Happy Birthday to the following celebrities. Janis Ian is 57 , James Garner is 80 , Jackie Chan is 54 , Francis Ford Coppola is 69 , Billie Holiday would have been 93 , and Russell Crowe is 44.

Did you know…

That Russell Crowe once had a steamy love affair with Courtney Love and Meg Ryan. After his love affair with Meg Ryan, her husband Dennis Quaid dumped her, Crowe dumped her, and her career went into the toilet. I guess it was the kiss of death for her. In the 2000s, Crowe was nominated for three Oscars, and in 2001, he won the Academy Award as Best Actor for his starring role in the film Gladiator. On 7 April 2003, his 39th birthday, Crowe married Australian singer and actress Danielle Spencer. Crowe met Spencer while filming The Crossing (1990). Crowe and Spencer have two sons: Charles “Charlie” Spencer Crowe (born 21 December 2003) and Tennyson Spencer Crowe (born 7 July 2006).

Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. The director is currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also spends considerable time in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he is establishing a subsidiary of his production company, in support of the film he is planning to start shooting there in 2008. His daughter is Sofia Coppola, his sister is actress Talia Shire (Rocky), and his nephew is Nicholas Cage.

Jackie Chan is one of the best-known names in kung fu and action films worldwide for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons and innovative stunts. As a cultural icon, Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons and video games. Besides acting, Chan is a Cantopop star, having released 20 albums since 1984 and sung many of the theme songs for the films in which he has starred. In a 1999 scandal, he all but acknowledged paternity of a daughter with 1990 Miss Asia Pageant winner Elaine Ng,” although paparazzi had also linked Jackie to “everyone from the late Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng to sultry pop star and actress Anita Mui.

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