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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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