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Janet Jackson’s Philips show still a go
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Part-time Atlantan Janet Jackson is out of a Montreal hospital but questions remain about why she was admitted.
The 42-year-old singer became “suddenly ill” and was taken to Royal Victoria Hospital on Monday night shortly before her scheduled concert in Montreal, which was canceled, according to a statement released by W&W Public Relations.
Jackson was at Royal Victoria but released two hours later, said Rebecca Burns, representative for McGill University Health Centre, which runs the hospital. Representatives for Jackson would not elaborate on her condition, simply saying that she was ill and was “recuperating.”
Meanwhile, Jackson’s shows in Boston and Philadelphia on Wednesday and Thursday night were postponed. She is now due to resume her tour in Greensboro, N.C., on Saturday. She’s booked to hit the stage at Philips Arena on Sunday night.
SYMPHONY WILL HELP YOU CAR POOL
The endless loops of long gas lines on her television screen this week have inspired Atlanta Symphony Orchestra CEO Allison Vulgamore.
That’s why the ASO has quickly partnered with eRideShare.com so symphony patrons can use alternative travel methods for concert dates at Symphony Hall in Midtown and at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta beginning tonight. Concertgoers are encouraged to visit asorideshare.erideshare.com and enter the group name “ASOPatron.” On the Web site, users will be linked to message boards with car pooling concertgoers in your neighborhood.
“With so much uncertainty about fuel supplies, we wanted a way to offer our patrons an alternative to the find-the-fuel game going on out there,” Vulgamore explained Wednesday. Taking a tip from ASO employees who have started car pooling into work at the Woodruff Arts Center this week, the organization set up the eRideShare.com option.
Vulgamore is hopeful that solution will continue to be used this season, even after gas lines dissipate.
Thursday night, Friday and Saturday, the ASO will offer its “B-Loved: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms” concert conducted by Robert Spano. At Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre this weekend, Alan Jackson performs Saturday night and the Black Crowes with Phil Lesh are booked Sunday night.
“We just felt that everyone could use a good dose of music right now with everything going on,” Vulgamore told Buzz. “We didn’t want the gas situation and transportation issues to get in the way.”
As for Vulgamore and Spano, they have commutes many of us would kill for. They both live in Midtown and walk to work.
OVERSCENE
Elton John buying six 2 1/2-ounce bottles of Creed “Love in Black” perfume at the Lenox Square mall Neiman Marcus. Retail price per bottle? $230. … Rapper/actor Bow Wow stocking up on veggies at the Buckhead Whole Foods salad bar.
FINNERAN GOES ‘FACE TO FACE’
Want to congratulate Atlanta Falcons receiver Brian Finneran on his impressive comeback this year after that lengthy knee surgery rehab left him out of action for two seasons? Pop into the ESPN Zone in Buckhead tonight at 7:30 when Finneran will be the featured guest during the taping of 11Alive’s weekly “Falcons Face-to-Face” pregame show.
The taping is open to the public and fans in attendance will have the chance to win prizes, including Falcons tickets and gear, and a chance to score Finneran’s John Hancock. The show will air Saturday at 7 p.m.
NEWMAN NIGHT AND DAY
Atlanta-based Turner Classic Movies has scrapped its schedule and booked a full 24 hours to pay tribute to late Hollywood icon Paul Newman on Oct. 12. The actor died last weekend at the age of 83.
The blues eyes will start sparkling at 6 a.m. with “The Rack” (1956).
Other Newman films on the schedule include: “Until They Sail” (1957); “Torn Curtain” (1966); “Exodus” (1960); “Sweet Bird of Youth” (1962); “Hud” (1963); “Somebody Up There Likes Me” (1956); “Cool Hand Luke” (1967); “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958); and Newman’s directorial debut, “Rachel, Rachel” (1968), which co-stars his wife, Joanne Woodward.
The finale, at 4 a.m., is “The Outrage” (1964), co-starring Edward G. Robinson, Laurence Harvey and William Shatner.
We’re told that TCM host Robert Osborne is readying special intros and outros for the evening’s prime-time lineup that will be taped next week.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Singer Don McLean is 63. Guitarist Mike Rutherford of Genesis is 58. Musician Sting is 57. Actress Lorraine Bracco (“The Sopranos”) is 54. Country singer Gillian Welch is 41. Actress-talk show host Kelly Ripa is 38. Singer Tiffany is 37. Gospel singer and former “American Idol” contestant Mandisa is 32.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“You have to give me credit, as far as relationships crashing and burning go, come on, I did pretty great. I mean, scorch that earth!”
“Rachel Getting Married” actress Anne Hathaway discussing her ex, accused money launderer Rafaello Follieri, on “Letterman”
Contributing: News services
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