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TV foodie’s single son hot enough for People
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One surprise included on the list of People magazine’s “Hottest Bachelors” due on stands Friday? Savannah restaurateur and Food Network goddess Paula Deen’s baby boy, Bobby.
The 36-year-old (who, incidentally, somehow manages to pull off a seductive pose while eating a sandwich in the accompanying photo) is best known for helping out with big brother Jamie on their mom’s popular “Paula’s Home Cooking” TV show. This summer, the Deen boys get their own primetime Food Network show, “Road Tasted.”
On dating, Bobby Deen tells People that the process is like cooking: “Separately, the ingredients are wonderful, but mixed together it could be a disaster.”
On the gal he’s looking for, Deen says: “She has to be sweet. … I don’t usually date girls I wouldn’t bring home to Mama.” Also, it would help to be partial to mayonnaise and butter. …
Others on the list include two Hollywood types with local connections who we don’t exactly want to encounter on the highway any time soon.
“We Are Marshall” actor Matthew McConaughey (who interestingly is described in the mag as being 5’ 11 3/4”) tells the magazine that since his recent split with Penelope Cruz, his favorite gal pal has been Foxy, his red heeler doggie. Also, “My favorite thing to do alone is to jam in my truck and drive.”
We’re eternally happy, meanwhile, that Dunwoody High grad and former Star 94 intern Ryan Seacrest is tooling around an entire coast away from here these days. The “American Idol” host tells People: “I’ve mastered the art of driving with my knees and responding to e-mails on my BlackBerry.”
We’re guessing that as soon as Ryan’s mom, Connie Seacrest, reads that quote today, her son’s cellphone will be vibrating at his Los Angeles radio station workplace. …
Spears has her say
In our courageous capacity as Buzz scribbler, we endured the rigors of the Britney Spears “Dateline” interview Thursday. The televised train wreck with the pregnant pop tart and interviewer Matt Lauer no doubt juiced up NBC’s sluggish summer ratings, even as it dug a fresh basement for its news division’s reputation.
Promoted as being “defiant, determined and emotional”, the singer addressed rumors that her rapper/white-tanktop-lovin’ husband Kevin Federline is sleeping in the basement (he’s not).
On the ongoing tabloid reports that her marriage is failing with the hiring of a new “manny” for her baby son, the pop star said, “None of it is true.”
Responding to her ongoing issues involving gravity and infant Sean Preston, Spears said brightly: “Accidents happen!”
And if we’re being completely honest, when Spears hilariously misused air quotes while attempting to demonstrate that the tabloids have been going “a little far with me lately,” we did briefly knock over our Pabst Blue Ribbon 16-ouncer.
Naturally, the media exercise ended dramatically when the singer tearfully told Lauer: “You have to realize, we’re people!”
As opposed to? …
Celebrating Bennett’s 80th
Our very own Sir Elton has lent his voice to legendary singer Tony Bennett’s next studio project, celebrating the crooner’s 80th birthday. And as much as we adore Bennett, the planned disc has more than a faint whiff of those painful, final Frank Sinatra “Duets” albums. Bennett has recruited more than a dozen music heavyweights, including Bono, Paul McCartney and Barbra Streisand, to sing on his new album, “Tony Bennett: Duets/An American Classic.”
The album of 18 songs, to be released Sept. 26, also features duets with Stevie Wonder, the Dixie Chicks, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Diana Krall, Sting, George Michael, K. D. Lang, James Taylor, Tim McGraw, John Legend, Juanes and Michael Buble.
Bennett, whose birthday is Aug. 3, croons standards including “I Wanna Be Around,” with Bono, and personal favorites including “Smile,” with Streisand, and “The Very Thought of You,” with McCartney.
“Each duet artist brought their own soul and sensibility to their song performance, and it was a wonderful gift for my birthday to be able to record with these talented musicians,” Bennett said in a statement.
He also performs a solo version of his signature song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” accompanied by pianist Bill Charlap.
In a statement, Columbia Records chairman Steve Barnett said, “It’s an honor and a privilege to wish Tony a very happy 80th birthday and to thank him for giving us the gift of so much magic and so much music over the years.”
Oddly, the label’s statement neglected to mention that in the previous millennium, Columbia dropped the singer from the label after he declined repeated suggestions to record disco and rock tunes.
Celebrity birthdays
Songwriter Lamont Dozier is 65. R&B singer Eddie Levert is 64. Actress Joan Van Ark is 63. Singer James Smith of the Stylistics is 56. Actress Laurie Metcalf (“Roseanne”) is 51. Actor Eddie Cibrian (“Invasion”) is 33. Snellvillian “American Idol” runner-up Diana DeGarmo is 19.
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