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Thursday, August 9, 2007
‘Irresponsible’ photo op?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta attorney Phaedra C. Parks came out swinging Thursday after Tmz.com published a camera-phone image of her client Bobby Brown and ex-wife Whitney Houston taken Tuesday night at Joe’s Crab Shack in Alpharetta and hinted that the pair was high. Tmz.com also sent out a news alert to e-mail subscribers with the headline: “Whitney and Bobby: Livin’ the High Life Again.”
“It’s incredibly irresponsible of Tmz.com to take cheap potshots at people who have experienced problems in their past,” Parks told us. “My phone has been ringing all day. Bobby asked me, ‘What are they saying?’ I had to tell him, ‘They’re saying you were high.’ ‘He replied, ‘Oh my God, that’s terrible.’ “
Parks says that the parents of Bobbi Kristina are in town this week to help their daughter enter high school here.
“They are both sober and they’re both trying to have positive careers,” Parks said. “This is extremely unfair to both of them. She’s a mother. He’s a father. And they’re here trying to be good parents. It was just an easy thing for Tmz to tag them with.”
Brown told Parks that while they were eating at the Haynes Bridge Road restaurant, another patron approached them with a camera phone and started snapping images.
When contacted by Buzz on Thursday, a manager at Joe’s Crab Shack told us that Houston and Brown were cordial and friendly during their visit and that no one working the shift reported either pop star as being impaired.
While the singers maintain ties to Atlanta, the couple’s former residence at Country Club of the South was sold in May for $1.1 million.
Luxury lifestyle launches online
As Tonya Ellerby readies today’s launch of Cliqueatlanta.com, her Atlanta social scene Web site, the businesswoman has assembled quite the advisory board of bold-face names to assist her. The former PaperCity magazine senior account manager has asked Material World creative director Kevin Knaus, A Legendary Event president Tony Conway, Four Seasons Hotel public relations director Marsha Middleton, Aida & Company owner Aida Flamm, charitable fund-raiser Angela Karatassos, Blue Med Spa owner John Stupka and other notable Atlantans to serve on the board. We’re told that the Web site aims to be “Atlanta’s only online social and luxury lifestyle magazine (think Town & Country meets New York Social Diary).” And unlike those slick glossies stacking up on coffee tables throughout the city, Cliqueatlanta can report on and post photos from social functions in mere hours. Or as the site’s tagline assures: “Instant Social Gratification.”
Quote of the day
“I mean, [divorce is] really, really hard. And for both Chris and me, our main focus is, and was [the couple’s 3-year-old son] Ryder. … I love Chris to pieces. … We still talk every day. He still cracks me up. And Ryder feels that.” — Actress Kate Hudson on her ex-husband and former Atlantan, Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson, in Harper’s Bazaar
Celebrity birthdays
Singer Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes is 64. Singer-flutist Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is 60. Actor Antonio Banderas is 47. Actress Angie Harmon (“Law & Order”) is 35.
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‘Rush Hour 3’ family and friends party in the ATL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When “Rush Hour 3” star Chris Tucker decided to provide his hometown with a sneak peek of his new action-comedy Wednesday night at Atlantic Station, half of the city turned out.
And not everyone present was related to the comic.
Tucker’s parents, five brothers and sisters, his son, several aunts and uncles and his grandma all arrived for the private screening at the Regal Atlantic Station and after-party at Dolce.
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The evening also attracted: Former Atlanta mayor and U.N. ambassador Andrew Young; record producers Jermaine Dupri and Dallas Austin; “Hustle and Flow” Oscar nominee Terrence Howard; former Atlanta Brave Brian Jordan; DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones; EcoManor owners Rutherford Seydel and Laura Turner Seydel; Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin; TV judge Glenda Hatchett; former NBA player Dikembe Mutombo; Atlanta City Council member Kwanza Hall and Atlantic Station vice-president Brian Leary.
At the screening, the comic ribbed Jones for showing up early (or White Folks Standard Time, observed Tucker) since announcing his bid for U.S. Senate last month.
“The whole place just fell out laughing when he said that!” Jones told us Thursday. “What I love about Chris is that he will tell everybody that he’s from DeKalb County. He’s not afraid to show his roots. Not only were big celebrities invited but he also made sure his family and folks from the neighborhood and old class mates from Columbia, his old high school were there as well.”
And Jones’ fave scene in the sequel?
Tucker’s riotous turn in the beginning of the picture as a traffic cop singing a Prince song to passersby.
After Tucker and co-star Jackie Chan neutralized half the earth’s population on-screen for a third time, attendees made their way to Dolce where chicken Parmesan, lump crab cakes with champagne lemon sauce, Caprese salad and farfalle pasta with chicken, broccoli, sun-dried tomatoes and white wine awaited.
Guests were also treated to homemade chocolate truffles, mini tiramisus and Georgia strawberries dipped in chocolate.
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