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10 Milestone Celebrity Birthdays in October
Cheers to Eminem Gabrielle Union and other stars celebrating big ones this month
Gabrielle Union (left) and Eminem Leon Bennett/Getty Images; Kurt Krieger/Corbis via Getty Images Jump to Celebrity Oct 1 Esai Morales 60
Paul Archuleta/Getty Images Best known for his leading role on NYPD Blue (not to mention his first name’s frequent appearance in crossword puzzles), Morales recently starred as the DC Comics super villain Deathstroke on the TV series Titans. He must have looked good being bad because soon after, he was cast as the main villain in the two-part Mission Impossible sequel, Dead Reckoning, which is set to be released in 2023 and 2024. Get instant access to members-only products and hundreds of discounts, a free second membership, and a subscription to AARP the Magazine. Oct 3 Tommy Lee 60
Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC The Mötley Crüe drummer was in the news earlier this year when Sebastian Stan portrayed him in the Hulu limited series Pam & Tommy, which chronicled the illegal distribution of his sex tape with then-wife Pamela Anderson. In October 2020, Lee released his third studio album, Andro, and recently reunited with his old Crüe members for a North American stadium tour with Def Leppard, Poison, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Homecoming. Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez had high praise for the actress known for her quirky comic roles (and being actor John Cusack’s sister): “What makes her so good at what she does and her career lasting is because she isn’t eccentric. It’s not strange for strange sake. She’s playing a person she’s built, and she earns it.” Oct 13 Jerry Rice 60
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver took a big swing in 2020 when he launched a new energy drink called GOAT Fuel, which includes Cordyceps mushrooms, an ingredient used in traditional Chinese medicine. The company has been an immediate success, and you can now find cans everywhere from 24-Hour Fitness to Walmart. This year, Rice also teamed up with the Red Cross to promote blood donation — even though he’s admitted to being afraid of needles for years! Entertainment Access curated AARP entertainment articles, essays, videos, films and more See more Entertainment offers > Oct 17 Eminem 50
Cooper Neill/Getty Images The controversy-courting enfant terrible of the late ’90s rap scene recently opened a Detroit restaurant called Mom’s Spaghetti, named after a lyric in “Lose Yourself,” his Oscar-winning anthem from 8 Mile. This year he played during the and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. And he recently recorded a song for the soundtrack called “The King and I.” Oct 21 Judge Judy Sheindlin 80
mpi04/MediaPunch/IPX The Brooklyn-born legal personality ended her Emmy-winning series Judge Judy last July after 25 years on the air — a feat that got her into Guinness World Records as the longest-running television arbitrator. But she wouldn’t be off the airways for long: Less than four months later, in November 2021, Sheindlin launched the Amazon Freevee streaming series Judy Justice, which many critics point out is almost identical to its predecessor. on the set of his spin-off series Better Call Saul, but he returned to work within a few months and finished out the acclaimed series, which had its finale in August. Odenkirk earned 11 Emmy nominations throughout its run, and this March, he released his hilarious book Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir. Oct 22 Jeff Goldblum 70
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic After appearing as a billionaire tech mogul earlier this year in the HBO Max comedy series Search Party, Goldblum returned to one of his most popular roles to date, Dr. Ian Malcolm, in Jurassic World Dominion. He’s also recently dabbled in the world of the gods in Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok, and he’s set to play the big guy himself, Zeus, in an upcoming Netflix series called Kaos, which updates Greek mythology to a contemporary setting. Oct 28 Brad Paisley 50
Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images This spring, the country superstar kicked off his World Tour 2022, which includes stops across North America, Europe and Australia. Paisley will be donating a portion of the proceeds to The Store, a referral-based free grocery store for low-income individuals and families in the Nashville area that he founded with his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, in 2020. “I knew there was a need, but it’s not until you open something like this that you really see it,” he told NBC Nightly News. “People were in tears.” Oct 29 Gabrielle Union 50
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images A recent honoree on Time’s 100 most influential people of 2020 list, Union released two books last year, the memoir You Got Anything Stronger? and the children’s book Shady Baby, which she cowrote with husband Dwyane Wade. This fall, she voices a pilot in the Disney animated sci-fi flick Strange World and stars in The Inspection, a drama about a young man who enlists in the Marines after his mother (Union) rejects him for being gay. She’s playing very against type in this role, as she and Wade have been nothing but supportive of their own trans daughter, Zaya, since she came out. Nicholas DeRenzo is a contributing writer who covers entertainment and travel. Previously he was executive editor of United Airlines’ Hemispheres magazine and his work has appeared in the New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel & Leisure, Sunset and New York magazine. MORE FROM AARP AARP NEWSLETTERS %{ newsLetterPromoText }% %{ description }% Subscribe AARP VALUE & MEMBER BENEFITS See more Restaurants offers > See more Travel Planning offers > See more Flowers & Gifts offers > See more Groceries offers > SAVE MONEY WITH THESE LIMITED-TIME OFFERS