Today’s Birthdays
Written by KingCnote on August 17, 2021
Lil Pump (Gazzy Garcia) – 21 years old
Miami-born rapper-producerBorn 2000
Dustin Pedroia – 38 years old
The Boston Red Sox four-time All-Star second baseman was the American League’s Rookie of the Year in 2007 and Most Valuable Player in 2008.Born 1983
Mark Salling
Musician and actor (TV’s Glee). After pleading guilty to possessing child pornography, he hung himself.Died Jan 30, 2018 at 35 – Born 1982
Giuliana Rancic (DePandi) – 47 years old
TV host, author, designer, reality show character, cancer survivor.Born 1974
Jorge Posada – 50 years old
The retired five-time All-Star catcher played his entire career with the New York Yankees.Born 1971
Dave Hollister – 51 years old
BLACKStreet/solo singerBorn 1970
Donnie Wahlberg – 52 years old
New Kids on the Block/actor (Dreamcatcher, Saw 3, Saw 4; TV’s Blue Bloods, Boomtown, Band of Brothers)Born 1969
Sean Penn – 61 years old
He won Best Actor Oscars for Milk (2009) and Mystic River (2004) and has been nominated three more times for the award: for I Am Sam, Sweet and Lowdown and Dead Man Walking. His directorial resume includes Into the Wild and The Crossing Guard, while his list of ex-wives includes Madonna and Robin Wright.Born 1960
Robert De Niro – 78 years old
Since winning an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actor) for The Godfather Part II in 1975, he has been nominated for Best Actor five times, winning in 1981 for Raging Bull. (The others were for Cape Fear, Awakenings, The Deer Hunter and Taxi Driver.) The founder of the TriBeCa Film Festival got a second Best Supporting Actor nod in 2013 for Silver Linings Playbook. Other recent films include The Irishman, Joker, Heat, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Analyse This and Analyse That.Born 1943