Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 11-17 include Cardi B and Dominic West

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 11-17:

Oct. 11: Country singer Gene Watson is 83. Singer Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates is 80. Actor Catlin Adams (“The Jerk,” “The Jazz Singer”) is 76. Country singer Paulette Carlson (Highway 101) is 75. MTV VJ Mark Goodman is 74. Actor David Morse (“St. Elsewhere”) is 73. Actor Stephen Spinella (“24”) is 70. Actor Joan Cusack is 64. Guitarist Scott Johnson of Gin Blossoms is 64. Actor-writer Michael J. Nelson (“Mystery Science Theater 3000”) is 62. Actor Sean Patrick Flanery is 61. Actor Lennie James (“The Walking Dead”) is 61. Musician Todd Snider is 60. Actor Artie Lange (“MADtv”) is 59. Actor Jane Krakowski (“30 Rock,” “Ally McBeal”) is 58. Actor Andrea Navedo (“Jane the Virgin”) is 57. Rapper MC Lyte is 56. Actor Constance Zimmer (“UnREAL,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) is 56. Actor Darien Sills-Evans (“Superior Donuts,” “Treme”) is 52. Singer NeeNa Lee is 51. Actor Emily Deschanel (“Bones”) is 50. Actor Trevor Donovan (“90210”) is 48. Rapper Cardi B is 34.

Oct. 12: TV journalist Chris Wallace is 79. Actor-singer Susan Anton is 76. Musician Jane Siberry is 71. Actor Hiroyuki Sanada (“Shogun,” “Extant”) is 66. Actor Carlos Bernard (“24”) is 64. Jazz musician Chris Botti is 64. Singer Claude McKnight of Take 6 is 64. Actor Hugh Jackman is 58. Singer Garfield Bright of Shai is 57. Fiddler Martie Maguire of The Chicks is 57. Actor Kirk Cameron is 56. Singer Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory is 47. Actor Brian J. Smith (“Sense8,” “SGU: Stargate Universe”) is 45. Actor Tyler Blackburn (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 40. Actor Marcus T. Paulk (“Moesha”) is 40. Actor Josh Hutcherson (“The Beekeeper,” “The Hunger Games”) is 34.

Oct. 13: Gospel singer Shirley Caesar is 89. Musician Paul Simon is 85. Keyboardist Robert Lamm of Chicago is 82. Country singer Lacy J. Dalton is 80. Singer Sammy Hagar is 79. Singer John Ford Coley of England Dan and John Ford Coley is 78. Model Beverly Johnson is 74. Actor John Lone (“The Last Emperor,” “Rush Hour 2”) is 74. “The X-Files” creator Chris Carter is 70. Singer Cherrelle is 67. Singer-actor-talk show host Marie Osmond is 67. Singer Joey Belladonna of Anthrax is 66. Actor T’Keyah Crystal Keymah (“That’s So Raven,” “In Living Color”) is 64. Country singer John Wiggins is 64. Actor Christopher Judge (TV’s “Stargate SG-1”) is 62. Actor Matt Walsh (“Veep”) is 62. Actor Reginald Ballard (“Martin,” “The Bernie Mac Show”) is 61. Actor Kate Walsh (“Private Practice,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) is 59. Musician Jeff Allen of Mint Condition is 58. Actor Tisha Campbell-Martin (“My Wife and Kids,” “Martin”) is 58. Country singer Rhett Akins is 57. TV personality Billy Bush is 55. Actor Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat,” “Da Ali G Show”) is 55. Guitarist Jan Van Sichem Jr. of K’s Choice is 54. Singers Brandon and Brian Casey of Jagged Edge are 51. Actor Kiele Sanchez (“Lost”) is 50. Singer Ashanti is 46. Singer-rapper Lumidee is 46. Contemporary Christian singer Jon Micah Sumrall of Kutless is 46. Actor Caleb McLaughlin (“Stranger Things”) is 25.

Oct. 14: Director Carroll Ballard (“The Black Stallion”) is 89. Singer Cliff Richard is 86. Singer Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues is 80. Actor Greg Evigan (“My Two Dads,” “B.J. and the Bear”) is 73. Singer Thomas Dolby is 68. Actor Lori Petty (“A League of Their Own”) is 63. Actor Steve Coogan (“Night at the Museum” movies) is 61. Singer Karyn White is 61. Actor Edward Kerr (“Pretty Little Liars,” “Snoops”) is 60. Actor Jon Seda (“Chicago P.D.,” “Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 56. Bassist Doug Virden (Sons of the Desert) is 56. Country singer Natalie Maines of The Chicks is 52. Singer Shaznay Lewis of All Saints is 51. Actor Stephen Hill (2018’s “Magnum, P.I.”) is 50. Singer Usher is 48. TV personality Stacy Keibler (WWE) is 47. Actor Ben Whishaw (“Paddington”) is 46. Actor Skyler Shaye (“Bratz”) is 40. Comedian Jay Pharoah (“Saturday Night Live”) is 39. Actor Max Thieriot (“Fire Country,” “SEAL Team”) is 38.

Oct. 15: Singer Barry McGuire is 91. Drummer Don Stevenson of Moby Grape is 84. Actor Victor Banerjee (“A Passage to India”) is 80. Musician Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters is 80. Actor Larry Miller (“Mad About You,” “Boston Legal”) is 73. Actor Jere Burns (“Good Morning, Miami,” “Dear John”) is 72. TV chef Emeril Lagasse is 67. Drummer Mark Reznicek (The Toadies) is 64. Singer Eric Benet is 60. Actor Vanessa Marcil (“Las Vegas,” “Beverly Hills 90210”) is 58. “Trading Spaces” host Paige Davis is 57. Actor Dominic West (“The Crown,” “The Wire”) is 57. Singer Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town is 57. Singer Ginuwine is 56. Singer Jaci Velasquez is 47. Actor Brandon Jay McLaren (TV’s “Ransom”) is 46. Singer Keyshia Cole is 45. Actor Vincent Martella (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 34. Actor Bailee Madison (“Good Witch,” “Pretty Little Liars”) is 27.

Oct. 16: Actor-producer Tony Anthony (“The Stranger” movies) is 89. Actor Barry Corbin (“Yellowstone,” “Northern Exposure”) is 86. Bassist C.F. Turner of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 83. Producer-director David Zucker (“The Naked Gun,” “Airplane!”) is 79. Actor Martha Smith (“Animal House,” “Scarecrow and Mrs. King”) is 74. Actor Andy Kindler (“Bob’s Burgers,” “Everybody Loves Raymond”) is 70. Actor-director Tim Robbins is 68. Guitarist Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) is 67. Singer Bob Mould (Husker Du) is 66. Actor Randy Vasquez (“JAG”) is 65. Bassist Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is 64. Actor Christian Stolte (“Chicago Fire”) is 64. Actor Terri J. Vaughn (“All of Us,” “The Steve Harvey Show”) is 57. Singer Wendy Wilson of Wilson Phillips is 57. Rapper B-Rock of B-Rock and the Bizz is 55. Singer Chad Gray of Mudvayne is 55. Actor Paul Sparks (“Boardwalk Empire”) is 55. Actor Kellie Martin (“Christy,” “Life Goes On”) is 51. Singer-songwriter John Mayer is 49. Actor Jeremy Jackson (“Baywatch”) is 46. Actor Caterina Scorsone (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 46. Actor Brea Grant (“Heroes”) is 45. Actor Kyler Pettis (“Days of Our Lives”) is 34.

Oct. 17: Singer Gary Puckett of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap is 84. Actor Michael McKean is 79. Singer-comedian Bill Hudson of The Hudson Brothers is 77. Country singer Alan Jackson is 68. Actor Grant Shaud (“Murphy Brown”) is 66. Animator Mike Judge (“King of the Hill,” “Beavis and Butthead”) is 64. Singer Rene’ Dif (Aqua) is 59. Reggae singer Ziggy Marley is 58. Actor Wood Harris (“Empire,” “The Wire”) is 57. Singer Wyclef Jean of The Fugees is 57. Singer Chris Kirkpatrick of ’NSync is 55. Rapper Eminem is 54. Actor Sharon Leal (“Boston Public,” “Why Did I Get Married?”) is 54. Actor Matthew Macfadyen (“Deadpool and Wolverine,” “Succession”) is 52. Actor Felicity Jones (“The Theory of Everything”) is 43. Actor Chris Lowell (“The Help,” “Private Practice”) is 42. Actor Dee Jay Daniels (“The Hughleys,” “In the House”) is 38.

Dominic West attends the HBO Original drama series premiere of "War" at the Perelman Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Cardi B attends the Roberto Cavalli women's Spring-Summer 2027 fashion show, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno).

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin said Monday that his 22nd season in the NHL will be his last, beginning the farewell tour for the longtime Washington Capitals captain who holds the league's career goal-scoring record.

Ovechkin addressed teammates to deliver the news before the team posted a message from him on social media.

“It’s sad, but it is what it is,” Ovechkin said in his locker room address. “It’s hard, but let’s enjoy it and let’s do some special things this year.”

Ovechkin signed a one-year contract this past summer and turned 41 on Sept. 17. All signs pointed to this being the end, and he said he and his family decided as much in recent months.

“I love this game so much, but I know in my heart it's the right decision,” the Russian star said in a statement released before the Capitals' home opener Wednesday night.

Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's goals record in April 2025 and entered this season at 929. The front office acquired Jordan Kyrou and Alex Tuch in trades and signed fellow forward Boone Jenner and defenseman Vincent Desharnais in free agency to add around a young core in the hopes of making another long playoff run and contending for the Stanley Cup.

“Let’s make the playoffs, let’s have fun and enjoy the moment because times fly," Ovechkin told the team. “For young guys who are first year or experienced guys, I remember that moment, and enjoy the time. Because times fly. It seems like yesterday I was here my first year.”

Speaking to reporters later Monday, Ovechkin said this was the right time to announce his decision, two days before the home opener.

“I'm not 20 years old,” he said. “I want to play with my kids when they're growing up. Play hockey, play soccer, play basketball. I want to be healthy enough to do that kind of stuff.”

Ovechkin has spent his entire career with Washington, winning the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 2005-06, the Hart Trophy as MVP three times and leading the NHL in scoring nine times. He was playoff MVP in 2018 when he led the Caps to the first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history.

There's been speculation Ovechkin could receive an unfriendly reception on the road after he appeared in an ad for a party aligned with Vladimir Putin during the offseason. But there wasn't much sign of that during the first two games of the season — at Carolina and at Tampa Bay.

When addressing the fallout from that last month, Ovechkin confirmed he'd be going back to live in Russia when he retired from the NHL.

In Washington's season-opening win over the Hurricanes, Ovechkin had 12 minutes, 46 seconds of ice time, the lowest of his career in a game when he wasn't injured or ejected.

Monday was 21 years to the day after Ovechkin made his debut with the Capitals.

“It's been pretty good career, pretty good 22 seasons,” he said. "Obviously the goal that we have, to bring a Stanley Cup to D.C., we did it.”

Although the Capitals have designs on making the playoffs this season, within a couple hours of Ovechkin's announcement, tickets for Washington's regular-season home finale against Pittsburgh on April 4 were going for a minimum of $825 on StubHub. With D.C. hosting college hockey's Frozen Four next year, the Capitals finish the regular season with three straight road games, wrapping up April 10 at Philadelphia.

The Capitals missed the playoffs in 2025-26, but Ovechkin played all 82 games and scored 32 goals. He’s reached 30 in every season of his career except 2020-21, when he played only 45 games.

Long before he broke through during the Capitals’ Stanley Cup run, Ovechkin had rejuvenated hockey in Washington, and he’ll retire as one of the city’s most accomplished athletes in any sport. The Capitals drafted him No. 1 overall in 2004, and he and Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby became stars almost immediately in 2005 when the league emerged from missing a season because of a lockout.

Ovechkin’s combination of goal-scoring skill, physicality and boundless energy made him an instant hit, and he scored a career-high 65 goals in his third season, which earned him the first of his Hart Trophies.

Washington’s penchant for postseason heartache, which existed long before Ovechkin showed up, followed him for a while as well. The Capitals won the Presidents’ Trophy three times with the league’s best regular-season record, falling short in the playoffs each time before a Washington team that merely won its division finally went all the way in the playoffs.

In four postseason meetings between Crosby and Ovechkin — in 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018 — the winner won the Stanley Cup each time. Washington's home opener Wednesday is against Pittsburgh.

See AP’s full NHL coverage here

Carolina Hurricanes' Jaccob Slavin (74) defends against Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin (8) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) handles the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) looks to shoot against Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) and defenseman Victor Hedman (77) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin watches the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)