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Hannah tickets could be had for peanuts
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Is your small fry still in a sulk over your inability to score those impossible-to-get tickets for the Hannah Montana concert Wednesday night at the Gwinnett Arena? The solution may be as easy as dropping by the Publix on Haynes Bridge Road in Alpharetta Tuesday.
What’s more, there’s an opportunity to teach your mopey moppet about helping the truly less fortunate this holiday season.
After their producer Will Gara somehow secured four tickets to the long sold-out show, the B98.5 FM morning team of Kelly & Alpha came up with Tuesday’s daylong Can-nah Montana food drive.
Listeners who stop by the aforementioned Publix from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. today with at least one nonperishable food item will be automatically registered to win the set of four tickets when the winner is announced Wednesday morning.
“I’d love to be able to tell you it was one of those great writer’s room moments with Buddy, Sally and Rob Petrie [from “The Dick Van Dyke Show”] or that my agricultural economics degree from Virginia Tech had something to do with it,” joked Alpha Trivette Monday. “But the truth is, we were doing a canned food drive and Can-nah Montana just made perfect sense. It’s a good cause and we hope folks will come out.”
Given the enthusiastic response from listeners, Gara has no idea what he’ll be facing as he does a live remote this morning from the Publix as frantic fans of Miley Cyrus show up.
“It could be nice and orderly or it could be a nightmare,” a guarded Gara told Buzz. All food donated will go to Publix’s “Food For Sharing” drive that benefits the Feed the Hungry program in metro Atlanta.
On Wednesday night, meanwhile, the station will sponsor a party for parents at the Loafing Leprechaun on Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth near Gwinnett Arena.
Explained Gara: “Through the years, I’ve noticed lots of parents who drop off their kids at a show and then wait for them for hours in the car. This way, at least they’ll be able to get something to eat.”
Overscene
“Grey’s Anatomy” actor Eric Dane and his actress wife Rebecca Gayheart sipping coffee and hot cocoa at Atlantic Station’s Lobby at Twelve.
Pop star and part-time Atlantan Janet Jackson shopping for ski clothes at Rocky Mountain Sports in Sandy Springs. Citing the “Why Did I Get Married?” actress’ preference for privacy, store reps would only confirm the sighting when we got all nosy and rang the store for details Monday.
R&B singer and Broadway actress Toni Braxton dining with about 25 friends and family at Uncle Julio’s Casa Grande in Buckhead.
Tyler Perry among ‘Top Entertainers’
Jackson is a bit less private when it comes to raving about her Atlanta director Tyler Perry in the new “The Top 25 Entertainers” issue of Entertainment Weekly now on newsstands. The writer-actor is named as one of the mag’s “Most Buzzed About” celebs on the list. Said Jackson in EW: “He’s a wonderful writer. He knows what his audience wants. It’s just a God-given thing.” When “Why Did I Get Married?” made $21.4 million this year, opening opposite less successful fare by George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg, Perry captured the attention of more than just his core fans. Writes EW’s Tim Stack: Now that the Atlanta-based mogul has gotten Hollywood’s attention, it’s only a matter of time before he becomes a true industry giant.”
You’ll recall that Peachtree Road resident Elton John first raved to us about Amy Winehouse back in February. The singer continues to cautiously praise the troubled “Rehab” vocalist in the issue. Says Sir Elton in EW: “I’ve seen her live and she is the real deal, although she sometimes can be hit-and-miss, depending on how out of it she is. It’s like [the late] Nina Simone and Van Morrison: You don’t know what you’re going to get. You don’t know if it’s going to be a little off or if it’s going to be electrifying. The only thing that’s going to stop Amy is herself.”
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Actor James Avery (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) is 59. TV personality Bill Nye (above, “Bill Nye the Science Guy”) is 52. Actor William Fichtner (“Prison Break”) is 51. Actress Robin Givens is 43. Actor Michael Vartan (“Big Shots”) is 39. Rapper Twista is 35. Actor Jaleel White (“Family Matters”) is 31.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Because that’s what they’re for!”
—“Grey’s Anatomy” actress Chandra Wilson, on why she continues to clip coupons (the actress on the hit show still does her own grocery shopping) on “The View” Monday
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