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Wednesday, October 3, 2007
DeAngelo Hall on SI’s best-dressed list
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
While benched Atlanta Falcon Michael Vick’s lawyers once again huddled in a Virginia courtroom Wednesday, there was actually positive news regarding one of the quarterback’s teammates.
DeAngelo Hall is being praised for his fashion sense. Sports Illustrated’s Web site is giving readers a chance to vote on the best-dressed player in the NFL. Hall is a nominee on the list, along with one-time Atlantan and Dallas Cowboy Terrell Owens (you may recall that the two players are so friendly that Owens was fined $35,000 by the NFL last season after the pair exchanged words and some bodily fluid when the Cowboys played the Falcons).
Also on the list: Tom Brady, Reggie Bush, Braylon Edwards, Dwight Freeney, Dhani Jones, Matt Leinart, Darren Sharper and LaDainian Tomlinson.
In the photo posted online, Hall is crisply dressed in a white shirt with French cuffs, a gray vest and matching tie. SI’s online editors were less generous, however, with the description posted with the image: “Thankfully, his wardrobe’s rarely as loud as his mouth. Memo to a self-absorbed Deion [Sanders] wannabe: Your 67 penalty yards in one drive? Let your play, and clothes, do the talking.”
And since Hall just may spend more time at the gym than Buzz, we hasten to repeat that those are Sports Illustrated’s words, not ours. To vote: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/.
Young Jeezy OK after accident
When fans scanned our online photo gallery of Young Jeezy’s store opening, they may have noticed an image of him with a bandage on his head. Well, it turns out that the day before the Atlanta rapper cut the ribbon on “Eight” on Auburn Avenue, he totaled his Lamborghini. “I have a new appreciation for life,” Jeezy told Hot-107.9’s “A Team Morning Show.” “I walked away from that with a scratch.”
Regular Guys update
A year has passed since 96rock fired the Regular Guys for taping and airing the Viva morning guys in the bathroom and neither Larry Wachs nor Eric Von Haessler have been able to find full-time radio employment. Meanwhile, Von Haessler is testing out a weekly “news jog” podcast (available on iTunes for free) with former 99Xer Jimmy Baron. And Wachs said he’s about to launch a satirical online-only news show called “What’s Your Story” on the Adult Swim Web video site.
Top-selling celebs
On the off chance you’re able to completely resist gazing at those salacious magazine covers while in line at the Publix, Forbes.com has graciously calculated which celebs generate the most attention. Former “Friends” actress Jennifer Aniston sits atop Forbes.com’s first-ever analysis of top-selling famous faces, based on several factors, including newsstand sales of celebrity weeklies People, Us Weekly, In Touch Weekly, Life & Style, OK! and Star over a six-month period ending June 30, as supplied by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
The 38-year-old actress graced six covers — appearing on every magazine except In Touch Weekly at least once during the time period — with her face collectively selling more than 5 million copies.
Aniston’s ex-hubby, Brad Pitt, takes second place on the list, followed by Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, Reese Witherspoon, Katie Holmes, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, Valerie Bertinelli and Kelly Ripa.
Train wreck of the week Britney Spears isn’t on the list even though the 25-year-old pop star snagged 18 single covers during the six-month period. Spears’ face fails when it comes to sales, Forbes.com said, and she is only slightly more likable than Paris Hilton.
Consumers have grown tired of Spears’ consistently bad behavior, In Touch Weekly Editor in Chief Richard Spencer is quoted as saying.
“Usually there’s a roller coaster of emotions,” he says. “But unfortunately for Britney, there’s been no roller coaster lately — there’s just been the downhill.”
Also missing in action from the list: Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Simpson.
HIGH FIVE
Top downloaded cellphone ringtones this week:
1. John Carpenter, “Halloween” theme
2. Henry Mancini, “Pink Panther” theme
3. Grupo Montez De Durango, “Adios Amor Te Vas”
4. Koji Kondo, “Super Mario Brothers” theme
5. 50 Cent Featuring Olivia, “Candy Shop”
— Source: Billboard
OVERSCENE
Rapper and actor Bow Wow taking in the frights and sounds at Netherworld Haunted House in Norcross.
Celebrity birthdays
Actor Charlton Heston is 84. Author Anne Rice is 66. Actor Clifton Davis (“Amen”) is 62. Actress Susan Sarandon is 61. Actor Armand Assante is 58. Rap producer Russell Simmons is 50. Actor Liev Schreiber (“The Manchurian Candidate,” “Scream 2”) is 40. Actor Abraham Benrubi (“Men In Trees,” “ER”) is 38. Country singer-guitarist Heidi Newfield (Trick Pony) is 37. Actress Alicia Silverstone is 31. Actress Rachael Leigh Cook (“Josie and the Pussycats,” “She’s All That”) is 28.
Contributing: Sonia Murray, Rodney Ho and news services
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Elton pulls photos after porn concerns
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Not all museums are as gracious as the High Museum of Art when it comes to exhibiting photographs owned by Peachtree Road resident Elton John.
As you’ll recall, Sir Elton’s U.S. hometown was quite receptive back in 2000, when the High hosted “Chorus of Light,” an exhibition of the pop star’s photography collection.
Last month, however, at The BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, in Gateshead, England, the cops were called in relation to an exhibition of photos by American photographer Nan Goldin. The 149 images in the show were on loan to the gallery by John, the collection’s owner. The British gallery then turned over a photo of two naked girls to police amid child pornography concerns.
Now, the gallery is announcing that it has closed “Thanksgiving,” the Goldin installation, at John’s request.
“After the removal of one image from the series it was no longer possible for BALTIC to exhibit the collection of works as the artist intended,” the gallery said in a statement. “Therefore BALTIC is sympathetic to Sir Elton John’s request and supportive of the decision.”
The gallery alerted police Sept. 20, and authorities are investigating whether the photo violates child pornography laws, The Telegraph in London reported. Police confirmed they were looking at the picture to assess whether an offense had been committed but have declined further comment.
John, who purchased the “Thanksgiving” installation in 1999, said last week that the picture, “Klara and Edda Belly-Dancing,” had been exhibited across Europe and the United States without any objections of which he was aware.
A statement from Atlantan Jane Jackson, curator of the Elton John Photographic Collection, posted on the performer’s Web site said: “It was always intended that the installation be exhibited as a whole, and not on a piecemeal basis, and our decision has been made with regard to the artistic integrity of the work and the artist.”
O’Brien: voice of freedom
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien had a busy day in town Tuesday. Over lunch at Thrive downtown with Morehouse School of Medicine president Dr. John Maupin and Dr. Henrie Treadwell, the school’s director of Community Voices, the newswoman learned more about the Morehouse award named for her.
“The Soledad O’Brien Freedom’s Voice Award reflects the courage, integrity and excellence of the woman whose work has inspired it,” explained Maupin in an
e-mailed statement sent to Buzz. “Ms. O’Brien’s accomplishments in her field, her commitment to cover stories that might otherwise go untold, and her steadfast willingness to be a voice for those in our society who are unseen and unheard set a high standard.”
O’Brien will receive the award at the inaugural Community Voices’ first Freedom’s Voice gala at the High Museum set for April 11. The soiree follows the first Freedom’s Voice conference, a three-day event “that will bring together national leaders on the issues of health care disparities and access to justice.”
“To be perfectly honest, I’m still a little overwhelmed,” O’Brien conceded to Buzz after lunch. “It’s going to be a bust of my head. My husband is telling me, ‘You will be unbearable now.’ In all seriousness though, it’s wonderful to have your hard work and the hard work of your colleagues recognized.”
On Tuesday night, O’Brien emceed the Women in Cable Telecommunications Red Letter Awards Gala at the Intercontinental Buckhead.
Drought dampens doggy wash
The state’s current drought conditions and water restrictions have resulted in some minor tweaking for the third annual dog wash charity event set for Saturday in Marietta. The fund-raiser for the Humane Society of Cobb County has been altered from a “wash” to a “brush.” From 11 a.m. to
3 p.m., volunteers will happily help groom Fido at Harry’s Farmers Market, 70 Powers Ferry Road in Marietta. Donations will be accepted.
HIGH FIVE
Television
Top downloaded TV shows Tuesday:
1. “Grey’s Anatomy” season premiere, ABC
2. “Gossip Girl” episode two, CW
3. “CSI” season premiere, CBS
4. “Chuck” pilot, NBC
5. “Ugly Betty” season premiere
— Source: iTunes
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“This is the last ‘The Hills’ I will ever have to watch?!???!? And it sort of makes me sad, because when I watch ‘The Hills’ I forget about war and poverty and basic math.”
— Out-going “The Hills” recap blogger Alex Balk on Gawker.com Tuesday, waxing eloquently about the highly addictive, brain-damaging MTV reality soap
Celebrity birthdays
Singer Chubby Checker is 66. Magician Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy is 63. Singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac is 58. Drummer Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) is 45. Singer Gwen Stefani of No Doubt is 38. Stone Mountain singer India Arie is 32. Actor Seann William Scott (“Dukes of Hazzard,” “American Pie”) is 31. Singer Ashlee Simpson is 23.
Contributing: News services.
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