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Atlanta’s Olympic family to reconnect
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A reunion is planned for the Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games management staff — 2,200 people who served as everything from transportation managers to food or beverage managers or venue managers.
Harvey Louie, who served as the regional logistics manager for the Olympics and now lives in San Francisco, is organizing the event. He has been able to get in touch with only about 500 of the staffers who, unlike volunteers, worked up to eight years on Olympic-related details. The reception, 2-7 p.m. Saturday at the Inforum building, costs $40 per person and is by invitation only. People can contact Louie at Harvey@ACOG1996.com or go to www.ACOG1996.com for information.
Media hype over Cruise baby reaches fever pitch
Almost three months after the birth of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ daughter, the Shroud of Suri has yet to be lifted. Suri Cruise has yet to be seen in public, either in person or in photographs, since entering the world April 18.
To some, this is a holdout of staggering proportions. Us Weekly magazine is running a clock, ticking off the days (84 and counting) since Suri’s birth. German TV station RTL, taking matters into its own hands, has produced a composite image of what Suri might look like. TMZ.com, perhaps digging for evidence of Suri’s existence, obtained a copy of the official birth certificate, filed May 8 in Los Angeles.
In Atlanta, Mara Davis, midday jock at Dave FM, did a timely themed lunch hour Wednesday in the wake of Suri speculation. Among the songs chosen: “Anybody Seen My Baby?” by the Rolling Stones, “Disappear” by INXS, “She’s Not There” by Santana, “Building a Mystery” by Sarah McLaughlin and “Last Kiss” by Pearl Jam (lyric: “Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?”)
Lest anyone rent out milk-carton space, Cruise spokesman Arnold Robinson pleads for privacy: “If and when they do make a decision, it will be at their discretion and not anybody else’s,” he told The Associated Press.
The secrecy is in stark contrast to the couple’s radically public courtship. Cruise, 44, and Holmes, 27, spared no photo-op during their whirlwind romance. They are now engaged, though there has been no word on wedding plans.
Brinkley, hubby No. 4 split
Supermodel Christie Brinkley and her fourth husband, Peter Cooke, have separated, her publicist confirmed Tuesday.
Cooke and Brinkley married in 1996 and have a daughter.
Brinkley, 52, was previously married to Frenchman Jean-Francois Allaux, singer Billy Joel and developer Richard Taubman. She and Joel have a daughter, and she and Taubman have a son.
“Her immediate concern is for her children, and she’s hoping during this obviously difficult time that people will be kind enough to respect her privacy,” her publicist, Elliot Mintz, said in a statement Tuesday.
How sweet it is to be top wuss
Musicians on Blender magazine’s list of the 25 biggest wusses have perpetrated enough syrupy balladry to drown a Himalayan-sized mountain of pancakes. The parade of pantywaists is pilloried in the latest issue of the magazine with a penchant for list-making, which hits newsstands on Tuesday.
Amidst the obvious candidates — Barry Manilow, Pat Boone, the oversharing Nick Lachey — are some surprises. The Cure’s Robert Smith gets the nod for “pioneering a vocal style in which he sounds on the verge of breaking into heaving sobs at any moment.” Metallica is taken to task for its “touchy-feely life coach in a Cosby sweater” as seen in the documentary “Some Kind of Monster.”
The No. 1 wuss at the top of Blender’s list: James Taylor. The accompanying list of “16 Wimp Rock Classics,” from Captain and Tennille’s “Muskrat Love” to newly minted American Idol Taylor Hicks’ “Do I Make You Proud,” might be the perfect way to drive away unwelcome houseguests. Blender’s assessment of one of this year’s biggest hits, “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt, is unlikely to light up Blunt’s life: “this generation’s Debby Boone, just not as pretty.”
Man of independent means
Former CBS anchor Dan Rather says he will be the ultimate authority on a weekly news program he’ll begin in October on HDNet for owner Mark Cuban, promising “independent journalism.”
While he carefully framed his remarks, saying they were not intended to reflect criticism of his longtime former employer, Rather described himself as moving from an environment of corporate accountability to freedom. The “difference here is the chain of command begins and ends with me. … You could say it’s like operating without a net, but I don’t see it that way,” he told the Television Critics Association on Tuesday.
“Dan Rather Reports” will feature field reports, interviews and investigations. Rather will produce the program, which will be up to an hour long, and be its host. He said he will have creative and editorial control. “News at its best … is a wake-up call, not a lullaby, and I’m not in the lullaby business,” Rather said.
Celebrity birthdays
Actor Patrick Stewart is 66. Singer-
guitarist Roger McGuinn of the Byrds is 64. Actor Harrison Ford is 64. Drummer Will Champion of Coldplay is 28.
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