Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 19-25

Aug. 19: Actor L.Q. Jones ("The Virginian") is 91. Actress Debra Paget ("Love Me Tender") is 85. Actress Diana Muldaur ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") is 80. Drummer Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) is 79. Singer Johnny Nash is 78. Actress Jill St. John is 78. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 75. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 74. Singer Ian Gillan of Deep Purple is 73. Actor Gerald McRaney is 71. Actor Jim Carter ("Downton Abbey") is 70. Singer-guitarist Elliot Lurie of Looking Glass is 70. Bassist John Deacon of Queen is 67. Actor Jonathan Frakes ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") is 66. Actor Peter Gallagher is 63. Actor Adam Arkin is 62. Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 61. Actor Martin Donovan is 61. Singer Ivan Neville is 59. Actor Eric Lutes ("Caroline in the City") is 56. Actor John Stamos is 55. Actress Kyra Sedgwick is 53. Actor Kevin Dillon ("Entourage") is 53. Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 52. Former MTV reporter Tabitha Soren is 51. Country singer Clay Walker is 49. Actor Matthew Perry ("Friends") is 49. Rapper Fat Joe is 48. Actress Tracie Thoms ("Cold Case") is 43. Actress Erika Christensen ("Parenthood") is 36. Actress Melissa Fumero ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine") is 36. Actress Tammin Sursok ("Pretty Little Liars") is 35. Singer Karli Osborn (SHeDaisy) is 34. Rapper Romeo (formerly Lil' Romeo) is 29. Actor Ethan Cutkosky (TV's "Shameless") is 19.

Aug. 20: News anchor Connie Chung is 72. Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 71. Actor Ray Wise ("Reaper," ''Twin Peaks") is 71. Actor John Noble ("Lord of the Rings" films) is 70. Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 70. Singer Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 66. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 66. Actor-director Peter Horton ("thirtysomething") is 65. "Today" show weatherman Al Roker is 64. Actress Joan Allen is 62. Actor James Marsters ("Angel," ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer") is 56. Rapper KRS-One is 53. Actor Billy Gardell ("Mike and Molly") is 49. Singer Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 48. Actor Jonathan Ke Quan ("Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom") is 48. Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 47. Actor Misha Collins ("Supernatural") is 44. Singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris is 43. Actor Ben Barnes ("Westworld," ''Prince Caspian") is 37. Actress Meghan Ory ("One Upon a Time") is 36. Actor Andrew Garfield ("The Amazing Spider-Man") is 35. Actor Brant Daugherty ("Pretty Little Liars") is 33. Singer-actress Demi Lovato is 26.

Aug. 21: Actor-filmmaker-writer Melvin Van Peebles is 86. Singer Kenny Rogers is 80. Guitarist James Burton (with Elvis Presley) is 79. Actor Clarence Williams the Third ("The Mod Squad") is 79. Singer Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers is 79. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 77. Actress Patty McCormack ("The Ropers") is 73. Singer Carl Giammarese of The Buckinghams is 71. Actress Loretta Devine ("Boston Public") is 69. Newsman Harry Smith is 67. Singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) is 66. Guitarist Nick Kane (The Mavericks) is 64. Actress Kim Cattrall ("Sex and the City") is 62. Actress Cleo King ("Mike and Molly") is 56. Singer Serj Tankian of System of a Down is 51. Actress Carrie-Anne Moss ("The Matrix," ''Chocolat") is 48. Musician Liam Howlett of Prodigy is 47. Actress Alicia Witt ("Law and Order: Criminal Intent," ''Cybill") is 43. Singer Kelis is 39. Actor Diego Klattenhoff ("The Blacklist") is 39. TV personality Brody Jenner ("The Hills") is 35. Comedian Brooks Wheelan ("Saturday Night Live") is 32. Actor Cody Kasch ("Desperate Housewives") is 31. Country singer Kacey Musgraves is 30. Actress Hayden Panettiere ("Nashville," ''Heroes") is 29. Actor RJ Mitte ("Breaking Bad") is 26.

Aug. 22: Newsman Morton Dean is 83. Actress Valerie Harper is 79. Correspondent Steve Kroft ("60 Minutes") is 73. Actress Cindy Williams ("Laverne and Shirley") is 71. Guitarist David Marks of The Beach Boys is 70. Guitarist Vernon Reid of Living Colour is 60. Country singer Collin Raye is 58. Actress Regina Taylor ("The Unit," ''I'll Fly Away") is 58. Singer Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is 57. Drummer Debbi Peterson of The Bangles is 57. Guitarist Gary Lee Conner of Screaming Trees is 56. Singer Tori Amos is 55. Country singer Mila Mason is 55. Keyboardist James DeBarge of DeBarge is 55. Rapper GZA (Wu-Tang Clan) is 52. Actor Ty Burrell ("Modern Family") is 51. Celebrity chef Giada DeLaurentiis is 48. Actress Melinda Page Hamilton ("Devious Maids," ''Mad Men,") is 47. Guitarist Paul Doucette of Matchbox Twenty is 46. Rapper Beenie Man is 45. Singer Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys is 45. Comedian Kristen Wiig ("Bridesmaids," ''Saturday Night Live") is 45. Actress Jenna Leigh Green ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") is 44. Keyboardist Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket is 44. Bassist Dean Back of Theory of a Deadman is 43. "The Late Late Show" host James Corden is 40. Guitarist Jeff Stinco of Simple Plan is 40. Actor Brandon Adams ("The Mighty Ducks") is 39. Actress Aya Sumika ("Numb3rs") is 38. Actor Ari Stidham (TV's "Scorpion") is 26.

Aug. 23: Actress Vera Miles is 88. Actress Barbara Eden is 87. Satirist Mark Russell is 86. Actor Richard Sanders ("WKRP In Cincinnati") is 78. Country singer Rex Allen Junior is 71. Singer Linda Thompson is 71. Actor David Robb ("Downton Abbey") is 71. Country fiddler-singer Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 69. Actress Shelley Long is 69. Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 69. Actor-producer Mark Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) is 67. Actor Skipp Sudduth ("The Good Wife") is 62. Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 57. Singer-bassist Ira Dean of Trick Pony is 49. Actor Jay Mohr is 48. Actor Ray Park ("X-Men," ''The Phantom Menace") is 44. Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 40. Actress Joanna Froggatt ("Downton Abbey") is 38. Actress Jaime Lee Kirchner ("Bull") is 37. Saxophonist Andy Wild of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 37. Musician Sky Blu of LMFAO is 32. Actress Kimberly Matula ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 30.

Aug. 24: Guitarist Mason Williams is 80. Singer Marshall Thompson of The Chi-Lites is 76. Keyboardist Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) is 73. Actress Ann Archer is 71. Actor Joe Regalbuto ("Murphy Brown") is 69. Actor Kevin Dunn ("Samantha Who?") is 63. Actor Steve Guttenberg is 60. Actor Jared Harris ("The Crown," ''Mad Men") is 57. Talk show host Craig Kilborn is 56. Singer John Bush (Anthrax) is 55. Actress Marlee Matlin is 53. Newsman David Gregory ("Meet the Press") is 48. Country singer Kristyn Osborn of SheDaisy is 48. Actor-comedian Dave Chappelle is 45. Actor Carmine Giovinazzo ("CSI: New York") is 45. Actor Alex O'Loughlin ("Hawaii Five-0") is 42. Actor Chad Michael Murray ("One Tree Hill," ''A Cinderella Story") is 37. Drummer Jeffrey Gilbert of Kutless is 35. Actor Rupert Grint ("Harry Potter") is 30.

Aug. 25: Actor Sean Connery is 88. Actor Page Johnson ("Finnegan's Wake") is 88. Talk show host Regis Philbin is 87. Actor Tom Skerritt is 85. Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter is 85. Singer Walter Williams of The O'Jays is 75. Actor Anthony Heald ("Boston Public") is 74. Singer Henry Paul of BlackHawk (and The Outlaws) is 69. Actor John Savage is 69. Bassist Gene Simmons of Kiss is 69. Singer Rob Halford of Judas Priest is 67. Keyboardist Geoff Downes of Asia is 66. Musician Elvis Costello is 64. Director Tim Burton is 60. Country singer-actor Billy Ray Cyrus is 57. Actress Ally Walker ("Profiler") is 57. Actress Joanne Whalley is 57. Guitarist Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard is 56. Actor Blair Underwood is 54. Actor Robert Maschio ("Scrubs") is 52. DJ Terminator X of Public Enemy is 52. Singer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco is 51. TV chef Rachael Ray is 50. Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 48. Model Claudia Schiffer is 48. Actor Eric Millegan ("Bones") is 44. Actor Alexander Skarsgard ("Big Little Lies," ''True Blood") is 42. Actor Jonathan Togo ("CSI: Miami") is 41. Actor Kel Mitchell ("Kenan and Kel") is 40. Actress Rachel Bilson ("The O.C.") is 37. Actress Blake Lively ("Gossip Girl") is 31.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court on Friday ordered the detention of the country’s farm minister in the latest high-profile corruption investigation, while Kyiv security officials assessed how they can recover lost battlefield momentum in the war against Russia.

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ruled that Agriculture Minister Oleksandr Solskyi should be held in custody for 60 days, but he was released after paying bail of 75 million hryvnias ($1.77 million), a statement said.

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau suspects Solskyi headed an organized crime group that between 2017 and 2021 unlawfully obtained land worth 291 million hryvnias ($6.85 million) and attempted to obtain other land worth 190 million hryvnias ($4.47 million).

Ukraine is trying to root out corruption that has long dogged the country. A dragnet over the past two years has seen Ukraine’s defense minister, top prosecutor, intelligence chief and other senior officials lose their jobs.

That has caused embarrassment and unease as Ukraine receives tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid to help fight Russia’s army, and the European Union and NATO have demanded widespread anti-graft measures before Kyiv can realize its ambition of joining the blocs.

In Ukraine's capital, doctors and ambulance crews evacuated patients from a children’s hospital on Friday after a video circulated online saying Russia planned to attack it.

Parents hefting bags of clothes, toys and food carried toddlers and led young children from the Kyiv City Children’s Hospital No. 1 on the outskirts of the city. Medics helped them into a fleet of waiting ambulances to be transported to other facilities.

In the video, a security official from Russian ally Belarus alleged that military personnel were based in the hospital. Kyiv city authorities said that the claim was “a lie and provocation.”

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that civic authorities were awaiting an assessment from security services before deciding when it was safe to reopen the hospital.

“We cannot risk the lives of our children,” he said.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to hold online talks Friday with the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which has been the key international organization coordinating the delivery of weapons and other aid to Ukraine.

Zelenskyy said late Thursday that the meeting would discuss how to turn around Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield. The Kremlin’s forces have gained an edge over Kyiv’s army in recent months as Ukraine grappled with a shortage of ammunition and troops.

Russia, despite sustaining high losses, has been taking control of small settlements as part of its effort to drive deeper into eastern Ukraine after capturing the city of Avdiivka in February, the U.K. defense ministry said Friday.

It’s been slow going for the Kremlin’s troops in eastern Ukraine and is likely to stay that way, according to the Institute for the Study of War. However, the key hilltop town of Chasiv Yar is vulnerable to the Russian onslaught, which is using glide bombs — powerful Soviet-era weapons that were originally unguided but have been retrofitted with a navigational targeting system — that obliterate targets.

“Russian forces do pose a credible threat of seizing Chasiv Yar, although they may not be able to do so rapidly,” the Washington-based think tank said late Thursday.

It added that Russian commanders are likely seeking to advance as much as possible before the arrival in the coming weeks and months of new U.S. military aid, which was held up for six months by political differences in Congress.

While that U.S. help wasn’t forthcoming, Ukraine’s European partners didn’t pick up the slack, according to German’s Kiel Institute for the World Economy, which tracks Ukraine support.

“The European aid in recent months is nowhere near enough to fill the gap left by the lack of U.S. assistance, particularly in the area of ammunition and artillery shells,” it said in a report Thursday.

Ukraine is making a broad effort to take back the initiative in the war after more than two years of fighting. It plans to manufacture more of its own weapons in the future, and is clamping down on young people avoiding conscription, though it will take time to process and train any new recruits.

Jill Lawless contributed to this report.

Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

Ukrainian young acting student Gleb Batonskiy plays piano in a public park in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)