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Abdul gets Billy B touch-up during Perimeter W stop
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Celebrity makeup artist Billy B had a surprise model in the house when his “American Beauty Tour” plunked its blush brush down the Perimeter W hotel on Sunday. Sitting discreetly in the back of the ballroom? Fan and “American Idol” judge Paula Abdul.
In town for “Idol” business, Abdul, long a fan of the Aberdeen, Miss., native’s work on Sharon Stone, Beyonce, Pink, Mary J. Blige and other A-listers, had initially tried to get into the $145 session to no avail.
“They kept hanging up on her!” attendee and Buckhead businesswoman Aida Perez Flamm told Buzz on Monday. “They didn’t believe it was really Paula Abdul. Can you imagine?”
Abdul happily complied when Billy B asked her to strike a pose as his model. The makeup artist, who works in Los Angeles and New York (and is the owner of numerous restored Victorian homes in Aberdeen), then proceeded to remove all of Abdul’s makeup.
The “Straight Up” singer had one request for the crowd of about 25 onlookers: Please, no picture-taking while she was sans makeup.
“She told us, ‘I don’t want to end up on Tmz.com looking like this! ’ ” explained Flamm.
After she was properly glamorized, however, Abdul happily posed for the flashing digital and cell cameras.
“She was absolutely lovely,” Flamm said. “Everyone had a great time with her.”
Flamm and Abdul hit it off so well Flamm invited her back to her posh Buckhead home for a small informal reception for Billy B where guests noshed on shrimp and grits, corn stuffing and jambalaya from Avenue Catering while Marc Anthony blasted from the stereo system.
Abdul graciously declined the invitation, saying she’d rather take in a quiet movie on her day off from “Idol” duties.
Carter on Sudan, Iran and marriage
Former President Jimmy Carter turned up early on the set of “Good Morning America” Monday to promote his new book, “Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope” (Simon and Schuster, $26), a tome commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Atlanta-based Carter Center’s work here and around the globe. The Plains Sunday school teacher discussed his eventful recent visit to Sudan with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and gamely discussed why he chose diplomacy with Iran over issuing a military strike during the 1979 hostage crisis.
Carter also said he was pleased with the Democrats running in the current presidential race, stating that any of the candidates would “do a much better job than is currently being done.”
When “GMA” correspondent Chris Cuomo ended the segment by congratulating Carter on his 61-year marriage to wife Rosalynn, Carter grinned and quickly added: “And that’s to the same woman, by the way.”
The unexpected aside generated guffaws from even the crankiest of cameramen on the “GMA” set.
Esquire award puts Trois on serious list
Trois owner Bob Amick and chef Jeremy Lieb were in New York on Monday to pick up some serious hardware for the year-old, three-floor Midtown eatery: Trois has been named one of the country’s best new restaurants by Esquire magazine. The selections were to be announced by Esquire food critic John Mariani Monday night at Anthos restaurant on West 52nd street. The results will be published in the mag’s upcoming November issue.
“It’s great not only for us but for the city of Atlanta to have national recognition like this,” Amick told Buzz Monday from NYC. “But I don’t necessarily think this automatically results in a long reservations list tomorrow. It’s more about building a solid résumé with us.”
So, how does Amick, the co-creator behind One Midtown Kitchen, Two Urban Licks and Piebar, feel about suddenly being labeled a “serious restaurateur?”
Explained Amick: “I’m serious about every concept that we do. While I’m proud that Trois is being perceived as a ‘serious restaurant,’ I also don’t see a problem with having fun when you eat.”
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I didn’t cry over the other people leaving, only you.”
— “The View” co-host Joy Behar to former co-worker and current “Today” show co-anchor Meredith Vieira as she returned to the ABC chat show as a guest Monday. Since Vieira’s exit, the show has also seen the er, not-so-quiet exits of Star Jones Reynolds and Rosie O’Donnell.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Singer Jackson Browne is 59. Actor Robert Wuhl (“Arli$$”) is 56. Manager-TV personality Sharon Osbourne (“The Osbournes”) is 55. Actor Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”) is 54. Country singer Gary Bennett (BR549) is 43. Singer Sean Lennon is 32. Actor Tyler James Williams (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 15.
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