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‘24’ star dons his tour manager hat for ATL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Just in the nick of time, Jack Bauer is being dispatched to Atlanta this weekend.
His mission: to single-handedly save the “alternative rock” radio format.
“24” star Kiefer Sutherland has been booked to host the first big party for 99X’s brand-new “Morning X with Sean, Leslie and Jenners” and to introduce local rock fans to Rocco DeLuca and the Burden, a new signee to Sutherland and Jude Cole’s Ironworks record label.
Between bouts of saving the world on his hit Fox drama, Sutherland took on the role of tour manager on DeLuca and band’s recent world tour. The sometimes hilarious results (let’s just say Sutherland doesn’t share Bauer’s meticulous sense of order in the face of constant chaos) are chronicled in the rockumentary “I Trust You to Kill Me.”
After taking the red-eye from the Los Angeles set of “24” and sleeping in all day here, Sutherland will introduce his protégés and a screening of the documentary at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Plaza Theatre on Ponce de Leon Avenue. After the screening, Sutherland will host a Q & A with DeLuca onstage at the Plaza.
At midnight, the rock buds and fans will head over to Smith’s Olde Bar, where DeLuca will plug in for a set of songs from his album, “I Trust You to Kill Me.”
“A month ago, when we had our first meeting on the phone, it was a little crazy,” 99X program director Leslie Fram told Buzz on Wednesday. “I’m a huge fan of ‘24,’ and all I could think was, ‘I’m talking to Jack Bauer!’ The fact that Kiefer is taking time off from shooting the show to do this is great. He’s deeply committed to this music. Plus, he ended the phone call by telling us, ‘I think I have to go blow up a bus now.’ “
Fram told us that DeLuca reminds her a great deal of late singer-songwiter Jeff Buckley, “who’s also a great blues guitarist.”
While it helps greatly to be a 99X listener this week in order to score tickets to the events, some tickets to the Smith’s gig and the Plaza screening are also being made available to the public. The Plaza will sell tickets the day of the screening for $7.50 (cash only) while Smith’s Olde Bar is selling tickets this week to the late-night set for $10 in advance or $12 on Saturday.
Uncoupling
Who would have guessed that Alpharetta’s kookiest couple would inspire stifled yawns as their 14-year “Lemony Snicket” storybook marriage officially concludes. This week, singer Whitney Houston filed divorce papers in Orange County [Calif.] Superior Court, a month after filing for legal separation from Bobby Brown, confirms Houston’s publicist Nancy Seltzer. The couple lived in Alpharetta.
Oddly, the documents could not immediately be Googled on Wednesday (and believe us, we tried). Houston, 43, had asked in her separation papers that she be granted custody of the couple’s 13-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, and that Brown, 37, be allowed visitation rights.
The couple wed in 1992, with Houston at the height of her fame as a Grammy-winning superstar known for such hits as “I Will Always Love You.”
In recent weeks, the singer has been living in Los Angeles and working on a comeback album with original mentor Clive Davis.
Celebrity docket
In another jaw-dropping turn of events, Bobby Brown has actually paid up $11,000 in delinquent child support, after being threatened with arrest if he stepped back into Massachusetts.
A family judge had issued an arrest warrant two weeks ago after Brown failed to show up at a hearing over two months’ worth of payments he owed to Kim Ward, the mother of his two teenage children.
Brown’s attorney said then that he was having a “very difficult” time, as his tumultuous marriage to Houston was coming to an end.
Patrick McDermott, the registrar of probate for the Norfolk Probate and Family Court, said this week that both sides have assured him Brown has since made his payments, though no paperwork had been filed with the court.
“I have at least been given the word that Kim Ward is satisfied that payment has been made and she’s good to go, for now,” he said.
McDermott said the arrest warrant would technically remain in effect until the judge holds another status hearing, which had not yet been scheduled. But he said there was no real risk Brown would be arrested.
“Provided he’s paid up, there’s no reason to haul him in here,” he said.
Overscene
NBA great Charles Barkley sipping on a Grey Goose vodka with a splash of cranberry at Taurus restaurant Tuesday night… . Model/actress/David Bowie missus Iman dining on grilled Atlantic salmon, pearl couscous and shiitake soy glaze and a glass of chardonnay at Spice in Midtown last week. Rapper/actor Ludacris was also spotted at the eatery last week.
Celebrity birthdays
Artist Peter Max is 69. Actor John Lithgow is 61. Singer Jeannie C. Riley is 61. Singer Jennifer Holliday is 46. Actor Jon Favreau is 40. “South Park” co-creator Trey Parker is 37. Country singer Cyndi Thomson is 30.
Contributing: news services. If you have a tip, call 404-526-2749. Or fax 404-526-5509. Or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
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