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Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 21-27 includes Aubrey Plaza and Brandon Flowers

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 21-27 includes Aubrey Plaza and Brandon Flowers
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 21-27 includes Aubrey Plaza and Brandon Flowers

2026-06-15 23:32 Last Updated At:23:41

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 21-27:

June 21: Actor Bernie Kopell (“The Love Boat”) is 93. Actor Monte Markham (“The Second Hundred Years,” “Baywatch”) is 91. Actor Mariette Hartley is 86. Musician Ray Davies of The Kinks is 82. Actor Meredith Baxter (“Family Ties”) is 79. Actor Michael Gross (“Family Ties”) is 79. Drummer Joey Kramer of Aerosmith is 76. Guitarist Nils Lofgren is 75. Actor Robyn Douglass (TV’s “Galactica,” film’s “Breaking Away”) is 74. Actor Leigh McCloskey (“Dallas”) is 71. Cartoonist Berke Breathed (“Opus,” “Bloom County”) is 69. Actor Josh Pais (“Ray Donovan”) is 68. Country singer Kathy Mattea is 67. Actor Marc Copage (“Julia”) is 64. Actor Doug Savant (“Desperate Housewives,” “Melrose Place”) is 62. Guitarist Porter Howell of Little Texas is 62. Actor Michael Dolan (“Hamburger Hill,” “Biloxi Blues”) is 61. Filmmaker Lana Wachowski (“The Matrix,” “Speed Racer”) is 61. Actor Carrie Preston (“The Good Wife”) is 59. Actor Paula Irvine (“Santa Barbara”) is 58. Country singer Allison Moorer is 54. Actor Juliette Lewis is 53. Actor Maggie Siff (“Mad Men”) is 52. Bassist Justin Cary (Sixpence None the Richer) is 51. Guitarist Mike Einziger of Incubus is 50. Actor Chris Pratt (“Jurassic World,” ″Guardians of the Galaxy”) is 47. Singer Brandon Flowers of The Killers is 45. Actor Jussie Smollett (“Empire”) is 44. Actor Michael Malarkey (“The Vampire Diaries”) is 43. Singer Kris Allen (“American Idol”) is 41. Singer Lana Del Rey is 41. Actor Jascha Washington (“Big Momma’s House” films) is 37. Bassist Chandler Baldwin of LANCO is 34. Singer Rebecca Black is 29.

June 22: Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer is 83. Journalist Brit Hume is 83. Singer Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon is 82. Singer Howard “Eddie” Kaylan of The Turtles is 79. Singer Todd Rundgren is 78. Actor Meryl Streep is 77. Actor Lindsay Wagner (“The Bionic Woman”) is 77. Singer Cyndi Lauper is 73. Actor Chris Lemmon (“Airport ’77” ) is 72. Bassist Derek Forbes (Simple Minds) is 70. Bassist Garry Beers of INXS is 69. Actor Bruce Campbell (“Evil Dead,” “The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.”) is 68. Bassist Alan Anton of Cowboy Junkies is 67. Actor Tracy Pollan (“Family Ties”) is 66. Keyboardist Jimmy Somerville (Bronski Beat) is 65. Actor Amy Brenneman is 62. Singer Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones is 62. Singer Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) is 56. Actor Michael Trucco (“How I Met Your Mother,” “Battlestar Galactica”) is 56. Actor Mary Lynn Rajskub (“24” ) is 55. TV personality Carson Daly is 53. Guitarist Chris Traynor (Helmet) is 53. Actor Donald Faison (“Scrubs”) is 52. Actor Lecy Goranson (“The Connors,” “Roseanne”) is 52. Comedian Mike O’Brien (“Saturday Night Live”) is 50. TV personality Jai Rodriguez (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”) is 47. Actor Lindsay Ridgeway (“Boy Meets World”) is 41. Singer Dinah Jane (Fifth Harmony) is 29.

June 23: Singer Diana Trask is 86. Actor Ted Shackelford (“Knots Landing”) is 80. Actor Bryan Brown (“The Thorn Birds”) is 79. Actor Jim Metzler (“North and South”) is 75. Former “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson is 70. Actor Frances McDormand is 69. Drummer Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth is 64. Director Joss Whedon (“The Avengers,” “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) is 62. Singer Chico DeBarge is 56. Actor Selma Blair is 54. Actor Joel Edgerton (“Loving”) is 52. Singer KT Tunstall is 51. Singer Virgo Williams of Ghost Town DJs is 51. Actor Emmanuelle Vaugier (“Two and a Half Men”) is 50. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 49. Actor Melissa Rauch (“The Big Bang Theory”) is 46. Singer Duffy is 42.

June 24: Singer Arthur Brown is 84. Actor Michele Lee is 84. Actor-director Georg Stanford Brown (“The Rookies”) is 83. Singer Colin Blunstone of The Zombies is 81. Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac is 79. Actor Peter Weller is 79. Bassist John Illsley of Dire Straits is 77. Actor Nancy Allen (“RoboCop,” “Carrie”) is 76. Reggae singer Derrick Simpson of Black Uhuru is 76. Actor Joe Penny (“Jake and the Fatman,” “Riptide”) is 70. Singer-keyboardist Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark is 67. Musician Siedah Garrett is 66. Actor Iain Glen (“Game of Thrones”) is 65. Bassist Curt Smith of Tears for Fears is 65. Actor Sherry Stringfield (“ER”) is 59. Singer Glenn Medeiros is 56. Actor Carla Gallo (“Bones”) is 51. Actor Amir Talai (“LA to Vegas”) is 49. Actor Mindy Kaling (“The Mindy Project,” “The Office”) is 47. Actor Minka Kelly is 46. Actor Vanessa Ray (“Blue Bloods”) is 45. Actor Justin Hires (2016′s “MacGyver,” ″Rush Hour”) is 41. Actor Candice Patton (TV’s “The Flash”) is 41. Singer Solange Knowles is 40. Actor Max Ehrich (“The Young and the Restless,” “Under the Dome”) is 35. Actor Beanie Feldstein (“Lady Bird”) is 33.

June 25: Singer Eddie Floyd is 89. Actor Barbara Montgomery (“Amen,” “The Women of Brewster Place”) is 87. Actor Mary Beth Peil (“The Good Wife,” ″Dawson’s Creek”) is 86. Singer Carly Simon is 83. Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 79. Director-actor Michael Lembeck (directed “Santa Clause,” acted in “One Day at a Time”) is 78. Singer Tim Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House is 74. Keyboardist David Paich of Toto is 72. Actor Michael Sabatino (“NYPD Blue”) is 71. Actor-comedian Ricky Gervais is 65. Actor John Benjamin Hickey (“The Big C”) is 63. Actor Erica Gimpel (TV’s “Fame,” “Profiler”) is 62. Rapper Richie Rich is 59. Guitarist Sean Kelly (Sixpence None the Richer) is 55. Actor Angela Kinsey (“The Office”) is 55. Bassist Mike Kroeger of Nickelback is 54. Actor Linda Cardellini (“ER,” “Scooby Doo”) is 51. Actor Busy Philipps (“ER,” “Dawson’s Creek”) is 47.

June 26: Jazz pianist Dave Grusin is 92. Singer Billy Davis Jr. of the Fifth Dimension is 88. Singer Georgie Fame is 83. Actor Clive Francis (“The Crown”) is 80. Singer Brenda Holloway is 80. Actor Michael Paul Chan (“The Closer”) is 76. Actor Robert Davi (“Profiler”) is 75. Musician Mick Jones of The Clash is 71. Actor Gedde Watanabe (“ER,” “Sixteen Candles”) is 71. Singer Chris Isaak is 70. Singer Patty Smyth is 69. Singer Terri Nunn of Berlin is 67. Singer Harriet Wheeler of The Sundays is 63. Guitarist Eddie Perez of The Mavericks is 58. Bassist Colin Greenwood of Radiohead is 57. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (“Magnolia,” “Boogie Nights”) is 56. Actor Sean Hayes (“Will & Grace”) is 56. Actor Matt Letscher (“Eli Stone,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 56. Actor Chris O’Donnell is 56. Actor Nick Offerman (“Parks and Recreation”) is 56. Keyboardist Jeff Frankenstein of Newsboys is 52. Singer Gretchen Wilson is 52. Drummer Nathan Followill of Kings of Leon is 47. Singer Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic is 47. Actor Jason Schwartzman (“Slackers,” “Rushmore”) is 46. Actor Aubrey Plaza (“Parks and Recreation”) is 42. Actor Jennette McCurdy (“iCarly”) is 34. Singer-actor Ariana Grande is 33.

June 27: Singer Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys is 84. Actor Julia Duffy (“Newhart”) is 75. Actor Isabelle Adjani is 71. Country singer Lorrie Morgan is 67. Writer-director J.J. Abrams (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Alias”) is 60. Singer Draco Rosa (Menudo) is 57. Actor Edward “Grapevine” Fordham Jr. (“Battle Creek”) is 56. TV personality Jo Frost (“Supernanny”) is 55. Actor Yancey Arias (“Kingpin”) is 55. Actor Christian Kane (“Leverage,” “The Librarians”) is 54. Actor Tobey Maguire is 51. Singer Leigh Nash of Sixpence None the Richer is 50. Christian rock singer Zach Williams is 48. Reality star Khloe Kardashian is 42. Actor Drake Bell (“Drake and Josh”) is 40. Actor Sam Claflin (“Hunger Games” films) is 40. Actor Ed Westwick (“Gossip Girl”) is 39. Actor Matthew Lewis (“Harry Potter” films) is 37. Actor Madylin Sweeten (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) is 35. Singer Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony is 30. Singer H.E.R. is 29. Actor Chandler Riggs (“The Walking Dead”) is 27.

This combination of images shows, from left, Ariana Grande, H.E.R., Frances McDormand, Nick Offerman and Aubrey Plaza. (AP Photo)

This combination of images shows, from left, Ariana Grande, H.E.R., Frances McDormand, Nick Offerman and Aubrey Plaza. (AP Photo)

Khloe Kardashian attends during the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix race at the Monaco racetrack, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)

Khloe Kardashian attends during the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix race at the Monaco racetrack, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)

Christopher Abbott, left, and Aubrey Plaza arrive at the 79th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, 2026, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Christopher Abbott, left, and Aubrey Plaza arrive at the 79th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, 2026, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock markets are rallying worldwide Monday, and oil prices are easing after the United States and Iran reached a tentative deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to get the global flow of crude going again.

The S&P 500 rose 1.7% on hopes that this time, the announcement of an Iran-U.S. agreement will mean a long-term fix to a conflict that has worsened inflation around the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 673 points, or 1.2%, as of 11:15 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 2.7% higher.

Stocks got a lift after the price for a barrel of Brent crude oil fell 4.7% to $83.25, back to where it was in early March. While that’s still higher than its price of roughly $70 from before the war more than three months ago, it’s lower than the $100 plus it cost just a few weeks ago. The hope is that lower oil prices will take pressure off households and businesses, which have had to pay higher prices for everything from food to fuel to fertilizer because of the war with Iran.

Iran confirmed the agreement but signaled its implementation would not start until it’s signed, which Pakistan said would happen Friday in Switzerland. Broader negotiations on issues like Iran’s nuclear program are expected to continue over the next 60 days. That leaves opportunity for hiccups that could derail the agreement. And even if the deal does reopen the Strait of Hormuz, it will take months for the energy industry to get back to full speed.

For now, though, relief swept through financial markets worldwide.

On Wall Street, stocks of companies with big fuel bills were instant winners. United Airlines flew 5.2% higher, American Airlines climbed 3.5% and cruise operator Carnival rose 4.2%.

Stocks of companies enmeshed in the artificial-intelligence industry also jumped. These stocks have yo-yoed sharply in recent weeks, going from roaring to records to suddenly turning lower. The big concern is whether such stocks shot too high, too fast because of AI mania, and their careening moves have sometimes reversed direction by the hour.

Micron Technology rallied 9.4%, and Advanced Micro Devices rose 7.5%. Nvidia’s climb of 3% was the strongest force pushing the S&P 500 upward because the AI chip company is Wall Street’s most valuable company, giving it more weight on the index than any other.

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company that also owns the AI company xAI, rose 7.9% in its second day of trading on Wall Street. Its successful debut on the Nasdaq suggested plenty of demand still exists among investors for AI. The market has given SpaceX a total value of more than $2.1 trillion, making it bigger than Exxon Mobil, Bank of America and Coca-Cola combined.

In the bond market, Treasury yields eased on hopes that lower oil prices will remove pressure on central banks worldwide to raise interest rates.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury eased to 4.45% from 4.48% late Friday.

Europe’s central bank last week became the first major one in the world to raise interest rates to combat high inflation. High interest rates can keep a lid on inflation, but they also slow economies and undercut prices for all kinds of investments, including stocks and cryptocurrencies. They hit investments seen as the most expensive in particular, and some critics are calling the AI industry a bubble where investment inflated too far.

The Fed will announce its latest decision on interest rates later this week, which will be the first under its new chair, Kevin Warsh. President Donald Trump nominated Warsh to the position, and Trump has been loudly calling for lower interest rates.

But traders see it as a near certainty that the Fed will leave its main interest rate steady after its two-day meeting ends Wednesday. Traders had been raising bets that the Fed may actually have to raise interest rates this year because of how high inflation has gotten and how solid the U.S. job market remains.

But the tentative deal between the United States and Iran means traders are now betting on only a 56% chance of a hike this year, down from 71% a week ago, according to data from CME Group.

Elsewhere on Wall Street, Roku fell 0.6% after the company announced that Fox Corp. is buying the streaming pioneer in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $22 billion.

Roku's stock had already soared 20% Friday, when early media reports emerged about a deal, which will give Fox access to the Roku channel, first-party data and more than 100 million global streaming households. Fox's stock fell 16.1%.

In stock markets abroad, indexes climbed in Asia and Europe. Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumped 5% for one of the world’s biggest gains and finished at a record.

“This is great news,” said Takashi Hiroki, chief strategist at Monex. “Buying by foreign investors is leading the market with expectations of easing tensions around the situation in the Middle East.”

South Korea’s Kospi surged even more, 5.2%, thanks in part to continued rallies for AI winners like Samsung Electronics.

London's FTSE 100 was an outlier and slipped 0.4%.

AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach and Senior Producer Mayuko Ono contributed to this report.

Options trader, and New York Knicks fan Ousama Fayek works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Options trader, and New York Knicks fan Ousama Fayek works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader Daniel Kryger, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader Daniel Kryger, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader Patrick Casey works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader Patrick Casey works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Specialist Gregg Maloney works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Specialist Gregg Maloney works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A dealer walks past a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A dealer walks past a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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