Women with 50 to 100 pounds to lose and a desire to do so in front of rolling cameras might check out today's open casting call for "The Revolution." Brought to you from the producers of "The Biggest Loser" and "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition," the ABC show will meet potential new talent from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Georgian Terrace hotel, 659 Peachtree St. in Midtown. You'll need to bring a nonreturnable photo. The casting folks are looking for people who not only want to lose weight, but who also have inspirational tales to share. If you can cry on cue, so much the better. For full details see TheRevolutionCasting.com.
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Another week, another batch of high-profile sightings. Here's a rundown of who went where this week:
John Travolta was spotted this week at Market in Buckhead, at the Brookhaven Starbucks and at Taka, a sushi restaurant. He's in town filming a thriller called "Killing Season," which also stars Robert De Niro. While the shooting is taking place in the north Georgia mountains (the film is set in the Appalachians) Travolta keeps popping up around Atlanta.
We've gotten a number of sighting reports at STK, a swank new steakhouse in Midtown. Actor Mehcad Brooks ("Necessary Roughness"), rapper Nas, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and "Vampire Diaries" cast members Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder have all been by recently.
And Megan Hilty of the new NBC series "Smash" was in Park Tavern in Midtown with a group of friends.
A lower profile for the "Warlock" this time around
Last April, actor turned YouTube star and Twitter trending topic Charlie Sheen brought his bizarre "Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour to Atlanta. "Things started getting ugly fast," my colleague Rodney Ho, who covered the incomprehensible event at the Fox Theatre, reported at the time. (We flipped for and he lost the coin toss, so I dodged the bullet. Winning!)
Anyway, Sheen's been back in Atlanta in recent days, but kept a much lower profile this time. He tagged along with ex-wife Denise Richards, who's been here working on Tyler Perry's latest project, "Madea's Witness Protection." Their kids were here, too. While Sheen and Richards endured a bitter divorce and custody battle, they've mended fences for the sake off their children. In recent months Richards has discussed their post-marriage relationship, saying they're able to remain friendly now. "We've actually become like brother and sister, we really have," she told Access Hollywood. "I think [the key is] making it about the kids. The stuff between the couple — if you're divorced — it's no longer about you anymore. You have to be the bigger person and make it about the kids and so that's what we're doing." Earlier this week, Richards tweeted a photo of a floral bouquet with the caption, "Mr. Tyler Perry makes sure we have fresh flowers in our trailer every week…so lovely!" Meanwhile, a source spotted Sheen Wednesday night running a pretty mundane errand in Buckhead. He looked very thin but was pleasant and soft spoken, our tipster said.
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