Kate Hudson, James Franco and Today’s Other Celebrity Birthdays

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS (4/19/11): KATE HUDSON - 32   Actress. Goldie Hawn's daughter. The world first took notice when she played 'Penny Lane' in Almost Famous, which also got her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Since then she's starred in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Raising Helen, and You, Me and Dupree to name a few.  

She's pregnant with another rock star's baby. This time the daddy is Matt Bellamy from the band Muse. And she's rockin' a pretty good baby bump these days ...

 --James Franco - 33  Currently co-starring with Natalie Portman in Your Highness, but playing  'Harry Osborn' in Spider-Man is what put him on the map ...

--ASHLEY JUDD - 43  She's the actress daughter of country music Superstar Naomi Judd. These days she's out promoting her book in which she details her traumatic childhood ...

Maybe her over-powdered face is why she's hiding ...

--Troy Polamalu - 30  Pittsburgh Steelers superstar safety ...

I personally HATE the Steelers, but I LOVE Troy's Head and Shoulders commercials. This one's my favorite ...

--Jesse James - 42  I wonder what Sandra is getting him for his birthday this year ...

What's your stand on Jesse James: D-bag or A-hole?

--Maria Sharapova - 24   Russian tennis star.  She's gotten in some trouble lately for wearing really short skirts and grunting loudly on the tennis court.  One of her grunts was measured at 101.2 decibels. That's louder than a LAWNMOWER!!!

And check out how nicely she cleans up ...

--Hayden Christensen - 30   Actor ...

 Best know for his role as Anakin Skywalker ...

--Jennifer Taylor - 39  She was Charlie's fiancée Chelsea on "Two and a Half Men"before the "Warlock" ruined it for everyone.