birthday

It's hard to believe that Dakota Fanning is only sixteen, since it seems like she's been in her thirties since she was five, but this week was her big sweet sixteen birthday bash.

We don't know what she did, but judging by this picture, it looks like she had a wild time.

We're not used to Fanning in a tiara and ripped stockings. She's usually very put together. But it's nice to see that she's actually acting like a teenager for once.

Paris wasn't the only one celebrating a birthday this weekend. Rihanna's new boy toy Matt Kemp threw her a twenty-second birthday bash in Arizona with a few close friends.

They went barhopping in Scottsdale, and then ended at a club where Rihanna got a big little surprise.

Paris Hilton celebrated her twenty-ninth birthday in Las Vegas this past weekend, and did she ever.

A lot of people party and get messy for their birthdays, but no one quite does it like Paris, if these pictures give any idea.

And this is the second time in about a week we've talked about Paris' partying ways. Is the old Paris back in full force? If she goes back full-on, Lohan-style, it will be pretty pathetic, but on the upside she'll give us plenty to write about.

Every girl has had an 80s birthday party at some point, right? How old were you? Maybe fifteen?  Maybe in college? How about thirty-one?

Well, if you're Jennifer Love Hewitt, that's okay. Here she is (above) decked out and on the way to her thirty-first birthday party.

We're not really sure what look she's going for here, but we don't totally hate it. She's cute enough. But where's her boyfriend Jamie Kennedy dressed as Duckie?

Forty years ago Heather Graham was born. Shortly thereafter, she stopped aging.

The actress, who became famous in 1997 with her role in Boogie Nights, turned 40 yesterday. We'd ask her for her secret, but we're afraid it must involve bathing in the blood of virgins. 

Graham shares her birthday with none other than Oprah Winfrey, who turned 56 yesterday.

O celebrated by tweeting a picture of her "new birthday babies."

Happy Birthday, ladies!

We just needed to interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to wish a happy 75th birthday to the once and forever King of Rock 'n' Roll, and the original Hot Sauce, Mr. Elvis Presley.

We won't be making it to Graceland anytime soon, sadly, but we're all shook up, and we can't help falling in love with the man, the music, the myth, and the legend.

Elin Nordegren celebrated her 30th birthday by giving her cheating husband the cold shoulder.

She left Tiger Woods behind and spent New Year's skiing in the French Alps, celebrating her birthday in a swanky French chalet.

We say she's more than earned a weekend away. Happy Birthday, Elin!

Jay-Z turned forty last week and he turned it out in style with a huge Scarface-themed party in a rented mansion in the Domincian Republic.

But don't expect any photos because all the guests were required to turn over their cell phones so nothing would get out.

Last week (and before the bus crash), it was a "Party in the USA" for Miley Cyrus, as she celebrated her seventeenth birthday with style.

Her mom surprised her with an eighties-rocker-themed party that included this cake made by Buddy Valastro of Cake Boss, and with performances by the Rock of Ages cast.

That definitely does not sound like a Nashville party (or any seventeenth birthday party we've ever been to.), but it does sound awesome.

Here's an invite we wish hadn't gotten lost in the mail.

Frasier star Kelsey Grammer threw his wife, Camille Donatacci, a 40th birthday party last night and it sounded amazing.

In honor of Camille's time as a principle dancer on the show Club MTV, Grammar threw a white and silver themed party reminiscent of Studio 54 on the tennis court of his Malibu estate. Downtown Julie Brown, Alan Thicke, Fred Willard, Rob Schneider, Steven Weber, Jane Leeves and Peri Gilpin were among the stars on the guest list.