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Friday, September 7, 2007
Mandy Moore lounges at Bluepointe
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We hear that singer and actress Mandy Moore — in town for a Thursday concert at the Roxy — “camped out in Bluepointe’s lounge area in Buckhead for nearly four hours” Wednesday night. Moore, 23, was with a group of 10 who nibbled on oysters on the half shell and sushi. Dining nearby in the eatery was Gilles Hennessy, executive vice president of sales development for Moet Hennessy LVMH Wines & Spirits. Spotting the pop princess, Hennessy sent over a bottle of Krug Champagne, which retails for more than $200 per bottle of bubbly. We’re told that longtime Bluepointe server Whitney Lake and the restaurant’s general manager Stevenson Rosslow hit it off so well with Moore that she invited them to be her guests at Thursday night’s concert.
Across the dining room, Detroit Pistons player Chris Webber was dining with his girlfriend. The couple shared a romantic bottle of Veuve Rose, the champagne’s pink label variety.
A little football mystery at the Palm
On Wednesday night in a secluded booth at the Palm in Buckhead, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank was spotted having dinner with former New York Jets player Curtis Martin. Since the NFL’s fourth all-time leading rusher announced his retirement this summer, it’s highly unlikely that Martin, 34, who has a bum right knee, will be sporting a Falcons jersey anytime soon.
However, in a live interview on “The Early Show” on CBS in July, Martin said: “I’m done playing football in the NFL but I’m not done in the NFL.”
Then Martin disclosed that he was interested in purchasing an NFL team.
“I can’t be specific right now because I don’t want to jeopardize the deal,” Martin said at the time.
So did Wednesday night’s lobster and steak outing at the Palm have a business vibe to it?
“It was clearly business,” Palm general manager Willy Cellucci told Buzz when we called Thursday. “It wasn’t two old buddies getting together. It appeared that Curtis was coming into town to see Arthur. I showed Curtis to Arthur’s table and heard Arthur ask Curtis, ‘Did you find the place OK?’ “
Exactly what the casually dressed pair discussed was still the subject of much speculation Thursday.
Said Cellucci: “Believe me, we tried like hell to figure out why they were together. It’s still a mystery.”
When we rang the Falcons front office Thursday, Falcons vice president of football communications Reggie Roberts told us he was unaware of the Blank/Martin meeting.
“I don’t know anything about it,” Roberts said. He said he was also unaware of Martin’s announced plans to enter into NFL team ownership.
After speaking with Blank on Wednesday night, Cellucci was certain of one thing, however — the ongoing Michael Vick federal dogfighting soap opera has proved taxing for the devoted team’s owner.
Recalled Cellucci: “Arthur told me, ‘You have no idea how stressful it’s been.’ “
Hmmm.
B-day zzzzzs
While various respected dignitaries such as Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle flexed their gums Thursday morning commemorating Mei Lan’s first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, we ducked out to the nearby panda habitat to visit the birthday girl. Sure enough, Mei Lan appeared equally bored. The panda cub was snoozing up in a cluster of tree limbs inside her shady indoor space.
Overhead, a birthday banner fluttered with hundreds of wishes from zoo visitors. One read: “The spirit of Atlanta’s beautiful peach shines like a beacon of light across the ocean and guides our souls to a higher purpose. — Janet, London, England.”
Below, toddler Mary Katherine Boller was busy keeping her mother, Julie, and friend Heather Leary busy as she explored the area.
In her arms, the 18-month-old clutched a tiny stuffed panda.
“It’s her favorite toy in the whole world,” Julie Boller remarked.
The trio was on its way to a nearby gift shop for a Mei Lan upgrade.
Minutes later, Mary Katherine was sleepily smiling and posing for pictures in her stroller with a $49.99 stuffed panda roughly the same size as the toddler.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 77. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 58. Singer Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders is 56. Actress Julie Kavner (“The Simpsons”) is 56. Actor Corbin Bernsen is 53. Keyboardist Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is 53. Pianist Michael Feinstein is 51. Saxophonist Leroi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band is 46. Actress Evan Rachel Wood (below) (“Thirteen”) is 20.
MILESTONES
Longtime WSB radio newswoman Lisa Campbell departs the station today after more than 15 years and more than 37,000 newscasts, chronicling hundreds of fires, car wrecks and murders all over metro Atlanta.”WSB has been great to me,” Campbell told Buzz.
She plans to go into consulting.
Contributing: Rodney Ho and news services.
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