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Christie’s to auction Brown belongings
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The cape is getting closer. This week, South Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jasper Cureton ruled that a New York auction of late soul singer James Brown’s belongings in New York can go forward as planned Thursday.
Christie’s auction house will oversee the auction of 320 items for sale, including a red jumpsuit and, yes, a blue satin cape. For many fans, the highlight of a James Brown show was the moment when an exhausted Godfather would be draped in one of his signature capes and led off the stage at the end of a show. Invariably, the singer would shake off the cape and delight screaming fans by returning to the microphone for one last encore. Originally, a lock of the Godfather of Soul’s hair was also planned to be auctioned this week, but apparently those plans have now changed.
The singer’s former business managers, Buddy Dallas and Alfred Bradley, had argued the auction should be stopped. They claimed the court should not have been able to appoint new trustees to handle Brown’s estate.
Augusta’s favorite son died of heart failure at age 73 on Christmas Day 2006 in Atlanta.
NEXT GENERATION LIKES TO FLY SOLO
Atlanta’s youthful Motown of the South has still managed to be around long enough to see a second generation of contemporary R&B acts come around. More specifically, a solo generation of acts.
Marvin “Slim” Scandrick of multimillion-selling quartet 112 — named after the now-closed Atlanta club where the group once auditioned for Sean “Diddy” Combs — is the latest to join this group. The most prominent vocalist on such 112 hits as “Only You,” “Cupid” and “Peaches & Cream” has a new, building single titled “So Fly” and a video with its featured Atlanta rappers — Yung Joc and Shawty Lo — fresh in the can.
“I’m kind of, sort of, reintroducing myself to people — even though I’ve been doing this for 12 years,” the Grammy winner said. “Being in a group — a real strong group such as 112 — we wanted to push the brand. We wanted the brand to be a household name — to the point where we really didn’t care whether you knew our names or not. We wanted to be when you said ‘112,’ still say ‘112,’ you say, ‘Oh they’re hot!’
“So with this album coming out, ‘Loves Crazy’ [due in stores Sept. 9], it’s like, ‘Hello, my name is Slim; and this is my take on love.’ ”
Scandrick was quick to add that everything was fine with fellow 112 members Q, Mike and Daron. “As a matter of fact, in about three hours we’re going to rehearse for a show in Providence. … We’ve worked too hard, the brand is too big and we’re too much like brothers to stop 112. Everybody’s just trying to individually express themselves right now.”
Q and Daron are also working on solo projects. The twins from fellow Atlanta R&B quartet Jagged Edge were also recording their own album. The Scott sisters in local multimillion-selling group Xscape, meanwhile, have ventured out individually, as has Kandi — a songwriter, as well, who recently was in the studio with Ciara.
Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas of TLC who’s had her sights on a solo bow for some time, and after a stint with Akon, is now reportedly near a deal with Koch.
OVERSCENE
Atlanta Falcons rookie quarterback Matt Ryan hasn’t played a single game here yet, but Buzz reader Jennifer Dollar is already a fan. In an e-mail to Buzz Central on Tuesday, Dollar tells us the 23-year-old spent about 90 minutes sitting with her and her husband at the Kenny Chesney show Sunday night at Turner Field.
“He was such a great guy,” reports Dollar. “He was dancing and singing and was a real gentleman. He posed for numerous photos once fans began to realize who he was. It is so nice to see that our Atlanta Falcons have made a classy choice to lead our team.”
One potential definition of “classy”: Ryan apparently doesn’t possess a fervent need to fling his middle digits at fans and worse, probably has an embarrassing absence of felony dogfighting convictions on his résumé.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Drummer Stewart Copeland of the Police is 56. Actor Will Ferrell (“Saturday Night Live”) is 41. Actor Corey Feldman is 37. Singer-guitarist Ed Kowalczyk of Live is 37. Actress AnnaLynne McCord (“Nip/Tuck”) is 21. Actor Mark Indelicato (“Ugly Betty”) is 14.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“These gentlemen and these ladies have never seen the Philadelphia side of me.”
Atlanta Mayor Shirley “Bring It!” Franklin addressing the screaming protesters as herzzoner oversaw the closing of Fire Station 7 on Monday. The Philadelphia native then descended from the podium for a more intimate face-to-face conversation.
Contributing: Sonia Murray and news services.
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