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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Vick’s onfield heroics fashionable with GQ
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As it turns out, that cuticle-chewing win over the Steelers on Sunday at the Georgia Dome wasn’t Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick’s only impressive feat this week. Vick, who racked up a career-high four touchdown passes Sunday, also has been named one of the “16 Coolest Sports Heroes of All Time” in the November issue of GQ magazine.
The portfolio of legendary sports figures also spotlights the accomplishments of Joe Namath, Willie Mays, Magic Johnson and John McEnroe.
Of Vick, GQ scribe Raha Naddaf writes: “Comparing Michael Vick with any other player gets you nowhere. First off, he’s a quarterback, and quarterbacks are not supposed to run the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds. Second, he’s a quarterback, and quarterbacks are not supposed to be the most electrifying, most elusive, most jaw-dropping players on the field at any time.”
Of Vick’s ultimate goal, GQ quotes him as saying: “To get to the Super Bowl, man. It’s time for the Falcons to go where they need to go and have fun doing it along the way.”
Since there wasn’t exactly a small army of Falcons fans clustered around the Dome’s ticket window demanding a refund Sunday, we’d surmise that Vick could be on target to achieving that goal.
The November issue of GQ hits newsstands Tuesday.
Rockers get their due
Atlanta rockers the Selmanaires got a nice hit of national recognition Monday when Idolator, Gawker’s music-centric sister Web site, gave the band a major shoutout and posted MP3s of several of the trio’s songs. Added Idolator editors: “A few months ago, we picked up the Selmanaires’ debut album, ‘Here Come the Selmanaires’ at Atlanta’s thankfully-still-in-existence Criminal Records; ever since, it’s become one of those records that pops up on shuffle every few days, prompting us to ask, “Whosa what’s this again? The Salamanders? The Salmonella?’ After our initial band-name confusion, though, we focus on the tunes, which are sorta tense, sorta garage-rock, sorta psychedelic. We like.”
Local fans are less confused by the band’s name (the act derives its name from Selman Street in Reynoldstown where twin brothers Herb and Jason Harris first rehearsed with member Tommy Chung in a house back in 2000). The Selmanaires will next gig at the EARL in East Atlanta on Nov. 24.
Soliciting Grammy votes
We also received some encouraging news from Atlanta filmmaker Clay Walker on Monday. It seems that he and veteran Atlanta jazz performer Freddy Cole are on the long list of potential 2007 Grammy Awards nominees. Ballots that were just mailed to industry voters will help determine who will be nominated.
Cole is under consideration for album of the year, best jazz vocalist and recording of the year for his sublime studio recording, “Because of You.” Walker is a potential nominee in the best long form video category for his documentary, “The Cole Nobody Knows.”
E-mailed Walker: “We need to ask anyone who might be a voting member or knows someone who is to please vote for our projects.” Voting continues through the middle of next week. If Cole scores the nomination, it could make an impressive birthday gift. The singer and pianist turned 75 last week.
Oprah, Madge, baby talk
Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is scheduled to use her nationally televised confession booth Tuesday to tape an interview with Madonna, in which the cone bra-favoring pop singer will discuss her increasingly controversial adoption of a 13-month-old boy from the African country of Malawi.
The interview is scheduled to air Wednesday.
Madonna traveled to Malawi on Oct. 4 with her husband, Guy Ritchie. They spent eight days visiting orphanages she is funding through her charity.
The child, David Banda, was taken to London last week after Malawi’s High Court granted Madonna and Ritchie an interim adoption order.
The toddler’s father, Yohane Banda, said Sunday he didn’t realize he was signing away custody of his motherless son “for good.”
It could not be confirmed at press time whether Oprah would brandish a sword in a Solomon-like attempt to satisfy all.
Celebrity docket
Rapper Foxy Brown could be thrown in jail Tuesday if she misses her sentencing in New York. Brown failed to appear in New York Criminal Court on Monday. Her attorney, Frank Rothman, said Brown was recovering at home from a dental procedure.
“I don’t take this kindly,” Judge Melissa C. Jackson said. “I don’t believe she is incapable of being here.”
The judge said that if Brown failed to show up, a plea deal sparing her jail time would be voided, and she would be sentenced to a year behind bars.
As Buzz readers will recall, Brown pleaded guilty in August to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a fight with salon workers over a manicure. In the memorable nail salon snit, Brown kicked one employee and smacked a second in the face in 2004 in an argument over payment for her manicure.
The deal would require Brown to serve three years’ probation and take anger management classes.
Celebrity birthdays
Actor-producer David Nelson (“The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”) is 70. Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman is 70. Actor F. Murray Abraham is 67. Actor Kevin Kline is 59. Actor B.D. Wong is 44. Singer Monica is 26.
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