Rainn Wilson (aka Dwight Schrute) is 43 on Jan. 20. Having seen “The Rocker” and “Juno,” we hope he sticks with his day job on “The Office.”

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Kid Rock waits patiently in line behind Tommy Lee for his next marriage to Pamela Anderson. He’s 38 on Jan. 17. (Full article and comments)

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Though pale vampires seem to be all the rage, we wish undead rocker Marilyn Manson (pictured) would add a bit of bronzer to his makeup palate when he turns 40 on Jan. 5.

 

Perky news anchor Katie Couric has received mixed reviews since moving to prime time, but we applaud her bold move. She’s 52 on Jan. 7.

 

He's no national treasure, but Nicolas Cage is the birthday boy, turning 45 on Jan. 7.

 

“Trapped in the closet” singer R. Kelly is 42 this Jan. 8, technically old enough to be a grandfather to the minors he seems to prefer.

 

Marilyn Manson owes sexually ambiguous rocker David Bowie a debt of thanks—if not millions in royalties. Ziggy Stardust himself is 62 on Jan. 8.

 

We'd crack a joke at his expense, but lean green grilling machine pitchman George Foreman, who’s 60 on Jan. 10, looks like he could still kick our butt.

 

All the hair gel and ridiculously hot young wives in the world can’t keep Rod Stewart looking “Forever Young.” The rock ‘n’ roll rooster is 64 on Jan. 10.

 

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Though pale vampires seem to be all the rage, we wish undead rocker Marilyn Manson would add a bit of bronzer to his makeup palate when he turns 40 on Jan. 5.

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Atlanta’s own Ryan Seacrest continues his plan for world domination. (Full article and comments)

According to Microsoft, there's a critical security failure in the latest Internet Explorer, and it's being exploited like crazy by Internet baddies. The threat has intensified exponentially since its discovery last week. An estimated 0.2% of Internet Explorer users have already been affected. That is not good.

The exploit exposes your computer to being hijacked, and your personal information can be accessed, especially if you've stored any banking passwords or info.

Until the threat is resolved and a new software patch is released that you can download to protect yourself, we recommend switching browsers immediately. Firefox is much safer than IE, just as easy to use, and quick to install. If you absolutely must use Internet Explorer, please don't click anything (save for the links in this article) or visit sites you aren't one hundred percent sure about. As a rule of thumb, a big professional site (Amazon, BestBuy, BarackObama.com, etc.) is probably a safe bet; sites sent to you in an email by a friend ("Check out these photos!") or posted on Facebook or in forums can wait. (Full article and comments)

You can have your Britney Spears comeback. The beautiful and talented Christina Aguilera is 28 on Dec. 18.

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With a new album, more hair and less weight, we can’t help but hope Britney Spears has a good year. (Full article and comments)

Someone may want to let Hannah Montana’s boyfriend know that turning 16 on Nov. 23 doesn’t make Miley Cyrus legal.

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This interactive web applet uses Prefuse to show the percentage of certain jobs held by men and women over the span of 150 years, and how those statistics changed at the turn of each decade. In addition to marveling at the saturation of males and females in the job market as a whole, we noticed that while there's been a predictable change in the number of farmers and farm laborers in America since 1850, "Craneman/Hoistman" has just never been all that popular a gig. (Full article and comments)