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Coldplay adds second ATL show
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On Monday, Live Nation announced that a second Atlanta Coldplay show has been added to the British act’s “Viva La Vida” U.S. tour. The new show is booked for Nov. 5 at Philips Arena at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $49.50 to $97.50. Tickets go on sale Saturday at noon.
Clothes must be just right for HGTV
As school starts for many metro Atlanta kids this week, Duluth real estate agent Angie Holcomb is accustomed to parents anxious to finalize their housing arrangements.
Normally, she does her job without TV cameras trained on her.
But when Wisconsin’s Czerwinksi family phoned her back in June and asked the Keller-Williams Atlanta Partners agent to help them find a house here, the clients came complete with an HGTV “House Hunters” film crew.
“Even with the cameras, the family was a joy to work with,” Holcomb tells Buzz. Unlike some buyers who remain convinced the right house is the one they haven’t yet been shown, Holcomb says the mom and dad, Sharon and John Czerwinksi, were low maintenance. Among the family’s modest requests: a house with four bedrooms and a basement in Gwinnett County’s Peachtree Ridge school district.
Holcomb also was mindful of the couple’s children, Hannah, 14, and Jack, 11, who had some anxiety about leaving their friends back home.
The kids scored Atlanta Braves tickets and a trip to Stone Mountain Park.
“It’s always important to make the kids feel welcome,” says Holcomb. “I wanted them to fall in love with this area the way I have. By the end, the kids were more excited than anybody.”
Holcomb also had to select five camera-ready wardrobes for the three-day shoot.
Says Holcomb: “I probably drove my husband [WXIA meteorologist Chris Holcomb] crazy trying to find the perfect outfits.”
And while the agent says she can normally show 10 houses to clients in a day, the “House Hunters” production schedule allowed for only one home a day.
Viewers will find out which home the Atlanta transplants selected this fall on HGTV.
Sugarland suit on the sour side
A lawyer representing Atlanta country duo Sugarland responded on Monday to the $1.5 million lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court last month by founding member Kristen Hall. In the suit, Hall contends that she was to get a cut of the group’s profits even after she left in 2005 for a solo career. The lawsuit says Hall, who founded the band in 2002, has an agreement with Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush to equally share profits and losses.
On Monday, via a statement from the group’s label, Universal Music Group in Nashville, Sugarland attorney Gary Gilbert told us: “This lawsuit is totally baseless and without merit. Among other factual inaccuracies suggested in the complaint, it is indisputable that Ms. Hall left the group voluntarily and on her own accord. We are absolutely confident that this matter will be resolved in favor of Jennifer and Kristian.”
Separating the crimson, orange
Aug. 30’s instant sell-out Chick-fil-A College Kickoff event at the Georgia Dome features the first football matchup between the University of Alabama and Clemson University since 1975. Before the 8 p.m. kick-off? The pregame fan parties, the Tiger Tailgate event and the Bama Bash. Interestingly, the $55 per person parties are both being held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Georgia World Congress Center downtown. So how will organizers avoid any pre-kickoff dustups between the two passionate sets of fans?
“The gatherings are going to be held in very different locations of the Georgia World Congress Center,” Chick-fil-A College Kickoff communications veep Matt Garvey told us.
While tickets remain for the parties, every single $70 RV parking space at the Georgia Dome vaporized a week ago. Explained Garvey: “For Alabama fans, there’s a whole RV culture attached to the team.”
For info: www.chick-fil-abowl.com.
Classy exit
After Burrell Ellis’ decisive win in last week’s run-off election for the DeKalb County CEO job, Ellis’ opponent, state Rep. Stan Watson quietly conceded and avoided the media. Privately, however, Watson has proven to be a class act. The following thank you note was e-mailed to Watson supporters over the weekend (a copy was awaiting Buzz on Monday): “On August 5, our campaign for DeKalb CEO did not turn out the way we had hoped, but I want to thank each and every one of you for sticking with me until the end. Your support has meant the world to me. … Although I am taking time to enjoy my family, I want you to know that my career in politics is far from over. There is a calling on my life to serve and that is what I must continue to do. … Thank you again and may God bless you and yours. Your friend, Stan Watson.”
In the often not-so-nice blood sport of politics, perhaps Watson could consider teaching an etiquette course …
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 59. Singer Kid Creole is 58. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 54. Rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot is 45. Actor Peter Krause (“Dirty Sexy Money”) is 43. Actor Michael Ian Black (“Ed”) is 37. Actor Casey Affleck is 33. Actress Maggie Lawson (“Psych”) is 28. Actress Imani Hakim (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 15.
Contributing: News services
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