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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Duchess of York visits Atlanta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlantans will get a brush with nobility at 11:30 this morning when Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, unveils her jewelry line — in collaboration with K&G Creations — at Macy’s Lenox Square store in Buckhead.
She will be the host of a fashion show featuring her earrings, rings and necklaces made with Moissanite, a man-made colorless jewel set in 14- and 18-karat white and yellow gold settings. The jewelry starts around $400 for a pair of diamondlike studs.
And how does Atlanta prepare for such a visit?
“Actually, Macy’s had very little to do. The duchess is low maintenance,” said Marla Shavin, a Macy’s spokeswoman. “She travels with her own china cup and teapot, so our contribution is hot water for her tea.”
Before the show, the duchess will be feted at a private party for Macy’s executives and the store’s best jewelry customers. Tony Conway of A Legendary Event plans to give the room the royal treatment by dressing the green and gold table linens with white calla lilies and white orchids. And the food? A mix of fresh fruit, cinnamon cherry scones, banana nut bread and poppyseed bread with Devonshire cream, and, of course, Britain’s favorite beverage served from a silver English teapot.
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Comic Sedaris meets strangers with library cards
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Prior to her appearance at the Decatur Public Library Tuesday night, comic actress and author Amy Sedaris kept busy answering the phones at Outwrite Books in Midtown.
Wearing a cocoa-colored cocktail dress, Sedaris was hidden in the manager’s office, signing a small mountain of pre-ordered copies of “I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence” (Warner Books, 27.99).
“No, we don’t accept personal checks,” Sedaris told a customer inquiring about her appearance. “Oh, and I know for a fact that the author will also be selling wands and aprons at her signing tonight. Cash only.”
After hanging up and gauging our reaction, Sedaris cracked, “Hey, don’t judge!”
The mastermind behind the Comedy Central series and recent prequel film “Strangers With Candy” says she was inspired to pen her new book after hostessing a lot of parties.
“Sometimes guests just don’t know what to bring,” she lamented. “Bring me stamps or butter, you know, things I actually use. No one has a vase tall enough to hold sunflowers, people!”
Sedaris shook her head when she got to an audio edition copy of her book in the stack.
“I always talk people out of buying this,” she admitted. “I can’t read for one thing. I tell people, ‘Buy the book and read it while you drive. If there’s an accident, call me ‘.”
Celebrity docket
Tracy Morgan, the former “Saturday Night Live” regular who co-stars on NBC’s “30 Rock,” was arrested Tuesday in Upper Manhattan on drunken driving charges, the district attorney’s office said.
The 38-year-old comedian was stopped around 4:30 a.m. while driving a Cadillac Escalade on the Henry Hudson Parkway near West 158th Street, said Edison Alban, a spokesman for District Attorney Robert Morgenthau.
Police reported that Morgan smelled of alcohol and that he later failed a Breathalyzer test at the 28th Precinct station house, Alban said.
Alban didn’t yet know the name of Morgan’s attorney.
Morgan’s publicist in Los Angeles didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
Alban said Morgan was to be arraigned later in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court on charges of driving while intoxicated and driving while impaired.
Last Dec. 2, Morgan was arrested in Hollywood, Calif., on impaired-driving charges after police stopped him for speeding. Authorities there said his blood-alcohol level was 0.13 percent, over the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
Celebrity birthdays
Blues musician John Mayall is 73. Singer Denny Doherty of the Mamas and the Papas is 66. Comedian Garry Shandling is 57. Director Joel Coen is 52. Actor-comedian Howie Mandel is 51. Singer Jonathan Knight of New Kids on the Block is 38. Drummer Ringo Garza of Los Lonely Boys is 25. Actor Lucas Black (“Sling Blade,” “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift”) is 24.
Contributing: Marylin Johnson and news services
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Sisters recount backstage ‘Oprah’ experience
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As local sisters Kristy O’Conner and Kasey Osborne-Lumpp recently discovered, things are a bit different behind the scenes in television. On Tuesday, fresh from their appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” televised Monday, the sisters detailed some of the more unanticipated moments backstage at “Oprah” earlier this month.
You’ll recall that with a lot of help from Atlantans, O’Conner and Osborne-Lumpp transformed their two $1,000 Bank of America gift cards given to them last month by the talk show queen into a whopping $200,000 for My Sister’s House, a local shelter. The results of Oprah’s “Pay It Forward” challenge aired Monday.
Osborne-Lumpp told Buzz that she and her sister resisted when “Oprah” producers attempted to provide them with talking points prior to their on-air encounter with Winfrey. “We both felt very strongly about speaking from our hearts,” Osborne-Lumpp, a marketing rep, told Buzz.
The sisters were also puzzled when a producer suggested that they round up the amount of money they raised to $225,000.
“I honestly have no idea what the motivation there was,” Osborne-Lumpp said. ” I asked them, ‘Seriously, is $200,000 not enough for you?’ I was beside myself. “
Osborne-Lumpp says Winfrey herself was cordial and kind.
“During the commercial break, she asked if we had enjoyed our experience and if we felt the power of giving.”
When we rang Winfrey’s reps. in Chicago Tuesday to request an interview with a producer, we were asked to fax the request. At presstime, we had not received a response to our fax.
Osborne-Lumpp said the main reason the sisters opted to talk to the media Tuesday to give proper credit to and to thank Q100 listeners (On “Oprah,” it was referred to as “a local radio station”), Kroger shoppers and the many local folks who united to raise the funds.
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