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Another magazine to add to city’s stack
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The city’s magazine monsoon continues this month, pelting Atlanta readers with the local debut of Six Degrees.
Thankfully, unlike the other glossy mag rollouts in recent months, this entertainment and fashion-forward glossy fits in your pocket and won’t compromise the structural integrity of your coffee table.
The freebie Barbie-sized read arrives in Atlanta courtesy of a Miami-based regional publisher run by CEO Michael Melfi. Six Degrees also publishes editions in South Florida and Detroit.
For its Atlanta debut, overseen by publisher Moye Colquitt, the July issue features a cover story and interview with actress Keira Knightley and the following tidbits: Atlanta fashion designer Gregory Michael wants to be James Dean in his next life, Here to Serve Restaurant marketing guru Sari Bernstein’s favorite movie is “Top Gun,” and outgoing Atlanta chef Richard Blais thinks the celebrity he most resembles is Bart Simpson.
Atlanta editor Cindy Klinger says that Six Degrees wants to provide readers with more than the standard celeb interview.
“Our readers will have a real connection with Six Degrees and its content and be able to relate to the people and places we write about. In the end, it’s about them, the people who live, eat and enjoy all that is Atlanta.”
The postcard-sized breezy read is available at more than 400 salons, shops, spas, nightclubs and eateries in Little Five Points, East Atlanta, Virginia-Highland, Midtown, downtown, Buckhead, Decatur, Sandy Springs, Alpharetta and Vinings.
At press time Tuesday, we were still flipping a coin in an attempt to decide which series of nightclub photographs shot by Atlanta shutterbug Ben Rose frightened us the most.
We gathered from gazing at the nightclub pics inside Six Degrees that seemingly only perky blond females with zero body fat are ever allowed inside Compound, and that C.J.’s Landing in Buckhead is indeed still open (does Sam Massell know about this?) and apparently now caters exclusively to Big & Rich/Kid Rock fans.
Eat up, downtown
We’re hearing that next week’s downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week is already nearly sold out. Of course, when you can snag a meal at fancy joints like City Grill, BED, Azio, Lombardi’s or the Pleasant Peasant for $26 a person or dinner for two at casual dining spots like Ted’s Montana Grill, O’Terrill’s or Max Lager’s, there are obviously going to be enthusiastic takers. In addition to a great deal, the first 250 diners who book a reservation July 24-30 at one of the participating locations will also receive the premiere issue of the Downtown Connects card, which provides discounts at many eateries, shops, hotels and attractions. To check out the full list of participating restaurants, go to www.atlantadowntown.com.
Call Oprah for Mideast peace
We honestly have no idea what we did to remain on the Oprah Winfrey for Nobel Peace Prize Movement supporters’ e-mail list, but we’re eternally grateful for the continued entertainment. You may recall that we first wrote about the committed group of Winfrey fans (OWNPPM for short, natch) in January when 50 of its members converged outside the Carter Center to hold a world peace prayer vigil while continuing its push to get the talk show queen the Nobel Peace Prize.
According to Tuesday’s missive from OWNPPM sent to Buzz Central, the organization is now calling for Winfrey and Lebanese pop star Haifa Wehbe (said to be the Madonna of Lebanon) to join forces to “help end the current crisis in the Middle East.”
Says OWNPPM founder Rocky Twyman in the e-mail: “These women have more power than they currently realize. Winfrey [who] can boast having the most popular talk show in the Mideast and [Haifa], whom People magazine recently cited as one of the most beautiful women in the world and a mega-star in the Arab world, have a tremendous amount of clout.”
Reynolds shopping for lawyer?
As we’re now desperately trying to live up to that twitchy Star Jones Reynolds-obsessed persona depicted in this week’s Sunday Paper, we respectfully submit the following dispatch posted on MediaTakeOut.com Tuesday. The gossip site reported that Manhattan spies clocked the ex-“View”-er’s hubby, Al Reynolds, “visiting the offices of the divorce law firm Blank Rome LLP in New York’s Chrysler building.” MediaTakeOut.com spoke exclusively with a building employee who first noticed Jones Reynolds’ hubby. According to the witness, “Al walked up to the security desk and signed in to visit [Blank Rome divorce lawyer] Stanford Lotwin.”
While the report remained completely unsubstantiated at press time Tuesday, if true it could prove magnificent fodder for the seemingly inevitable “Shine II.”
Celebrity birthdays
Guitarist Brian May of Queen is 59. Actor Anthony Edwards (“ER”) is 44. Urs Buhler of Il Divo is 35. Actor Jared Padalecki (“Supernatural,” “Gilmore Girls”) is 24.
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