It’s the birthday

James Gandolfini is 44 today. Big party at the Bada Bing.

Actor Jack Warden is 85. Warden was nominated twice for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar — for Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. NewMexiKen liked him best as juror # 7 in 12 Angry Men.

Frankie Avalon is 65. (Annette will be 63 next month.)

And C.J. Sanders, the kid who played the young Ray (Charles) Robinson, is 9.