The following Hometown Radio Station fans, friends and family are celebrating birthdays or anniversaries today. If you’d like to submit a birthday or anniversary or check out recent birthdays and anniversaries, visit our Birthdays and Anniversaries page!
Celebrating a birthday today … HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Catherine Sinclair of Punxsutawney
Joe Zambory of Punxsutawney
Celebrating an anniversary today … HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Heath and Sunni Reddinger of Punxsutawney
Matt and Jodi Dinger of Punxsutawney (belated, August 13)
Joe and Carolyn Zambory of Punxsutawney (belated, August 10)
Hometown Birthdays and Anniversaries are brought to you by Totally Caked (105 N. Findley Street, Punxsutawney, PA 15767 814-956-2044)! Each birthday and anniversary submission is entered into a drawing for a 6-pack of Totally Caked cupcakes! Winner will be announced every Friday afternoon @ 2:50 PM. The winner must stop into the WPXZ station and pick up their gift certificate for the 6 pack of cupcakes. The winner must call the shop and order their cupcakes so they can choose their favorite flavor! Gift Certificate does expire 30 days after their birthday.
On this day:
Musician Dash Crofts is 85. (Born 1940) He was a member of the duo Seals and Crofts.
Former Second Lady Lynne Cheney is 84. (Born 1941) She’s married to former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Country singer Connie Smith is 84. (Born 1941) A similarity has been noted between her vocal style and the stylings of country vocalist Patsy Cline.
Award-winning comedian and actor Steve Martin is 80. (Born 1945) He won an Emmy for his writing on “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.” Over his distinguished career he has earned five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 2013. His acting credits include the “The Pink Panther” movies, “Three Amigos,” “The Big Year,” “Its Complicated,” “Cheaper By The Dozen,” “Bringing Down The House,” “Father of the Bride,” “All of Me,” and “The Jerk.” He stars in the Hulu series “Only Murders in the Building.”
Broadway star Sarah Brightman is 65. (Born 1960) The role of Christine was written specifically for her in Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of “The Phantom of the Opera.”
Former professional NBA star Magic Johnson is 66. (Born 1959)
Actress Susan Olsen is 64. (Born 1961) She played Cindy Brady on the TV show “The Brady Bunch.”
Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry is 59. (Born 1966) Berry won an Oscar for her work in the movie “Monster’s Ball.” She also finished as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and came in sixth in the Miss World 1986. Her credits include the TV series “Extant,” and the films “The Call,” “Dark Tide,” “Cloud Atlas,” “Catwoman,” “Gothika,” “Die Another Day,” “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,” “Boomerang,” and the “X-Men” movies.
Actress Catherine Bell is 57. (Born 1968) Her credits include the film “Bruce Almighty” and the TV shows “JAG” and “Army Wives.”
Actress Mila Kunis is 42. (Born 1983) Her credits include the sitcom “That ’70s Show” and the movies “Blood Ties,” “Oz The Great and Powerful,” “Ted,” “Friends With Benefits,” “Black Swan,” “Date Night,” “American Psycho 2” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” She also provides the voice of Meg Griffin for the animated TV series “Family Guy.” She has two children with her husband and fellow actor, Ashton Kutcher
Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt is 42. (Born 1983) He became known for dating Heidi Montag in 2007, who was a primary cast member of the reality television series “The Hills.” He married Montag in 2008.
Radio host Nick Grimshaw is 41. (Born 1984) He is known for hosting “The Radio 1 Breakfast Show” on BBC Radio One.
Former NFL player Tim Tebow is 38. (Born 1987) He played in both the NFL and the MLB. Tebow won the Heisman Trophy in 2007.
Actress Brianna Hildebrand is 29. (Born 1996) Her feature film debut was in “Deadpool.”
Singer Austin Porter is 28. (Born 1997) He is a member of the pop boy band PRETTYMUCH.
TikToker Bryce Hall is 26. (Born 1999) He has accumulated almost 24-million followers on the platform.
Actress Marsai Martin is 21. (Born 2004) She played the role of Diane Johnson on the ABC sitcom “Black-ish.” In 2019, Martin starred in the comedy film “Little,” which she also produced, becoming the youngest person to ever produce a movie.
These famous people would have celebrated birthdays on this day:
Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton. (Born 1860) He founded the Boy Scouts of America.
Writer Ernest Thayer. (Born 1863) He penned the classic baseball poem “Casey at the Bat.”
Tony Award-winning actress Alice Ghostley. (Born 1923) She won the Tony for her work in the Broadway show “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.” Her screen credits include television shows “Designing Women” and “Bewitched” and the film “The Graduate.”
Baseball Hall of Famer Earl Weaver. (Born 1930)
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer David Crosby. (Born 1941) The legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist was inducted into the Rock Hall twice as a member of the groups The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
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