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Friday, February 8, 2008
Memorial Day jazz moving from Piedmont to Woodruff
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Weather conditions notwithstanding, Camille Love, Atlanta’s director of the Office of Cultural Affairs, assured us Friday that there will be no jazz drought this Memorial Day.
In fact, in addition to the city’s official 31st annual Atlanta Jazz Festival weekend May 24-26, fans can also expect official festival events sprinkled throughout the city all through May.
There is one major tweak this year, however.
Due to drought restrictions in Piedmont Park, the outdoor concerts set for Memorial Day weekend will be held in the smaller Woodruff Park downtown.
“There will be a slightly different ambience, but plenty of good jazz,” Love told Buzz Friday between budget meetings. While still a family-friendly weekend, grills and tents won’t be permitted in Woodruff Park. Lawn chairs and blankets — other festival staples — will be welcomed, Love said. Food and merchandise vendors will also be on hand.
Billed as “Thirty One Days of Jazz,” celebrating the 31 years of the festival, the events will be scattered through four Atlanta area neighborhoods throughout May. The venues will be named in April.
As for specific performers, Love won’t name names until the official Atlanta Jazz Festival news conference in April.
“I can tell you this, though,” Love said. “We have some of the city’s best musicians, and we’ll be celebrating jazz all over Atlanta.”
For info: 404-853-4234 or www.atlantafestivals.com.
TURNER’S NEW TITLE
Captain Outrageous has a brand-new title: admiral. This week, as part of the celebration of the grand opening of the Ted’s Nebraska Grill in Omaha, Neb., CNN founder Ted Turner was named an “admiral” in “the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska.” Presenting the honor to Turner was Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy. We’re told the unusual tradition “began in 1930 when Gov. Charles W. Bryan went on vacation and Lt. Gov. T.W. Metcalfe took over the affairs of state. Acting Gov. Metcalfe wanted to do something to honor his friends, so he created The Great Navy of the State of Nebraska and appointed his friends as admirals. Since then, Nebraska admiralships have been bestowed on many notable Nebraskans and others who have contributed to the state, “promoted the good life in Nebraska, and warranted recognition by the governor.”
And since Turner Enterprises owns five ranches in Nebraska, representing 425,221 acres, and more than 21,000 head of bison in the state, well, you get the idea.
But given how land-locked Nebraska is, smack dab in the center of our nation, we just can’t seem to get the recurring image of Ted Turner in an admiral’s hat in a bathtub out of our mind. And the answer is yes: Buzz is seeking professional help …
HERE A WILL, THERE A WILL
Still think your family is a smidge dysfunctional? Nah. This week, an attorney for five of James Brown’s children questioned the late soul singer’s ex-trustees during a court hearing on whether they hid one of Brown’s earlier wills.
The former trustees dismissed the allegation, saying the only valid will was the one filed in 2000, which left clothes, jewelry, boats and automobiles for Brown’s six adult children.
The children were largely left out of the financial portion of that will, which leaves the bulk of the soul singer’s money to charitable trusts.
Attorneys for the children argue that earlier wills drafted by their father cast doubt on whether he truly wanted to leave his estate to charity.
Ex-trustee Alford Bradley, who spent years handling Brown’s financial affairs, said the singer changed his will several times.
“When Mr. Brown would fall out with somebody, he would change his will,” Bradley said.
Brown died here in December 2006, throwing into turmoil his will and the future of his trust. The contents and total value of both are still unclear.
Five of Brown’s children say their late father’s 2000 will should be invalidated because his former advisers used undue influence to get him to create charitable trusts that the advisers would profit from.
The next hearing will be Feb. 20.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Today: News correspondent Roger Mudd is 80. Singer Carole King is 66. Actor Joe Pesci is 65. Author Alice Walker is 64. Actress Mia Farrow is 63. Actress Judith Light (“Ugly Betty”) is 59. Country singer Travis Tritt (right) is 45.
Sunday: Actor Robert Wagner is 78. Singer Roberta Flack is 71. Actress Laura Dern is 41. Actress Elizabeth Banks (“Scrubs”) is 34. Actress Emma Roberts (“Unfabulous,” “Nancy Drew”) is 17.
ON MY iPOD
“General Hospital” actor Anthony Geary: “I’ve got about 7,000 songs in my library and 3,000 on my Nano. I listen to a lot of standards. I’ve got Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Michael Buble. I also like Stan Getz, and I have quite a few Dinah Washington selections on there. I don’t download much though. I usually buy the entire album and add it into my laptop. I’d be surprised if I’ve ever downloaded even a dozen things.”
Contributing: News services
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Austin Scarlett at Saks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Get your February fashion fix at several events coming soon to local department stores. On Feb. 16 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saks Fifth Avenue hosts Austin Scarlett (a former Project Runway contestant) in the Saks Bridal Salon (on the third floor) to work with brides on their dress selections.
Scarlett currently heads Kenneth Pool Bridal. Call 404-467-5451 to schedule an appointment. On Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. Charla Krupp, author of “How Not to Look Old,” hits Bloomingdale’s (Level 2 cosmetics) at Lenox Square mall to share insider tips for looking 10 years younger, 10 pounds lighter, and 10 times better. And on Feb. 23 at 2 p.m., rapper LL Cool J launches his Todd Smith (part of his real name) sportswear collection at Macy’s Lenox Square.
IMAN TO BE HONORED
Supermodel Iman will be honored at a luncheon and fashion show next week benefiting the National Black Arts Festival. The Fine Art + Fashion Luncheon starts at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 12 at Mason Murer Fine Art, 199 Armour Drive. Individual tickets are $150. Iman, the runway A-lister turned cosmetics mogul and global humanitarian, will receive the “Model Citizen” award at the event, featuring a presentation of fashions from Macy’s. The auction will include bling from Tiffany’s and Buckhead jeweler Jonathan Shapero, a fab Jada Loveless exotic skin handbag and something warm from the Macy’s fur vault. Event co-chairs are Loveless, Tony Conway and Charlene Crusoe-Ingram. Host committee members include Mo Akbar, Juanita Baranco, Merry Carlos, Evern Cooper Epps, Pamela Hayling Hoffman, Tamara Kimble, Kevin Knause, Rhonda Mathieson, Sally McDaniel, Clare Richardson, Mary Ann Rohrer, Stephanie Russell, Belinda Stinson-Head and Joanne Truffelman. The presenting sponsor is Federal Home Loan Bank. Other sponsors include Macy’s, the Coca-Cola Co., Tiffany & Co., Tony Brewer and Co., Mason Murer Fine Art, Diageo, Sandra Teepan, A Legendary Event and Georgia-Pacific. See www.nbaf.org or call 404-372-4572 for information.
‘STINKYKIDS’ ON WAY
Britt Menzies, an Atlanta mom and creator of “StinkyKids” T-shirts, will bring her tees recently featured on “The Today Show” to Nordstrom at Perimeter Mall Saturday.
Menzies, a stay-at-home mom who created the tees less than two years ago, said she has sold more than 5,000 StinkyKids creations. There are 10 characters — each one with his or her own name and story.
StinkyKid Billy, for example, loves royal blue and his favorite foods are strawberries, pizza and spinach. Menzies will share the stories behind the score of characters, as well as coloring pages. The shirts come in all shapes and sizes from infants to extra large.
“Because there’s a little stinker in all of us,” said Menzies, who lives in the Morningside neighborhood with her husband, Mark, and their two children.
Menzies is scheduled to set up at Nordstrom on the third floor in the infant and toddler section beginning at 11:30 a.m. Ten percent of the proceeds go to a charity that provides gift boxes for adults and children going through cancer treatments.
For more information, go to stinkykids.com.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
ABC News anchor Ted Koppel (below) is 68. Actor Nick Nolte is 67. Comedian Robert Klein is 66. Actress Mary Steenburgen is 55. Author John Grisham is 53. Singer Vince Neil of Motley Crue is 47. Singer-guitarist Sammy Llanas of the BoDeans is 47. Actor Gary Coleman is 40. Actress Mary McCormack is 39. Actor Seth Green (“Austin Powers,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 34. Bassist Phoenix of Linkin Park is 31.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I guess she seemed like a nice enough chick, but I don’t really know.”
— Singer Joss Stone, after meeting first lady Laura Bush
Contributing: Jennifer Brett, Shane Harrison, Helena Oliviero, Nedra Rhone and news services
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