Porn icon Traci Lords turns 41 today. Attorney H. Rodgin Cohen, the chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell and one of the foremost authorities on banking law, is 65. Former New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici is 77. Comedian Doug Benson is 35. Herbert Siegel, who assembled a media empire before selling it to Rupert Murdoch for $5 billion, is 81. Tech entrepreneur and occasional political candidate Andrew Rasiej is turning 51. Soap star Michael Knight of All My Children is turning 50. Acclaimed author Peter Carey is 65. And movie director Amy Heckerling (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Look Who's Talking, Clueless) turns 55 today.

Longtime TV investor Herb Siegel earned his biggest payday ever when he sold off Chris-Craft to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in 2001 for $5.3 billion.