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Panda cub’s clumsy energy wows visitors
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On this beat, we routinely chronicle celebrities who enter a room and immediately topple over. But in the case of Zoo Atlanta’s biggest star, there’s no court date attached, just a growth spurt.
Yes, Friday marked baby giant panda Mei Lan’s formal public debut, the first day people could get time-specific tickets to check out the cub, now nearly 6 months old.
And the early visitors, who shivered in Friday’s chill to see the zoo attraction, weren’t disappointed.
Mei Lan came trundling out of her sleeping quarters right on schedule. She looked like a woolly worm in a hurry. The cub got as far as a bucket, which jumped in her way. Mei Lan fell. Cameras clicked. She struggled to her feet, blinked her eyes and ka-lonked into a log. Everyone cheered.
After a few more pratfalls, Mei Lan tumbled over for a midmorning snooze.
Celebrity docket
In Fulton County Superior Court on Friday, an order was filed for the immediate arrest and incarceration of former NBA Milwaukee Bucks forward Jason Caffey. The Atlantan has yet to fulfill the court-mandated requirements in relation to back child support. According to the order, Caffey still owes more than $70,000 in payments to Lorunda Brown, the mother of Justin Amir Caffey, 4. In January and February, Caffey came up with $8,300. However, the balance was due Friday. The order states that “all law enforcement officers of this state are hereby ordered to arrest Jason Caffey on sight.”
Caffey played on two NBA Championship teams while with the Chicago Bulls in 1996 and 1997.
Brown’s attorney Randall Kessler told Buzz on Friday via e-mail: “Mr. Caffey just isn’t taking this seriously.”
When we contacted a receptionist for Caffey’s Atlanta attorney James Altman and identified ourselves as an AJC reporter Friday, we were briefly placed on hold and then were subsequently put into Altman’s voice mail.
Coupling
Some CNN employees will take a brief respite from tracking the Anna Nicole Smith court drama this weekend. “Robin & Company” sports anchor Will Selva is scheduled to marry CNN news scribe Jennifer Gurka today in Pasadena, Calif. We’re told that fellow CNNers, including “Robin & Company” anchor Robin Meade, entertainment reporter Adrianna Costa and Headline anchor Christi Paul, will be among those on hand at the Ritz-Carlton.
Stork report
It’s a boy!
Country singer Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley are the parents of a baby boy.
The couple’s first child was born Thursday morning in a Nashville-area hospital, according to a statement from the country star’s publicist.
Mother and baby were resting comfortably.
Paisley, 34, is in the studio working on his next album and will launch his Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour on April 26 in Chattanooga. Williams-Paisley, 35, stars on the ABC sitcom “According to Jim.”
Quote of the day
“It gives circuses a bad name.” — Florida defense attorney Roy Black on “Good Morning America” Friday. Black was referring to Florida Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin’s bizarre blubbering and rambling this week as he decided the issue of Anna Nicole Smith’s burial.
Celebrity birthdays
Saturday: Actor Abe Vigoda is 86. Actor Dominic Chianese (“The Sopranos”) is 76. Movie composer Michel Legrand is 75. Actress Debra Jo Rupp (“That ’70s Show”) is 56. CNN’s Paula Zahn is 51.
Sunday: Country singer Ralph Stanley is 80. CBS newsman Bob Schieffer is 70. Comedian Carrot Top is 40. Actor Sean Astin is 36. Singer Daniel Powter is 36. Actress Rashida Jones (“The Office”) is 31. Actor Justin Berfield (“Malcolm in the Middle”) is 22. Actors James and Oliver Phelps (“Harry Potter”) are 21.
Contributing: Mark Davis and news services
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