The Senate’s most senior senator says he’s not letting his 98th birthday on Tuesday slow him down. Sen. Strom Thurmond (photo), R-S.C., the oldest and longest-serving senator in U.S. history, attended a Republican Senate organizational session, and went to a Supreme Court dinner. As Senate president pro tem, Thurmond is third in line of succession for the presidency, and his health and mental alertness have been questioned in the past year. In a telephone interview Monday with The (Columbia, S.C.) State, Thurmond said he was turning 88. He was corrected by an aide in the background … Julia Roberts has become the first actress to make The Hollywood Reporter’s annual list of the entertainment industry’s most influential women. Roberts ranks No. 3 on the trade publication’s Power 50, published Tuesday. Paramount Pictures executive Sherry Lansing tops the list a second straight year. Roberts, whose $20 million price per movie makes her the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, has appeared in more than 30 films, including “Erin Brockovich,” “The Runaway Bride” and “Pretty Woman” … Prosecutors have dropped theft charges against Ronald Reagan’s 22-year-old grandson. Cameron Reagan had been accused of grand theft and receiving stolen property. The charges stemmed from the alleged theft of jewelry from the home of an ex-girlfriend, Cary Anne Ortega. Rodriguez.