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A ‘Nip/Tuck’ vacation?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A few Buzz readers have recently inquired about WXIA-TV anchor Brenda Wood’s extended absence from the airwaves.
While the official word is that Wood is on a multi-week vacation, we hear that toiling under the unforgiving reality of high-definition technology (WXIA began using the high-tech cameras this year) may have inspired the veteran Atlanta newswoman to pursue some, er, “freshening.” While WXIA-TV president and general manager Bob Walker would not confirm that Wood’s vacation included catching up on DVD discs of “Nip/Tuck” (“All I know is she’s taking vacation time,” he told Buzz on Thursday), high-def viewers can soon judge for themselves. Wood is scheduled back in the anchor chair next week.
Urban Chic gives toast to community support
The gossip was flowing as freely as the pinot grigio and the air-conditioning Wednesday night during the Urban Chic 2006 patron party held at the Lowe Gallery.
The new fashion show event benefiting AID Atlanta, is scheduled for Aug. 3 at Compound nightclub in Midtown. Tickets range from $500 for VIP entry to $100 for advance seats to the event.
Wednesday night’s chilled-out cocktail party amid beautifully lit, colorful glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly, was designed as a thank you for local business leaders for donating time, cash or services to Urban Chic.
“I’m just here because I’m married to a member of the host committee,” Ted’s Montana Grill co-owner George McKerrow Jr. told Buzz, pointing to his wife, Ginair.
“Aug. 3 is also my birthday so I have a couple of reasons to celebrate this year,” Ginair said. “At the same time, we’re raising money for a worthy cause.”
Event co-chairs Richie Arpino, Randi Layne and John Stupka were busy milling about, ensuring that attendees were buying raffle tickets.
And yes, the Arpino Salon owner did confirm a few things regarding his 50th birthday blowout over the weekend (Buzz’s invitation was lost, you see …). Yes, the tented, 1950s-themed party for 200 in Arpino and partner Mitchell Anderson’s backyard did prompt a visit from an Atlanta police officer early Sunday morning.
“He was very nice,” Arpino explained. “He also happened to be extremely handsome. One of our female guests originally thought he was a stripper. He told us, ‘No I’m not, but I get that a lot!’ “
Layne’s company, Catwalk Productions, is organizing the Urban Chic fashion show, which she promises will be “an edgy show with lots of skin and partially naked boys.”
Layne was no slouch herself Wednesday night. The longtime Atlanta model wore an Italian print dress with a colorful Picasso-esque vibe to it.
“I didn’t realize it until I put it on,” she whispered to us, “but you can see completely through it!”
The low lighting in the gallery assured that no decency laws were violated.
For Urban Chic tickets, go to www.aidatlanta.org or 404-870-7732.
Quote of the day
“I’m [expletive] sweatin’ like Whitney Houston!” — Atlanta rocker and producer Butch Walker, while working the sold-out Variety Playhouse crowd Wednesday night in Little Five Points, where he played much of his new album, old favorites and a rocking cover of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy.”
Celebrity docket
“You Me and Dupree” actress Kate Hudson has accepted libel damages from a supermarket tabloid that claimed she was dangerously thin.
The British edition of the National Enquirer has agreed to pay undisclosed damages and print an apology for an October 2005 article that claimed Hudson was “way too thin” and looked “like skin and bones,” Simon Smith, a lawyer for the 27-year-old actress, said Thursday.
American Media Inc., the magazine’s U.S.-based publisher, apologized for “the deep distress and acute embarrassment” caused by the allegations, which it acknowledged were false.
The article — accompanied by a photo of a gaunt-looking Hudson — claimed her mother, Goldie Hawn, planned to confront her about her weight. Both Hudson and Hawn denied the claim.
Smith said Hudson lost weight to get in shape for a film after giving birth to her son, Ryder, in January 2004. He said she took legal action over the magazine’s suggestion she had “recklessly and foolishly endangered her health” by failing to eat.
Hudson, who received an Oscar nomination for her role in “Almost Famous,” is married to Chris Robinson of the Atlanta-birthed rock act, Black Crowes.
Celebrity birthdays
Jazz pianist/”Sunday Morning” correspondent Billy Taylor is 85. Actor Edward Herrmann (“Gilmore Girls”) is 63. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau (“Doonesbury”) is 58. Actor Josh Hartnett is 28. Actress Vanessa Lengies (“Stick It,” “American Dreams”) is 21.
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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