TODAY IS

Taran Noah Smith, one of the many three-named kids (Mark) from "Home Improvement" turns 32 today.

• Of course, we'll never know if he ever has kids, as Tim Allen moved on to another TV family.
• He's another one in a long list of child actors who turned 18 and found out that his parents spent his trust fund on a house. Not that a house could ever be a bad investment.

Robin Wright turns the big 5-0 today.

• As her love life will testify, there is no Mr. Wright.
• She's done some pretty remarkable things in Hollywood, like "The Princess Bride"... and surviving a marriage to Sean Penn.
• She was also the girl Forrest Gump was enamored with in the movie... uh, shoot... why can't I remember the name of that movie?

One of John Lennon's sons, Julian turns 53 today. That's 13 years longer than his father got.

Steve Howe of Yes and Asia turns 69. I know what you're thinking: "No!"

Darlene Gillespie, one of the original Mouseketeers, turns 75 today. That seems so long ago.

Name Yourself Day -- A judge in Pittsburgh recently turned down a man's request to legally change his name to Boomer the Dog. He was quite the fan of obscure TV and says he filed for the name change because he's a fan of a short-lived 1980s NBC television series called "Here's Boomer.