Celeb birthdays for the week of Aug. 14-20 (AP)

Aug. 14: Singer-pianist Buddy Greco is 85. Singer Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts is 73. Singer David Crosby is 70. Country singer Connie Smith is 70. Actor-comedian Steve Martin is 66. Bassist Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone is 65. Actress Susan St. James is 65. Romance novelist Danielle Steel is 64. Cartoonist Gary Larson is 61. Keyboardist Terry Adams of NRBQ is 61. Actor Carl Lumbly ("Alias") is 60. Film composer James Horner ("Titanic") is 58. Actress Jackee Harry is 55. Actress Marcia Gay Harden is 52. Singer Sarah Brightman is 51. Actress Susan Olsen is 50. Actress Halle Berry is 45. Actress Catherine Bell is 43. Guitarist Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind) is 41. Actor Christopher Gorham ("Ugly Betty") is 37. Actress Mila Kunis is 28. TV personality Spencer Pratt is 28.

Aug. 15: Actress Rose-Marie is 88. Actor Mike Connors is 86. Actress Lori Nelson is 78. Actress Pat Priest ("The Munsters") is 75. Drummer Pete York of The Spencer Davis Group is 69. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 67. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 65. Singer-guitarist Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers is 63. Actress Phyllis Smith ("The Office") is 62. Actress Tess Harper is 61. Actor Larry Mathews ("The Dick Van Dyke Show") is 56. Actor Zeljko Ivanek is 54. Actor Rondell Sheridan ("That's So Raven," "Cory in the House") is 53. Actress Debra Messing is 43. Actor Anthony Anderson is 41. Actor Ben Affleck is 39. Actress Natasha Henstridge is 37. Singer Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers is 22. Actor-singer Carlos Pena ("Big Time Rush") is 22.

Aug. 16: Sportscaster Frank Gifford is 81. Singer Eydie Gorme is 80. Actress Julie Newmar is 78. Actress Anita Gillette is 75. Actress Carole Shelley is 72. Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is 72. Singer Robert "Squirrel" Lester of The Chi-Lites is 69. Actor Bob Balaban is 66. Actress Lesley Ann Warren is 65. Bassist Joey Spampinato of NRBQ is 61. Actor Reginald VelJohnson ("Family Matters") is 59. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 58. R&B singer J.T. Taylor is 58. Director James Cameron is 57. Guitarist Tim Farriss of INXS is 54. Actress Laura Innes is 54. Actress Angela Bassett is 53. Singer Madonna is 53. Actor Timothy Hutton is 51. Actor Steve Carell is 49. Country singer Emily Robison of The Dixie Chicks is 39. Actor George Stults ("Seventh Heaven") is 36. Singer Vanessa Carlton is 31. Actor Cam Gigandet is 29. Actor Shawn Pyfrom ("Desperate Housewives") is 25. Singer Greyson Chance is 14.

Aug. 17: Actress Maureen O'Hara is 91. Actor Robert De Niro is 68. Guitarist Gary Talley of The Box Tops is 64. Drummer Sib Hashian (Boston) is 62. Actor Robert Joy ("CSI: NY") is 60. Singer Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners is 58. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 56. Bassist Colin Moulding of XTC is 56. Singer Belinda Carlisle is 53. Actor Sean Penn is 51. Guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses) is 49. Singer Maria McKee is 47. Drummer Steve Gorman of the Black Crowes is 46. Singer-bassist Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson) is 45. Actor David Conrad ("Relativity") is 44. Rapper Posdnuos of Del La Soul is 42. Singer Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block is 42. Actor Bryton James ("Family Matters") is 25. Actor Brady Corbet ("24") is 23.

Aug. 18: Movie director Roman Polanski is 78. Actor Robert Redford is 75. Actor Christopher Jones is 70. Actor Henry G. Sanders ("Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman") is 69. Singer Sarah Dash of LaBelle is 68. Actor-comedian Martin Mull is 68. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 59. Country singer Steve Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 56. Comedian-actor Denis Leary is 54. Actress Madeleine Stowe is 53. Singer Zac Maloy of The Nixons is 43. Musician Everlast (House of Pain) is 42. Actor Christian Slater is 42. Rapper Masta Killa of Wu-Tang Clan is 42. Actor Edward Norton is 42. Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is 41. Actress Parker McKenna Posey ("My Wife and Kids") is 16.

Aug. 19: Actor L.Q. Jones ("Casino") is 84. Actress Diana Muldaur ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") is 73. Drummer Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) is 72. Singer Johnny Nash is 71. Actress Jill St. John is 71. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 68. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 67. Singer Ian Gillan of Deep Purple is 66. Actor Gerald McRaney is 63. Bassist John Deacon of Queen is 60. Actor Jonathan Frakes is 59. Actor Peter Gallagher is 56. Actor Adam Arkin is 55. Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 54. Actor Martin Donovan is 54. Singer Ivan Neville is 52. Actor Eric Lutes ("Caroline in the City") is 49. Actor John Stamos is 48. Actress Kyra Sedgwick is 46. Actor Kevin Dillon is 46. Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 45. Former MTV reporter Tabitha Soren is 44. Country singer Clay Walker is 42. Actor Matthew Perry is 42. Rapper Fat Joe is 41. Actress Tracie Thoms is 36. Singer Karli Osborn (SHeDaisy) is 27. Rapper Romeo (formerly Lil' Romeo) is 22.

Aug. 20: Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 64. Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 63. Singer Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 59. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 59. Actor-director Peter Horton is 58. "Today" show weatherman Al Roker is 57. Actress Joan Allen is 55. Actor James Marsters is 49. Rapper KRS-One is 46. Singer Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 41. Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 40. Actor Jonathan Ke Quan ("Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom") is 40. Singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris is 36. Actor Ben Barnes ("Prince Caspian") is 30. Singer-actress Demi Lovato ("Camp Rock") is 19.

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Celeb birthdays for the week of July 31-Aug. 6 (AP)

July 31: Actor Don Murray is 82. Actor Geoffrey Lewis is 76. Actress Susan Flannery is 72. Singer Lobo is 68. Singer Gary Lewis of Gary Lewis and the Playboys is 66. Singer Bob Welch is 65. Actor Michael Biehn is 55. Singer-guitarist Daniel Ash (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus) is 54. Drummer Bill Berry (R.E.M.) is 53. Actor Wesley Snipes is 49. Country singer Chad Brock is 48. Musician Fatboy Slim is 48. Guitarist Jim Corr of The Corrs is 47. "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling is 46. Actor Dean Cain is 45. Actor Robert Telfer is 34. Country singer Zac Brown is 33. Actor B.J. Novak ("The Office") is 32. Actor Rico Rodriguez ("Modern Family") is 13.

Aug. 1: Actor-director Geoffrey Holder is 81. Singer Ramblin' Jack Elliott is 80. Blues musician Robert Cray is 58. Singer Michael Penn is 53. Singer Joe Elliott of Def Leppard is 52. Rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy is 51. Guitarist Suzi Gardner of L7 is 51. Rapper Coolio is 48. Singer Adam Duritz of Counting Crows is 47. Country singer George Ducas is 45. Guitarist Charlie Kelley (Buffalo Club) is 43. Actress Tempestt Bledsoe is 38. Singer Ashley Parker Angel (O-Town) is 30.

Aug. 2: Actor Peter O'Toole is 79. Keyboardist Garth Hudson of The Band is 74. Director Wes Craven is 72. Singer Kathy Lennon of The Lennon Sisters is 68. Actor Max Wright ("Alf," "Norm") is 68. Actress Joanna Cassidy is 66. Actress Kathryn Harrold is 61. Actor Butch Patrick ("The Munsters") is 58. Singer Mojo Nixon is 54. Actress Victoria Jackson is 52. Actress Apollonia is 52. Actress Cynthia Stevenson ("Men in Trees," "Hope and Gloria") is 49. Actress Mary-Louise Parker is 47. Director-actor Kevin Smith is 41. Actor Sam Worthington ("Terminator Salvation") is 35. Actor Edward Furlong is 34. Actress Hallie Eisenberg is 19.

Aug. 3: Singer Gordon Stoker of The Jordanaires is 87. Singer Tony Bennett is 85. Actor Martin Sheen is 71. Singer Beverly Lee of The Shirelles is 70. Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is 70. Bassist B.B. Dickerson of War is 62. Movie director John Landis is 61. Actress JoMarie Payton ("Family Matters") is 61. Actor Jay North ("Dennis the Menace") is 60. Guitarist Randy Scruggs is 58. Actor John C. McGinley is 52. Bassist Lee Rocker (Stray Cats) is 50. Actress Lisa Ann Walter ("Bruce Almighty") is 50. Singer-guitarist James Hetfield of Metallica is 48. Singer Ed Roland of Collective Soul is 48. Actor Isaiah Washington is 48. Keyboardist Dean Sams of Lonestar is 45. Guitarist Stephen Carpenter of Deftones is 41. Musician Spinderella of Salt-N-Pepa is 40. Actress Brigid Brannagh ("Army Wives") is 39. Violinist Jimmy De Martini of Zac Brown Band is 35. Actress Evangeline Lilly is 32. Singer Holly Arnstein of Dream is 26. Bassist Brent Kutzle of OneRepublic is 26.

Aug. 4: Singer Frankie Ford is 72. Actor-comedian Richard Belzer is 67. Actor Billy Bob Thornton is 56. Actress Lauren Tom ("Joy Luck Club," "Men in Trees") is 52. Drummer Rob Cieka of Boo Radleys is 43. Actor Daniel Dae Kim is 43. Rapper Yo-Yo ("Miss Rap Supreme") is 40. Singer-actor Marques Houston of Immature is 30. Actors Dylan and Cole Sprouse ("Big Daddy," "Grace Under Fire") are 19.

Aug. 5: Bassist Rick Huxley of The Dave Clark Five is 71. Actress Loni Anderson is 66. Actress Erica Slezak ("One Life to Live") is 65. Singer Rick Derringer is 64. Singer Samantha Sang is 58. Actress Maureen McCormick is 55. Guitarist Pat Smear (Foo Fighters) is 52. Country fiddler Mark O'Connor is 50. Actor Jonathan Silverman ("The Single Guy") is 45. Country singer Terri Clark is 43. Cellist Eicca Toppinen of Apocalyptica is 36.

Aug. 6: Actor-director Peter Bonerz is 73. Actor Dorian Harewood is 61. Actress Catherine Hicks ("Seventh Heaven") is 60. Singer Pat MacDonald of Timbuk 3 is 59. Actress Faith Prince is 54. Singer Randy DeBarge of DeBarge is 53. Country singers Peggy and Patsy Lynn of The Lynns are 47. Actor Jeremy Ratchford ("Cold Case") is 46. Country singer Lisa Stewart is 43. Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan is 41. Actress Merrin Dungey ("Summerland," "Alias") is 40. Singer Geri Halliwell (Spice Girls) is 39. Actor Jason O'Mara ("Life on Mars") is 39. Actress Vera Farmiga is 38. Actress Soleil Moon Frye is 35. Actress Melissa George is 35. Singer Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes is 30. Bassist Eric Roberts of Gym Class Heroes is 27.

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Federal employee charged with accessing celeb info (AP)

SAN FRANCISCO – A U.S. State Department employee in San Francisco is facing charges that he looked up the passport applications of more than 100 celebrities in the government records system.

Federal prosecutors charged 60-year-old Richard Macias on Wednesday with three misdemeanor counts of exceeding authorized computer access.

Authorities say Macias worked for the passport agency for 24 years, most recently as a fraud prevention manager. They say he logged into the system 168 times to view and sometimes print out celebrity applications.

Macias told the San Francisco Chronicle that he plans to plead guilty in the case. He maintains that he viewed the applications for work and that none of the information was ever given away or used for profit.

Neither authorities nor Macias would name the celebrities involved.

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Information from: San Francisco Chronicle, http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_en_ce/storytext/us_celebrity_passports/42325613/SIG=10np21cki/*http://www.sfgate.com

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