Happy Birthday to "Battlestar Galactica" actress Katee Sackhoff (1980), rapper Chino XL (1971), "Medium" star Patricia Arquette (1968), actress Robin Wright Penn (1966), DJ/rapper Biz Markie (1964),

Clint Eastwood's war epic Flags Of Our Fathers, musical Dreamgirls and Babel have emerged as early Oscars favorites after picking up 26 US Satellite Awards nominations between them. The stunning Iwo Jima battle sequences in Eastwood's new film earned the project a string of technical nominations among it's 10-honor haul, while "Dreamgirls" picked up two Original Song nominations and nods for stars Jennifer Hudson and Beyonce Knowles.

Tom Cruise and executives from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. are resurrecting United Artists, the movie studio founded more than 80 years ago by screen legends including Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford. MGM executives announced the new plans, which will have Cruise starring in and producing films for the studio, yesterday.

Happy Birthday to "Battlestar Galactica" actress Katee Sackhoff (1980), rapper Chino XL (1971), "Medium" star Patricia Arquette (1968), actress Robin Wright Penn (1966), DJ/rapper Biz Markie (1964), British musician/singer Julian Lennon (1963), Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin (1962), "The Dukes Of Hazzard" star John Schneider (1960), New York Yankee pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter (1946; d. 1999), and legendary Canadian actress Mary Pickford (1892; d. 1979).