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Some real babes catch disco fever
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For parents with young children, the nightclub scene has long receded into the past, along with drunken one-night stands, deafening music and 4 a.m. Waffle House runs.
But the organizers of the national phenomenon called “Baby Loves Disco” tried to bring back at least some of those elements to the Loft in Midtown Saturday afternoon — except nearly half the dancing crowd of 300 were babies and toddlers.
RODNEY HO / Staff
Kimberly Kersery (left), Payton Hunter and her aunt Jodi Hunter show some moves as Donna Summer’s “Last Dance” plays at the end of “Baby Loves Disco” Saturday.
DJ Rob Wonder, who normally spins at MJQ Concourse, woke up early to give the kids a mix of actual disco (as in “Disco Inferno” and “Shake Your Booty”) all the way up to “One Two Step” and “SexyBack.” He refuses to do weddings, which he feels “compromises his integrity” as a DJ, but in this case, he simply had to ensure the songs were clean versions.
And get this: The bar was open and Loft bar manager Garrett Hockin was surprised he sold a bit of liquor. “It was more than I expected,” he said. Organizer Dina Fuchs Beresin, who has a 2-year-old daughter, didn’t notice: “I saw mostly juice boxes and Diet Coke.”
Regardless, Jodi Hunter of Sandy Springs said the Loft evoked some frat-house nostalgia: “It smells like stale beer.”
MONTEL HAS LIMITS
Montel Williams is an amiable dude, and he said he has no problems signing autographs and posing for pictures if he’s by himself. But he does draw the line at the urinal.
“I’m literally in the bathroom, and people want to shake my hand,” he told Buzz before his visit to Atlanta Saturday at the Buckhead Barnes & Noble to promote his “Living Well With Montel” DVD series. ” ‘Dude, back away from the urinal. It’s not happening. I’m sorry! ’ “
After 16 years on TV with his successful “Montel Williams Show” (seen locally weekdays on WSB-TV at 10 a.m.), he felt he needed to consolidate his knowledge about life on DVD, bringing in life coaches to help talk about relationships, finances and family. And even after tackling the same topics over and over , he still enjoys his job: “I love talking to people and dispensing information.”
DA BRAT WORKS OUT
Da Brat, the part-time Atlanta hip-hop artist, hated her time on VH1’s “The Surreal Life,” partly because she believed the producers misled her.
“I was fooled,” she told Buzz last week. “They told me everyone would be current people. I didn’t want to be in a house with a bunch of people who hadn’t done anything in a long time.”
But Da Brat’s back on VH1 for “Celebrity Fit Club 5,” which debuted last night. “I don’t have a problem with VH1,” she said. “It was the producers of the other show. In this case, I knew who was going to be on the show.”
They include Tiffany (“I Think I’m Alone Now”), Maureen McCormick (“The Brady Bunch”) and Dustin Diamond (“Saved by the Bell.”)
At 172 pounds, Da Brat was hardly in Bone Crusher territory, but she said she needs to trim a bit from the hip and booty area. But don’t “disrespect” her, as shown Sunday when she clashed frequently with stone-faced trainer Harvey Walden. “I’m brutally honest,” she said.
She said she liked everybody on the show — except mouthy Diamond: “For the cameras, he was being unruly. Once I got to know him, I didn’t like him.”
RANDOM BITS
At the inaugural “Evening of Hope” benefit Saturday night at the Atlanta History Center, 225 guests and sponsors raised about $150,000 for the American Cancer Society. Secretary of State Karen Handel served as honorary chairwoman, while WGCL-TV meteorologist Gene Norman emceed. Outback Steakhouse provided the food: rack of lamb, grilled chicken and chocolate cake …
Fans of Paul Harvey flooded the Eagle lines last week after the beloved 88-year-old’s folksy daily commentaries were taken off the country station. General manager Victor Sansone said the station wanted to focus more on music, but Buzz figures the real reason is Harvey’s aging fans weren’t compatible with Eagle’s regular listeners …
Brandi Carlile, the Seattle singer-songwriter recently featured on “Grey’s Anatomy,” told the sold-out Variety Playhouse crowd last week that her hero Elton John had sent her flowers and a bottle of wine. “I called my brother. He said, ‘I just got a job as a concrete- truck driver,’ ” she said. “Nothing like family to put things in perspective!”
Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls joined Carlile onstage to sing “Cannonball” and “Folsom Prison Blues.”
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Actor Lee Majors is 68. Director Michael Moore is 53. Actress Valerie Bertinelli is 47. Comedian George Lopez is 46.
HIGH FIVE
V-103 For April 15-21
1. “Buy U a Drank” T-Pain
2. “Lost Without U” Robin Thicke
3. “Like a Boy” Ciara
4. “I’m a Flirt” R. Kelly
5. “Last Night” Diddy
— Mediabase 24/7
QUOTABLE
“Although I have been told by numerous people not to worry too much, as all parents lose their patience with their kids, I am most saddened that this was released to the media because of what it does to a child. I’m sorry … for losing my temper with my child. I have been driven to the edge by parental alienation for many years now. … I am sorry for what happened. But I am equally sorry that a court order was violated.”
Alec Baldwin on his Web site Friday after TMZ.com publicized a voice mail between Baldwin and his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, in which he resorted to name-calling. (Did his ex-wife Kim Basinger leak it? TMZ won’t say.)
Contributing: Marylin Johnson and news services.
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