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Paris is not burning with energy
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Paris Bennett, the exuberant teenager who lived briefly in Fayetteville before joining “American Idol” a year ago, swept through Atlanta last week to do promotions and hang out with friends. Buzz grabbed lunch with her at Midtown’s Noodle.
But the 18-year-old already had eaten, so Buzz munched while she answered questions. She wore a Bebe leather jacket with fur fringes, a trendy Ed Hardy trucker cap and huge sunglasses you might see on the likes of Whitney Houston or Mary J. Blige.
Bennett, who finished fifth last year on “Idol,” showed none of her bubbly nature. She seemed weary and wary, answering questions curtly, with minimal elaboration. She denied fatigue. “I don’t get burned out,” she said flatly. “I’m always ready to go to the next place.”
Her new CD, set to be released in early spring by her uncle’s record label, 306 Entertainment, will be an eclectic mix of pop, R&B, jazz, hip-hop and other genres. She has already released a single, “Ordinary Love,” a rock/R&B hybrid dance tune, to radio stations. “Everybody knows I’m a versatile person,” she said. “That’s what makes me who I am.”
She has been spending recent months in Minneapolis, where her mom lives and her record label is based, but hopes to eventually find a home in the South, be it Atlanta, New Orleans, Texas or Florida. She said she’s part of the beta testing team for the upcoming iPhone, plans to trick up a monster truck in black and pink, and recently bought a teacup Yorkie she named Prince, after the Minneapolis funkster whom she got to meet at the “Idol” finale last May.
And she’s started her own company, Paris Bennett Inc., to invest her money and create tie-ins to her persona. “By the time I’m 21, I hope to be a millionaire,” she proclaimed.
As for her brief trip to Atlanta, she said she had no grand plans before going to New York City for Fashion Week. “I can’t go many places” in public, she said with a sigh. “It’s the hassle of being Paris Bennett.”
Give it up for Jack
Kiefer Sutherland took time off from playing the indestructible Jack Bauer on “24” to make a surprise appearance onstage Saturday at the Tabernacle to introduce Rocco DeLuca and the Burden, a band on his record label.
“I had gone to dinner with Scott Freeman from Best Buy before the show, and [Jackyl lead singer and businessman]Jesse James Dupree showed up with Kiefer to surprise us!” wrote Leslie Fram, 99X program director and morning co-host, in an e-mail to Buzz on Sunday. “He wanted to thank the station and Best Buy for all the support in Atlanta and how we are breaking Rocco.”
Sutherland visited Atlanta in October for 99X, when he was promoting a documentary about his rocky experience as the manager for the band, and was the first phone guest for the new Morning X show.
Random bits
Farrah Fawcett got an unbeatable gift for her 60th birthday: a clean bill of health. The actress, who revealed in October that she was fighting cancer, learned this week that she is cancer-free, spokesman Mike Pingel said Friday. Dr. Gary Gitnick, Fawcett’s lead physician at the University of California in Los Angeles, said the actress “has had a full and complete response to treatment.” Fawcett didn’t say what type of cancer she was treated for, but her ex, Ryan O’Neal, told People magazine she was treated for anal cancer. …
Speaking of O’Neal, cops in Malibu, Calif., arrested the Oscar-nominated actor Saturday on charges of assaulting his adult son, Griffin, at O’Neal’s home. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and negligent discharge of a fiream. O’Neal, who was released on a $50,000 bond, couldn’t be reached for comment. …
A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction against a Web site peddling personal pictures, videos, diaries and other items that heiress Paris Hilton once kept at a storage facility. Hilton sued the Web site ParisExposed.com last month, accusing it of exploiting her private personal belongings for commercial gain. The injunction issued Friday temporarily bars the Web site from releasing Hilton’s Social Security number, health data and other personal info. …
Former oldies station Sunny 100.1, which covers northwest metro Atlanta, is now simulcasting La Raza 102.3, the regional Mexican music station that emanates out of northeast metro Atlanta.
Celebrity birthdays
Actress Barbara Hershey is 59. Actor-director-comedian Christopher Guest is 59. Actor-comedian Tim Meadows (“Saturday Night Live”) is 46. Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh is 45. Actress Laura Linney ( “You Can Count on Me”) is 43. Alpharetta-based singer Bobby Brown is 38. Country singer Sara Evans is 36.
SILLY JOKE OF THE WEEK
“The New Jersey Nets this week unveiled their new senior dance group that consists of members who range in age from 59 to 83. When asked what the group would wear, one member replied, ‘Depends.’ ” — Amy Poehler, “Saturday Night Live” Feb. 3 (technically Feb. 4, since it was past midnight)
WHAT’S ON YOUR IPOD
Josh Holloway, the former North Georgian who plays sexy bad boy Sawyer on “Lost,” which returns after a three-month hiatus this Wednesday at 10 p.m. on ABC.
“I just had a session with [fellow “Lost” cast member] Jorgé Garcia, who is the master of music. I had hardly anything on my iPod, so he spent the day with me downloading. I’m only up to D [alphabetically], and I have five days’ worth of music.”
HIS FAVORITES? “Tool is my Sawyer music. I love all rock ’n’ roll. I’m a nut for Southern rock like ZZ Top. I’m stuck in the ’60s and ’70s with Floyd, Zeppelin, the Doors.”
HIS GUILTY PLEASURE: A recently downloaded Britney Spears song. But he said his wife, Yessica, put it on his iPod. “I’m embarrassed to say it’s pretty good. But I can’t remember the name of it. It’s a slow one.”
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