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Pink house might even shock Paris and Nicole
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Leave it to Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie to drive down the property values near the burgeoning Little Five Points/Candler Park neighborhoods without ever setting a stiletto heel here.
A house at 1238 North Ave., across from Freedom Park near Moreland Avenue, has generated stares (and multiple reports into Buzz Central) after being painted Pepto-Bismol pink.
The house also boasts signage hyping the estranged friends’ “The Simple Life: ‘Til Death Do Us Part” reality series that debuted on E! Sunday night. This season, Hilton and Richie independently dip their pedicured tootsies into domestic life, complete with faux spouses and children.
We’re told that the owners of the house are such “Simple Life” fans that they agreed to the retina-punishing publicity stunt. On Friday, “Simple Life” PR reps even offered media types an advance look-see at the house, where pink lemonade was served up. A “blinged-out” dog contest was also held on the grounds.
Alas, an online blogger claiming to be the house’s owner says they aren’t 100 percent thrilled with their new-found notoriety.
A poster identified as Kaylix wrote on the E! Online “Simple Life” message board Saturday: “The big pink house on North Ave. is mine. Lots of people are stopping by to admire the place. Thanks for all the attention. As the number one fan, I just wanted to let everyone in the Atlanta area know that PR filming has already taken place. We are having lots of fun and feel very lucky to represent the show.
“But come on. Stopping by at 8, 9 and 10 p.m. or later and ringing the doorbell isn’t cool. Please enjoy the place from the street or the park. Thanks!”
Soul in the shade
Despite rumbling trucks and a problematic sound system, veteran soul singer Candi Staton managed to excite an outdoor crowd with an acoustic set over the weekend at Aurora Coffee/Criminal Records on North Highland Avenue during the Virginia-Highland Summerfest.
Performing songs from her just released, critically acclaimed “His Hands” album, her first set of secular tunes in 15 years, Staton, under the shade of an awning, was accompanied by an acoustic guitarist and three backing vocalists.
“This album has been in my heart for such a long time,” she told the crowd. “For years and years, I’ve been doing what other people wanted me to do. This album is for me. I’m in my 60s now, it’s time that I finally do what I want to do for a change!”
As an encore, Staton performed her 1976 disco hit, “Young Hearts Run Free.”
While she just returned from a sold-out United Kingdom tour, Staton has been low-profile in Atlanta, her hometown. “I’d be thrilled to perform more here,” she told us after her set. “All I need is an invitation.”
Overscene
A small flock of lunching Parrotheads, nesting inside the Buckhead Diner over the weekend. And just when the vast array of floral shirts and Bermuda shorts threatened to do irreparable damage to the concept of “Casual Fridays” forever, who should turn up but the Macaw Messiah himself, Jimmy Buffett? We’re told that the singer’s fans, congregating for his HiFi Buys Amphitheatre show Friday night, were momentarily stunned by the unexpected cameo. Buffett and two guests were quickly led to a quiet booth but managed to sign a few autographs along the way… . Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, a female companion and family members enjoying the country-fried steak, fried chicken, rack of lamb and other Sunday supper specialties recently at Restaurant Eugene in Buckhead. Spies tell Buzz that the female companion initially offered to pay but after a complication with a credit card emerged, P. Diddy gallantly whipped out his plastic and paid the bill for the party.
Shining — with Pinky
Imagine our joy when the June/July issue of New York Dog magazine hit Buzz Central Monday only to discover its cover model was Star Jones Reynolds and her precious white Maltese, Pinky!
Poring over the cover story, “Star Treatment,” we learned three very crucial things. 1) Star Jones Reynolds has a toe ring. 2) The “View” diva has matching red-and-white hair bows made for Pinky out of her excess dress fabric. 3) Her hubby cares deeply about his masculine public image.
Says Star in the mag: “So we get home and Al is like, ‘What is this prissy dog? How is that going to look on a Christmas card?’ It’s going to annoy the heck out of Al when he sees this, but he’s in love with that dog!”
So Al Reynolds can come to bond with a puny, poofy dog partial to wearing fabulous hair ribbons? Get out!
Celebrity birthdays
Singer Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops is 70. Playwright-actor Harvey Fierstein is 52. Actress-comedian Sandra Bernhard is 51. Actor Paul Giamatti (“Sideways”) is 39.
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