BIG 5-Oh
Star Jones
BIRTHDAY: MARCH 24
Back when she was 40, the
former New York assistant
D.A. and NBC legal correspondent was cohost of The View
and weighed more than 300
pounds. Today Jones has shed
the View gig, plus half of that
weight (thanks to gastric-bypass surgery). Her stint last
year on Celebrity Apprentice
earned $169,000 for the
American Heart Association
(she had heart-bypass surgery
in 2010). Is she bitter about her
unplanned 2006 departure
from The View Well, her recent novel, Satan’s Sisters, stars
five backstabbing, sexually
voracious women who host a
talk show. Meow! —Bill Newcott
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SHERYL CROW
February 11
Writing songs
for a musical
based on the
movie Diner.
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JON BON JOVI
March 2
The New Jersey
native’s founda-
tion is cleaning
up Camden.
50
ROSIE O’DONNELL
March 21
Her Happy Meal
toy collection
once totaled
2,500-plus items.
60
AMY TAN
February 19
Lyme disease
victim now raises
awareness of
the ailment.
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BOB COSTAS
March 22
Seriously, where
do you keep 19
Emmy Award
trophies?
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PETER TORK
February 13
Ex-Monkee plays
12 instruments,
including a very
mean banjo.
