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Italian actress Sophia Loren (1934)

Happy Birthday to "Marie Antoinette" actress Asia Argento (1975), "3rd Rock From the Sun" actress Kristen Johnston (1967), film and tv actor Robert Rusler (1965), "Hero" actress Maggie Cheung (1964), "Office Space" actor Gary Cole (1956),

When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen she wondered how she would cope with being fired by a cultural icon. Turning to friends in show business she was assured she was not alone. Once the subject had been broached, everyone she knew from her rabbi and gynecologists to her colleagues had advice and their own accounts of getting the boot to offer.

* When old-timers Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara unveil the 2,328th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, they'll become only the fourth married couple to land a joint honor on the Tinseltown landmark. The other joint stars belong to Ozzie & Harriet Nelson, Fibber & Molly McGee and Sonny & Cher.

Funnyman Ben Stiller's parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, will become part of a very select group of Hollywood stars on Friday when they become one of only a handful of couples to receive a joint star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The couple will unveil the 2,328th star.

Happy Birthday to "Marie Antoinette" actress Asia Argento (1975), "3rd Rock From the Sun" actress Kristen Johnston (1967), film and tv actor Robert Rusler (1965), "Hero" actress Maggie Cheung (1964), "Office Space" actor Gary Cole (1956), glass artist Dale Chihuly (1941), Italian actress Sophia Loren (1934), and "Zoolander" actress Anne Meara (1929).