B ack in August, Billy Bob Thornton turned 70. It’s easy to imagine him celebrating a landmark birthday with some sort of blowout party during a more chaotic period of his life about two decades back. But this was a quiet affair with his children and wife, Connie Angland.

“Connie asked me what I wanted and I said, ‘Nothing, absolutely nothing. As a matter of fact, don’t mention it to anybody,'” Thornton tells Rolling Stone . “We really just hung out here at the house, just me and Connie and the kids, and had a nice time, and they got me a vegan cake, which — I can’t eat wheat or dairy, so that was awesome. Anytime a guy like me could have cake, it’s a great day.”

This is a good time in time in Thornton’s life. He’s finally in a long, stable marriage after five prior attempts, and h

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