We would like to wish Courtney Cox a very happy 46th birthday today!
Most people probably know Courtney from her roles as the meticulously neat Monica Gellar on the TV series “Friends,” TV reporter Gale Weathers in the “Scream” trilogy or as Jim Carey’s sidekick, Melissa Robinson in “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.” However, we bet most people don’t know most of these facts about Courtney that we found on Imdb.com!
Do YOU know that:
- She was originally offered the role of Rachel but she preferred Monica on “Friends”
- Her “Friends” co-star Jennifer Aniston is the godmother of her daughter Coco. Jennifer is also the best friend of Courtney.
- She studied architecture at Mount Vernon College for a year.
- She can play the piano and drums.
- She has her own lipstick called “Cece” by Cargo.
- She likes to buy houses, renovate them, and then sell them off for profit.
- She was voted Best Dressed Female Television Star in 1997
We hope you found this trivia about the birthday girl as interesting as we did!
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Today this talented young actor rings in his 23rd birthday. Shia first entered into the show business industry by doing standup comedy routines. However, after seeing a friend on the TV show, “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” Shia decided that acting was his true calling.
He had his first real breakthrough when he was cast as the troublesome young brother, Louis, on the Disney Channel series “Even Stevens”. From then on, Shia’s career hasn’t stopped skyrocketing.
He has appeared in numerous Hollywood hits such as Transformers, Disturbia, I, Robot and Holes and has worked alongside actors such as Megan Fox, Harrison Ford and Michael Douglas.
The very busy Shia will be starring in the upcoming film “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” which is slated to be released on September 24th and is currently working on “Transformers 3” and “The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman”. We hope that he can find the time to celebrate his birthday today!
Happy birthday to this 9-time Grammy winner!
For those of you who don’t know, Ms. Mary J. Blige is one of America’s favorite singers. In fact, she’s sold over 48 million records since her debut in the early 1990s and has even collaborated with legends like U2, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, and Andrea Bocelli!
To learn a little bit more about the early years of “The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul,” we turned to Rolling Stone.
Blige was born in the Bronx but spent her early years in Savannah, Georgia, where she sang in a Pentecostal church. Her family moved to suburban Yonkers, New York, where Blige continued to sing. Her first demo (recorded at a karaoke studio in a shopping mall) was a version of Anita Baker’s “Caught Up in the Rapture,” which eventually got her signed by Andre Harrell to Uptown Records.
Blige’s debut, What’s the 411? (Number Six Pop, Number One R&B, 1992), mixed her affinity for classic soul (she covered Chaka Khan’s “Sweet Thing”) with a contemporary urban edge. The album includes cameos by rappers Grand Puba, Heavy D., C.L. Smooth, De La Soul’s Mase, and EPMD’s Erick Sermon. Blige first charted with “You Remind Me” (Number 29 Pop, Number One R&B, 1992), from the film Strictly Business, but it was her debut album’s single “Real Love” (Number Seven Pop, Number 1 R&B, 1992) made Blige one of the biggest crossover artists of the year. In 1993 a remix album of 411 was released and the “Sweet Thing” single peaked at Number 28 on the Pop charts.
Happy Birthday, Dave! The South African-American Grammy winner turns the big 4-3 today!
Dave is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band, a band that has been popular since the early 90’s! And we have all seen enough one-hit wonders to know it’s hard to stay on the top of the charts for that long!
So how did Dave hit it big? Biography.com has more!
In 1990, Matthews decided to put together a demo tape and approached his favorite jazz musicians to accompany him: sax player Leroi Moore and drummer Carter Beauford. For bass, he signed on Stefan Lessard, a 16-year-old local prodigy. Violinist Boyd Tinsley was recruited just weeks after the band formed. Early local gigs were an immediate success, and the band quickly developed a devoted following. The band’s manager, Coran Capshaw, utilized grassroots marketing to move the band to the national stage.
The Dave Matthews Band was soon playing at frat houses and beach clubs around the country. People began to make bootlegs of their shows and word of the band spread quickly among the college crowd. In 1994, the band released its major label debut, Under The Table And Dreaming, which went to No. 11 in the Billboard 200. The band’s second album, Crash, was released two years later, debuting at No. 2. Though the album didn’t receive as much critical praise, the band’s follow-up concert sold out New York’s Madison Square Garden in three hours.
Today, Private Practice star, Taye Diggs, celebrates his 39th birthday — and oh is he looking good for his age 
Taye is not only a talented actor, but he is also a member of the movement for more birthdays!
In fact, Taye is one of many celebrities lending a hand to the American Cancer Society’s movement. Check out the link below to learn how your favorite celebs are helping save lives and creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays.
Happy birthday, Taye! And thank you for everything you do!
Here’s to many more birthdays!
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This weekend, my 12-year old daughter and her friends are hosting a surprise birthday sleepover for one of their friends whose mother lost her very short battle with lung cancer this past July. Each year, her Mom would have a huge sleepover birthday party for her which all the girls looked forward to. This will be the first birthday she will have without her Mom and it will probably be difficult for her and her Dad and brothers.
