PEACH BUZZ: Porsche Foxx, V-103 part ways again

Porsche Foxx is gone from V-103 —- again.

Details are sketchy. Program director Reggie Rouse sent an e-mail Wednesday informing staff about Foxx’s departure, and she was taken off the list of DJs on the V-103 Web site. Her second stint at V-103 as midday host lasted just over 16 months.

Foxx was a popular afternoon jock at V-103 until the station fired her after a very public DUI arrest in late 2004. She pleaded guilty to the charge in summer 2005, receiving community service, probation and a stint in alcohol rehab. Rick Caffey, general manager at V-103, last year said he rehired her because he felt she had earned a second shot.

“It was successful, very enlightening, very educational, ” Foxx told the AJC about her rehab in July 2007. “I’m not afraid to talk about it.”

Foxx —- whose real name is Stephanie Calhoun —- and her bosses couldn’t be reached for comment.

‘Hip’ on the Square

Yes, that was Tom Sullivan eating out of a Mason jar the other night near the railroad tracks. But no worries. The affable co-host of “Atlanta & Company” hasn’t become a hobo. He was part of a group of local notables who visited historic Marietta for “Hip to Be Square,” an event showcasing Marietta’s small-town charm.

Sullivan’s companions included co-host Holly Firfer, Jessica Dauler, Tiffany Davis, Emily L. Foley, Stephanie Davis and Evelyn Mims. They arrived by trolley for hors d’oeuvres from Six Beans, appetizers and sake at Thaicoon, and shopping at the Pink Elephant Boutique and Doodlebugz. The nightcap? Devouring barbecue “parfaits” served all cutesy in Mason jars, with cupcakes from Sugar Plum Visions and baby pumpkin loaves and gingerbread biscotti from Canvas.

In the ‘Dog’ house

Speaking of Firfer, she and husband Shawn Arnold decided to open themselves to humiliation for the sake of their dog Kashmir.

Catch them at 9 tonight on the new Animal Planet TV show “It’s Me or the Dog,” led by fellow Atlantan and dog trainer Victoria Stillwell. (And don’t worry if you’re busy. The network will repeat it ad nauseam.)

“They call the episode ‘Monstrous Mutts,’ ” Firfer said. “They’re not that bad!”

The main problem was Kashmir, a pitbull mix. She chewed up the window sills, the ottoman, the carpets, you name it.

Arnold said the damage was about $10,000.

“Our house was so destroyed,” Firfer said, “I didn’t like people over.”

Stillwell said Kashmir needed more attention, so Firfer now walks her two to three miles a day in the morning and then to the dog park in the afternoon.

Firfer loved Stillwell’s positive training techniques and is in awe how Stillwell could calm her dog. “She’s really the dog whisperer,” she said. “Victoria would say, ‘Come here girl!’ and immediately, Kashmir would be mesmerized and melt.”

Firfer has yet to see the episode and is a bit nervous. “I said to Shawn, ‘What state should we move to now?’ “

Parade cameo

During Thursday’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Atlanta-based Cartoon Network threw out a pop culture cameo.

On the float for its show “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends,” the characters started singing “Best Friend” (the theme song to “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”) but were suddenly interrupted by an appearance by 1980s pop singer Rick Astley, who began lip-syncing his biggest hit, “Never Gonna Give You Up.”

After his brief performance, one of the characters, Cheese, shouted, “I love Rick Rolling!”

Indeed, “Rick Rolling” over the past year has become a Web phenomenon: When users think they’re going to a particular Web link, they get sent to the Astley music video instead.

“Our marketing group came up with it,” Cartoon Network spokesman Joe Swaney told Buzz.

“The Rick Astley song is about friendship, which fit with our characters. We asked if he was available. He liked the idea. We flew him in from England.”

Swaney admits that a good portion of the viewers probably had no idea why Astley was there, but “we figured, let’s let it play out. If anybody picks up on it, that’s great. Besides, there are always celebrities singing on floats. I think it’s hilarious.”

HIGH FIVE

Music

Top selling albums at Decatur CD this week:

1. Lucinda Williams, “Little Honey”

2. Bonaventure Quartet, “The Secret Seduction of the Grand Pompadour”

3. Deerhunter, “Microcastle”

4. The Killers, “Day & Age” (vinyl)

5. David Byrne and Brian Eno, “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today”

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

Today: Actress Diane Ladd is 73. Comedian Garry Shandling is 59. Director Joel Coen is 54. Actor-comedian Howie Mandel is 53. Actor Don Cheadle is 44. Singer Jonathan Knight of New Kids on the Block is 40. Former Atlantan and actor Brian Baumgartner (“The Office”) is 36.

Sunday: Actor Robert Guillaume is 81. Dick Clark is 79. Director Ridley Scott is 71. Actor-director Ben Stiller is 43. Actress Sandra Oh (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 38. Country singer Mindy McCready is 33. Singer Clay Aiken is 30.

Contributing: Jennifer Brett and news services.

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