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7/9: More Atlanta “America’s Got Talent,” news about Leslie Fram, Wayne Brown
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I didn’t realize until tonight that there would be more from the Atlanta auditions of the summer’s biggest show, “America’s Got Talent.” They’ve stretched the first rounds of auditions to four looong weeks.
We had an awful falsetto opera singer, followed by a bizarro father and daughter karate/martial arts team in which they seemed to take pleasure torturing each other. “Very cool, very creative, and a lot of fun,” David Hasselhoff said. “That act is not going to win ‘America’s Got Talent,’ ” Piers Morgan said. Sharon Osborne broke the tie and they are going to Vegas but I can’t imagine it’s going to get very far.
After the first commercial break, they show a country singer I recall watching live. She wasn’t half bad but my memory is the praise was far greater than she deserved. Waitress Sarah Lenore, 19, who recently moved to Nashville, is trying to be the next Taylor Swift. She does Carrie’s “Before He Cheats.” Listening to her on TV, I like her more than I did live. She’s actually better than anything we have seen on “Nashville Star.”
“You’ve got to work on your individuality. There’s a lot of pretty blonde girls who play guitar. You have a great future,” Sharon said. “You have an amazing voice,” David said, calling her a “diamond in the rough.” She’s through to Vegas.
Others who make it through include Flambeau, a fire starter, and Rachel, a pole dancer, and an African dance troupe. SQ Entertainment, a dance group, is quite entertaining, if a bit too large in number.
Then 25 minutes in, they go back to New York and we can move on to other things:
-Leslie Fram, who was recently named program director of New York rock station WRXP-FM, has joined the morning show with Matt Pinfield and may be a permanent part of it. She’s a notorious workaholic who loves being on air as well. She was on 99X’s morning show in its various incarnations from 1992 until January 2008.
-I attended Wayne Brown’s going away part at Artistry in Midtown yesterday. He ran Radio One for eight years in Atlanta, building Hot, Praise, Grown Folks and Smooth Jazz. Brown is leaving to start his own company though he hasn’t revealed what that may be.
Here are some photos from the party I took:
Wayne Brown wishes everyone at Radio One a farewell.
Griff, close up and personal.
Akini with Beyonce.
Mike Roberts, formerly V-103’s morning host and now a radio station owner in Macon, with Grown Folks/Praise PD Derek Harper.
Comments
By Al
July 9, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this
How do you ruin a movie? Put Whoopi Goldberg in it.
How do you ruin a radio station? Put someone who is past their prime on the air. Got that Leslie?
By Jim
July 9, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this
Rodney, thanks for not posting a photo of “FRAMkenstein” this time….that woman is scary looking.
By nooneuno
July 9, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this
Rodney who is Wayne’s replacement and also who took over for Mark Kanov?
By irak
July 9, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this
Hey Griff, have you been reading my food diary?
By irak
July 9, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this
Hey Griff, have you been reading my food diary?
By "chip"
July 9, 2008 10:29 PM | Link to this
leslie fram has a penis.
By "dip"
July 10, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this
lol @ “chip”
By Dilly Dally
July 10, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this
Put that in your smoke and pipe it!!