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V-103’s new Dark Secret brings bass voice, street savvy
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Reggie Rouse, the new program director at V-103, wanted a female voice in middays after he let the Magic Man go in November, but instead he found a man with a deep, deep voice: Osei, the Dark Secret.
Dark Secret, who used to fetch coffee for Rouse when Rouse was a morning producer at WPGC-FM in Washington, D.C., in 1998, started Friday after leaving an afternoon DJ gig atWKYS-FM in D.C.
“He’s a team player,” Rouse said. “He’s smart, he’s focused, he takes cares of business. He knows how to have fun.”
How did Osei, 32, come up with the name Dark Secret? He simply thought it was cool. Osei is his real first name but he said he hated it as a kid and once told his friends to call him Darrell instead, which didn’t please his parents, who were born in Ghana. (He lived in Ghana as a toddler.)
He said he plans to make himself known among V-103 fans quickly: “I came from a street background. I like to be in the mix. I love people. In radio, it’s the last frontier when it comes to bridging the gap in the media perspective. People feel like they have a direct connection.”
Dark Secret said he’s been doing this long enough that he feels “no pressure,” despite working amongst a powerhouse lineup. “I look forward to this,” he said. “I can always learn more.”
He said he’s more than just a deep voice: “Deep voices are a dime a dozen. It’s not just the voice. With the temperature right now, you have to have a personality to carry things over. They give you a box. You gotta play hard.”
Battling for Reynolds
The producers of the everlasting comic play “Peachtree Battle” are working on turning it into a feature film. Anthony Morris and John Gibson met with legendary actress Debbie Reynolds last week to play Azalea Wieuca, the inebriated grandmother.
“We were without lawyers and agents,” Gibson told Buzz. “She was beautiful and gracious and funny, the whole package.”
But he said they still have to find someone first to play the lead matriarch, Trudy Habersham, before they even commit to an Azalea. Gibson says initial financing has been committed for the film and they plan to shoot it in Atlanta, thanks to tax incentives passed last year by the Georgia Legislature that made the economics work.
Atlanta ‘Beauty’ ousted
No Atlantan is going to win “Beauty & the Geek 2.”
“Beauty” Jennipher Johnson, a 23-year-old Atlanta kindergarten teacher who couldn’t name the vice president on the show, struggled with directions and lost a key challenge with just three couples left.
She didn’t study much either and missed two out of three questions about maps in the final; as a result, she and her teammate Ankur Metha (“MIT graduate”) were eliminated.
A week earlier, Georgia Tech grad Wes Wilson, the geek who looked like a stud after a makeover, hooked up with finalist Cher Tenbush , known on the show as “beer spokesmodel” and smartest gal in the bunch. But during a fashion shoot challenge, he took shockingly poor photos of his gorgeous teammate Sarah Coleman, which led to his eventual ouster.
So Wilson got the girl, not the $250,000.
Celebrity docket
Gary Glitter, the British rocker known stateside primarily for his propulsive sports stadium classic “Rock N’ Roll Part 2,” was sentenced to three years in prison in Vietnam for molesting two Vietnamese girls. The judge condemned him for “disgusting and sick” behavior, but Glitter shouted after the verdict: “I haven’t done anything! I’m innocent!”
Soul Train winners
The only Atlantan who came away with a win Saturday at the Soul Train Awards was Ciara, who helped out Missy Elliott on “Lose Control”, best R&B-soul or rap dance cut. Mariah Carey capped another winning awards show with best female album and best song while John Legend nabbed best male album and single.
No longer charmed
The WB’s “Charmed” is about to go away with the network itself. The trio of sisterly witches (which once included Shannen Doherty) is slated for its final spell May 21 after eight seasons. The WB disappears in September when it merges with the UPN to become the CW.
And a show that’s less heralded is gone forever, too: CBS’s tepid comedy “Yes, Dear,” which inexplicably lasted six seasons. Star Anthony Clark will now host rival network NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” this summer, replacing Jay Mohr, who complained bitterly when NBC pulled the final episode of the third edition of the show …
Casting calls
Rock-star wannabes will be able to audition today at the Velvet Underground in the Hard Rock Cafe downtown from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. But they won’t know which band they’ll be auditioning for. CBS, which launched the series last year with INXS, still hasn’t announced which group is going to seek a lead singer this summer. Among the rumored acts: Alice in Chains and Van Halen. A publicist teased Buzz by saying there is an Atlanta connection to the group but it’s not an Atlanta-based band, so fans of Collective Soul and Black Crowes can breathe easy…
Donald Trump’s “Apprentice 5” debut came in a miserable fourth place this past Monday, but NBC has already committed to a sixth, this time set in Los Angeles this fall. You can try out March 17 at Twelve Hotel & Residences at Atlantic Station. Details at www.nbc.com/The_Apprentice_5 /apply.
Random bits
Paula Abdul, who was acting a bit odd on Thursday’s “American Idol,” can’t help but make headlines. Earlier that day, she was allowed to board a plane at the Las Vegas airport without passing through a security checkpoint, prompting all passengers and luggage to be screened when they landed in California, officials said Friday. A worker led Abdul and a companion around the mandatory screening process before they boarded a Southwest Airlines flight headed to Burbank, Calif., Thursday afternoon, said Elaine Sanchez, a spokeswoman for McCarran International Airport.
Speaking of “American Idol,” Buzz discovered Friday that Brenna Gethers, the egotistical “Idol” contestant eliminated Thursday, has no shame. When asked what she thought of Fayetteville’s bubbly Paris Bennett, she didn’t bother giving Buzz some platitude about how great Bennett is.
Nope. Gethers said: “I can’t comment on that because it’s about Brenna Gethers. Write that.” Well, we just did…
Celebrity birthdays
TV personality Ed McMahon is 83. Singer Mary Wilson of the Supremes is 62. Singer-guitarist David Gilmour of Pink Floyd is 60. Actor-director Rob Reiner is 59. Actor Tom Arnold is 47. Actor D.L. Hughley (“The Hughleys”) is 42. Rapper Beanie Sigel is 32. Georgia-based rapper Bubba Sparxxx is 29.
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