http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz en-us rtaylor@ajc.com 2008-10-09T21:24:20-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/10/09/tickets_still_h.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz Atlanta real estate developer Charlie Hendon (below, top) has become one of Sir Elton John’s secret weapons as VIP tickets to this Sunday’s Advanta World Team Tennis benefit continue to steadily sell despite the current economic uncertainties. Only a few... 7895103@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-10-09T21:24:20-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/10/09/tis_third_cd_de.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz When his new CD was released last week, Atlanta rapper-actor T.I. told us: “I am doing everything I can these days to ensure success.” Wednesday, that work paid off. The official results are in from Billboard magazine, and T.I.’s latest... 7871103@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-10-09T02:07:11-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/10/08/finding_brick_a.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz Former Olympic gymnast and newlywed Blaine Wilson returned to Centennial Olympic Park downtown Tuesday in search of a very special snapshot. The now 34-year-old silver medalist was on the U.S. men’s gymnastics team during the 1996 Summer Games here. His... 7842303@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-10-08T01:29:49-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/10/07/perry_opens_stu.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz “A Place Where Dreams Believe.” Guests were greeted with those words etched in glass as they entered director Tyler Perry’s lavish new film and television studios in southwest Atlanta Saturday night. Dressed in a cream-colored tuxedo, Perry, 39, told Buzz:... 7808103@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-10-07T00:15:49-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/10/06/atls_poprah_bre.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz Not many people would have the audacity to create a nickname for themselves which combines P. Diddy and Oprah. Then again, most people are not like Kim “Poprah” Kearney of Duluth. She is the breakout star of VH1’s “I Want... 7780503@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-10-06T01:56:44-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/10/05/ed_gordon_bring.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz Emmy Award-winning V journalist Ed Gordon will host a town hall meeting Monday at Morehouse College to encourage strong bonds between fathers and daughters as part of an initiative called “Daddy’s Promise: A Lifetime of Love.” Gordon, who is targeting... 7776803@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-10-05T20:39:05-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/10/02/star_wars_rules.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz Thanks to Cartoon Network’s “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” the hot new LucasFilm series debuting at 9 tonight on the Atlanta-based basic cable channel, CN animation president Stuart Snyder already has the Force with him. But Friday, for good measure,... 7727903@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-10-02T22:22:41-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/10/02/janet_jacksons.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz 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... 7727103@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-10-02T21:06:45-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/10/01/peach_buzz_5_ch.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz If you give a chef a pig, you end up with a barbecue. If you give five chefs five pigs, then you have a porkfest for the history books. Such was the scene at Five Seasons Brewing Co. in Sandy... 7683503@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-10-01T12:51:36-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/09/30/leon_protege_ne.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz Acworth actor Justin Martin had almost given up on landing a role in “High Musical 3: Senior Year,” the upcoming second sequel of the Disney tween gold mine franchise. “The casting directors told me I was just too small,” Martin,... 7640203@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-09-30T04:04:25-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/09/29/blais_preps_for.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz Atlanta’s own Richard Blais is still working the “Top Chef” juju, hoping to parlay his TV exposure into … more TV exposure. Blais, who was at Piedmont Park for three “Top Chef Tour” demonstrations Saturday with season three runner-up Casey... 7608003@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-09-29T00:36:22-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/09/28/dogs_bama_fans.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz The anxiety over finding gas has been a boon for Atlanta’s wackiest recreational transportation service, the Fur Bus. The phone was ringing off the hook Friday as gas supplies remained scarce. It seems that University of Georgia and University of... 7603503@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-09-28T19:25:12-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/09/26/ti_stops_by_v10.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz V-103’s Frank Ski and Wanda Smith scored the first in-studio interview with Atlanta rapper/actor T.I. Thursday morning as the artist, also known as Tip Harris, celebrated his 28th birthday. The performer will release his much-anticipated album “Paper Trail” on... 7549503@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-09-26T02:37:52-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/09/24/a_couple_of_atl.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz As you may have heard, second season “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken is on the cover of this Friday’s People magazine next to the headline: “Yes, I’m gay.” One liberal dose of smelling salts and a mug of lavender-scented... 7518003@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-09-24T22:36:00-04:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/09/24/celebrity_schoo.html?cxntfid=blogs_peach_buzz Even though “Good Morning America” co-anchor Diane Sawyer ended up mistakenly demoting her to a teacher Tuesday morning, state Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox awoke early to do a local shot on the ABC show to discuss her recent... 7489203@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/ 2008-09-24T03:47:48-04:00