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‘Makeover’ host opens up as mag debuts
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Just when you’d like to duck the media for the foreseeable future, you need the press to promote your glossy new magazine. Such was the predicament former Grant Park resident and “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” host Ty Pennington found himself in as his new mag Ty Pennington at Home debuted on newsstands Tuesday.
Pennington was pulled over this month in Los Angeles and charged with driving under the influence. As part of a trade-off with “Entertainment Tonight” in exchange for publicizing his new publication, Pexnnington sat down to discuss the incident.
“I made an error in judgment; I made a mistake,” Pennington told the syndicated entertainment program. “I don’t condone what I did. I could have jeopardized everything, including my job, which is the best job in the world.”
Pennington used the opportunity to refute one aspect of the media coverage of his arrest: He says no drugs (alcohol not withstanding) were involved.
When asked what he would have done differently, a repentant Pennington said: “I probably would take a cab.”
Of the new publication that gets a trial run prior to becoming a quarterly in 2008, the handyman explained its title is a bit misleading “because I’m never home! [The magazine] shows you how to bring your personality into your home with your own hands.”
A CONCERT FOR KING
The Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation Inc. announced Tuesday that Tommy Hilfiger, Russell Simmons and Quincy Jones will be among the A-listers spearheading an all-star concert Sept. 18 at Radio City Music Hall in New York to benefit the building of the King Memorial on the National Mall in Washington. We’re told that “The Dream Concert” will also benefit from record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis coming on board as artistic directors, while Muhammad Ali, Angela Bassett, Jamie Foxx, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kerry Washington and former New York City Mayor David Dinkins have all signed onto the concert’s host committee.
In a press release e-mailed to Buzz, we were informed that the concert “will embody the ideals of hope, love, democracy, and justice for which Dr. King stood. The concert will capture the essence of his lasting teaching by joining together musicians from across genre lines, featuring unique musical combinations not usually found on the same stage. The Memorial Foundation has already raised $79 million of the $100 million needed to complete and maintain the memorial, and this event will help secure the additional funds.” The memorial is due to be completed next year.
Buzz was told Tuesday that the all-star lineup for the concert will be announced this month.
OVERSCENE
An MTV video crew filming a North Atlanta High School student being surprised by her unexpected prom date — Atlanta R&B singer Bobby Valentino for an upcoming MTV doc, “Once Upon a Prom.” We’re told that the as-yet-unidentified student (the special airs at 2 p.m. Saturday) had originally planned on dining with her girlfriends at Two Urban Licks until Valentino turned up (with a black Bentley, natch) to escort her to the dance.
A CHANCE TO GLOW ON BROADWAY
Horizon Theatre in Little Five Points had to do some last-minute recasting of its upcoming production of “Charm School,” set to open May 25. It seems that actor David de Vries got a call from the Great White Way, asking if he’d like to play the last Lumiere on Broadway’s “Beauty and the Beast” before the Disney show closes on July 29. Horizon reps tell us that de Vries begins rehearsals this week and will debut in the role next week. Thankfully, he’ll have some company from home in NYC. Georgia native Glenn Rainey is set to play Cogsworth in the musical for the same remainder of the run. Atlanta audiences will recall Rainey from his role as the junk-food-eating psychopath Otto Woodnick in Horizon’s production of Nicky Silver’s black comedy “The Food Chain.”
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Jazz musician Billy Cobham is 63. Actor Pierce Brosnan is 54. Actress Debra Winger is 52. Actress Mare Winningham is 48. Violinist Boyd Tinsley of the Dave Matthews Band is 43. Singer Janet Jackson is 41. Singer Ralph Tresvant is 39. Actor David Boreanaz (“Bones”) is 38. Actress Tracey Gold is 38. Actress Tori Spelling is 34.
ON MY TIVO
Garry Marshall, “Georgia Rule” director and “Happy Days” creator: “I have a wonderful wife of 44 years who knows how to work all the contraptions in our home. She records things for me. I watch ‘Brothers and Sisters,’ which is my favorite show right now. It skillfully blends comedy and drama, which is sometimes a tricky thing to do. I watch a lot of sports, too. I’m also interested to see [the upcoming Steven Spielberg/Mark Burnett film reality show] ‘On the Lot.’ I’m actually on it with Carrie Fisher. If you live long enough in this business, someone asks you to be a judge.”
HIGH FIVE
TOP DOWNLOADED RINGTONES THIS WEEK
1. “What Hurts the Most,” Rascal Flatts
2. “2 Step,” Unk
3. “Super Mario Brothers Theme,” Koji Kondo
4. “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’),” T-Pain featuring Yung Joc
5. “Irreplaceable,” Beyoncé
Source: Billboard
Contributing: news services
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