Fabulous at 50
Julianne Moore celebrates her 50th birthday on Friday in the wake of posing nude for a banned Bulgari ad and stripping down in The Kids Are All Right. From Colin Firth to Jennifer Grey, see more stars who look hot as they hit the milestone year.

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The constellation of freckles makes her still look somehow girlish even as she turns 50 this month.
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Tilda Swinton turned 50 in November. And she’s plowing ahead: she’s already getting Oscar buzz for her portrayal of Emma Recchi in this year’s I Am Love, and plays the White Witch in the much-anticipated Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Swinton won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Michael Clayton in 2007, and recently returned to her roots as the face of Scottish knitwear brand Pringle of Scotland.
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A “Baby” no longer, the actress best known for her starring role in Dirty Dancing turned 50 on March 26.
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Truly a child of the '60s, the Oscar-winning activist hit the big 5-0 in August.
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The truth is out there, whether he likes it or not: Duchovny turned 50 years old on August 7.
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Mr. Darcy was 50 in September, actually.
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He was 30 when In Living Color premiered, 40 when he starred in Spike Lee’s Bamboozled, and now the famous comic is 50 years old.
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With no weddings on his résumé whatsoever, the romantic-comedy staple turned 50 on September 9.
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Still making hearts throb everywhere, the swashbuckling Spaniard turned 50 in August.
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The now-balding pop star has packed several lifetimes’ worth of hairstyles into his 50 years.
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Spader was only 26 when he stole hearts in Pretty in Pink. Twenty-four years later, he’s still a cult favorite.
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Time flies when you’re hiking the Appalachian Trail. The disgraced governor of South Carolina turned 50 on May 28.
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Hard to believe she can’t be a 24-year-old mermaid forever.
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