Happy Birthday to:

"The House Bunny" star Anna Faris (1976)

Blix Street Records, best known for the catalog of recordings by the late Eva Cassidy, has signed dynamic young blues-rock trio Back Door Slam and will release the band's debut recording, Roll Away, in early summer, with distribution in the U.S. through Ryko.

Happy Birthday to Scary Movie actress Anna Faris (1976), Baywatch babe Gena Lee Nolin (1971), New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera (1969), Saturday Night Live alum Ellen Cleghorne (1965), Hotel Rwanda star Don Cheadle (1964), brat pack actor Andrew McCarthy (1963), actress Kim Delaney (1961), actress Cathy Moriarty (1960), Canadian comedian Howie Mandel (1955), director Joel Coen (1954), comedian/actor Garry Shandling (1949), American trumpeter Chuck Mangione (1940), British bluesman John Mayall (1933), actress Diane Ladd (1932), The Chronicles of Narnia author C.S. Lewis (1898; d. 1963), and Little Women author Louisa May Alcott (1832; d. 1888).