Hot News: Robert Downey Jr. Celebrates His Birthday With Kids and 'Captain America'

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Robert Downey Jr. and his private cadre of mini Avengers (Facebook) Leave it to one Avenger to support another. Robert Downey Jr., the man behind Iron Man's suit, celebrated his 49th birthday last Friday by inviting 20 kids to a private screening of 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' which happened to open on his big day.' wrote on Facebook. 'Gonna wrangle about twenty kids to watch it with and partaaaaaaaaaaaaay Marvel-style!!!''Let the partaaaaay begin!!!' he captioned a pic from the screening, also posted to his Facebook page. [Related: First Peek at Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver on 'Avengers 2' Set]It's a far cry from Downey's hard-partying days when a birthday likely would've been accompanied by adult libations. Downey's remained sober now for more than a decade.No word on where the lucky 20 young folks came from, but there certainly were smiles all around in Downey's pic.RDJ has two children himself, son Exton Elias Downey, 2, with current wife Susan Downey, and son Indio Falconer Downey, 20, from his first marriage to Deborah Falconer.In 2013, Downey topped Forbes's list of Highest Paid Actors, having earned around $75 million in the previous year. He's starred in six films that have earned over $500 million, including most recently 'The Avengers' and 'Iron Man 3,' each of which have earned more than $1 billion.So, we're guessing he was able to afford some popcorn.'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' earned $96 million domestically and $203 million worldwide in its opening weekend, making it the largest domestic April opening of all time.Captain America and Iron Man will reteam in 'Avengers: Age of Ultron,' which is currently filming and due in theaters May 2, 2015.

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