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Wednesday, May 3, 2006
‘Most Beautiful’ Atlantans
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Making the cut for this year’s “100 Most Beautiful” People magazine list this week was Dunwoody High grad and “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest .
Alas, “Seacrest out!” opened his mouth for the issue as well. “I’m obsessed with hair in the ear or in the nose,” Seacrest inexplicably tells People. “My whole left side is my worst feature. I always try to turn around so people don’t face my left side. … Everything in my house stays to the right. If you have dinner at my house, you have to sit to my right.” Others with local ties in the issue: Julia Roberts, Jane Fonda and Weather Channel talents Jennifer Carfagno and Alexandra Steele. The Weather Channel pair are featured in the “Beauties Around the Clock” layout. Apparently, some People scribblers must be insomniacs since Carfagno is on-air at 5 a.m. We concede that being a night owl is part of this gig as well, but rest assured, whatever we’re doing at 5 a.m. in the name of Buzz, it never includes watching the Weather Channel.
Those stars grow up so fast
One notable Atlantan who also made the list of Teen People’s “25 Hottest Stars Under 25” issue due out Friday: Singer Ciara (age 20) joins “Brokeback Mountain” stars Michelle Williams (25), Anne Hathaway (23) and Jake Gyllenhaal (25) and the cast of the scarily popular Disney Channel original movie “High School Musical”: Corbin Bleu (17), Monique Coleman (25), Zac Efron (18), Lucas Grabeel (21), Vanessa Anne Hudgens (19) and Ashley Tisdale (20).
Like it or not, ‘Marshall’ set is so ’70s
In what must have appeared odd to onlookers Tuesday, Edward R. Murrow was spotted inside a downtown diner with “Deadwood” saloon owner Al Swearengen.
Well, technically, it was “Good Night, and Good Luck” Oscar nominee David Strathairn and HBO actor Ian McShane on the makeshift set of “We Are Marshall,” the sports flick filming in town.
A former Ford car dealership was transformed into a 1970s-era greasy spoon for the two days of filming. Strathairn plays real-life Marshall University President Donald Dedmon, who had to deal with the aftermath of a 1970 plane crash that killed most of the school’s football team and its coaching staff.
McShane plays steel mill executive Paul Griffin, a composite character, who loses a star quarterback son in the crash. Buzz got word Tuesday that “The Unit” and ex-“X-Files” actor Robert Patrick has just been added to the cast. The Marietta native will portray Rick Tolley, one of the coaches who perished in the crash.
Matthew McConaughey plays Jack Lengyel, the coach who had the unenviable task of taking over the Marshall program, while “Lost” star Matthew Fox plays Red Dawson, a surviving assistant coach who hated flying and drove that fateful night.
While neither Matthew is in town (Fox is wrapping up the two-hour, second-season finale of the ABC hit “Lost” in Hawaii), we can tell you the attention to detail on “We Are Marshall’s” wardrobe is, well, painfully, authentic. We’ve discovered that McConaughey’s Mike Brady-esque threads are particularly gruesome, with loads of loud plaid polyester sports jackets, hideously wide ties, bright colors and even a lucky green rabbit’s foot on his plastic pants belt loop.
Thankfully, Fox has more conservative clothes that give off a hipper, more classic late ’60s vibe.
Uncoupling
After personally witnessing her swap saliva with multiple men at Elton John’s Oscar party this year in West Hollywood, we coulda predicted this. Blow air kisses and wave buh-bye to the coupledom of “Simple Life” simpleton Paris Hilton and her Greek shipping heir boytoy Stavros Niarchos.
Hilton publicist Elliot Mintz confirmed the reported breakup Tuesday. “I’m not going to deny that there was a split,” he said.
Mintz would not provide further details.
Hilton, 25, and Niarchos, 21, began dating last year. The hotel heiress announced in October that she was ending her engagement to Paris Latsis, another Greek shipping heir.
At presstime Tuesday, Hilton was still trolling www.greekshippingheirhotties.com for a potential replacement.
Celebrity birthdays
Folk singer Pete Seeger is 87. Singer James Brown is 73. Singer Frankie Valli is 71. Sports announcer Greg Gumbel is 60. Actor Dule’ Hill (“The West Wing”) is 31.
Contributing: News services.
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