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Singer eager to bring gay pride tour to ATL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Oh, my gaawwd, I love Atlanta!” shrieked Cyndi Lauper this week as she hopped on the phone to promote her upcoming True Colors Tour, which rolls through Chastain Park Amphitheater on June 21. “Atlanta is one of my favorite cities,” the singer continued. “You have really good drag queens there.”
The gal behind “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” has assembled a 15-city tour to celebrate Gay and Lesbian Pride month. Lauper and acts including Debbie Harry, Erasure and tour hostess/comic Margaret Cho put on a five-hour show to benefit the Human Rights Campaign.
“We’ve got to beat this discrimination, support gay rights and talk about solidarity,” she explains. “The [gay and lesbian] community has always been there for me throughout my career. This is my way of giving back some of that love. I’ve always been an outsider and a bit of an oddball. I think that’s why I’m so relatable for so many people.”
Lauper says that the tour will also feature information from nonprofits like Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, which assist the parents of gay, lesbian and sexuality-questioning children. Logo, the gay- and lesbian-focused cable channel from MTV Networks, is the sponsor for the cross-country trek.
Lauper is especially proud of the free purple bracelets that will be handed out to each concert attendee, courtesy of Judy Shepard and the Shepard Foundation that read: “Erase Hate.”
States Lauper: “Kind of says it all, doesn’t it?”
For tickets: www.truecolorstour.com.
Dinner … with critic
Emeril Lagasse and his old pal, Rathbun’s executive chef and owner Kevin Rathbun, paired up to drive north the bidding on the live auction items Thursday night at the Share Our Strength hunger benefit at the Georgia Aquarium. Lagasse told us the two have been good friends and go back together to the beginning at Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. At the event, student chefs from Chattahoochee Tech and Le Cordon Bleu flocked around the Food Network celeb chef all night for photos. Lagasse was only too happy to oblige and talk turkey (presumably both roasted and deep-fried) with them. And to offer proof that he’s a good sport, Lagasse had his reps circle one particular silent auction item all evening.
Sure enough, in exchange for a check for $325, Lagasse won the future dinner for two with AJC dining critic Meridith Ford. It should be quite an interesting evening since Ford’s review of Emeril’s Atlanta this week was less than glowing… .
Getting web-headed at ‘Spidey 3’
At presstime Friday, the 95.5 the Beat morning team of Murph Dawg and C.J. were holding up all right at their 48-hour nonstop “Spider-Man 3” viewing marathon at the Atlantic Station Regal Cinema 16. The pair, clad in appropriate Spidey apparel, began viewing the film at midnight Thursday. They’re due to finish at 11:59 p.m. today. Just before the 3 p.m. screening Friday, Murph Dawg rang up the BuzzBerry to tell us: “Just checkin’ in, man. We’re a little delirious right now. C.J., how many times have we seen it now?” C.J.’s groggy response: “I have no idea.” Added Murph Dawg: “We may have had one too many orders of nachos and hot dogs at this point but it’s all good. The movie is great. Well, maybe not ‘Let’s see it 50 times!’ great, but still. …”
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Saturday: Comedian-actor Michael Palin (Monty Python) is 64. MTV News correspondent Kurt Loder is 62. Singer Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen is 48. Newsman Brian Williams is 48. Actress Tina Yothers (“Family Ties”) is 34. Singer Craig David is 26. Singer Chris Brown is 18. Sunday: Singer Bob Seger is 62. Host Tom Bergeron (“Dancing With the Stars”) is 52. Actress Roma Downey (“Touched by an Angel”) is 47. Actor George Clooney is 46.
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