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Star 94 hosts put heat on Horatio Sanz
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Over at Star 94 Thursday morning, Steve McCoy, Vikki Locke and Tom Sullivan were busy grilling ex-“Saturday Night Live” cast member Horatio Sanz. The comic was originally booked to discuss his role in the upcoming flick “School for Scoundrels” with Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder.
Sanz started out describing his sacking (along with fired “SNL” members Chris Parnell and Atlanta native Finesse Mitchell) as “amicable.” As the show applied its new-found talent for sauteing celebrities (remember this is the morning show that was hung up on by ex-“View”-er Star Jones Reynolds this year and got pop singer Jesse McCartney to spill that J. Lo was preggers), Sanz eventually became surlier.
“He told us that he tried out for [ex-“SNL”-er Tina Fey’s “Weekend Update” gig] but he didn’t get it,” Locke told Buzz. “He told us that [surviving cast member] Seth Meyers got the job. And then we talked for a minute about his movie!”
Rathbun empire
Atlanta chef Kevin Rathbun’s Inman Park restaurant empire continues to expand. In addition to Rathbun’s and Krog Bar at 112 Krog St. inside the Stove Works complex, in spring 2007 Rathbun and his business partners will add Kevin Rathbun Steak, located a block away at 154 Krog St. We’re told the 180-seat space will be designed by the Johnson Studio and will have an open kitchen, a full bar and two private dining rooms.
Charitable Usher
While he was a guest on “The View” Thursday to promote his extended run in “Chicago” through Oct. 14, Alpharetta pop star Usher managed to break some news as well. He disclosed that 20 percent of his Broadway paycheck for the additional performances will be earmarked for his New Look hurricane relief charity.
“The run is being extended to my birthday,” Usher said. He also gave one of the most candid answers of any celebrity this year when he was quizzed about why a guy who can sell out sports arenas chose the more grueling schedule of a Broadway actor. Replied Usher: “I wanted to expand my demographics.”
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ radio talk slips into gray area
Radio listeners were treated to liberal doses of watercooler chat about the season premiere of “Grey’s Anatomy” on Q100 and V-103 Thursday morning. What most listeners didn’t know, however, was that the chat was being paid for by ABC, the drama’s TV network.
Yes, when Q100’s Melissa Carter and Jenn Hobby enthusiastically dished about their advance peek at the show’s season premiere, it was an ad. Further muddying the waters, “Bert Show” members Bert Weiss, Jeff Dauler, Carter and Hobby also interviewed “Grey’s” actress Kate Walsh on-air.
Weiss told Walsh he considered her show to be the best on television. He added: “And I’m not being paid to say that.” (We’re assuming he was cracking an inside joke.) Hobby serves as the show’s “Entertainment Buzz” reporter while Carter is Q100’s news director.
Over at V-103, entertainment empress Miss Sophia, the Frank Ski and Wanda Smith morning show entertainment reporter, handled the on-air plugs for the show.
“Since Miss Sophia brings that kind of lively conversation to our show, anyway, it was a good fit,” Ski told us. Would Ski have personally done the ads? “I probably wouldn’t have,” he conceded.
While it’s normal to hear morning show personalities shill for cellphones, diamonds, laser hair removal and weight loss products on- air, most listeners assume the talk is an advertisement.
There was a bigger gray area with the “Grey’s” chatter, however.
“I’ll take the heat on this,” Q100 general manager Mike Fowler told us. “It was a last-minute ad buy and normally it would have had a disclaimer attached and this didn’t. We’re very protective of what our audience thinks of ‘The Bert Show.’ This has made us a little smarter.” Fowler said he didn’t know if the station’s Q&A with Walsh was part of the ad buy.
To that end, Fowler says next week’s planned spots for “Desperate Housewives” will be aired complete with disclaimers alerting listeners to the forthcoming ad copy.
Stork report
Country singer Brad Paisley, 33, and actress wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley, 35, are expecting their first child in February, their spokeswoman confirmed.
Celebrity birthdays
Singer David Coverdale (Whitesnake) is 55. Actress Shari Belafonte is 52. Singer Nick Cave is 49. Singer Joan Jett is 48. Opera singer Andrea Bocelli is 48. Actor Scott Baio is 45.
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