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Friday, November 17, 2006
Houston’s home not sold at foreclosure
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wachovia Mortgage Corp. officials and Whitney Houston’s Atlanta attorney Mark Trigg each confirmed Friday that the singer still owns her Country Club of the South home in north Fulton County.
Trigg said that a foreclosure had been advertised by Fulton County this fall but was not carried out. Houston now has the house up for sale.
“There has not been a foreclosure sale and the account is currently in good standing,” said David Oliver, Wachovia Vice President for Corporate Communications for Georgia. He declined to say when the outstanding payments had been made.
In online and print editions Thursday and Friday, the AJC erroneously reported that the home had been sold at a foreclosure sale Nov. 7.
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Jezebel celebrates with Norville
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Inside Edition” anchor and Dalton native Deborah Norville was bemused Thursday night. Inside the very exclusive VVIP section at the tenth anniversary “50 Most Beautiful” issue of Jezebel magazine party at Park Tavern in Midtown, Norville noticed something amiss.
Someone had placed a drink on her face.
As the issue’s cover model, Norville had flown in for the party. She filmed Thursday’s edition of “Inside Edition” here prior to the party.
“I don’t know whether to be flattered or offended,” she cracked. Singer songwriter Shawn Mullins was busy entertaining the crowd behind her.
Norville’s main goal prior to her late night flight back to NYC? Scoring a Frosted Orange and “a naked steak walking” from the Varsity. Given her wardrobe, let’s hope they provided a few napkins. Norville was wearing a slinky black beaded Luca Luca dress for the occasion.
Jezebel editor-in-chief Beth Weitzman who has overseen the magazine for seven of its 10 years told us: “Tonight is a celebration of all the hard work and an opportunity for our readers to come together. Jezebel isn’t just a magazine for us — it’s a lifestyle.”
The party attracted about 1200 attendees.
As pictures of themselves flashed on large-screen TVs situated around the room, the folks chosen for the issue’s “50 Most Beautiful” issue, worked the party, nibbling on four small mountains of fresh shrimp while skillfully avoiding a table full of generously frosted cupcakes.
Lancome spokesmodel Selena Breed, however, was weakening. “I’m working my way toward those cupcakes,” the sleek former Atlantan told us. We informed her we would need photographic proof that she actually consumes such things.
Among the attendees: Buckhead Coalition president and former Atlanta mayor Sam Massell, WXIA-TV’s Karyn Greer and Evelyn Mims, CBS 46 “Restaurant Report Card” reporter Adam Murphy and members of Collective Soul.
A smidge less “beautiful” was the chaotic scene outside where valiant valets attempted to fetch VIP vehicles while incoming attendees pulled in, blocked all access to the driveway and abandoned their cars. Our fave couple? The obviously entitled pair who parked their European compact in the center of the gridlock and strolled into the VIP party with their car keys. Finally, an off-duty Atlanta police officer working security blocked off the driveway to alleviate the situation.
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Richie’s a hit at Fox, wins Franklin’s vote
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Judging by the way herzzoner was gyrating in the fifth row of the Fox Theatre, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin is more than a little partial to Lionel Richie’s 1986 hit song “Dancing on the Ceiling.”
Franklin, sporting a gray suit and hot pink lapel flower, was among the sold-out crowd Wednesday night at the singer-songwriter’s show, where he performed hits like “Easy” and “Hello.”
Afterward, Richie (perhaps best known these days for being the father of “The Simple Life” reality show star Nicole Richie) headed over to Trois, Bob Amick and Todd Rushing’s brand new Midtown eatery at 14th and Peachtree. Richie was there to sup with Atlanta music and film producer Dallas Austin and others.
We’re told the dinner party kicked off the evening in the restaurant’s luxe bar downstairs, filling two of the venue’s “drinking booths.” The entourage sipped on Pomp and Circumstance champagne cocktails.
Later, they all moved upstairs to the 250-seat main dining room where Richie and friends enjoyed veal, roasted hanger steak and braised ribs, tuna tartar and butter poached lobster.
Richie, who helped to rule the 1970s and 1980s pop charts with his songwriting and his work with the Commodores, still has devoted listeners.
Three die-hard fans waited patiently outside Trois — vintage vinyl albums in hand — for 2 1/2 hours while the singer ate. At 1:30 a.m., Richie emerged and graciously autographed the albums.
Stork report
“My Name Is Earl” actress Jaime Pressly has made it official: She’s pregnant.
“I’m four months pregnant! I’m making it official tonight for the first time,” the 29-year-old actress told Jay Leno on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” on Wednesday.
The blond bombshell, known for her Emmy-nominated role as the trash-talking Joy on the NBC sitcom, and disc jockey Eric Cubiche became engaged last month. They had been dating for about 18 months.
Pressly said she knows the baby is a boy.
“I’m healthy, the baby’s healthy. We’re good,” she said.
TomKat Italian wedding update
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will likely wed Saturday in a Scientology ceremony held at a 15th-century Italian castle in a lakeside town near Rome, the town’s mayor said Thursday.
The wedding party, along with guests, are then expected to attend a banquet the same day in Rome, Bracciano Mayor Patrizia Riccioni said.
For weeks rumors have focused on Odescalchi Castle in the sleepy town of Bracciano as the likely venue for the celebrity wedding. Riccioni told a news conference Thursday she had met the couple the day before somewhere outside of her town, but she would not say where.
She was coy about other details, too, saying only that she expected the couple to arrive Saturday morning at the castle, which overlooks Lake Bracciano, for what she believed would be a Scientology wedding ceremony, followed by a banquet.
She said she expected the couple to return to the Italian capital the same day.
Cruise, 44, star of the “Mission: Impossible” films, and Holmes, 27, have been staying at a luxury hotel near the Spanish Steps in Rome. They were photographed Thursday with their infant daughter, Suri, as they walked to a restaurant in the city.
The area immediately surrounding Nino restaurant was cordoned off, and private security officials crowded the area.
Those spotted going into the restaurant included “Mission Impossible III” director J.J. Abrams, Brooke Shields and Jennifer Lopez. Lopez’s husband, Marc Anthony, briefly stepped out to smoke a cigarette.
Quote of the day
“They did one dumb deal after another. I had better luck with the Soviet Union than with one of America’s largest and leading companies.”
— Former Time-Warner vice chairman Ted Turner on his tenure with the conglomerate after its merger with AOL, from Thursday’s edition of the Denver Post.
Celebrity birthdays
Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 68. Movie director Martin Scorsese is 64. Actress Lauren Hutton is 63. “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels is 62. Actor-director Danny DeVito is 62. Entertainer RuPaul is 46. Actor Dylan Walsh (“Nip/Tuck”) is 43. Singer Ronnie DeVoe of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe is 39. Guitarist Isaac Hanson of Hanson is 26. Actress Raquel Castro (“Jersey Girl”) is 12.
Contributing: news services
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