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Jackson slips up sometimes while dieting
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Part-time Atlantan Janet Jackson sounds acutely aware of what those nights out at Atlantic Station eventually cost her in the gym. In the “Hot Bodies” issue of US Weekly that hits stands today, the pop star (who recently shed 60 pounds) tells the mag: “It’s about control and a balanced diet. Of course I have cheat days! Especially with my dancers, who love to eat. And after a hard day of work, they want to unwind and grab a drink, and alcohol is not good for my diet with all the extra calories. I try to have a glass of wine, but then somebody comes with a lemon drop and it’s so good. You feel like you’re drinking cough syrup or candy, and before you know it, the next day comes and you feel it. I make up for it with a few more reps when I lift weights.”
The performer has kept busy of late with a starring role in director-writer Tyler Perry’s locally shot film “Why Did I Get Married?”
Also included in the issue that celebrates shrinking celebs: Snellville resident and former “American Idol” runner-up Diana DeGarmo, who has gone from a size 10 to a size 4 in the past year. “I was a chunky kid,” she explains. “I was as round as I was tall. … I no longer live to eat. Hey, it’s bathing suit season. Check me out.”
ANIMAL ADVENTURES
Molly Mednikow, a former Atlanta jeweler turned Amazon animal rescuer, sent us a surprise e-mail from Peru Wednesday to tell us about a unique birthday gift she recently received from her parents, Bob and Betty Mednikow. Her family surprised Molly with a boat to help keep her animal nonprofit Amazon CARES afloat. Writes Molly: “Iquitos is surrounded by water. There are few cars. [My parents] both stepped up to the plate to give me a gift that will truly keep on giving for many, many years.” To keep track of Mednikow’s Amazon adventures, you can check her blog at www.mednikowgifts.bravejournal.com.
OVERSCENE
Spotted in the crowd at the “Stars of the Century” show at Jungle nightclub this week: “America’s Next Top Model” contestant, actress and former Clark Atlanta University student Eva Pigford.
MONUMENTAL TASK
Atlanta architectural designer Rodney M. Cook Jr. has been named to coordinate the design of a Washington D.C. memorial for former Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their wives.
It likely will consist of a “modest library in a garden,” said Benjamin Adams, a New York investment banker and descendant of John Adams, the nation’s first vice president and second president.
“We feel tremendously fortunate to have Rodney Cook involved in this project,” said Adams, who is president of the Adams Memorial Foundation, designated by Congress to build the memorial.
Adams said the foundation’s board of directors had been “tremendously impressed” by Cook’s work on the Olympics monument and the millennium monument here.
Cook’s role will be to coordinate a competition among architects to come up with a concept that carries out the foundation’s ideas, Adams said. Although the foundation has not formally chosen a site, the memorial likely will be on Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House.
The 49-year-old Cook says he abhors the designs of most modern buildings, and his work, including the Olympics monument, is sometimes controversial.
“If I had studied architecture, having a teacher tell me that what I regarded as beautiful was of no significance to Western culture any longer would mean I would not have done well in that class,” he said in a telephone interview. “Designing buildings I abhor would be a very difficult intellectual pursuit for me,” he added.
ROSIE DUKES STILL UP
The pot finally boiled over on Wednesday’s live edition of “The View.” Sure, co-workers Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck routinely disagree on politics on the ABC daytime program. However, on Wednesday things got heated and deeply personal when O’Donnell griped on-air to Hasselbeck that she hasn’t defended her against Republican pundits who maintain that O’Donnell has characterized U.S. troops in Iraq as “terrorists.” Screeched O’Donnell at Hasselbeck: “I asked you if you believed what the pundits were saying and you said nothing and that’s cowardly!” Hissed Hasselbeck: “Do not call me a coward, Rosie! Defend your own thoughts!” Co-host Joy Behar spoke for perhaps millions of uncomfortable viewers when she pleaded: “Are there no commercials in this show?!” It remained unclear at press time exactly how long ABC has been operating without a human resources department …
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Actor-comedian Tommy Chong is 69. Musician Bob Dylan is 66. Singer Patti Labelle is 63. Actress Priscilla Presley is 62. Singer Rosanne Cash is 52. Actor John C. Reilly (“Chicago,” “Gangs of New York”) is 42. Actor Eric Close (“Without A Trace”) is 40. Rapper Heavy D is 40. Guitarist Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes is 38. Actor-rapper Big Tyme is 24. Country singer Billy Gilman is 19.
Contributing: Jeff Nesmith and news services.
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