Celebrity birthdays for Dec. 21, 2016

Country singer Freddie Hart is 90. Talk-show host Phil Donahue is 81. Actress Jane Fonda is 79. Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 68. Actor Dennis Boutsikaris is 64. Singer Betty Wright is 63. Actress Jane Kaczmarek is 61. Country singer Lee Roy Parnell is 60. Entertainer Jim Rose of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow is 60. Actor-comedian Ray Romano is 59. Country singer Christy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 54. Drummer Murph of Dinosaur Jr. is 52. Guitarist Gabrielle Glaser is 51. Actor-comedian Andy Dick is 51. Actor Kiefer Sutherland is 50. Actress Karri Turner is 50. Actress Khrystyne Haje is 48. Country singer Brad Warren of The Warren Brothers is 48. Actress Julie Delpy is 47. Contemporary Christian singer Natalie Grant is 45. Singer-guitarist Brett Scallions is 45. Singer Lukas Rossi of Rock Star Supernova is 40. Actress Rutina Wesley is 38. Keyboardist Anna Bulbrook of Airborne Toxic … (more)

Here’s what Chic’s Nile Rodgers Said About the Rock and Roll Hall of…

Chic’s Nile Rodgers , the producer behind Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” and David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” will be receiving an award for musical excellence. His prize raises a big question Westword spoke with him about it in February: Why, after eleven nominations, has the disco sensation Chic still not been inducted? …thinking about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame brings a smile to my face, because if people knew me – and a lot of people at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame know me – they’d know I don’t make music for awards.