Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, August 19th, including:

1939 – Ginger Baker, musician
1940 – Jill St. John, actress
1942 – Fred Thompson, actor
1946 – Bill Clinton, former President of the United States
1946 – Danielle Steele, author
1948 – Gerald McRaney, actor
1948 – Tipper Gore, former Second Lady of the United States
1952 – Johnathan Frakes, actor
1955 – Peter Gallagher, actor
1956 – Adam Arkin, actor
1965 – Kyra Sedgwick, actress
1965 – Kevin Dillon, actor
1966 – Lee Ann Womack, musician
1969 – Matthew Perry, actor
1970 – Fat Joe, rapper
1973 – Callum Blue, actor
1982 – Erika Christensen, actress
1983 – Tammin Sursok, actress
1989 – Romeo Miller, rapper

also born today but no longer with us: Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, aviation inventor Orville Wright, fashion designer Coco Chanel, poet Ogden Nash, publisher Malcolm Forbes, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, author Frank McCourt, jockey Willie Shoemaker, producer Dawn Steele and rapper Nate Dogg,

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TNT’s popular police procedural, The Closer will end it’s reign of interrogation in 2011. Star Kyra Sedgewick has made the call and quit the quirky Brenda Johnson character. From the official press release:

TNT Announces Final Season of Landmark Hit THE CLOSER

TNT’s long-running, breakout hit THE CLOSER will wrap up its phenomenal run with a final season in 2011. The difficult decision to conclude the series with season seven was made by Kyra Sedgwick, the Emmy-winning star of THE CLOSER.

“It’s impossible to fully express our appreciation to Kyra Sedgwick, series creator James Duff and all of the other talented people who brought THE CLOSER to TNT viewers,” said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks. “THE CLOSER was a pivotal series in setting a new course for TNT’s original programming, while also serving as a prime example of the storytelling strength possible on cable television.”

“I cannot fathom how difficult it will be to say goodbye to the incredible family we’ve created on THE CLOSER,” Sedgwick said. “I will always be grateful to James Duff for his love and friendship, as well as for creating such a rich and complex character who I have loved living with year after year. Mike, Greer, Rick and all of our outstanding cast and crew are forever in my heart. I want to thank TNT and Warner Bros. Television, as well as the incredible fans of THE CLOSER, for all of their unwavering support over the last seven years.”

Season 6 is currently airing and the final shows for season 7 will be hit TNT in 2011.

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“In some ways, it’s sort of legal flirting. I’ve been married for so long�Kevin [Bacon] and I have been married 18 years�it’s not so bad to have a new pair of lips to kiss. Can I say that and be really honest?”

– Kyra Sedgwick to Parade Magazine on doing love scenes. Season 4 of her hit show, The Closer, begins Monday.

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