Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 31-April 6

March 31: Actor William Daniels ("St. Elsewhere," ''Boy Meets World") is 92. Actor Richard Chamberlain is 85. Actress Shirley Jones is 85. Musician Herb Alpert is 84. Actor Christopher Walken is 76. Comedian Gabe Kaplan ("Welcome Back Kotter") is 75. Guitarist Mick Ralphs of Bad Company and of Mott The Hoople is 75. Actress Rhea Perlman ("Cheers") is 71. Actor Robbie Coltrane ("Harry Potter" films) is 69. Actor Ed Marinaro ("Hill Street Blues," ''Sisters") is 69. Guitarist Angus Young of AC/DC is 64. Bassist Bob Crawford of The Avett Brothers is 48. Actor Ewan McGregor is 48. Rapper Tony Yayo is 41. Actress Kate Micucci ("Raising Hope") is 39. Actor Brian Tyree Henry ("Atlanta" ''Book of Mormon") is 37. Jazz trumpeter Christian Scott is 36. Guitarist Jack Antonoff of fun. and of Bleachers is 35. Actress Jessica Szohr ("Gossip Girl") is 34.

April 1: Actress Jane Powell ("Seven Brides for Seven Brothers") is 90. Actor Don Hastings ("As the World Turns") is 85. Actress Ali MacGraw is 80. Singer Rudolph Isley (Isley Brothers) is 80. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 71. Keyboardist Billy Currie of Ultravox is 69. Actress Annette O'Toole ("Smallville") is 67. Singer Susan Boyle is 58. Actor Jose Zuniga ("Mission Impossible: 3," ''Twilight") is 57. Country singer Woody Lee is 51. Actress Jessica Collins ("The Young and the Restless") is 48. Rapper-actor Method Man is 48. Filmmakers Albert and Allen Hughes ("Menace II Society," ''Dead Presidents") are 47. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is 46. Actor David Oyelowo ("Selma," ''The Butler") is 43. Actor Sam Huntington ("Superman Returns," ''Jungle 2 Jungle") is 37. Actor Taran Killam ("12 Years A Slave," ''Saturday Night Live") is 37. Actor Matt Lanter ("90210") is 36. Singer Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum is 33. Drummer Arejay Hale of Halestorm is 32. Actor Asa Butterfield ("Hugo," ''Nanny McPhee Returns") is 22.

April 2: Actress Linda Hunt is 74. Actor Sam Anderson ("Lost," ''ER," ''Perfect Strangers") is 72. Singer Emmylou Harris is 72. Actress Pamela Reed is 70. Drummer Dave Robinson of The Cars is 70. Country singer Buddy Jewell is 58. Actor Christopher Meloni ("Law and Order: Special Victims Unit") is 58. Singer Keren Woodward of Bananarama is 58. Country singer Billy Dean is 57. Actor Clark Gregg ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," ''The New Adventures of Old Christine") is 57. Actress Jana Marie Hupp ("Ed") is 55. Guitarist Greg Camp (Smash Mouth) is 52. Guitarist Tony Fredianelli of Third Eye Blind is 50. Actress Roselyn Sanchez (TV's "Grand Hotel," ''Without a Trace") is 46. Actor Pedro Pascal ("Game of Thrones") is 44. Actor Adam Rodriguez ("Criminal Minds," ''CSI: Miami") is 44. Actor Michael Fassbender ("Shame," ''Inglourious Basterds") is 42. Keyboardist Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5 is 40. Actress Bethany Joy Galeotti ("One Tree Hill") is 38. Singer Lee Dewyze ("American Idol") is 33. Country singer Chris Janson is 33. Actor Drew Van Acker ("Training Day," ''Pretty Little Liars") is 33. Actor Jesse Plemons (TV's "Fargo," ''Breaking Bad") is 31.

April 3: Actress Doris Day is 97. Actress Marsha Mason is 77. Singer Wayne Newton is 77. Singer Tony Orlando is 75. Singer Richard Thompson is 70. Bassist Curtis Stone of Highway 101 is 69. Guitarist Mick Mars of Motley Crue is 63. Actor Alec Baldwin is 61. Actor David Hyde Pierce ("Frasier") is 60. Comedian-actor Eddie Murphy is 58. Singer-guitarist Mike Ness of Social Distortion is 57. Singer Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) is 51. Actress Jennie Garth ("Beverly Hills 90210") is 47. Actor Adam Scott ("Parks and Recreation") is 46. Guitarist Drew Shirley of Switchfoot is 45. Actor Matthew Goode ("Downton Abbey," ''The Good Wife") is 41. Actress Cobie Smulders ("How I Met Your Mother") is 37. Singer Leona Lewis is 34. Actress Amanda Bynes is 33. Actress Rachel Bloom ("Crazy Ex-Girlfriend") is 32. Actress Hayley Kiyoko ("CSI: Cyber") is 28. Bassist Sam Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet is 20.

April 4: Actor Craig T. Nelson is 75. Actress Christine Lahti ("Chicago Hope") is 69. Singer Steve Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 68. Actress Mary-Margaret Humes ("Dawson's Creek," ''History of the World Part 1") is 65. Writer-producer David E. Kelley ("Ally McBeal," ''The Practice") is 63. Actress Constance Shulman ("Orange Is the New Black") is 61. Actor Hugo Weaving ("The Matrix," ''Lord of the Rings") is 59. Bassist Craig Adams (The Cult) is 57. Talk show host Graham Norton is 56. Comedian David Cross ("Arrested Development," ''Mr. Show") is 55. Actor Robert Downey Junior is 54. Actress Nancy McKeon is 53. Country singer Clay Davidson is 48. Singer Josh Todd of Buckcherry is 48. Singer Jill Scott is 47. Bassist Magnus Sveningsson of The Cardigans is 47. Magician David Blaine is 46. Singer Kelly Price is 46. Singer Andre Dalyrimple of Soul for Real is 45. Guitarist Josh McSwain of Parmalee is 44. Actor James Roday ("Psych") is 43. Actress Natasha Lyonne ("Orange Is The New Black," ''American Pie") is 40. Actress Amanda Righetti ("The Mentalist") is 36. Actress-singer Jamie Lynn Spears ("Zoey 101") is 28. Actress Daniela Bobadilla ("Anger Management") is 26. Singer Austin Mahone is 23.

April 5: Horror filmmaker Roger Corman is 93. Country singer Tommy Cash is 79. Actor Michael Moriarty ("Law and Order") is 78. Singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies is 77. Actor Max Gail ("Sons and Daughters," ''Barney Miller") is 76. Actress Jane Asher is 73. Singer Agnetha Faltskog of Abba is 69. Actor Mitch Pileggi ("The X Files") is 67. Rapper-actor Christopher "Kid" Reid of Kid 'n Play ("House Party") is 55. Guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam is 53. Singer Paula Cole is 51. Actress Krista Allen ("Baywatch," ''What About Brian") is 48. Actress Victoria Hamilton ("The Crown") is 48. Country singer Pat Green is 47. Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams is 46. Rapper Juicy J (Three 6 Mafia) is 44. Actor Sterling K. Brown ("This Is Us") is 43. Singer-guitarist Mike Eli of The Eli Young Band is 38. Actress Hayley Atwell ("Marvel's Agent Carter") is 37. Actress Lily James ("Downton Abbey") is 30.

April 6: Actor Billy Dee Williams is 82. Actor Roy Thinnes ("The Invaders") is 81. Actor John Ratzenberger ("Cheers") is 72. Actress Marilu Henner ("Taxi," ''Evening Shade") is 67. Guitarist Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule is 59. Singer-guitarist Frank Black of The Pixies is 54. Actress Ari Meyers ("Kate & Ally") is 50. Actor Paul Rudd is 50. Actor Jason Hervey ("The Wonder Years") is 47. Bassist Markku Lappalainen (Hoobastank) is 46. Actor Zach Braff ("Scrubs") is 44. Actor Joel Garland ("Orange Is the New Black") is 44. Actress Candace Cameron Bure ("Full House") is 43. Actor Teddy Sears ("24: Legacy") is 42. Musician Robert Glasper is 41. Actress Eliza Coupe ("Happy Endings," ''Scrubs") is 38. Actor Charlie McDermott ("The Middle") is 29.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, calling it “a dirty spectacle” that cherry picks weapons of mass destruction from all other weapons that should also be banned.

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13 in favor, Russia opposed and China abstaining.

The resolution would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, as banned under a 1967 international treaty that included the U.S. and Russia, and to agree to the need to verify compliance.

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said after the vote that Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in space.

“Today’s veto begs the question: Why? Why, if you are following the rules, would you not support a resolution that reaffirms them? What could you possibly be hiding,” she asked. “It’s baffling. And it’s a shame.”

Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia dismissed the resolution as “absolutely absurd and politicized,” and said it didn’t go far enough in banning all types of weapons in space.

Russia and China proposed an amendment to the U.S.-Japan draft that would call on all countries, especially those with major space capabilities, “to prevent for all time the placement of weapons in outer space, and the threat of use of force in outer spaces.”

The vote was 7 countries in favor, 7 against, and one abstention and the amendment was defeated because it failed to get the minimum 9 “yes” votes required for adoption.

The U.S. opposed the amendment, and after the vote Nebenzia addressed the U.S. ambassador saying: “We want a ban on the placement of weapons of any kind in outer space, not just WMDs (weapons of mass destruction). But you don’t want that. And let me ask you that very same question. Why?”

He said much of the U.S. and Japan’s actions become clear “if we recall that the U.S. and their allies announced some time ago plans to place weapons … in outer space.”

Nebenzia accused the U.S. of blocking a Russian-Chinese proposal since 2008 for a treaty against putting weapons in outer space.

Thomas-Greenfield accused Russia of undermining global treaties to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, irresponsibly invoking “dangerous nuclear rhetoric,” walking away from several of its arms control obligations, and refusing to engage “in substantive discussions around arms control or risk reduction.”

She called Wednesday’s vote “a real missed opportunity to rebuild much-needed trust in existing arms control obligations.”

Thomas-Greenfield’s announcement of the resolution on March 18 followed White House confirmation in February that Russia has obtained a “troubling” anti-satellite weapon capability, although such a weapon is not operational yet.

Putin declared later that Moscow has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in space, claiming that the country has only developed space capabilities similar to those of the U.S.

Thomas-Greenfield said before the vote that the world is just beginning to understand “the catastrophic ramifications of a nuclear explosion in space.”

It could destroy “thousands of satellites operated by countries and companies around the world — and wipe out the vital communications, scientific, meteorological, agricultural, commercial, and national security services we all depend on,” she said.

The defeated draft resolution said “the prevention of an arms race in outer space would avert a grave danger for international peace and security.” It would have urged all countries carrying out activities in exploring and using outer space to comply with international law and the U.N. Charter.

The draft would have affirmed that countries that ratified the 1967 Outer Space Treaty must comply with their obligations not to put in orbit around the Earth “any objects” with weapons of mass destruction, or install them “on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space.”

The treaty, ratified by some 114 countries, including the U.S. and Russia, prohibits the deployment of “nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction” in orbit or the stationing of “weapons in outer space in any other manner.”

The draft resolution emphasized “the necessity of further measures, including political commitments and legally binding instruments, with appropriate and effective provisions for verification, to prevent an arms race in outer space in all its aspects.”

It reiterated that the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, based in Geneva, has the primary responsibility to negotiate agreements on preventing an arms race in outer space.

The 65-nation body has achieved few results and has largely devolved into a venue for countries to voice criticism of others’ weapons programs or defend their own. The draft resolution would have urged the conference “to adopt and implement a balanced and comprehensive program of work.”

At the March council meeting where the U.S.-Japan initiative was launched, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned that “geopolitical tensions and mistrust have escalated the risk of nuclear warfare to its highest point in decades.”

He said the movie “Oppenheimer” about Robert Oppenheimer, who directed the U.S. project during World War II that developed the atomic bomb, “brought the harsh reality of nuclear doomsday to vivid life for millions around the world.”

“Humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer,” the U.N. chief said.

United States Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield addresses members of the U.N. Security Council before voting during a meeting on Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

FILE - U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Tokyo. The U.N. Security Council is set to vote Wednesday, April 24, 2024, on a resolution announced by Thomas-Greenfield, calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space. It is likely to be vetoed by Russia. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)