Last year's New Look Foundation awards event featured Justin Bieber and Bill Clinton. This year's will feature Ted Turner and assorted local socialite-philanthropists. "I'm so excited about the World Leadership Conference," said R&B star Usher, the force behind the New Look Foundation, in a statement furnished by his publicists. "I feel the evolution of what we've been able to build through the foundation over the last 10 years." The event, at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, caps a three-day youth conference called "One World Powered By Service." For conference or awards gala details see www.ushersnewlook.org.
Tweet of the day
"Yes, my dog-cake is wearing a diaper."
- Actress Jane Lynch, in town for the filming of "Three Stooges," reveling over the custom confection created for her by Atlanta's Highland Bakery. The masterpiece depicted her pooch, Olivia, wearing a pink doggie diaper with 51st birthday wishes scrawled across it.
Celebrity birthdays
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is 93. Skating champion and commentator Dick Button is 82. Movie director Paul Verhoeven is 73. Musician Brian Auger is 72. Singer Dion DiMucci is 72. Actor James Brolin is 71. Baseball executive Joe Torre is 71. Singer Martha Reeves is 70. Blues guitarist Lonnie Mack is 70. Pop-rock musician Wally Bryson (The Raspberries) is 62. Country-rock singer Craig Fuller (Pure Prairie League) is 62. Actress Margo Martindale is 60. Singer Ricky Skaggs is 57. Rock musician Nigel Twist (The Alarm) is 53. Actress Anne-Marie Johnson is 51. Actress Elizabeth McGovern is 50. Rock musician John Hermann (Widespread Panic) is 49. Rock musician Jack Irons is 49. Actor Vin Diesel is 44. Retired NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway is 40. Actor Eddie Matos is 39. MLB All-Star Torii Hunter is 36. Dance music singer-songwriter M.I.A. is 36. Rock musician Daron Malakian (System of a Down; Scars on Broadway) is 36. Rock musician Tony Fagenson (Eve 6) is 33. Movie director Jared Hess is 32. Actor Jason Weaver is 32. Actress Kristen Bell is 31. Rock singer Ryan Cabrera is 29. Christian-rock musician Aaron Gillespie (Underoath) is 28. Actor Chace Crawford is 26. Bluegrass musician Joe Dean Jr. (Dailey & Vincent) is 22.
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