Celebrity Birthdays

A pair of acting heavyweights celebrate birthdays today.

First, Captain Jack Sparrow himself turns 48. Arguably the greatest actor of his generation - aka The Anti-Jennifer Love Hewitt - Johnny Depp most recently anchored Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and will next be seen in The Rum Diary.

Natalie Portman, meanwhile, turns 30. The reigning Best Actress starred in Thor this summer and does not have a new film in production.

Send in your best birthday wishes to these A-listers now!

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Man. It's hard to believe that it's been five years since The Hollywood Gossip burst onto the celebrity gossip scene with a single news article.

6/6/06. You couldn't plan it any better.

Lindsay Lohan, whose downward spiral continues to this day, was fittingly the topic of our first-ever story. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

To commemorate THG's 5th birthday, let's look back at the stars who have generated the most buzz on our site for every month we've been around ...

Blake is June's hottest topic thus far ... in more ways than one.

June 2011: Blake Lively. June is only six days old, but whether they're fake or not, the nude Blake Lively pics already have this wrapped up.

May 2011: Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Sperminator didn't make the list for acting, but for his role in fathering Mildred "Patty" Baena's kid.

April 2011: Kate Middleton. Marrying Prince William in the TV event of the year, Kate rose to worldwide fame with nary a scandal involved. Only love.

March 2011: Charlie Sheen. Benders. Wars of words. 911 calls. Tiger blood. Porn family. #WINNING. It takes a unique man to redefine all of these things.

February 2011: Lindsay Lohan. The girl effs up and/or falls off the wagon so often, we did entire fashion segments on her courtroom attire.

January 2011: Lady Gaga. Without question, the hardest working woman in showbiz, not to mention one of the most unique and entertaining.

She's, oddly enough, one of the most controversial stars on the planet.

But she's also one of the biggest. And she's a THG favorite for all her charity work and her healthy perspective on what's important.

Therefore, we're proud to wish Angelina Jolie a very happy 36th birthday. In honor of the occasion, we also wish her a preemptive congratulations on a possibly impending wedding and we encourage readers to chime in with their birthday messages.

Enjoy the following montage of this A-lister, highlighted below by ridiculous tabloid covers of the actress...

Bob Dylan turns 70 years old today. But you wouldn't know it if you followed this legend's touring schedule.

The icon has played in Ho Chi Minh City and Australia, among other locales, over the past couple months. “I’m a firm believer in the longer you live, the better you get,” the rocker said. In 1968.

With timeless material such as "Blowin’ in the Wind," "Like a Rolling Stone," "Mr. Tambourine Man," and "Mississippi," who knows for how long Dylan will play and travel. We can't see the Minnesota native slowing down any time soon, nor would we want him to.

So happy birthday, Bob Dylan! May your talent and energy never be a-changin.

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Just two days after losing primary custody of her daughter, Leah, to baby daddy and occasional fiance Gary Shirley, Teen Mom wreck Amber Portwood partied it up with Shirley at a bar to celebrate her 21st birthday.

Pretty standard for the Anderson, Ind., couple.

Congratulations to Amber on reaching the big 2-1, and more importantly, for marking the milestone last Saturday but not getting arrested! Baby steps!

Amber, Gary and Leah make one big, happy family. Emphasis on .. forget it.

We actually haven't heard much from Amber Portwood in recent weeks, which likely means she's staying out of trouble and getting her $h!t together.

Well, maybe not, but let's take a glass-half-full attitude in honor of her birthday, shall we? She could certainly use all the help she can get ...

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Megan Fox could really use your birthday wishes.

The gorgeous actress lost out on her Transformers gig to Rosie Huntington-Whiteley last year and has faced numerous plastic surgery questions over the last few months.

Sure, Fox recently got married to long-time boyfriend Brian Austin Green, and she could still cause multiple traffic accidents by just walking down the street, but the new 25-year old hasn't had the best professional run of her life these days. Hang in there, Megan! We're still hoping you get naked on screen rooting for you!

His character in the Twilight Saga may never age, but Robert Pattinson has reason to celebrate on Friday the 13th this year: the yummy actor turns 25 today!

Coming off a modest hit in Water for Elephants, R. Patt will be making plenty of media rounds over the next few months as he promotes Breaking Dawn. It hits theaters in November.

He'll be accompanied throughout by girlfriend Kristen Stewart, of course, as that pair remains as tight as ever... despite what you may read in the tabloids.

What do you get a star who has it all? Just your heartfelt birthday wishes, of course. Send them in now and then click around the Robert Pattinson photo montage below:

Happy birthday to the sextuplets of Jon and Kate Gosselin!

Alexis Faith, Hannah Joy, Aaden Jonathan, Collin Thomas, Leah Hope and Joel Kevin Gosselin turn seven today (older sisters Cara and Mady are 10).

Naturally, one of the two birthday parties Kate Gosselin will throw for the kids will be for the benefit of the TLC cameras for airing on Kate Plus Eight.

The second will be at home. No word if she will invite Jon Gosselin to that one, but they've actually gotten along better lately, so here's hoping.

In any case, happy birthday to six adorable youngsters ...

Kids. They grow up so fast.

Needless to say, Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel have not had your standard upbringing. Hopefully things mellow out in the coming years.

Kourtney Kardashian and Suri Cruise just turned a combined 37!

The reality TV star and daughter of TomKat both turned another year older and wiser on April 18 (sorry for the belated wishes, ladies). Despite their age gap, Kourtney (32) and Suri (5) have something in common - being famous for no reason!

Sorry. We kid. Well, mostly.

There are similarities if you think about it. Both are often associated with crazy men (Scott Disick, Tom Cruise) and 97 percent of what you read about them is BS!

Anyway, here's wishing a happy birthday to Suri. Hope you had fun, cutie!

Happy birthday to Kourtney Kardashian too, we guess, even if we'll never forgive her for rejecting THG's Co-President on the first season of Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami, then getting knocked up by Scott like a week later.

OMG. It's Kristen Stewart's birthday today - her 21st no less!

The Los Angeles native racked up an impressive number of film and TV credits before 2008, but it was then that Twilight launched her into mega-stardom.

She's come a long way since those early brooding, awkward days. Okay, those days are still here, but a little less prevalent for the burgeoning A-lister.

With Breaking Dawn set to end the saga, she has a long, bright future ahead of her ... hopefully with co-star Robert Pattinson by her side throughout.

Click to enlarge some of our favorite Kristen Stewart pictures and be sure to wish the actress a happy 21st birthday by leaving a comment below ...