Celebrity Birthdays 2.17.11

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS (2/17/11):  Paris Hilton - 30  Amateur actress. Wannabe singer. Professional skank. Paris show up at your party in L.A, New York or Miami for $100,000. And no, she won't twist balloon animals or do magic tricks!

--Jerry O'Connell - 37   He's gone from being the chubby kid in "Stand By Me" to getting with Rebecca Romijn ANYTIME HE WANTS TO!!!  John Stamos still cries himself to sleep over that ... 

--Denise Richards - 40  One of Charlie Sheen's baby mammas.  The one that still speaks to him.

-- Michael Jordan - 48   The world's most famous and most marketable basketball star EVER. Sure, I could write about his on-court heroics or even his hilarious TV commercials, but I thought it'd be more fun to re-visit Space Jam, the movie where he co-starred with Bugs Bunny and the other great Looney Toons stars ...

--Bonnie Wright - 20  Ginny Weasley in the "Harry Potter" movies. Her character goes on to marry Harry Potter. Oops . . . did I just ruin Book 7 for you??? Sorry.

--Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 30  Arthur in "Inception", Tommy Solomon on "3rd Rock from the Sun", and Cobra Commander in the live action "G.I. Joe" movie.

--Jason Ritter - 31  John Ritter's son. He was Joan's disabled brother on the TV show "Joan of Arcadia", Will in "Freddy vs. Jason" and Jeb Bush in "W". He's now the lead role on the NBC show "The Event"

--Billie Joe Armstrong - 39  Green Day singer

--Larry The Cable Guy - 48  All together now: 'Git 'er done!'

--LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS!!! - 49  Remember him in Stand and Deliver? What about La Bamba?  These days he's a cholo in space on "Stargate Universe"

--Richard Karn - 55  Al Borland, on "Home Improvement" and one of the many former hosts of "Family Feud"

--Rene Russo - 57  MILF who's been in a ton of movies, including the Lethal Weapon movies. She recently joined the cast of the upcoming Thor movie playing the part of Thor's mother.