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Pricey crunk ain’t junk - it’s a world record
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Crunk Ain’t Dead and (big surprise) Lil Jon Ain’t Demure. Pardon the grammar, but that basically sums up the news that Atlanta’s own hip-hop mogul has just made his way into Guinness World Records for largest pendant.
The 73-carat Crunk Ain’t Dead, ahem, “charm” seen frequently hanging from the self-appointed King of Crunk’s neck is valued at approximately $500,000, according to his publicist. (It’s made up of 3,756 round-cut white diamonds set in 18-karat yellow and white gold.)
“We congratulate [Jon] on his remarkable achievement in setting the record for the largest pendant, which stands at 34.4 ounces, 7.5 inches long and 6 inches wide,” Guinness World Records Managing Director Alistair Richards said in a statement.
“It’s an honor to be included on that list,” Jon added in the same statement. “I grew up on reading and hearing about people and celebrities who break records in the Guinness World Records Book and it always fascinated me. … Let’s just see how many rappers try to outdo my pendant and break my record.”
Idols for StarFest
Two veterans of last year’s fifth season of “American Idol” will be among the performers at StarFest 2007 on June 2 at Gwinnett Arena. Leading the lineup: “Idol” reject Chris Daughtry, whose self-titled album was the fastest-selling rock debut since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991 (selling more than 1.9 million copies in 16 weeks).
He’ll be joined by “Idol” runner-up Katharine McPhee; indie rock band Dashboard Confessional, led by Boca Raton, Fla., singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba; and Augustana, which recorded its first album, “All the Stars and Boulevards,” in Atlanta in 2004. Tickets go on sale Thursday at Ticketmaster outlets (ticketmaster.com or by phone at 404-249-6400).
Tough time for T.I.
Less than a year after Atlanta rapper-actor T.I. (aka Clifford Harris Jr.) saw one of his best friends killed in front of him, he has suffered another personal tragedy. His Atlantic Records publicist, Sydney Margetson, confirmed Friday that his longtime on-and-off girlfriend, R&B singer-songwriter Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, lost the daughter they were expecting. He had no information about whether a service was planned.
Just days earlier, T.I. told an MTV News reporter that he and Cottle, who was approximately six months along when she lost the baby Wednesday, had called off their engagement but remained friends. “I love her to death,” the father of five told MTV. “Her children [are] still my children, my children are still her children.” (The two have a son together named King, and other children from previous relationships.)
Last May, T.I.’s assistant and childhood friend Philant Johnson was slain in a post-concert shooting near Cincinnati. The case remains unsolved.
‘BaconFest’ at Dad’s
The kind of food you might see at your typical charity fund-raiser: bacon-wrapped shrimp on a toothpick. What you’ll get at Dad’s Garage’s upcoming fund-raiser? Big ol’ slabs of greasy bacon.
The Inman Park nonprofit theater and improv group is bringing back its popular “BaconFest: The Pork Party of the Century” starting at 2 p.m. March 31. The irreverent theater company promises plenty of beer to wash down the 6,000 pieces of bacon donated by Sara Lee. And there will be live music from Attractive Eighties Women, Pistolero, Three Dog Stevens and Flyght Rysk.
Why bacon? “Everyone loves bacon — even vegetarians secretly love bacon — and it smells pretty awesome while it’s cooking,” said Linnea Frye, Dad’s director of audience development and public relations. For more information, go to dadsgarage.com or call the box office at 404-523-3141.
Titanic reunion
The “king of the world” and his Titanic sweetheart are reuniting on screen. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, who played ill-fated lovers in the 1997 smash film “Titanic,” will work together on “Revolutionary Road,” a new drama about disillusionment, the DreamWorks movie studio said Friday.
The film will be directed by Winslet’s husband, British filmmaker Sam Mendes, who won an Oscar for directing 1999’s dysfunctional family drama “American Beauty.” The DreamWorks project, based on the 1961 novel by Richard Yates, revolves around a suburban couple caught between their hopes for a life of art, culture and sophistication and the everyday drudgery of boring jobs and domesticity.
In “Titanic,” DiCaprio’s working-class character fell in love with a wealthy socialite played by Winslet aboard the doomed ocean liner that sank in the icy North Atlantic in 1912. It became the highest-grossing movie of all time, raking in more than $1.8 billion.
Overscene
At Fleur de Lis Cafe in downtown Atlanta Friday, lunching on salade nicoise: Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and conductor John Adams, who will be conducting his “Transmigration” at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra tonight.
Celebrity birthdays
Saturday: Comedian Louie Anderson is 54. Actor Robert Carradine is 53. Actress Kelly LeBrock is 47. TV personality Star Jones Reynolds is 45. Actress Annabella Sciorra is 43. Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is 37. Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes (“The Nativity Story,” “Whale Rider”) is 17.
Sunday: Movie critic Gene Shalit is 75. Singer Anita Bryant is 67. Singer Aretha Franklin is 65. Actor Paul Michael Glaser (TV’s “Starsky and Hutch”) is 64. Musician Elton John is 60. Actress Bonnie Bedelia is 59. Actress-comedian Mary Gross is 54. Actor James McDaniel (“NYPD Blue”) is 49. Saxophonist Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet is 47. Actress Brenda Strong (“Desperate Housewives”) is 47. Actress Marcia Cross (“Desperate Housewives”) is 45. Actress Lisa Gay Hamilton (“The Practice”) is 43. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is 42. Singer-guitarist Jeff Healy is 41. Singer Melanie Blatt of All Saints is 32. Singer Katharine McPhee (“American Idol”) is 23.
Contributing: Sonia Murray and news services.
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