PEACH BUZZ: Local breaks out on new VH1 show

Not many people would have the audacity to create a nickname for themselves which combines P. Diddy and Oprah. Then again, most people are not like Kim “Poprah” Kearney of Duluth. She is the breakout star of VH1’s “I Want To Work For Diddy,” which concludes tonight.

To deal with the rather demanding Diddy seems to require a certain level of humility and willingness to be subservient, traits that Poprah distinctly lacks.

The producers clearly brought her on the show to cause ripples (if not a few waves). She did not disappoint.

Several team members found her loud, obnoxious and overbearing and tried to vote her off early on.

They didn’t believe her when she skipped a strenuous challenge because of asthma.

Poprah isn’t surprised she got so much airtime. “I have the most engaging personality,” she told Buzz last week. “I’m born to be on camera”

She also doesn’t care what the other contestants thought of her. “I’m used to that,” she said. She got stuck at first, she said, “with a bunch of idiots with no experience in the business who were intimidated by me. It was all fakery, pretension and B.S.”

Last week’s episode featured a cliffhanger. Poprah was unable to get the VIP list for a party. Diddy got angry and fired her on the spot. Will she be able to talk her way back into his good graces? We’ll find out.

Poprah isn’t her first nickname. She was a minor hip-hop star in Europe in the 1990s under the name Tempest. She had already honed her drama queen skills on the ABC show “Fat March” under her real name Kim. She clashed with a personal trainer and complained nonstop before quitting after just three days, costing herself $100,000.

Radio vets named to Ga. hall of fame

The Georgia Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2008 included a couple of WSB-AM news vets and a trio of legendary Braves announcers.

The inductees, announced Saturday night, included the late Skip Caray along with Ernie Johnson and Pete Van Wieren, who helped make even the bad Braves teams sound good in the late 1970s and 1980s. WSB-AM traffic veteran reporter Capt. Herb Emory and morning host Scott Slade also made the cut.

Jackson on hold

Part-time Atlantan Janet Jackson postponed her Sunday night concert at the Philips Arena after it was determined she had not yet fully recovered from a recent illness, it was announced late Saturday.

The concert has been rescheduled for Sunday, Oct. 19, according to a spokeswoman for tour organizer LiveNation. Tickets for Sunday’s performance will be honored on the new date. The nature of the illness has not been disclosed. More than a few fans, however, are left wondering if the pop star may just have a bun in the oven with steady Jermaine Dupri.

Random bits

Sirius radio host Howard Stern got married Friday to longtime girlfriend Beth Ostrosky, with some big-name guests watching including Kelly Ripa, the Trumps, Jimmy Kimmel, Chevy Chase, Joan Rivers, Barbara Walters and Billy Joel, who sang two songs, according to People.com …

ABC confirmed with People that beach vollyeball champ and “Dancing With the Stars” competitor Misty May-Treanor was injured Friday but won’t know until Monday if she’ll be able to continue. Details were sketchy. …

Former “Idol” runner-up and Snellville resident Diana DeGarmo unveiled new country song “Turn To Me” at Underground Atlanta Saturday during the Go Arts Month celebration. She told Buzz she is developing her country music career and her songwriting, working on a new album with John Rich and still seeking the right record label to market and distribute it.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

Singer Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon is 57. Actress Elisabeth Shue is 45. Singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet is 44. Actor Jeremy Sisto (“Law and Order,” “Six Feet Under”) is 34.

OVERSCENE

Netherworld Haunted House

Hawks player Josh Smith made his annual sojourn Saturday night to Netherworld Haunted House to enjoy the meat-oriented thematics and elaborate zombies. The celebrity quotient dropped off markedly after that with Davis Mallory, formerly of “Real World: Denver.”

Contributing: Rodney Ho and news services.

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