It pays to be a witch. Emma Watson, who plays Hermione in the Harry Potter movie series, hit the jackpot on her 18th birthday Tuesday — she was given full access to her Harry Potter fortune, worth a reported $20 million.

But Emma’s parents are no fools and refuse to see their daughter blow through her cash a la Lindsay Lohan. They marched the teen down to Coutts bank — the same peeps that manage the Queen’s money — and had her take serious lessons on such money management topics as investing, basic economics and philanthropy so she won’t blow her stash on leggings and coke.

Will it work? Only time will tell, but she’s got that gleam in her eye like she’s gonna hop on that shiny silver V8 Mercedes Broomstick she saw on the interwebs.

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Eminem has been too busy fighting the flab lately to perform, but that’s all about to change. The Em is scheduled to perform at the 90th birthday party of Nelson Mandela!

A guy who writes songs about murdering his wife and stuffing her body in the trunk of his car is a perfect choice to celebrate the life of a human rights champion. Obviously.

A source said, “We’re amazed to have Eminem on board. We wanted some of the greatest artists from recent times and Eminem was on the list.”

Ooh, maybe they’ll sing “Ebony and Ivory.”

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Turning 38 can be difficult for a lot of men, because it means that the big 4-0 is looming just around the corner.

Celebrating his 38th birthday today is an actor in Vince Vaughn — who is hardly having a tough time. The actor is currently enjoying a wave of success that began with “Swingers.”

The comic actor, for one, is becoming the new star of Christmas. After his “Fred Claus” swept up at the box office last winter, Vince Vaughn will be making holiday magic again — this time with Reese Witherspoon, when the duo stars in the upcoming comedy “Four Christmases.”

A story of a married couple forced to spend Christmas with two sets of divorced parents is just the latest in a string of successes for the actor of late. His “Wild West” comedy tour and its subsequent documentary film were huge hits — and as a friend of Will Farrell, Owen Wilson and the rest of the Frat Pack, he may blow out the candles on that birthday cake today… but Vince Vaughn’s lights will keep burning bright.

Happy Birthday, Vince!

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Everyone’s favorite cling-on, Kevin Federline — whose only actual achievement is somehow looking like a better parent than Britney Spears — celebrated turning the big 3-0 at Pure nightclub in Las Vegas last night.

But what fun is a party without people? K-Fed had this invititation Read the rest of this entry »

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Today’s Birthday Crown recipient is Miss Jessica Biel — known to us due to her acting appearances in such varied films as “The Illusionist” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” along with TV’s 7th Heaven. She was born on this day in 1982.

Also celebrating today…

• Kim Smith (1983) - Actress: Friday Night Lights, “Van Wilder”
• David Faustino (1974) - Actor: Married With Children
• Julie Bowen (1970) - Actress: Ed, Boston Legal, Lost
• Jackie Joyner (1962) - Olympic athlete
• Miranda Richardson (1958) - Oscar-nominated actress: “Damage,” “Tom & Viv,” “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
• Robert Gossett (1954) - Actor: The Closer
• Robyn Hitchcock (1953) - Singer/songwriter

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Birthday. Happy Birthday… to Mr Daniel Craig, who was born on this very day in 1968. Here’s the Bond man in our birthday crown (which we think offsets his ice-blue eyes very nicely):

Who else is celebrating today?

• Robert Iler (1985) - actor, The Sopranos
• Elizabeth Jagger (1984) - daughter of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall
  
• Bryce Dallas Howard (1981) - actress and daughter of Ron Howard
  
• Jon Bon Jovi (1962) - the singer who “…Give(s) Love a Bad Name”
• Jay Osmond (1955) - The Osmonds
• Laraine Newman (1952) - SNL comedian from 1975-80
  
• Karen Carpenter (1950) - singer, part of The Carpenters duo
• Gates McFadden (1949) - actress, Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Eddie Money (1949) - the ’70s singer who had “Two Tickets to Paradise”
• John Irving (1942) - author, “The World According to Garp” among others
  
• Desi Arnaz (1917) - Real-life and on-air husband of (I Love) “Lucyyyyy!”

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Wearing our birthday crown today is CSI’s George Eads, who was born in Fort Worth, Texas on March 1, 1967. The man turns 41 this year!

Who else celebrates today?

• Alicia Leigh Willis (1978) - actress: General Hospital, American Heiress, The L Word
  
• Jensen Ackles (1978) - actor: Supernatural
  
• Emily Holmes (1977) - actress: The Dead Zone, “Prisoners of the Sun”
  
• Cara Buono (1971) - actress, Third Watch, The Dead Zone, Sopranos
  
• Nik Kershaw (1958) - ’80s new-wave singer
  
• Tim Daly (1956) - actor: Wings, Private Practice, Eyes
  
• Ron Howard (1954) - actor, director, etc: Happy Days, “The DaVinci Code,” “A Beautiful Mind”
  
• Harry Belafonte (1927) - singer/King of Calypso: “Banana Boat Song (Day-O)”
• Alan Thicke (1947) - Growing Pains actor and father of singer Robin Thicke

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Who’s wearing our birthday crown today? It’s Antonio Sabato, Jr, who was born in Rome on February 29, 1972. That makes him 36 years old — even though, as a leap year baby, he’s only had 8 actual birthdays.

What other celebs get a year older today? Here are just a few birthdays:

• Dinah Shore (1916)
• Dennis Farina (1944)
• Tony Robbins (1960)
• Ja Rule (1976)
• Terrence Long (1976)

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