Entertainment History
On Feb. 21, 1985, Whitney Houston released her self-titled debut album.
In 1990, Milli Vanilli won the Grammy for best new artist. The duo
later gave up the Grammy in connection with a lip-synching scandal. In
1992, the Run-DMC rape trial came to an abrupt end in Cleveland when
the judge threw out the case. The woman who accused Run of raping her
admitted she had no evidence to support her claim. In 1995, Bruce
Springsteen performed live with the E Street Band for the first time in
seven years. Today's Birthdays: Actor Gary Lockwood ("2001: A Space
Odyssey") is 79. Actor Peter McEnery is 76. Record company executive
David Geffen is 73. Actress Tyne Daly is 70. Actor Anthony Daniels
(C3P0 in "Star Wars" films) is 70. Keyboardist Jerry Harrison (Talking
Heads) is 67. Actor William Petersen ("C.S.I.") is 63. Actor Kelsey
Grammer is 61. Singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 58. Actor Kim Coates
("Sons of Anarchy") is 58. Actor Jack Coleman is 58. Actor Christopher
Atkins is 55. Singer Ranking Roger of General Public and of English
Beat is 55. Actor William Baldwin is 53. Actress Aunjanue Ellis
("Quantico") is 47. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 46. Bassist Eric
Wilson (Sublime) is 46. Bassist Tad Kinchla of Blues Traveler is 43.
Singer Rhiannon Giddens of Carolina Chocolate Drops is 39. Actor Tituss
Burgess ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt") is 37. Actress Jennifer Love
Hewitt is 37. Opera/pop singer Charlotte Church is 30. Actress Ashley
Greene ("Twilight") is 29. Actress Ellen Page ("Inception," 'Juno") is
29. Actor Corbin Bleu ("High School Musical," 'Jump In!") is 27.
Actress Hayley Orrantia ("The Goldbergs"/former contestant "The X
Factor") is 22. Actress Sophie Turner ("Game of Thrones") is 20.
