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It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia star Danny DeVito (1944)

Who hasn't heard the infamous rumor about Richard Gere and the gerbil? Is it true that Michael Jackson sleeps in a hyperbaric chamber? Did Tom Cruise really use sperm

Happy Birthday to musician Isaac Hanson (1980), French actress Sophie Marceau (1966), Latina model Daisy Fuentes (1966), cross-dressing diva RuPaul (1960), The Abyss actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958), Vermont screamer (click here!) Howard Dean (1948), It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia star Danny DeVito (1944),

The Bourne Identity star Matt Damon has laughed off persistent rumors his close friend George Clooney is homosexual. Damon, who stars alongside Clooney in Ocean's Eleven and its sequels, finds the speculation over the hunk's sexuality ridiculous, and insists there is no truth behind it - although he can't resist making a joke at Clooney's expense.

Happy Birthday to musician Isaac Hanson (1980), French actress Sophie Marceau (1966), Latina model Daisy Fuentes (1966), cross-dressing diva RuPaul (1960), The Abyss actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958), Vermont screamer (click here!) Howard Dean (1948), prolific actor/director Danny DeVito (1944), Saturday Night Live creator/producer Lorne Michaels (1944), pitching ace Tom Seaver (1944), actress Lauren Hutton (1942), director Martin Scorsese (1942), Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot (1938), acting great Rock Hudson (1925; d. 1985), and musician/songwriter Jeff Buckley (1966; d. 1997).

Universal Studios Home Entertainment celebrates the Golden Age of Hollywood this holiday season with the November 14 release of "Cary Grant: Screen Legend Collection," "Bing Crosby: Screen Legend Collection," and "Rock Hudson: Screen Legend Collection."

Richard Gere yesterday told an AIDS conference that the international media should lead the fight to conquer the disease. The actor, a long-standing AIDS activist, was speaking to media moguls from South Africa, India, Russia and the Caribbean.

* Wallace And Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit has been nominated for three British Animation Awards. The smash hit movie, which is also up for an Academy Award, leads nominations ahead of the ceremony in London next month. Other films represented at the event are Oscar rivals Corpse Bride, "Creature Comforts" and "Angry Kid" - the latter are both created by Aardman Animations, the home of Wallace And Gromit.

A new biography of Marlon Brando is expected to cause friction because it reportedly features a photograph of the screen star engaging in oral sex with another man. "Brandon Unzipped" by Darwin Porter exposes the actor as a prize lothario, romping his way through Hollywood with the biggest names, both male and female.