Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Thursday, September 24, 2015
Lifetime's "Atlanta Plastic," featuring three black plastic surgeons, was picked up for 10 more episodes after a test run of eight that just finished up last week. The season finale drew 918,000 viewers.
The three doctors in question are Dr. Wright Jones in Buckhead and Dr. Marcus Crawford and Dr. Aisha McKnight-Baron at Crawford Plastic Surgery in Kennesaw. Each episodes, two people needing surgery are featured, be it a problem stomach area, a problem nose or a problem breast area.
If you are interested in having plastic surgery done for presumably a massive discount, email the casting director Lauren Groom of Reality Road TV via lauren.atlantaplastic@gmail.com with your story.
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Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
Marietta's Zach Seabaugh, a 17-year-old Kennesaw Mountain junior with an eye on the country market, made it through the blind auditions this week on "The Voice" singing a Sam Hunt song "Take Your Time."
The judges were amazed that he was as young as he was, based on his looks and his deep voice. "People in high school joke that I must have been held back a lot," he said.
Seabaugh, in an interview Wednesday, sounds far older in his strategic career thought process than a teenager. He quit football six months ago to focus on becoming an artistic "triple threat" who can not only sing but dance and act as well. He said he's been singing in church choir since he was three years old and is now doing musical theater and taking ballet lessons.
He came on "The Voice" blind auditions without nerves, saying he generally feels more comfortable on stage than off. He said while singing, he became a bit anxious because the judges took their time to turn around but three ultimately did: Blake Shelton and Pharrell Williams at the same time, soon followed by Adam Levine. Only Gwen Stefani held back.
He chose Blake with a country career in mind. "He knows the road I can take that can hopefully lead me to greater success after the show," he said. "He's a great guy. I feel he's a real honest person." (Seabaugh said his very first song he sang at the open casting call was Jack Johnson's "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" but he made it clear country would be his thing once he got to the blind auditions.)
Seabaugh even has an answer that sounds like a future politician when asked about whether his good looks can be a help or a hindrance.
"It's nice to be recognized for my good looks," he said. "It's always a plus. At the same time, hopefully, the viewers watching can look past that and see my artistry." His handsome features are really, he said, "just icing on the cake."
He can't say how far he got. The battle and knockout rounds have been pre-taped so he already knows if he made it to the live rounds. We'll know in a few weeks.
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Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
CNN hardly hires any notable personalities based in Atlanta anymore so it's amusing that CNN International SVP for worldwide sports Bill Galvin made this specific reference in a memo after hiring Kate Riley as a sports anchor: "We're excited that Kate is now calling Atlanta home and enjoying her daily run along the Beltline & Piedmont Park."
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