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Monica Pearson ready for reunion
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
While some folks tend to shy away from their high school reunions, WSB TV news anchor Monica Pearson is only too happy to attend hers Saturday afternoon at the Swan House in Buckhead.
Pearson e-mailed to inform us about the first southeastern reunion of alums from Presentation Academy, a 166-year-old, all-girls Catholic high school in Louisville, Ky. Pearson graduated from it in 1965.
In her e-mail, Pearson explained why the private school remains important to her: “My mom used to pawn her engagement ring to pay for my tuition every year so I would get a great education. … The ring my father gave her only was worn during the summer months.” Pearson tells us that only about 25 folks have sent R.S.V.P.s for the gathering. Reasons Pearson: “You have to start somewhere.”
CELEBRITY DOCKET
As if Michael Vick didn’t have enough trouble, he may have to fork over $63 billion — that’s billion, with a B — if one Jonathan Lee Riches prevails in court.
The aptly named Riches’ lawsuit against Vick, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Richmond, was handwritten. That’s because Riches is a guest of the Graybar Hotel in South Carolina (it’s not clear which town; his handwriting is a little hard to read). The lawsuit does not explain what landed Riches in the clink, but does spell out a number of dastardly allegations: That Vick supposedly stole Riches’ dogs for dogfighting purposes, opened credit cards in Riches’ name and stole his copyrighted property. (“Mr. Vick uses my name to sell T-shirts,” the suit alleges at one point.)
But wait. It gets worse. Or better, if you’re in this particular racket.
Riches claims that Vick sold the pilfered pooches on eBay and used the proceeds to purchase missiles from the Iranian government, that he has “plead (sic) allegiance to Al-quaeda (sic)” and has subjected Riches to “microwave testing.”
Riches is demanding $63 billion “backed by gold and silver.” Should he prevail against Atlanta’s erstwhile sports hero, at least another hometown team will benefit: He wants the loot delivered by Atlanta-based UPS.
OVERSCENE
Pop star Jon Bon Jovi provided the entertainment at Cumulus Radio Atlanta’s private party Thursday at Park Tavern in Midtown. Hundreds of clients and business associates of 99X and Q100 attended the open bar, sushi-filled soiree. Opening the festivities: budding singer-songwriter Jon McLaughlin, whose single “Beautiful Disaster” continues to flirt with the charts. And yes, the single women in attendance were disappointed to find a wedding band on the handsome singer’s left hand.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Today: Cartoonist Jim Davis (“Garfield”) is 62. Actress Sally Struthers is 59. Actress Elizabeth Berkley (“Showgirls,” “Saved by the Bell”) is 35.
Sunday: Atlanta TV news icon Ray Moore is 85. Documentary maker Ken Burns is 54. Country singer Martina McBride is 41. Musician Danger Mouse of Gnarls Barkley is 30.
Contributing: Jennifer Brett, Sharon Gaus, Rodney Ho and news services.
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