Celebrity birthdays on Feb. 8

Composer-conductor John Williams is 80. ABC News anchor Ted Koppel is 72. Actor Nick Nolte is 71. Comedian Robert Klein is 70. Actor-guitarist Creed Batton (“The Office,’’ The Grass Roots) is 69. Actress Brooke Adams is 63. Actress Mary Steenburgen is 59. Author John Grisham is 57. Singer Vince Neil of Motley Crue is 51. Actress Mary McCormack is 43. Actor Seth Green is 38. Actress Karle Warren (“Judging Amy’’) is 20.

Robert Downey Jr a new father

Robert Downey Jr. has a new little junior in his house. Wife, producer Susan Downey, delivered a baby boy at 7:24 a.m. on Tuesday, his rep confirms to Us Weekly. They named the bundle Exton.

As seen on TV

Star of ABC’s ‘The River’: This is scary stuff

If you were one of the many who enjoyed getting creeped out by Paranormal Activity, now you can get similar shivers in the comfort of your own home every week. The brains behind the eerie hit turned franchise, Oren Peli, has moved his interests to the small screen with ABC’s The River, premiering 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Ricky Martin shakes it up on Glee

Forget Smash. Ricky Martin infused some life into Glee, dropping into McKinley High Tuesday night as David Martinez, dubbed the “The Hottest Spanish Teacher Ever in the History of Ohio.” He performed versions of LMFAO’ s Sexy and I Know It and Madonna’s La Isla Bonita.

Eva Mendes: Relationship with Ryan Gosling is private

Don’t look for dirt on Miami native Eva Mendes and her beau Ryan Gosling, who met on the set of the upcoming Place Beyond the Pines. “I feel uncomfortable talking about it,’’ she told Marie Claire’s March issue. The only thing Mendes, 37, would allow: “He’s your dream costar,’’ she says of the actor, 31. “I have never felt so creatively satisfied on a film.’’

Zsa Zsa Gabor turns 95 in style

Don’t count Zsa Zsa Gabor out just yet.

WFOR-TV/CBS4 names Rhiannon Alley as morning co-anchor

Set that alarm clock: WFOR-TV/CBS4 has named Kansas City native Rhiannon Ally as its new morning co-anchor. Ally came from WCBS-TV in New York and starts her gig Monday, joining the early bird shift, 5-7 a.m. The team already consists of co-anchor Jawan Strader, meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez and traffic ace Vanessa Borge.

Celebrity birthdays on Feb. 7

Actor Miguel Ferrer is 57. Comedian Robert Smigel (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) is 52. Actor James Spader is 52. Country singer Garth Brooks is 50. Comedian Chris Rock is 47. Actor Jason Gedrick (“Boomtown” ) is 45. Guitarist Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit is 37. Actor Ashton Kutcher is 34. Actress Tina Majorino (“Napoleon Dynamite”) is 27.