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Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Cheetah VP pounces on rumor of club’s sale
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Normally, when Cheetah Lounge Vice President Jack Braglia phones Buzz Central, it’s because we’ve requested to attend a “Catwalk: Learn to Move Like a Cheetah (Girl)” exercise class.
But Braglia had other things on his mind Tuesday. It seems, like every other square inch of real estate 
in the rapidly morphing Midtown area, the Spring Street gentlemen’s club is enduring its share of redevelopment rumors of late.
“The bottom line is we’re not for sale, we haven’t been sold, and we’re not closing,” Braglia told Buzz. “Normally, I wouldn’t bother dealing with something so ridiculous, but lately I’ve even had to reassure our liquor distributors and our employees who want to know whether they should renew their work permits.”
In addition to comforting Cheetah entertainers Angel, Brandi, Brandy, Brittany, GiGi, Midori and Syren, Braglia has even put out word in the monthly Atlanta nightclub bible, the Hudspeth Report, to note the club’s stability.
This isn’t the first time the popular nightclub has wrestled with rumors. Back in 1996, one of our favorite urban legends concerned the Cheetah having been rented out by Japanese businessmen for the duration of the Summer Olympics.
“Granted, the land we’re on is probably worth $5 [million] or $6 million in the current Midtown real estate climate,” Braglia said. “But real estate prices will have to increase dramatically before it becomes worth more than our business.”
Translation: Midori probably isn’t having trouble financing her Emory University grad school tuition.
Out of character?
Eagle 106.7 FM morning man Rhubarb Jones was as shocked as his listeners when Faith Hill (shown) allegedly dissed Country Music Association female vocalist winner Carrie Underwood (right) when she beat out Hill for the honor Monday night. Countless posted YouTube.com clips of Hill screeching “What?!” as Underwood’s name was called scored heavy hits Tuesday. But Jones found the outburst completely out of character.
Jones said Hill’s reaction wasn’t at all like the vocalist he’s known since 1994. “She’s always been real sweet,” Jones told us. “I even have a handwritten thank-you note from her. I want to give her the benefit of the doubt here. It was like something out of a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch.”
Still, Jones had predicted Underwood would take home the award Monday night because of “the banner year she’s had.”
Hill’s “hateful expression and exquisite eye-roll” (as described by AJC music writer Nick Marino, who covered the CMAs in Nashville) was classified as “a joke” by the singer’s reps Tuesday.
My Space-age McRib
Following in the dubious footsteps of the Eagles, Barbra Streisand and Cher, 
McDonald’s McRib sandwich is plotting a farewell tour across the country this fall. The barbecue sauce-slathered, boneless pork sandwich (which, at this point, is probably as biodegradable as Cher) is set to strike in the metro area the week of Thanksgiving, when you surely won’t have any other dietary concerns. As part of the marketing ploy and to celebrate its annual purchase of 250 million pounds of U.S. pork, Mickey D’s has even created a mascot for the McRib campaign: Boneless Pig Farmers Association of America advocate Pete McCoy. Adding a zesty zing of hipness, McCoy even has his own My Space page, www.myspace.com /bonelesspigfarmer. At deadline Tuesday, the fictitious farmer had somehow accumulated 51 “friends” on the site. And given his name, we were equally certain that McRib-touting National Pork Board food service marketing director Jeff Pigott was also fake. However, Pigott’s very real outgoing voice-mail message informed us he was in meetings Tuesday… . Contributing: news services. Got a tip for Peach Buzz? 404-526-2749 or buzz@ajc.com
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Singer Patti Page is 79. CBS newsman Morley Safer is 75. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 57. “Entertainment Tonight” host Mary Hart is 56. Playboy CEO Christie Hefner is 54. Actress Alfre Woodard is 53. Singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones is 52. Singer-actor Leif Garrett is 45. Actress Courtney Thorne-Smith (“According to Jim”) is 39. Actress Parker Posey (left) is 38. TV personality Jack Osbourne (“The Osbournes”) is 21.
HIGH FIVE Top five singles downloaded Tuesday at iTunes Music Store: 1. “My Love” (single) — Justin Timberlake (featuring T.I.) 2. “Fergalicious” — Fergie 3. “Smack That” — Akon 4. “Irreplaceable” — Beyoncé (below) 5. “It Ends Tonight” — The All-American Rejects Source: itunes.com
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