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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 4-10 include Bradley Whitford and Dakota Johnson
7 minute read 9:34 AM CDTCelebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 4-10:
Oct. 4: Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 97. Actor Felicia Farr (“The Player,” “Kotch”) is 94. Author Roy Blount Jr. is 85. Actor Lori Saunders (“Petticoat Junction”) is 85. Actor Clifton Davis (“Madam Secretary,” “Amen”) is 81. Actor Susan Sarandon is 80. Actor Armand Assante is 77. Actor Alan Rosenberg (“Cybill,” ″L.A. Law”) is 76. Actor Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds,” “Water for Elephants”) is 70. Actor Bill Fagerbakke (“Coach,” ″SpongeBob SquarePants”) is 69. Actor Kyra Schon (“Night of the Living Dead”) is 69. Rap producer Russell Simmons is 69. Actor Wendy Makkena (“Sister Act” films) is 68. Keyboardist Chris Lowe of The Pet Shop Boys is 67. Keyboardist Gregg “Hobie” Hubbard of Sawyer Brown is 66. Actor David W. Harper (“The Waltons”) is 65. Singer Jon Secada is 65. Media personality John Melendez (aka “Stuttering John”) is 61. Actor Jerry Minor (“Dr. Ken,” “Community”) is 59. Actor Liev Schreiber (“The Manchurian Candidate,” “Scream 2”) is 59. Actor Abraham Benrubi (“Men In Trees,” ″ER”) is 57. Country singer-guitarist Heidi Newfield (Trick Pony) is 56. Singer-guitarist M. Ward of She and Him is 53. Actor Alicia Silverstone is 50. Keyboardist Robbie Bennett of The War on Drugs is 48. Actor Dana Davis (“Franklin and Bash,” “10 Things I Hate About You”) is 48. Actor Phillip Glasser (“Hang Time”) is 48. Singer-guitarist Marc Roberge of O.A.R. is 48. Actor Rachael Leigh Cook (“Perception,” “Josie and the Pussycats”) is 47. Actor Jimmy Workman (“Addams Family Values”) is 46. Singer Jessica Benson (3LW) is 39. Actor Melissa Benoist (“Supergirl,” ″Glee”) is 38. Actor Dakota Johnson (“Fifty Shades of Grey”) is 37. Singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock of Little Mix is 35.
Oct. 5: Singer-guitarist Steve Miller is 83. Singer Brian Johnson of AC/DC is 79. Actor Karen Allen is 75. Director Clive Barker is 74. Guitarist David Bryson of Counting Crows is 72. Astrophysicist and “Cosmos” host Neil deGrasse Tyson is 68. Actor Daniel Baldwin (“Homicide: Life on the Streets”) is 66. Guitarist Dave Dederer (Presidents of the United States of America) is 62. Actor Guy Pearce (“Memento,” “L.A. Confidential”) is 59. Actor Josie Bissett (“Melrose Place”) is 56. Singer-actor Heather Headley is 52. Singer Colin Meloy of The Decemberists is 52. Guitarist Brian Mashburn of Save Ferris is 51. Actor Parminder Nagra (“ER,” “Bend It Like Beckham”) is 51. Actor Scott Weinger (“Full House,” “Aladdin”) is 51. Actor Kate Winslet is 51. Guitarist James Valentine of Maroon 5 is 48. Bassist Paul Thomas of Good Charlotte is 46. Actor Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”) is 43. Singer Brooke Valentine is 41. Actor Joshua Logan Moore (“Desperate Housewives”) is 32.
Oct. 6: Actor Britt Ekland is 84. Singer-guitarist Thomas McClary (The Commodores) is 77. Singer Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon is 75. Guitarist David Hidalgo of Los Lobos is 72. Actor Elisabeth Shue is 63. Singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet is 62. Actor Jacqueline Obradors (“NYPD Blue”) is 60. Country singer Tim Rushlow (Little Texas) is 60. Bassist Tommy Stinson (The Replacements, Guns N’ Roses) is 60. Actor Amy Jo Johnson (“Felicity,” “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”) is 56. Actor Emily Mortimer (“Mary Poppins Returns”) is 55. Actor Lamman Rucker (“Meet the Browns”) is 55. Actor Ioan Gruffudd (“Fantastic Four,” ″Horatio Hornblower”) is 53. Actor Jeremy Sisto (“Law & Order,” “Six Feet Under”) is 52. Actor Brett Gelman (“Stranger Things”) is 50. Singer Melinda Doolittle (“American Idol”) is 49. Actor Wes Ramsey (“CSI: Miami”) is 49. Actor Karimah Westbrook (“All American”) is 48. Musician Will Butler of Arcade Fire is 44.
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Turkish comedian gets jail term for calling Erdogan ‘dictator’ but released ahead of appeal
2 minute read 9:28 AM CDTISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a comedian to more than 19 months imprisonment on charges of insulting religious values and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He was released pending appeal.
Deniz Goktas, 32, had been held in prison since July 3 after clips of his routine, which included a reference to Erdogan as a “dictator,” were circulated online.
He was convicted Monday of insulting the president and insulting religious values, receiving a combined prison sentence of 19 months and 10 days.
Presenting a defense that caused laughter in the Istanbul courtroom, the comedian said he stood by his joke that described Erdogan as having evolved from a “shy dictator” to one “confident in his identity.”
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