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  Celebrity birthdays on July 8

  Singer Jerry Vale is 83. Singer Steve Lawrence is 78. Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 69. Actress Kim Darby is 66.Actress Anjelica Huston is 62. Actor Kevin Bacon is 55. Country singer Toby Keith is 53. Keyboardist Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode is 52. Singer Joan Osborne is 51. Actor Billy Crudup is 45. Actor Michael Weatherly is 45. Singer Beck is 43. Actor Milo Ventimiglia is 36. Actress Sophia Bush is 31. Actor Jaden Smith is 15.
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  Singer Randy Travis remains in critical condition

  Country singer Randy Travis remained in critical condition Tuesday in a Texas hospital after doctors inserted a device to stabilize his weakened heart.
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  As seen on TV

  Tyler Florence hits the mall

  With The Great Food Truck Race, host Tyler Florence helped take the grunge stigma out of street eats. Now the celebrity chef, 42, is tackling mall fare in his new show, Food Court Wars, premiering at 10 p.m. Sunday on Food Network.
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  Celebrity birthdays on July 7

  Bandleader Doc Severinsen is 86. Drummer Ringo Starr is 73. Singer David Hodo (the construction worker) of The Village People is 66. Actress Shelley Duvall is 64. Actress Roz Ryan (“Amen”) is 62. Actor Billy Campbell is 54. Singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard (“Ally McBeal”) is 50. Actress Amy Carlson (“Blue Bloods”) is 45. Actress Jorja Fox (“CSI”) is 45. Actress Cree Summer (“A Different World”) is 44. Actor Troy Garity (“Barbershop”) is 40. Actress Berenice Bejo (“The Artist”) is 37. Actor Hamish Linklater (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 37.
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  The music scene

  Courtney Love on the comeback trail

  Courtney Love has changed. She’s just waiting for the world to notice.
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  Celebrity birthdays on July 6

  Actress-singer Della Reese is 82. Actor Ned Beatty is 76. Actor Burt Ward (“Batman”) is 68. Actor Sylvester Stallone is 67. Actress Allyce Beasley (“Moonlighting”) is 62. Actor Geoffrey Rush is 62. Actor Grant Goodeve (“Eight Is Enough”) is 61. Singer Nanci Griffith is 60. Actress Jennifer Saunders (“Absolutely Fabulous”) is 55. Rapper Inspectah Deck of Wu-Tang Clan is 43. Rapper 50 Cent is 38. Actor Jeremy Suarez (“Bernie Mac”) is 23.
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  Celebrity roundup

  50 Cent denies wrongdoing

  Rapper 50 Cent denies allegations he attacked his ex-girlfriend and trashed her Los Angeles condo.
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  As seen on TV

  Connor Jessup’s only human in alien drama ‘Falling Skies’

  Being a teenager is tough. Now try being taken over by an alien. Just ask Connor Jessup, who plays Ben Mason on TNT’s Sunday night series Falling Skies. After being rescued, Ben’s on the road to recovery now, as we see in season 3 of the Steven Spielberg-produced sci fi drama. The Canadian actor, 19, talks about his character’s road back to “normalcy” and other stuff.
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  Scene in the Tropics

  Pharrell cuts price of his crib

  Pharrell Williams has slashed the price of his three-story, five-bedroom, 6 1/2-bathroom Bristol Towers penthouse on Brickell Avenue by $5.9 million, according to real estate website Redfin.com. The sale price now? A bargain-basement $10.9 million.
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  The music scene

  No worries: Bobby McFerrin still happy

  For Bobby McFerrin, breaking new ground has always been synonymous with his music.
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  Celebrity birthdays on July 5

  Actress Katherine Helmond is 84. Actress Shirley Knight is 77. Musician Robbie Robertson is 70. Singer Huey Lewis is 63. Singer Marc Cohn is 54. Actress Edie Falco is 50. Rapper RZA is 44. Singer Joe is 40. Rapper Bizarre of D12 is 37. Singer Jason Wade of Lifehouse is 33. Musician Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum is 31.
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  July 4, 2013

  On Independence Day, a salute to all the single ladies

  Beyonce sang it best: “All the single ladies, all the single ladies!” Though the entertainer isn’t a bachelorette, plenty of Hollywood actresses are, and on Independence Day, we salute their spirit.

• Gossip extra

  Police report says Jonathan Eismann crash didn’t involve alcohol or drugs

  Former bigtime Miami Beach restaurateur Jonathan Eismann was released from jail on $16,000 bond over the weekend as a newly released police report shows he was not impaired when his SUV slammed into a passerby in October.
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  Celebrity birthdays on july 4

  Actress Eva Marie Saint is 89. Actress Gina Lollobrigida is 86. Playwright Neil Simon is 85. Singer Bill Withers is 75. Singer John Waite is 58. DJ Zonka (Big Audio Dynamite) is 51. Actor-comedian Al Madrigal (“The Daily Show”) is 42. Singer Stephen “Ste” McNally of BBMak is 35. Actress Becki Newton (“Ugly Betty”) is 35. Reality star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino (“Jersey Shore”) is 31. Singer Melanie Fiona is 30.
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  La vida local

  Rapper Meek Mill ordered to behave

  Meek Mill best be on his best behavior when he’s here performing at Nocturnal Nightclub Friday night.

• Celebrity roundup

  James Gandolfini’s $70 million estate

  Will you miss Alec Baldwin on Twitter? Don’t answer that. The volatile actor told Vanity Fair he will “never” tweet again because Twitter is “a waste of time.”
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  On the shelves

  Kylie Minogue’s fashion instincts

  Before Lady Gaga, Rihanna or Katy Perry married music with fashion, there was Kylie Minogue.
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  Celebrity birthdays on July 3

  Singer Judith Durham of The Seekers is 70. Actor Michael Cole (“The Mod Squad”) is 68. Country singer Johnny Lee is 67. Writer Dave Barry is 66. Actress Betty Buckley is 66. Talk-show host Montel Williams is 57. Actor Tom Cruise is 51. Actress Hunter Tylo is 51. Actress Connie Nielsen (“Gladiator”) is 49. Actress Yeardley Smith is 49. Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 34. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer (“Oliver Beene”) is 22.
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  Celebrity roundup

  Has Rob Pattinson moved on?

  No moping around for Robert Pattinson. Kristen Stewart’s ex was photographed with a woman in his car who resembled Elvis Presley’s actress granddaughter Riley Keough.
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  La vida local

  Gabrielle Union in new role; Big Ang turns 51

  Here’s a little ditty that may help you out during entertainment trivia games: Gabrielle Union was up for Kerry Washington’s role in Scandal. Though Dwyane Wade’s No. 1 fan likely would have done a good job in that ABC vehicle, Union has no regrets: That audition led to other opportunities.

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