Happy Birthday to "Star Wars Episode III" star Ewan McGregor (1971), AC/DC guitarist Angus Young (1955), "Cheers" actress Rhea Perlman (1948), former US Vice President Al Gore (1948), "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Gabe Kaplan (1945),

Oprah Winfrey has been named America's leading philanthropic celebrity after handing over more than $50 million to charities in the past year. The media queen tops a new list of generous stars,

Happy Birthday to "Star Wars Episode III" star Ewan McGregor (1971), AC/DC guitarist Angus Young (1955), "Cheers" actress Rhea Perlman (1948), former US Vice President Al Gore (1948), "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Gabe Kaplan (1945), TV actress Valerie Curtin (1945), "Domino" actor Christopher Walken (1943), band leader Herb Alpert (1935),

Motown Records founder Berry Gordy is to be honored for his contribution to American music at an exclusive post-Grammy Awards event in Los Angeles.

Trumpeter Herb Alpert has donated $30 million to pay for a new music school at the University Of California, Los Angeles. The music mogul gave the money to the university's Los Angeles campus via his Herb Alpert Foundation.

On the fifth album of his career, appropriately titled Cinco De MOWO!, Adam Dorn a.k.a. Mocean Worker (pronounced Motion Worker) has assembled the quintessential "shake your ass and get down record" of 2007.

It's hard to imagine how Producer, DJ, Artist, and Allido label boss Mark Ronson found the time to bring this album to fruition.

Happy Birthday to "Star Wars Episode III" star Ewan McGregor (1971), AC/DC guitarist Angus Young (1955), "Cheers" actress Rhea Perlman (1948), former US Vice President Al Gore (1948), "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Gabe Kaplan (1945), TV actress Valerie Curtin (1945), "Domino" actor Christopher Walken (1943), band leader Herb Alpert (1935), "Partridge Family" actress Shirley Jones (1934), prolific actor Richard Chamberlain (1934), hockey legend Gordie Howe (1928), and Austrian composer Franz Josef Haydn (1732; d. 1809).

Writing one perfect album is hard enough. But nine? Come on! Who else in the history of recorded sound has even dared reach such a milestone? Neil Young? Bob Dylan? Herb Alpert? Tiny Tim? Throw out greatest-hits packages, and you've got maybe half a decent album among them! No, the only band to have hit the nine-album mark without so much as a bum note is Denton, Texas' Bowling for Soup. And there's no debating those stats, so don't even try!

Happy Birthday to "Star Wars Episode III" star Ewan McGregor (1971), AC/DC guitarist Angus Young (1955), "Cheers" actress Rhea Perlman (1948), former US Vice President Al Gore (1948), "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Gabe Kaplan (1945), TV actress Valerie Curtin (1945), "Domino" actor Christopher Walken (1943), band leader Herb Alpert (1935), "Partridge Family" actress Shirley Jones (1934), prolific actor Richard Chamberlain (1934), hockey legend Gordie Howe (1928), and Austrian composer Franz Josef Haydn (1732; d. 1809).