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Leslie Fram, 99X’s ex, throws farewell party
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Nobody was going to take away Leslie Fram’s microphone late Thursday night when she finally had the chance to extend a proper farewell to listeners and to acknowledge the influential modern rock station’s legacy in a room filled with former 99X air staff, sales reps and fans inside the packed 1FiveO boutique downtown.
For one thing, she owns the joint. Fram, 99X’s former program director (who unexpectedly departed the station’s airwaves last month when 99X itself left the broadcast airwaves) hosted an unofficial farewell party for her co-workers at her boutique’s monthly live music night, complete with slices of pizza and Pabst Blue Ribbon tall boys.
Former 99X DJs Jimmy Baron and Steve Craig joined Fram on stage as she told the assembled: “We all shared a moment in time that can’t be taken away from us. I’m incredibly proud of that.”
Added Baron: “99X was woven into the fabric of this city in the 1990s. That will stick with me until the day I die.”
Craig thanked all the listeners who have reached out to him online via his MySpace and Facebook Web pages.
Forever a booster of Atlanta music, Fram then introduced the assembled media, record label reps and listeners to her latest find: singer-songwriter Sonia Leigh.
Despite feeling poorly, the petite vocalist and guitarist, who has drawn comparisons to Janis Joplin and the Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray, performed a spirited two-song set before bashfully thanking the crowd and departing the stage.
Fram, who is credited with helping to break numerous acts during her 99X tenure (including Shawn Mullins), sidled up to us and said of Leigh: “Her writing is amazing, and she has an incredible connection with her audience. She’s got that ‘it’ factor you always look for in a performer.”
1FiveO’s monthly music events continue later this month. For a full schedule of events: www.1fiveOatlanta.com.
Newnan Realtor is next ‘Bachelorette’
Adorable Newnan real estate agent DeAnna Pappas is getting a second chance at TV love.
Texan Brad Womack dumped both her (and that other gal) during last fall’s “Bachelor,” outraging fans. The feedback about the heartbroken Pappas must have been pretty darn good because ABC has picked her to be “The Bachelorette” this summer. None of the bachelors over the years has ever married the gal he picked, yet millions keep on watching.
And one “Bachelorette,” Trista Rehn, not only married her pick, firefighter Ryan Sutter, but they now have a child. So maybe Pappas will have more luck (or less commitment phobia) than the guys. If you think you’re marrying material for Pappas, go to www.thebachelor.tv or call 1-866-739-3150.
Celebrity birthdays
Today: Actress Elaine Stritch is 82. Actor Robert Mandan (“Soap,” “Three’s A Crowd”) is 76. Comedian Tom Smothers is 71. Singer Graham Nash is 66. Actress Farrah Fawcett is 61. Model Christie Brinkley is 54. Actress Kim Zimmer (“Guiding Light”) is 53. Singer Shakira is 31.
Sunday: Comedian Shelley Berman is 82. Actress Blythe Danner is 65. Actor Nathan Lane is 52. Actress Maura Tierney (“ER,” “NewsRadio”) is 43. Rapper Sean Kingston is 18.
HIGH FIVE
Television
The Top Five On Demand programs for the week of Jan. 21-27, as determined by Comcast customers in metro Atlanta:
“The Wire,” Episode 54, HBO
“With You” Chris Brown music video, Music Choice
“Family Guy,” “Season 2, Episode 8,” “Peter, Peter Caviar Eater,” TBS
“House of Payne,” “Bad Influence” TBS
5 “Norbit, ” HBO
—- Courtesy: Rentrak’s OnDemand Essentials
OVERSCENE
Former “Married With Children” actress Amanda Bearse and a friend working out with a trainer at the Ansley Mall L.A. Fitness in Midtown.
Contributing: Rodney Ho and news services.
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