Hollywood Minute Wednesday July 23^rd

LA2DAY's Hollywood Minute highlights Tinsel Town's headlining news, celebrity birthdays and entertainment events.

Celebrity Birthdays

Charisma Carpenter 1970
Gloria DeHaven 1925
Omar Epps 1973
Woody Harrelson 1961
Don Imus 1940
Eriq LaSalle 1962
Larry Manetti 1947
Edie McClurg 1950
Daniel Radcliffe 1989
Terence Stamp 1939
Marlon Wayans 1972

[Vic Morrow and 2 child actors killed during filming of "Twilight Zone," 1982.]

In the News

The latest Forbes list has announced Cameron Diaz as the highest paid actress in Hollywood.

She beat out other fellow Hollywood heavyweights Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston. Diaz banked in 50 million last year alone from Shrek Three and What Happens in Vegas proceeds.

Cameron's movie list for 2009 includes; My Sister's Keeper and Shrek Goes Fourth.

Leading ladies that round off the top 5 earnings for last year

5. Gwyneth Paltrow $25 million
4. Reese Witherspoon $25 million
3. Jennifer Aniston $27 million
2. Keira Knightley $32 million
1. Cameron Diaz $50 million

The stork has flown into the Garner/Affleck house. Jennifer Garner sources confirm that the actress is four months pregnant with her second child.

Both Affleck and Garner have been praised for being great parents.

Affleck, 35, also is "totally insane about Violet," says one of his longtime friends. "I know how much he enjoys being a parent. He gushes over Violet. He says she's really smart, she's really verbal and she's got a funny personality. He's happy to be a father and she's happy to be a mother."

Today's Hollywood Events

5:00 p.m. - Film premiere; 20th Century Fox presents THE X-
FILES: I WANT TO BELIEV. Grauman's Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood.

5:30 p.m. - Rock For MS benefit concert with host D.L. Hughley
and Hilary Duff's drummer Shauney Baby. Live benefit concert Key
Club, 9039 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood.

5:30 p.m. - Launch event for POSITIVELY GREEN, the new women's
green magazine. Hollywood Falcon

7:00 p.m. - Bookstore appearance by John Barrowman [Doctor Who,
Torchwood] signing his autobio, ANYTHING GOES. 8818
Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Contact: Book Soup

7:00 p.m. - Legendary Bingo Night with celebrity ball callers
Ryan Brown, Jeff Lewis and Jenni Pulos from Bravo's FLIPPING
OUT. Hamburger Mary's, 8288 West Santa Monica
Blvd., West Hollywood

8:00 p.m. - In concert; Steely Dan. NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE,
777 Chick Hearn Court, between Figueroa Street and Georgia
Street, Los Angeles.

9:00 p.m. - Kick-Off Event for the Nike+Human Race, which takes
place worldwide on August 31. The Montalbán Theatre, 1615 N. Vine Street.,
Hollywood.