The MLB baseball playoffs have already begun and eight teams are battling it out for that prestigious World Series title. For over a century now, baseball has given us memorable moments like game-winning home runs,

Happy Birthday to "3rd Rock from the Sun" actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), socialite Paris Hilton (1981), actor Jason Ritter (1980), "Crossing Jordan" actor Jerry O'Connell (1974), country singer Bryan White (1974),

In recent years, it's become hip to pick on John Travolta for his movie choices. It's strange, considering not many actors can say that they've starred in three truly iconic films

Happy Birthday to "3rd Rock from the Sun" actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), socialite Paris Hilton (1981), actor Jason Ritter (1980), "Crossing Jordan" actor Jerry O'Connell (1974), country singer Bryan White (1974), Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), actress Denise Richards (1972),

Michelle Pfeiffer, Rene Russo and Kim Basinger were among the actresses lined up to play John Travolta's young bride in Urban Cowboy, a part which ended up going to Debra Winger. Travolta, who appears alongside Pfeiffer in new movie musical Hairspray, recalls the actress' audition, admitting he was stunned by her beauty - and that's what cost her the part.

Happy Birthday to "3rd Rock from the Sun" actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), socialite Paris Hilton (1981), actor Jason Ritter (1980), "Crossing Jordan" actor Jerry O'Connell (1974), country singer Bryan White (1974), Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), actress Denise Richards (1972), R&B/jazz singer Chante Moore (1967), basketball legend Michael Jordan (1963), comedian Larry the Cable Guy (1963), actor Lou Diamond Phillips (1962), Celtic singer Loreena McKennitt (1957), actress Rene Russo (1954), NFL running back-turned-actor Jim Brown (1936), "Home Improvement" star Richard Karn (1956), Irish actress Brenda Fricker (1945), Connecticut born singer Gene "The Rockville Rocket" Pitney (1941), television actress Mary Ann Mobley (1939), stage and screen actress Christina Pickles (1935), stage and screen actor Hal Holbrook (1925), and actor Arthur Kennedy (1914; d. 1990).

The "8th Annual A Home For The Holidays With Rod Stewart," a new entertainment special to be broadcast Friday, Dec. 22 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS, includes moving performances by Grammy Award winner Rod Stewart and special guests Five for Fighting, John Legend, Katharine McPhee and Mary Mary. Comedian Cedric the Entertainer, Miley Cyrus, Angie Harmon, Melina Kanakaredes, Rene Russo and Jeri Ryan present inspirational stories about adoption.

Pierce Brosnan is set to return to the big screen as master thief Thomas Crown in a remake of Peter Ustinov's 1964 crime caper Topkapi. Brosnan hopes to cleverly implant his Thomas Crown character into the 'Topkapi' plot, which revolved around the theft of a jeweled dagger from a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. The new film will be called "The Topkapi Affair."

Australian actress Naomi Watts has been offered the lead role in the remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror classic The Birds. Director Michael Bay's company will produce the new version of the film.