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Zoo Atlanta gorillas - from primates to painters
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The paintings newly on display at Stella Neighborhood Trattoria at 563 Memorial Drive might seem bold, primitive, even a little animalistic — with good reason. They were created by Willie B. Jr. and Ivan, two of the apes in residence at nearby Zoo Atlanta.
For the next six months, diners can purchase $2 raffle tickets for a shot at owning one of the primate painters’ works. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.
We’re told that Willie B. Jr., the only male offspring of the late, lamented Willie B., “enjoys wide brush strokes, resulting in very whimsical and expressive pieces.” Ivan, who came to Zoo Atlanta in 1994, paints with a brush and his tongue, likes bright colors and “signs” each work with a fingerprint. Info: www.gorillafund.org, www.stellaatlanta.com.
Uptown girls … uh, women
Bloomingdale’s Lenox Square and Uptown Scoop.com saluted 26 local women for rocking their respective fields during “Women to Watch of Atlanta,” inspired by “Where’s Your WOW?” co-authored by Atlanta’s Robyn Spizman. Honorees at the May 8 event were Anne Barge Clegg of Anne Barge Bridal Gown Collection; Joyce Bone of MillionaireMom.com; Judi V. Bruce of Deloitte Tax; Kathleen Ciaramello of Coca-Cola; Debbie Gehricke of UPS; Karen Benjack Glatzer of GH Consulting Group; Spanx CEO Laurie Ann Goldman; 11 Alive’s Karyn Greer; Gail Grimmett of Delta Air Lines; Rhonda Harper of RTM&J; Ellen Hartman of Fitzgerald+CO PR; Cheri L. Husney of KPMG; Dr. Kimberly Jackson of the Kare Group; PR consultant Danita V. Knight; Britt Menzies of StinkyKids; Vikki Millender-Morrow of Girls Inc. of Atlanta; Star 94’s Shannon Murphy; Susan O’Farrell of Home Depot; HGTV’s Gail O’Neil; Atlanta Peach publisher Elizabeth Schulte Roth; Star 94’s Cindy Simmons (above); Beth Sneed of GE Capital Solutions; Deborah Storey of AT&T; Loretta Walker of Turner Broadcasting; Jacqueline M. Welch of Rock-Tenn Co. and Elizabeth K. Wilson of Ridgeworth Investments.
Miss Rap Supreme to you, hopefully
Ms. Cherry also would like to be named “Miss Rap Supreme,” courtesy of the VH1 reality show of the same name.
The 24-year-old Atlanta rapper will be seen Monday night vying for a spot in the Top Four. So far, she’s largely stayed out of the drama between some of the other women after clashing early on with the one contestant with a known name, Khia (“My Neck, My Back”). Ms. Cherry mocked Khia for blowing her chance the first time and kept chanting “one-hit wonder” until Khia got good and angry.
“She wasn’t all that, and she thought she was,” Ms. Cherry said. (Khia was disqualified in the second episode for recycling old rhymes.)
Cherry — who frequently wears white Atlanta Braves caps on the show and gleefully did the Soulja Boy dance with Atlanta’s Soulja Boy in last Monday’s episode — said she did the show because female rappers need all the exposure they can get in a male-dominated business.
So far, the judges have appreciated the personal nature of her rhymes but didn’t like how she wouldn’t always follow the assigned themes.
Though she spent most of the time in Los Angeles at the “Fembassy” suite where the show was filmed, she enjoyed the trip to rapper Too Short’s home. “We went to the Hollywood Hills,” she said. “They don’t have hills like that here.”
The show is a sequel to last year’s “The [White] Rapper Show,” won by Atlanta’s Shamrock. (Ms. Cherry has no clue who that is, which says a lot about Shamrock’s career trajectory.)
So far, she has no complaints about how the show is portraying her but is annoyed by the editing.
“A lot of times, they chop the verses up,” she said. “That kind of takes away from it. This is a rap show. Why would you show more of the drama and less of the rapping?”
Answer: Drama draws viewers.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Actor James Arness is 85. Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 69. Singer-drummer Levon Helm of the Band is 68. Steel guitar player Gates Nichols of Confederate Railroad is 64. Drummer Garry Peterson of the Guess Who is 63. Singer Stevie Nicks is 60. Actor Philip Michael Thomas (“Miami Vice”) is 59. Actress Pam Grier is 59. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 59. Actress Margaret Colin is 51. Country keyboardist Dave Robbins of BlackHawk is 49. Actress Genie Francis (“General Hospital”) is 46. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 46. Singer Lenny Kravitz is 44. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 42. Drummer Phillip Rhodes of the Gin Blossoms is 40. Actor Joseph Fiennes (“Shakespeare in Love”) is 38. Singer Joey Kibble of Take 6 is 37. “South Park” co-creator Matt Stone is 37. Bassist Nathan Cochran of MercyMe is 30.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I shouldn’t say we’re doing the Eliot Spitzer story. I should say we’re doing a story about a politician who gets into trouble because of sexual questions … involving prostitution.” — Sam Waterston, on the season finale of NBC’s “Law & Order,” known for its ripped-from-the-headlines plots
Contributing: Rodney Ho and news services
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