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Conquering foodie has us in her sights
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Much like the generous helpings of mayonnaise and butter in her recipes, there will be no shortage of Food Network queen Paula Deen here in the coming months.
First up, Savannah’s Lady and Sons restaurateur will be in town April 22-23 to promote her upcoming memoir, “It Ain’t All About the Cookin’ ” (Simon & Schuster, $25).
According to pauladeen.com, Deen will sign books for Costco Perimeter members only from 1 to 3 p.m. on April 22 (for info: 770-352-8660), and she’ll do a discussion and Q&A at Emory University’s Glenn Auditorium at 7 p.m. April 23 (only pre-signed books will be available; for info: 404-370-8450).
And as she promised us months ago, our advance copy of “Ain’t” contains more than a few brutally frank moments.
For example, in the foreword, Deen writes: “If I could get back one wrong I did to my family, if I could choose some words I could take back and eat ‘em down so they would never have seen the light, it would be the day I told my son Jamie I hated him. I can barely write those words now. I love my sons more than life, but we were in the heat of the battle of starting a restaurant business … and I felt Jamie was pulling against me, rather than with me.”
On Sept. 8, Deen returns to the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center in Midtown for “Paula Deen Live,” a live cooking demo and Q&A session, similar to the format of her successful prime-time “Paula’s Party” show on Food Network. Tickets are $45-$65 with shows at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. For info: www.ticketmaster.com.
RUE WATCH!
Buzz’s fave “Golden Girl,” Rue McClanahan, has added another Atlanta appearance to her upcoming book tour for her memoir, “My First Five Husbands … And the Ones Who Got Away” (Broadway, $24.95). And the venue could not be more appropriate for the former Southern belle/vixen Blanche Devereaux: McClanahan will host a “Lunch and Lit” session at the Margaret Mitchell House at 11 a.m. April 23 in Midtown.
For $35, fans will get lunch, valet parking and lots of Rue. Plus, if you’ve been married four or more times, you’ll get in free (providing you have proof) by calling the MMH’s special “divorcée hotline,” 404-814-2063. If you don’t fall into that particular category, you can still make reservations at 770-578-3502.
Explained MMH rep Anne Nettles Stanford: “We thought by scaling it back to four marriages, we might open it up to a few more people.”
One additional note: Divorcées should be comfortable around nosy reporters. Buzz plans to sit in your section. …
FALL OUT BOY TOUR HITS PERSONAL SNAG
Are the members of Fall Out Boy having a falling out?
All we know for sure is that the rock quartet’s tour — which was scheduled to hit Atlanta on April 19 — has been postponed due to “personal issues.”
In a statement on the band’s Web site, pinup bassist Pete Wentz says, “Just wanted to give everyone a heads up, we are planning on this being the biggest and best Fall Out Boy show that we could possibly have. Unfortunately, because of some personal issues we had to delay the tour a few weeks. This extra couple of weeks will give us the time to put ourselves in the right place to put on the best show we can.”
Wentz’s statement goes on to say that tickets to the original shows — except for the Sacramento, Calif., date — will be valid on the rescheduled concert dates.
TRUCKER GONE
Speaking of band-related “personal issues,” guitarist, singer and songwriter Jason Isbell, who joined Athens’ Drive-By Truckers in 2001, is out of the band. There’s a long explanation by DBT leader Patterson Hood at the band’s Web site (www.drivebytruckers.com), which says that the separation is entirely peaceable. “It’s with a wide range of emotions and feelings that I’m announcing that we have parted ways with Jason,” Hood writes on the opening page of the band’s site. “The split, which I consider extremely amicable, is the result of a period of personal and artistic growth from all sides which has left us with differing dreams and goals.”
The terse tone of the announcement on Isbell’s MySpace page, meanwhile, casts doubt on that — “I am not in the Drive-By Truckers anymore. Go figure. I wish them luck. I will not answer questions about it.” A later posting seems more measured (www.myspace.com/jason
isbellmusic). The Truckers begin recording their eighth album this summer, and Isbell has a solo album due out in July.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Actor Harry Morgan (“Dragnet,” “MASH”) is 92. Actor Omar Sharif is 75. Sportscaster John Madden is 71. Reggae artist Bunny Wailer is 60. Actor Steven Seagal is 56. Actor Peter MacNicol (“Numbers,” “24”) is 53. Singer-producer Babyface is 49. Comedian Orlando Jones is 39. Singer-actress Mandy Moore is 23. Actor Haley Joel Osment (“The Sixth Sense”) is 19.
WHERE WE RANK
Last week’s two-hour prime-time concert special “Happy Birthday Elton,” from Madison Square Garden, helped fledgling MyNetwork get its highest ratings ever, peaking in households in Cleveland with a 3.3 rating. In the part-time Atlanta knight’s adopted U.S. hometown, Sir Elton John ranked No. 1 among women 25-54, scoring a 2.7 rating in the demographic (give it up, girls, he’s taken) …
Contributing: Shane Harrison, Nick Marino and news services
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