‘Scrubs’ star Sarah Chalke expecting her first child


‘Scrubs’ star Sarah Chalke expecting her first child

LOS ANGELES — “Scrubs” star Sarah Chalke is pregnant.

Her publicist, Gary Mantoosh, says it will be the first child for Chalke and her fianc , Jamie Afifi. Mantoosh says the baby is due this winter.

Chalke, 32, recently appeared on “How I Met Your Mother” and in the Lifetime movie “Maneater.” She and Afifi, an entertainment attorney, became engaged in 2006.

Jerry Seinfeld will be Jay Leno’s first guest

NEW YORK — NBC says Jerry Seinfeld will be the first guest on the premiere of “The Jay Leno Show.”

Seinfeld will join previously announced musical guests Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West. The new weeknight prime-time series debuts Sept. 14.

Leno stepped down in May as host of the “Tonight Show” after 17 years.

Seinfeld, who starred in his own hit NBC comedy, will be returning to the network early next year with “The Marriage Ref,” a reality series that he’ll produce.

Today’s birthdays

Actress Maureen O’Hara is 89. Actor Robert DeNiro is 66. Guitarist Gary Talley of The Box Tops is 62. Drummer Sib Hashian (Boston) is 60. Actor Robert Joy (“CSI: NY”) is 58. Singer Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners is 56. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 54. Bassist Colin Moulding of XTC is 54. Singer Belinda Carlisle is 51. Actor Sean Penn is 49. Guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses) is 47. Singer Maria McKee is 45. Drummer Steve Gorman of the Black Crowes is 44. Singer-bassist Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson) is 43. Actor David Conrad (“Relativity”) is 42. Rapper Posdnuos of Del La Soul is 40. Singer Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block is 40. Actor Bryton McClure (“Family Matters”) is 23. Actor Brady Corbet (”24”) is 21.