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Benefit for longtime Fuzzy’s staff
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A small army of musicians are banding together Sunday to financially assist the 24 staffers recently left unemployed when Fuzzy’s Place unexpectedly closed.
The 30-year-old North Druid Hills Road watering hole, founded by Fuzzy Cawthon, was shuttered this month by its current owner and Fuzzy’s brother, Chris Cawthon (Fuzzy died last year).
The Mike Veal Band, which has gigged at Fuzzy’s every Wednesday for the past 15 years has secured a new gig on Wednesdays down the street at the Tin Roof Cantina. Now, Veal, along with other Fuzzy’s musicians, including Francine Reed, Java Monkey, Diane Durrett, the Soul Shakers, Barry Richman and Room to Groove, are booked for a benefit Sunday at the Tavern on the Bridge in Duluth to help out the folks who are still looking for employment.
“[The closing] was a major shock,” Veal told Buzz on Friday. “Nobody saw this coming. We’ve got more than 20 folks out there, some of which have worked at Fuzzy’s behind the bar for 33 years or on the floor for 26 years or in the kitchen for 11 years, and now they’ve got no income. Fuzzy’s has an incredibly dedicated staff. With the holidays coming, we wanted to do something for our friends.”
While there’s no set cover for the 5 to 11 p.m. event, donations will be accepted. For info: tavernonthebridge.com.
The future of Fuzzy’s remained uncertain Friday. A sign posted on the door informs patrons: “Closed for Reorganization.” Calls made to the restaurant/nightclub Friday went unanswered.
Getting ‘Restless’
Remember that recent “Young and the Restless”
casting call held here in Atlanta? The CBS soap’s casting directors have already selected a winner, and TaNeisha Bennett is headed to Hollywood. Well, sometime next year, at least.
Bennett was one of the hundreds of aspiring actresses who waited in line for hours this month when the show held an open audition downtown.
So is Bennett super-psyched about the network acting opportunity? Does she have any thoughts about whom she’d like to shoot scenes with? And what’s her reaction to the soap dropping a parking deck on half of Genoa City in the show’s latest sweeps story line?
We have no clue.
For two straight days, efforts to reach the actress via her agent Deborah Owensby at Houghton Talent in Atlanta inexplicably proved fruitless. A search for Bennett’s bio and credits on the firm’s Web site, meanwhile, led us only to a broken link.
Thankfully, “Y&R” casting director Karen Rea was only too happy to discuss what led to Bennett’s selection:
“First of all, she is adorable to look at and has a wonderful smile,” Rea told Buzz in an e-mail. “She is very natural and easy to watch. TaNeisha was playful and yet professional while auditioning with [“Y&R” actor] Michael Graziadei. And she has a giggle that brings a smile to your face.”
CBS reps tell us that Bennett’s debut will be scheduled for early in 2008.
HIGH FIVE
Television
The top five On Demand programs for the week of Nov. 5-11 as determined by Comcast customers in metro Atlanta:
1. “Soulja Girl,” Soulja Boy, music video, Music Choice
2. “Kiss Kiss,” Chris Brown, music video, Music Choice
3. “No One,” Alicia Keys, music video, Music Choice
4. “Pop Bottles,” Birdman, music video, Music Choice
5. “Hypnotized,” Plies Feat. Akon, music video, Music Choice
— Courtesy: Rentrak’s OnDemand Essential
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Today: Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 69. Movie director Martin Scorsese is 65. Actress Lauren Hutton is 64. “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels is 63. Actor-director Danny DeVito is 63. Entertainer RuPaul is 47. Actor Dylan Walsh (“Nip/Tuck”) is 44. Singer Ronnie DeVoe of New Edition is 40. Guitarist Isaac Hanson of Hanson is 27.
Sunday: Actress Linda Evans is 65. Actor Owen Wilson (right, “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Zoolander”) is 39. Actress Chloe Sevigny (“Boys Don’t Cry”) is 33. Rapper Fabolous is 28. Rapper Mike Jones is 27.
Contributing: News services
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