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Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Football heroes needed for inspirational movie
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If you have “extensive football experience” and don’t mind being bossed around by the likes of “Failure to Launch” actor Matthew McConaughey and “Lost” actor Matthew Fox later this spring on a local gridiron, you’ll want to head out to the Hilton near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport today.
The feel-good football flick “We Are … Marshall” will be shooting here with the stars beginning April 24. Producers are looking for convincing footballers between the ages of 18 and 30 for paid roles in the big-screen sports movie.
The film chronicles the 1970 plane crash that took the lives of Marshall University’s Thundering Herd football team and coaching staff and “the school’s valiant attempts to rebuild its gridiron program.” Fox plays the West Virginia school’s new coach, and McConaughey will portray the program’s only surviving coach, who fatefully didn’t board the plane. “Good Night, and Good Luck” best-actor nominee David Strathairn also has been cast in the film. “Charlie’s Angels” director McG will helm the project, which begins shooting in Huntington, W.Va., in early April before heading here.
Mark Ellis, a veteran casting director for sports movies (“The Longest Yard,” “The Rookie”), will be surveying the talent from 2 to 7 p.m. today at the Hilton Atlanta Airport hotel, 1031 Virginia Ave.
Buzz has been informed that interested players should not be seeking NCAA eligibility, as filming will no doubt get in the way of your plans.
For more info: www.reelsports.net or 770-323-0083.
The so-called VIP view
Moments after Britney Spears turned up as a ringleted platinum blonde in a slinky red dress on hubby Kevin Federline’s arm inside the VIP section early Sunday morning at Vision nightclub in Midtown, the space was no longer, well … Very Important. Rubberneckers (Buzz included) were wedged so tightly in the area that using one’s arms became a chore.
Dressed in a strategically angled white Braves cap, trademark white tank top undergarment and with a two-day scruff on his face, Federline, who now makes a living as a rentable nightclub guest, and wife arrived at the packed club around 12:45 a.m.
The couple was quickly hustled to a velvet-roped-off table and black couches, where a very large stern man in a suit loomed.
At the table, decanters filled with premium Belvedere vodka and Patron tequila, an ice bucket, plastic cups and a black plastic ashtray awaited the twosome.
Disputing the current screaming US Weekly “BRITNEY MOVES OUT!” headline, the couple gyrated together as Q100’s Jeff Dauler instructed the thousands of people on the dance floor to “Make some noise for K-Fed!” The DJ complied with an odd rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” which he attempted to scratch over with rhythmically uneven results.
The cigarette-accessorized Federline told the crowd: “We want to stay all [expletive] night long!” The large diamonds in both of his ears threatened to blind the crowd. Sighted or not, K-Fed’s dedication to his new workplace elicited a huge cheer from club-goers.
A few feet away, legitimate pop star Usher danced with friends in the VIP section with a glass of champagne. Earlier, the Alpharetta resident shared his digits with Federline, who promptly inserted them into his cellphone.
Perhaps the most uncomfortable moment arrived when the DJ mixed in a few bars from Spears ex Justin Timberlake’s “Rock Your Body.”
Scantily clad female admirers who hovered a little too close, hoping to catch Federline’s eye, were greeted with a sudden halogen-penlight flash to the retinas by security who asked them to please step back.
Rapper Nelly was also spotted in the crowd.
A little over an hour after their arrival, Spears, Federline and all the paparazzi hoopla ducked out of Vision.
As the city recovers today from its embarrassing obsession with a D-lister who’ll be lucky if his contribution to the arts someday merits a trivia card question in Trivial Pursuit — The Millennial Infancy Edition, we can depend on one person for perspective. When Buzz asked Vision co-owner Michael Gidewon how he would rank the event compared with other celeb-studded events in the club’s history, Gidewon told us: “This is probably just in the top 10.”
Angels come to Buckhead
From birdbaths to desserts, angels hovered over the 21st annual Candlelight Ball on Saturday night at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead. The Angel in the Garden black-tie gala raised $200,000 for the Childhood Autism Diagnostic and Educational Foundation. For the live auction, autistic children from the Model Classroom program — housed at North Cobb Christian School in Kennesaw — decorated a colorful birdbath with an angel mosaic. It sold for $1,250.
The hotel also got into the spirit by providing a white chocolate cherub that floated atop each serving of spiced pear chocolate cheesecake. Trish Chapman chaired this year’s ball and her mother, Georgia Broderick, was the co-chair. Of her mother, Chapman said, “Mom was wonderful. She just told me what to do!”
Celebrity birthdays
Country singer Reba McEntire is 51. Rapper Cheryl “Salt” James of Salt-N-Pepa is 37. Actor Vince Vaughn is 36. Actress Julia Stiles is 25.
Contributing: Marylin Johnson 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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