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Today's Birthdays: Baseball Hall of Famer and former U.S. Senator Jim Bunning, R-Ky., is 81. Movie director Philip Kaufman is 76. Soccer great Pele (pay-lay) is 72. Rhythm-and-blues singer Barbara Ann Hawkins (The Dixie Cups) is 69. ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross is 64. Actor Michael Rupert is 61. Movie director Ang Lee is 58. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 56. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 56. Community activist Martin Luther King III is 55. Movie director Sam Raimi is 53. Parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic is 53. Rock musician Robert Trujillo (Metallica) is 48. Christian/jazz singer David Thomas (Take 6) is 46. Rock musician Brian Nevin (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 46. Country singer-musician Junior Bryant is 44. Actor Jon Huertas is 43. Movie director Chris Weitz is 43. CNN medical reporter Dr. Sanjay Gupta is 43. Country singer Jimmy Wayne is 40. Actress Vivian Bang (TV: "Sullivan & Son") is 39. Rock musician Eric Bass (Shinedown) is 38. TV personality and host Cat Deeley is 36. Actor Ryan Reynolds is 36. Rock singer Matthew Shultz (Cage the Elephant) is 29. Actress Masiela Lusha (MAH'-see-ella loo-SHA') is 27. Actress Briana Evigan is 26. Actress Jessica Stroup is 26.