Celeb Birthdays: July 4

Happy 4th of July! Remember, Mercury is stationing today, so puh-leeze exercise caution on the road and around fireworks. The whole idea of Mercury turning retrograde on a holiday when people like to drink and blow stuff up just makes me nervous! Anyway, on to today's crop of celebrity birthdays, which, I'm not gonna lie, is relatively slim.

Former MTV VJ and current CBS something-or-other Alison Stewart is 40.

At 42, Mark Slaughter is far too old to stay up all night and sleep all day. Designer Elie Saab is also 42. See Elie Saab's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Singer (I think) Ute Lemper is 43. Happy birthday to (I think) her. See Ute Lemper's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Spectacularly mulleted "Missing You" singer John Waite is 51. See John Waite's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Kennedy cousin Kathleen Kennedy Townsend turns 55 today. ~ Read about the connection between water signs and the "Kennedy curse"

Huge tool Intrepid journalist Geraldo Rivera is 63. See Geraldo Rivera's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Wish a lovely (birth)day to singer Bill Withers, 68, whose voice is like human Xanax

Yankee boss George Steinbrenner is 76. The ambitious Capricorn Ascendant comes as no surprise. See George Steinbrenner's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon turns 79. Actress Gina Lollobrigida, who apparently is still alive, also turns 79 today. See Neil Simon's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time) ~ See Gina Lollobrigida's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Actress Eva Marie Saint, who apparently is not only still alive but costarring in the new Superman Returns, turns 81 today. See Eva Marie Saint's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Witchy woman Leona Helmsley, a double Cancer with a materialistic Sun-Venus conjunction close to power-hungry Pluto, is 86. See Leona Helmsley's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Birth dates from IMDB.com. Please email me any corrections, additions or—especially appreciated!—exact birth times.