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Monday, November 6, 2006
‘Doogie’ news no surprise to former co-star
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As his former “Doogie Howser, M.D.” co-star Neil Patrick Harris made headlines over the weekend, TV’s original gay doc, Mitchell Anderson, was happily prescribing chicken matzo ball soup.
Ten years ago, before “Grey’s Anatomy” actor T.R. Knight and even “Dr. Kildare” star Richard Chamberlain publicly acknowledged their homosexuality, Anderson, now the owner of MetroFresh in Midtown, publicly came out.
On Monday, USA Today paid homage to the gay actors who portray straight doctors on TV but managed to omit Anderson, who first rose to fame as Dr. Jack McGuire on “Doogie Howser” in 1989.
When we reached him at his restaurant after the lunch rush Monday, Anderson told us: “I wasn’t all that surprised by Neil’s statement. You hear things in the industry through the years. When we did the show together, he was only 16. It wasn’t exactly a topic of conversation at that point.”
Harris was prompted to issue a public statement regarding his sexuality after being the subject of a prolonged attack on the sleazoid celebrity blog site PerezHilton.com.
“It’s really unfair for some blogger to badger somebody like Neil about their sexuality,” Anderson said. “As far as I’m concerned, he’s playing [on the CBS sitcom ‘How I Met Your Mother’] this perfectly believable hilarious horndog. Neil’s just a good actor. I’m really happy for him. Obviously, over the years, he’s become comfortable with who he is.”
ON MY IPOD
Karyn Greer, WXIA-TV news anchor: “My kids basically rule my iPod. We have the new Janet Jackson on it, the new Justin Timberlake and the new Luda[cris]. And since I have an 11- and an 8-year-old, we have ‘High School Musical.’ And yes, I have memorized the lyrics to every song.”
OVERSCENE
Barbra Streisand inquiring about a mid-1800s Victorian child’s rocking chair at Castaway Antiques on the square in Marietta. Castaway owner Thomas Gholston told us Monday that the singer arrived in a black SUV with two accompanying bodyguards. Said Gholston: “She just walked in off the street. She looked amazing. She had her glasses perched on the end of her nose. She asked if we shipped.”
‘Live X’ lineup announced
Following in the notable footsteps of R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, David Bowie, the Cure’s Robert Smith and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, pop star Beck has contributed a special recording and original cover artwork for this year’s 99X “Live X” disc. The “Strange Apparition” CD of live tracks, featuring Arctic Monkeys, Aqualung, Wolfmother, Death Cab for Cutie and others, arrives at metro area Best Buy stores Nov. 14. The price: $9.99, and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the station’s I Am 99X Foundation. Listeners can get a preview of the tunes at www.99x.com/music/livex11.
Sick bay update
Singer Marianne Faithfull has made a full recovery from breast cancer and plans to resume a postponed world tour, her spokesman said Monday.
Faithfull canceled her tour dates in September after being diagnosed with early stage breast cancer.
Spokesman Rob Partridge said Faithfull, 59, had undergone surgery and was making “a rapid return to full health.”
Currently, Faithfull can be seen as the title character’s mother in Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette.”
Celebrity birthdays
Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 63. Singer Nick Gilder is 55. Actor Christopher Knight (“The Brady Bunch”) is 49. Actor Jeremy London (“Party of Five”) is 34. Actor Jason London (“The Rage: Carrie Two”) is 34.
Contributing: Bob Longino and 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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