Actress Tina Louise is 79.
Actor Burt Reynolds is 77.
Songwriter Gerry Goffin is 74.
Musician Sergio Mendes is 72.
R&B singer Otis Clay is 71.
Actress Catherine Hickland is 57.
Drummer David Uosikkinen of The Hooters is 57.
Actress Carey Lowell is 52.
Singer Sheryl Crow is 51.
Actress Jennifer Aniston is 44.
Singer D’Angelo is 39.
Actor Brice Beckham is 37.
Vocalist Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and of Fort Minor is 36.
Singer-actress Brandy is 34.
Actor Matthew Lawrence is 33.
Singer Kelly Rowland (Destiny’s Child) is 32.
Singer Aubrey O’Day (Danity Kane) is 29.
Actor Taylor Lautner is 21.

“Identity Thief” has turned out to be the real thing at the box office.

The comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy debuted at No. 1 with a $36.6 million opening weekend.

“Identity Thief” opened solidly despite the winter storm that buried much of the Northeast. Distributor Universal Pictures estimates the storm might have choked off as much as 10 percent of the movie’s business.

According to studio estimates Sunday, the previous weekend’s top movie, the zombie romance “Warm Bodies,” fell to No. 2 with $11.5 million. That raises its domestic total to $36.7 million.

The weekend’s other new wide release, Steven Soderbergh’s thriller “Side Effects,” had a modest opening of $10 million, coming in at No. 3.

Actor Miguel Ferrer is 58
Saxophonist Brian Travers of UB40 is 54
Comedian Robert Smigel (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) is 53
Actor James Spader is 53
Country singer Garth Brooks is 51
Keyboardist David Bryan of Bon Jovi is 51
Comedian Chris Rock is 48
Actor Jason Gedrick is 46
Guitarist Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit is 38
Bassist Tom Blankenship of My Morning Jacket is 35
Actor Ashton Kutcher is 35
Actress Tina Majorino is 28.

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is 96
Actor Patrick MacNee is 91
Actor Rip Torn is 82
Actress Mamie Van Doren is 82
Actor Mike Farrell is 74
Actress Gayle Hunnicutt is 70
Singer Fabian is 70
Actor Michael Tucker is 69
Singer Natalie Cole is 63
Actor Jon Walmsley is 57
Actor-director Robert Townsend is 56
Actress Kathy Najimy is 56
Drummer Simon Phillips of Toto is 56
Actor Barry Miller is 55
Actress Megan Gallagher is 53
Country singer Richie McDonald (Lonestar) is 51
Vocalist Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses is 51
Singer Rick Astley is 47
Bassist Tim Brown of the Boo Radleys is 44

Playing 2/8 thru 2/13
Screen #1
Identity Thief….12:30, 4:20, 7:05 & 9:40
R (must ID)
Screen #2
Warm Bodies….12:30, 4:00, 7:05 & 9:45
Screen #3
Mama….12:20, 4:15, 7:00 & 9:45
Screen #4
Zero Dark Thirty….12:00, 3:30, 6:50 & 10:15
R (must ID)
Screen #5
Hansel & Gretel 3D….12:15, 4:15, 7:20 & 10:00
R (must ID)
Screen #6
Lincoln….12:20 & 6:50
Parker….4:00 & 10:00
R (must ID)

1818 – Composer Henry Charles Litolff was born.

1939 – Elvis Presley’s father, Vernon, was released from prison after serving 8 months for altering a check.

1943 – Frank Sinatra made his debut as vocalist on radio’s “Your Hit Parade.”

1960 – Jesse Belvin and his wife died in an automobile accident in Los Angeles.

1970 – John Lennon’s “Instant Karma” with Yoko Ono’s “Who Has Seen the Wind?” was released in the U.K.

1971 – Richard Thompson leaves Fairport Convention.

1981 – Former Beatles, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison teamed up to record a musical tribute to

1987 – Joan Jett made her acting debut in “Light Of Day.”

1987 – Sonny Bono declared his candidacy for mayor of Palm Springs.

1990 – Billy Idol broke several bones in a serious motorcycle accident. As a result he could not appear in Oliver Stone’s “The Doors” in a major role.

1998 – Falco died in a traffic accident in the Dominican Republic.

2002 – Celine Dion’s “A New Day Has Come” was released for radio play. It was her first new song in two years.

2003 – 50 Cent’s debut album “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” was released.

The North Platte Public Library wants to give you a free lesson on using your eReaders to borrow books through the Nebraska Overdrive Libraries system.

Instruction on using Kindle Fires will be held at 7:00pm on February 5; using iPads will be held at 9:30am and February 7 and using Nooks on February 8 at 2:00pm.  Attendees need to bring their device, cord and library cards.  Kindle users will need to know their Amazon account log in information.

Please call the Library at (308) 535-8036 to register.

 

The love-struck zombies of “Warm Bodies” swarmed the box office on Super Bowl weekend with a $20 million opening.

The Lionsgate PG-13 film easily led the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. The weekend of the Super Bowl always means a significant slide in movie-going on Sunday, but “Warm Bodies” still lured many teenage fans.

The film is about a zombie whose love for a human redeems him. Lionsgate, which also released the “Twilight” saga, is calling it a “rom-zom-com” for its mix of humor, romance and the supernatural.

Action films continued to fare poorly in 2013, as Sylvester Stallone’s “Bullet to the Head” opened with just $4.5 million.

The Food Processing Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is sponsoring an ice cream contest for Nebraska’s high school sophomores and juniors.

Their challenge: Create a new ice cream flavor.

Participants may use extracts, colors, sauces and purees alone or in combination. Solid additions, such as chocolate chips, cookie pieces or nuts, are allowed but not required.

Entries will be evaluated on the basis of uniqueness of concept, overall appeal and feasibility. The winning recipe will become the sole property of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Entry deadline is April 2, with the winner announced by April 30. The $1,500 scholarship awarded to the winner is contingent on the student enrolling at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in a declared food science and technology major.

Frank Ocean says he won’t pursue criminal charges against Chris Brown, who is alleged to have punched Ocean in a recent fight.

The R&B star wrote on his Tumblr page Saturday that he wants peace instead of criminal charges or a civil lawsuit.

Brown is under investigation for his role in a fight outside a West Hollywood recording studio on Jan. 27. Witnesses told Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies that Brown punched someone during an argument over a parking space.

Authorities didn’t identify the victim, but the celebrity website TMZ said the fight involved Ocean later tweeted that he “got jumped by Chris and a couple guys” and suffered a finger cut.

Brown has not commented on the allegation.