birthdays
Robert Kessler · 12/03/12 12:39PM
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World's Oldest Woman Says She Got There by Being Super Boring
Caity Weaver · 08/27/12 05:52PMLouis Peitzman · 08/09/12 09:05PM
Louis Peitzman · 08/04/12 10:33AM
Happy 30th, Nicole Richie
Lauri Apple · 09/22/11 04:02AMHappy Birthday, Fox News!
John Cook · 09/21/11 04:13PMIt was fifteen years ago next month that the malevolent force known as Fox News Channel first ruptured Rupert Murdoch's birth-sac and emerged, steaming and foul, onto our television screens. The gang is all getting together to celebrate the upcoming special day with a party tonight at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan. Chelsea Piers, right on 11th Avenue around 23rd St. Everyone will be there—Roger, Bill, Gretchen, Steve, Sean, Jesse, Rupert. Go say hi!
Google Doodle Honors Freddie Mercury's 65th Birthday
Lauri Apple · 09/04/11 11:51PMHappy Birthday, Child Bride Courtney Stodden!
Maureen O'Connor · 08/29/11 12:52PMHappy Birthday, Mr. Treasury Secretary
Seth Abramovitch · 08/18/11 11:07PMWell, this is somehow fitting. No 2,000-person parties. No Jennifer Hudsons singing "Happy Birthday." No staff cheeseburger outings. No, the other 50th birthday of note in the administration—that of bedraggled Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner—was observed with only a single cupcake, poised on a Starbucks cup, barely sturdy enough to support the "5" and "0" candles lodged into its modest crown of icing, sprinkles and crushed nuts. Hang in there, Franzy. [Flickr via Atlantic Wire]
Madonna Celebrates 53rd Birthday with 24-Year-Old Boyfriend
Brian Moylan · 08/16/11 05:51PMDid You Know That Obama Hosted a 'Hip Hop BBQ' Yesterday?
Jim Newell · 08/05/11 12:42PMDavid Letterman Guesses How President Obama Celebrated His Birthday
Matt Cherette · 08/05/11 01:09AMPresident Obama turned 50 on Thursday and the stock market responded by crashing, so it's safe to say that any birthday celebrations at the White House today were probably a bit subdued. But what did Obama do to mark the occasion? On tonight's Late Show, David Letterman ventured some guesses as part of his Top 10 list. Video of the segment is above.
Happy 50th Birthday, Mr. President
Seth Abramovitch · 08/04/11 01:33AMHow Not to Prove Facebook Is Destroying Our Relationships
Adrian Chen · 08/02/11 12:46PM30 Years of MTV in Three Minutes
Brian Moylan · 08/01/11 01:09PMMTV turns 30 today. Instead of taking it out for an overpriced dinner and making jokes about how it's old, we compiled this video with some of the high and low spots of the channel's history—from Madonna's infamous "Like a Virgin" at the first Music Video Awards to Puck on The Real World, Downtown Julie Brown, and Jersey Shore.
The Great Debt Ceiling Deadline-Obama Birthday Party Conspiracy
Max Read · 07/18/11 10:18PMThe deadline for raising the debt ceiling—after which the U.S. is likely to default—is August 2. President Obama's birthday is August 4. Coincidence? Not according to America's stupidest congressman, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R - Texas)!
Obama's 50th Birthday Is the Easiest Fundraising Opportunity Ever
Jim Newell · 07/14/11 02:48PMPresident Obama will become a Man, finally, when he turns 50 on August 4 — the same day our first post-debt ceiling deadline interest payment is due! Yikes, let's forget about that. Because Obama will have some other priorities on this day of days: raking in as much money as possible for his campaign. You can't turn him down on his birthday, either; it would be against the Geneva Conventions, maybe.
Here's the Invite to Julian Assange's 40th Birthday Blowout
Adrian Chen · 07/11/11 05:36PMUnlike Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Oprah, you weren't invited to Julian Assange's 40th birthday bash yesterday in Norfolk, England. Neither were we. But we've snagged an invite anyway. Here's a copy of the email sent to a few dozen of "The Most Dangerous Man in the World's" friends before the party.