Cross is 72. He’s the genius behind three top 10 smash hits, “Sailing“, “Ride Like the Wind“ and “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)“.
Greg Gumbel is 77. The Gumbel brother you DON’T want to punch in the face. He broadcasts NFL and NCAA basketball games for CBS.
Frankie Valli is 89. Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. He was the leader of The Four Seasons. “Jersey Boys“ is about them. Their biggest hits: “Big Girls Don’t Cry“, “Walk Like a Man“, and “December 1963 (Oh What a Night)“. He also did the theme song to “Grease“.
James Brown (1933 – 2006) Also known as The Godfather of Soul, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, the King of Funk, Mister Please Please Please Please Her, Soul Brother Number One, and The Sex Machine.
Biggest hits: “I Got You (I Feel Good)“, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag“, and his “Rocky IV” hit “Living in America“, the entrance song he sang for Apollo Creed.
Pete Seeger (1919 – 2014) Legendary folk singer. He’s wrote “Turn, Turn, Turn“, which was a big hit for The Byrds . . . and “If I Had a Hammer“, which went to #10 for Peter, Paul and Mary and was a #3 hit for Trini Lopez.
Ann B. Davis (1926 – 2014) Alice on “The Brady Bunch”. Loki got her square in “The Marvel Bunch” skit the Avengers did on “The Tonight Show”.
Bing Crosby (1903 – 1977) One of the best-selling recording artists AND most popular film actors of all time. Forty-one number one hits, 383 songs in the top 30, and more than one billion movie tickets sold. Biggest hit: “White Christmas“.
Stu Hart (1915 – 2003) WWE Hall of Famer who was the father of Bret Hart and Owen Hart, and the trainer of Chris Jericho, Edge, and . . . um . . . Chris Benoit. Let’s just forget about that last one.
Ron Popeil (1935 – 2021) One of the greatest modern American inventors. He’s the infomercial genius behind the Pocket Fisherman, Hair in a Can, Smokeless Ashtray, Chop-O-Matic, Veg-O-Matic, AND Inside-the-Shell Egg Scrambler.
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) Italian philosopher known as the father of modern political theory. The word Machiavellian describes someone who’ll do ANYTHING, no matter how shady and evil, to gain power.
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Originally posted on May 3rd, 2023
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