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Thursday, March 16, 2006
Motley Crue’s Lee finds hot action, icy drinks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Professional partyer Tommy Lee took full advantage of Bluepointe’s new later hours on Tuesday night. The Motley Crue drummer/author/sex tape star popped into the Buckhead eatery shortly after 11 with sushi and cocktails on his mind.
Buzz Central learned Wednesday that Lee and his entourage hung in the dining room, noshing on a large platter of raw fish. Alas, beleaguered Bluepointe manager A.D. Allushi was again working when Lee visited. (Buzz readers will recall that during a visit in 2005, the rocker, after admiring a piece of Allushi’s clothing, absconded with the manager’s pricey Dolce & Gabbana necktie.)
Upon recognizing his neckwear pimp early Wednesday morning, Lee immediately asked Allushi to whip him up “a fun drink.”
Perhaps inspired by the unblinking, Blackberrying females suddenly milling about the eatery, moments later Allushi returned with a gold digger martini. Lee marveled over his oversize martini glass, which was made entirely out of ice, specialty glassware Allushi orders up.
Naturally, Lee wanted to know where to get the frozen barware, and Allushi clued him in to the source (www.icecaters.com).
Wednesday night, after Motley Crue’s “Carnival of Sins” tour stop at Philips Arena, Lee was booked as the main attraction at an In Like Flynn-produced after-party at Frequency nightclub in Buckhead.
At press time, details were still fuzzy regarding Buckhead Coalition President Sam Massell’s inevitable press conference Thursday.
Hey, Big Easy folks
In what can only be described as a momentary lapse in judgment, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau veep of community affairs Kathleen Bertrand reached out to us on Wednesday for assistance. It seems that incumbent New Orleans mayoral candidate Ray Nagin is coming to Atlanta this weekend to do some canvassing for votes. (During this utterly unique campaigning season, the city’s mayoral candidates are also spending time with displaced Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Dallas and Houston.) While he’s here this weekend, Nagin wants to patronize Atlanta restaurants that are now employing folks from the New Orleans food industry. So, if you’re a chef, dishwasher, eatery owner or a server who fills the bill, contact Buzz and we’ll pass along your info to Bertrand for Nagin. E-mail us at buzz@ajc.com. And if humanly possible, please keep the irresistible “Chocolate City” references to a minimum.
‘Nine to Five’ at 25
To mark its 25th anniversary last year, “Nine to Five” stars Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin, along with producer Bruce Gilbert, have contributed a brand-new commentary track for the DVD release of “Nine to Five: The Sexist, Egotistical, Lying, Hypocritical Bigot Edition.”
Buzz learned Wednesday that the release, set for April 4, also includes 10 deleted scenes, a ” ‘Nine to Five’ at 25” featurette, a karaoke feature, the original theatrical trailer and a gag reel.
Outraged e-mailing Vietnam vets may place their hands on their home-row keys starting… now.
Kutcher close by
It looks like we can anticipate a few more visits from budding Atlanta restaurateur Ashton Kutcher in coming days.
The actor and producer is in Elizabeth City, N.C., shooting the feature flick “The Guardian,” which is set in Kodiak, Alaska, and co-stars Kevin Costner. Yes, fake snow had to be hauled in for the occasion.
Costner’s character teaches Coast Guard rescue swimmers, including Kutcher, who plays a cocky swim champion who is training to become a rescue swimmer.
“They haven’t taken too many Hollywood liberties,” says Jeff Loftus, the movie’s technical coordinator and a former Coast Guard motion picture liaison. “Overall, it’s going to be very realistic.”
Off-duty Coast Guard members as extras, helicopters and C-130 airplanes were being used for realism.
Most of the filming was done in Shreveport, La., but after Hurricane Katrina made New Orleans unusable, additional equipment was made available in Elizabeth City, film officials said.
Tony hit by ‘Wives’
The ratings for the first new “Sopranos” in nearly two years Sunday were down about 21 percent from the fifth-season opener, or about 9.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media.
Considering HBO is available in only about 28 million households, that’s still very impressive.
And that figure includes only first viewings. HBO repeats the show numerous times and offers it on demand.
The mob series may have been hurt by ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” which didn’t exist the last time “Sopranos” was around.
“Desperate,” meanwhile, which is losing buzz to “Grey’s Anatomy,” drew about 22 million viewers, its worst showing this year.
Celebrity birthdays
Comedian Jerry Lewis is 80. Game show host Chuck Woolery is 65. Actor Erik Estrada is 57. Guitarist-singer Nancy Wilson of Heart is 52. Rapper Flavor Flav of Public Enemy is 47. Folk singer Patty Griffin is 42. Actress Lauren Graham (“Gilmore Girls”) is 39.
Contributing: Rodney Ho and news services. If you have a tip, call 404-526-2749. Or fax 404-526-5509. Or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
If you have a tip, call 404-526-2749. Or fax 404-526-5509. Or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
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