Entertainment History
On February 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 80. Actor Peter McEnery is 77. Record company executive
David Geffen is 74. Actress Tyne Daly is 71. Actor Anthony Daniels
(C3P0 in "Star Wars" films) is 71. Keyboardist Jerry Harrison (Talking
Heads) is 68. Actor William Petersen ("C.S.I.") is 64. Actor Kelsey
Grammer is 62. Singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 59. Actor Kim Coates
("Sons of Anarchy") is 59. Actor Jack Coleman is 59. Actor Christopher
Atkins is 56. Singer Ranking Roger of General Public and of English
Beat is 56. Actor William Baldwin is 54. Actress Aunjanue Ellis
("Quantico") is 48. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 47. Bassist Eric
Wilson (Sublime) is 47. Bassist Tad Kinchla of Blues Traveler is 44.
Singer Rhiannon Giddens of Carolina Chocolate Drops is 40. Actor Tituss
Burgess ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt") is 38. Actress Jennifer Love
Hewitt is 38. Comedian Jordan Peele of Key and Peele is 38. Opera/pop
singer Charlotte Church is 31. Actress Ashley Greene ("Twilight") is
30. Actress Ellen Page ("Inception," 'Juno") is 30. Actor Corbin Bleu
("High School Musical," 'Jump In!") is 28. Actress Hayley Orrantia
("The Goldbergs"/former contestant "The X Factor") is 23. Actress
Sophie Turner ("Game of Thrones") is 21.
