You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby

Seeing as how today is the birthday of one of our award-winning (if I get my birthday wish) bloggers, I thought it would be interesting to see who else was celebrating a birthday today. (Expect a similar entry in November.) Turns out that there are many, many, many beautiful, talented, and intelligent September 2 babies; however, this post will focus only on a special few.

Salma Hayek 

Born 9/2/66 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

Spicy Salma

This dyslexic actress was also one of People’s Most Beautiful. Twice. With a father of Lebanese descent, a mother of Spanish descent, and a French husband, it’s no surprise that this feisty female is also fluent in 4 languages. I assume English is one of them, despite the fact that I rarely understand the words that are coming out of her mouth. But, as someone recently told me, she doesn’t need words; she speaks the language of l-o-v-e. And this talented lady can speak “love” in FOUR different languages. Her husband is a lucky man.

Keanu Reeves 

Born 9/2/64 in Beirut, Lebanon

Kind, yet Kooky, Keanu

Another one of the “Beautiful People,” Keanu has had a surprisingly busy acting career considering he can’t act. Don’t get me wrong, I love the kid, but he needs to stick to the Bill & Ted and Parenthood type roles; even Speed wasn’t too big a stretch for his acting chops. It’s when he starts trying to do Shakespeare – and accents – that we have problems. Listen, the guy’s probably never going to win an Oscar (although, if Nicolas Cage can, then obviously movie-caliber miracles do happen) but he knows that. He owns that. And it makes him exponentially more likeable and his movies exponentially more tolerable. Bottom line, I may avoid his movies like the plague, but I still consider myself a Keanu Reeves fan.

Mark Harmon

Born 9/2/51 in Burbank, California

Celebrating the big 6-0!

Manly Mark

The only stateside-born entry on our list, this Sexiest Man Alive (seriously, those 9/2 babies are some bea-utiful people) has been married to Mindy from Mork and Mindy (aka Pam Dawber) for 24 years. He played quarterback at UCLA, was Ricky Nelson’s brother-in-law, and rescued two boys from a burning car after they crashed outside his home. Basically, he’s the coolest guy ever. (Eat your heart out, Chuck Norris.) AND, he stars on NCIS. NCIS is a pretty awesome show of its own merit, but it’s made even awesomer by the fact that its casting department was smart enough to cast a friend of All That Glitters’s in an episode. Sure, they killed her with her head in a toilet, but the rest of her body gave an Emmy-worthy performance. No one plays a corpse like she does.  

So, as you can see, it doesn’t get much more fabulous than a September 2 baby. But don’t feel bad; I’m sure your birthdates are almost as awesome. In the (slightly altered) words of Wicked’s Galinda, the (not quite as) Good (as she thinks) Witch, “You’ll be (fabulous). Just not quite as (fabulous) as meeee!”

And now, let’s celebrate. Pink champagne for everyone!