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Monday, May 14, 2007
Tickets on sale Saturday for Beyonce visit
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If you want to experience “The Beyoncé Experience” tour this summer, you may want to pick up some overtime this week. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for the July 20 concert at Philips Arena, featuring the Destiny’s Child diva and R&B singer Robin Thicke. Reserved tickets for the all ages show are priced at $99.75, $79.75 and $49.75 before that lovely processing charge gets tacked on. All tickets are for reserved seating and all ages are welcome. Tickets will be available at www.livenation.com, the Philips Arena Box Office, or charge by phone through Ticketmaster at 404-249-6400. For more information, call Philips Arena at 404-878-3000 or visit www.beyonce.com.
DYLAN SHALL BE FREE TO ROAM THE OCEANS
Dylan, the loggerhead sea turtle that’s been flapping his flippers at visitors to the Georgia Aquarium, is about to wave goodbye. He’s heading to coastal Georgia, and from there to his natural home in the deep.
The turtle, about 7 years old, is scheduled to leave the aquarium this morning for the George Sea Turtle Center at Jekyll Island. He’ll be the first turtle at the center to be prepared for life in the Atlantic Ocean, his native habitat.
Dylan’s return to the coast marks a full circle for the Caretta caretta. He was a hatchling, a straggler rescued on Jekyll Island seven years ago. He stayed at the Tidelands Nature Center, but soon outgrew its tanks. The Georgia Aquarium offered him some temporary digs at its Georgia Explorer exhibit.
Now, the turtle is about 20 inches long, meaning he’s ready to go back to Jekyll Island. The center hopes to release the turtle sometime this summer. He’ll be equipped with a transmitter so center employees can chart his movements.
The center officially opens its doors June 16.
A GREAT ‘DEBATE’ FOR ‘BATTLE’ ACTOR
“Peachtree Battle” reps tell us that the actor Justice Leak, who portrays Holcombe Habersham in the never-ending, er, long-running show will leave the production in June for another gig. Leak has been cast in the upcoming big-screen flick “The Great Debaters,” starring Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker. Filming will take place in Boston.
According to “Battle” rep Kyle Barnette, the film, also directed by Washington, “is a drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College in Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school’s first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. The film, being produced by Oprah Winfrey’s production company, Harpo Films, is scheduled for a 2008 release.”
“Peachtree Battle” creators John Gibson and Anthony Morris in a statement told us: “We are thrilled for Justice. This is a well-deserved opportunity.”
OVERSCENE
Reality TV two-fer J.P. Calderon of “Survivor: Cook Islands” and “the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency” dining and raving about the macaroni and cheese and Jack Daniels ice cream at TWO Urban Licks. The male model was in town for a nightclub appearance/public ogling session at WETbar. It could not immediately be determined whether Calderon managed to patronize any other local businesses with a portion of their names in all CAPITAL LETTERS while in the ATL.
USA Today reports that Atlantans Jermaine Dupri, Janet Jackson, Usher and Whitney Houston were among the celebs at the launch of Paradise Island, the latest Atlantis resort in the Bahamas over the weekend.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Country singer Eddy Arnold is 89. Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 71. Singer Trini Lopez is 70. Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 67. Country singer K.T. Oslin is 65. Musician Brian Eno is 59. Actor Chazz Palminteri is 56. Musician Mike Oldfield is 54. Rock musician Ahmet Zappa is 33. Actor David Krumholtz (“Numb3rs”) is 29. Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler (“The Sopranos”) is 26.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“That’s the most important thing that I took away from this: my friendship with Amy. I will always do whatever I can to help her. Like I told her, ‘Not only would I hide a body for you, I would chop one up as well.’ — “Gilmore Girls” actor Scott Patterson to Tvguide.com on his relationship with series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino as the show ends its seven-year run tonight on CW.
STORK REPORT
It’s a girl!
Trump Towers Atlanta developer Donald Trump became a grandfather over the weekend, 14 months after he became a dad all over again.
The baby girl, Kai Madison, was born to Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Vanessa, both 29, on Saturday in New York, according to published reports. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces, the reports said.
Donald Trump Jr. told People magazine from the hospital that he is getting used to the idea of being a father. “Everyone’s great,” he said.
He said the girl’s name comes from her maternal grandfather, a Danish musician.
Oddly, little Kai will get to grow up alongside her uncle Barron, born to her grandfather and his third wife, Melania, in 2006.
The elder Trump told the New York Post that being a granddad was “terrific.”
“Well, it’s not something I had necessarily in mind, but it feels very nice,” he said.
At presstime Monday, Rosie O’Donnell’s gift had yet to arrive …
Contributing: Mark Davis and news services.
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Dallas Bad Roads trump Buckhead Bettyz at HBO
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Two local Atlantans last year sold a comedy concept to HBO called “Buckhead Bettyz” about life among the upper-crust society women in Atlanta.
But it’s been placed on hold because HBO decided to move forward with a similar concept about a wealthy real-estate family in Dallas. Called “12 Miles of Bad Road,” it’s created by Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and stars Lily Tomlin. No air date has been set yet for that show. (The husband-and-wife team also created ’80s sitcom “Designing Women,” set in Atlanta.)
“We got placed on the back burner,” said Alex Sapot, director of development for the production company set to make “Buckhead Bettyz.”
The show creators, Lisa Senters (left) and Tenessa Singleton (right), said the initial script, penned by award-winning writer Beth Henley, didn’t click. “She changed it quite a bit from the original concept,” Senters said.
Senters said she’s not sure what the future of the show will be, especially after the person who championed it, Chris Albrecht, resigned last week as HBO president after he allegedly assaulted a female companion.
HBO spokesman Tobe Becker said the network’s policy is not to discuss shows in development.
RANDOM BITS
Third-place “American Idol” finalist Elliott Yamin postponed his first solo tour, set to open Tuesday in Atlanta at the Loft in Midtown. Promoter Josh Antenucci said the concert was selling just fine. Rather, “Idol” producers at the last second asked Yamin to sing his hit song “Wait for You” on Wednesday’s results show. Hmm … 600 people at the Loft or 28 million people on “Idol”? Can’t blame him for picking the latter …
Characters die fairly frequently on NBC’s “Heroes,” which concludes its freshman year next Monday, but it appears that morally gray politician Nathan Petrelli (played by Adrian Pasdar) won’t be one of them — at least this season. “When I signed on to ‘Heroes,’ ” he told Buzz last week during a conference call, “I didn’t realize I’d signed on for ‘Survivor.’ ” He did say his character will be isolated in a new location next year because of choices he makes in the final three minutes of the season finale.
HIGH FIVE
Songs for Kids
For his charity event at Smith’s Olde Bar, Josh Rifkind used Rolling Stone’s Top 500 songs of all time. Here are the Top 5:
1. Bob Dylan, “Like a Rolling Stone”
2. The Rolling Stones, “Satisfaction”
3. John Lennon, “Imagine”
4. Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On”
5. Aretha Franklin, “Respect”
— Rolling Stone magazine
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Movie producer George Lucas is 63. Musician David Byrne (Talking Heads) is 55. Director Robert Zemeckis is 55. Guitarist C.C. DeVille of Poison is 45. Fabrice Morvan of Milli Vanilli is 41. Actress Cate Blanchett is 38. Director Sofia Coppola (“Lost in Translation”) is 36.
Contributing: news services.
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