Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 19-25

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 19-25

2018-08-14 00:57 Last Updated At：10:02

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.

Storms battering the Midwest bring tornadoes, hail and strong winds

2024-05-08 13:32 Last Updated At：13:52

DETROIT (AP) — Severe storms continued to barrel through the Midwest early Wednesday, unleashing a curtain of heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes that forecasters warned could spill out of the region.

The tornadoes were first spotted after dark Tuesday in parts of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, while portions of Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri were also under a tornado watch, according to the National Weather Service.

As the storms raged on in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday, the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh warned that a tornado in northeastern Ohio could cross into Pennsylvania. Parts of West Virginia were also under a tornado warning.

Hours earlier in southwestern Michigan, two tornadoes blitzed the city of Portage near Kalamazoo on Tuesday night, destroying homes and commercial buildings, including a FedEx facility that was ripped apart.

There were no serious injuries immediately reported, but city officials said in a news release that the twisters knocked out power to more than 20,000 people. Most of them would be without power until late Wednesday, city officials said.

At one point, about 50 people were trapped inside the FedEx facility because of downed power lines. But company spokesperson Shannon Davis said late Tuesday that “all team members are safe and accounted for.”

Tuesday's storms came a day after parts of the central United States were battered by heavy rain, strong winds, hail and twisters. Both the Plains and Midwest have been hammered by tornadoes this spring.

On Monday night, a deadly twister in Oklahoma tore through the small 1,000-person town of Barnsdall. At least one person was killed and another was missing. Dozens of homes were destroyed.

Aerial videos showed homes reduced to piles of rubble and others with roofs torn off. The twister tossed vehicles, downed power lines and stripped limbs and bark from trees across the town. A 160-acre (65-hectare) wax manufacturing facility in the community also sustained heavy damage.

It was the second tornado to hit Barnsdall in five weeks — a twister on April 1 with maximum wind speeds of 90 to 100 mph (145 to 161 kph) damaged homes and blew down trees and power poles.

Before Monday night's powerful tornado touched down, the National Weather Service had warned that “a large and life-threatening tornado” north of Tulsa was headed toward Barnsdall and the nearby town of Bartlesville.

At the Hampton Inn in Bartlesville, several splintered 2x4s were driven into the south side of the building. Chunks of insulation, twisted metal and other debris were scattered over the hotel’s lawn, and vehicles in the parking lot were heavily damaged with blown-out windows.

Hotel guest Matthew Macedo said he was ushered into a laundry room to wait out the storm.

“When the impact occurred, it was incredibly sudden,” he said.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who toured the twister's damage on Tuesday, said it was rated by weather researchers as a violent tornado with winds reaching up to 200 mph (322 kph). Stitt said he and legislative leaders have agreed to set aside $45 million in this year’s budget to help storm-damaged communities.

“Oklahomans are resilient,” Stitt said, “and we’re going to rebuild.”

Areas in Oklahoma, including Sulphur and Holdenville, are still recovering from a tornado that killed four and left thousands without power late last month.

The powerful storms come amid a wild swing in severe weather across the globe that includes some of the worst-ever flooding in Brazil and a brutal Asian heat wave.

Across the U.S., the entire week is looking stormy. The eastern U.S. and the South are expected to get the brunt of the bad weather through the rest of the week, including in Indianapolis, Memphis, Nashville, St. Louis and Cincinnati — cities where more than 21 million people live. It should be clear over the weekend.

Murphy reported from Oklahoma City. Associated Press journalists around the country contributed to this report, including Rio Yamat, Heather Hollingsworth, Colleen Slevin, Jim Salter, Kathy McCormack, Sarah Brumfield and Beatrice Dupuy.

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