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Blog Entries for Sunday, March 31
Conan O'Brien spotted in Atlanta
Conan O'Brien, in Atlanta to tape some of his late-night shows, is here and enjoying the town. (By the way if you want tickets my colleague Rodney Ho is giving away a pair. See details here). Our pal Jenny Nicol Costantino was dining at Empire State South on Friday night ...
Blog Entries for Friday, March 29
Photos: Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy films in Atlanta
Will Ferrell, in Atlanta filming "Anchorman 2," strutted his Ron Burgundy self down the streets of Midtown this week. The comedy, also starring Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Kristen Wiig, Christina Applegate, Harrison Ford and Vince Vaughn, has shot in a number of Atlanta locations. Even though it's set in San ...
Reese Witherspoon back in Atlanta
Reese Witherspoon, in Atlanta for the movie "Devil's Knot" last year, has returned for another project. This time she is here to work on "The Good Lie.” The plot, as summarized by imdb.com: "The based-on-true-events story follows a young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery and ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, March 28
Apps for Final Four visitors
Coming to Atlanta for the Final Four? There's an app for that For those of you who might be making last-minute plans as a result of unexpected bracket results (or who have friends popping into town), these travel-friendly downloads can help you make the most out of the NCAA weekend: ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, March 27
Honey Boo Boo and family writing a cookbook
Honey Boo Boo, cookbook author. Yep. The McIntyre family known for their love of cheese puffs, barbecue and a butter-ketchup-pasta concoction they call "sketti," is penning a cookbook. Yum! Actually the cookbook is one of two titles being released in connection with the family of 7-year-old beauty queen Alana Thompson, ...
TV pilot to film in Grant Park
A new television pilot called "The Returned" will film Thursday and Friday at Grant Central Pizza and Pasta, the Grant Park Neighborhood Association noted in an alert to area residents and businesses. From the notice: "Scenes will be filmed both inside and outside of the property between Thursday March 28th (approx ...
Viola Davis at the Georgia Aquarium
Viola Davis, in Atlanta to film the movie "Prisoners" with Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, Maria Bello and Terrence Howard, took some time out to visit the Georgia Aquarium. The Oscar-nominated Davis, beloved for her powerful role in "The Help," made some new flippered friends as she and daughter Genesis got ...
Bert Weiss, Jersey Mike's team up for charity
Hungry? Atlanta area Jersey Mike’s restaurants are teaming up with radio guy Bert Weiss to benefit Bert’s Big Adventure, the charity Weiss started to provide memorable Disney trips to ill children and their families. Today, Jersey Mike's locations are donating all proceeds to the cause. Weiss headed to the Sugarloaf Mills ...
Tameka Raymond to launch foundation in son Kile's memory
Tameka Raymond, the ex-wife of R&B star Usher, plans to launch a foundation in memory of her late son Kile. Last year, 11-year-old Kile Glover died after a watercraft accident on Lake Lanier. Family friend Jeffrey Simon Hubbard was indicted earlier this month on charges including homicide by vessel. Raymond just ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, March 26
Casting call: TV pilot seeks military types
The new TV pilot "Surgeon General" is looking for a few good men. And women. The drama starring Sean Astin needs a variety of folks in uniform. "Looking for ROTC, MILITARY RESERVIST, ACTIVE DUTY, AND VETERANS to shoot a scene at an air field in Atlanta," the show's casting call ...
Before the prom ... the promposal
*** Do you have a great promposal video, photo or story to share? Click here to email me! *** So you're going to just ask to a girl to the prom? Just like that? Might as well pop the "Pretty in Pink" soundtrack into the cassette deck of your Honda Prelude. Anymore, ...
Blog Entries for Monday, March 25
Photos! Video! Anchorman 2 films in downtown Atlanta
Security's been pretty tight around the various "Anchorman 2" filming locations. Luckily we have friends in high places. Like on an upper floor in one of the Peachtree Center towers when the Will Ferrell comedy was shooting last week in downtown Atlanta. In these photos, snapped by our well-placed spy, ...
The latest Anchorman 2 cast sightings
"Anchorman 2" filmed a big skating scene in downtown Atlanta last week. Security was pretty tight so I applaud those who were able to get photos of the apparatus. One guy tweeted a photo he managed to take from underneath the temporary rink, set up at Peacthree Center. That's dedication. ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, March 21
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West brunch it up in Atlanta
Kim Kardashian was here over the weekend for Tyler Perry's red carpet screening of "Temptation" and a private party afterward. Her beau Kanye West showed up as a surprise. Kim was whisked past the press on the red carpet, speaking only to a representative of E!, the network that airs ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, March 20
How much longer will NeNe and Kandi remain "Housewives?"
Kandi Burruss and NeNe Leakes were among the notables on the red carpet for Tyler Perry's new movie, "Temptation," over the weekend. Both ladies have plenty going on outside their "Real Housewives of Atlanta" gig so we asked them both how much longer they'll stay. "I don't know," Kandi said. ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, March 19
Mama June spotted flying high!
You want to know how I keep up with celebrity comings and goings? I have friends in high places. Some higher than others. Like 30,000 feet. Today I heard from a little bird that Honey Boo Boo matriarch "Mama June" Shannon was spotted flying first class on Delta from New ...
Anchorman 2 updates
"Anchorman 2" has been setting up for an ice rink scene in downtown Atlanta, on the plaza between North and South Towers of Peachtree Center. Randy Robbins took this photo of the work in progress. The film starring Will Ferrell as the legendary Ron Burgundy will be down there through March ...
Blog Entries for Monday, March 18
Colin Kaepernick, Roselyn Sanchez spotted; Anchorman 2 prepares for ice rink scene
Happy mid-Monday. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick came back to Atlanta over the weekend. I don't know if that's his first visit since the Atlanta Falcons lost to the 49ers in January, ending the Falcons' Super Bowl hopes. Anyway he was seen at Davio's in Phipps Plaza on Saturday night ...
Will Ferrell, Jake Gyllenhaal spotted in Atlanta
Will Ferrell and Jake Gyllenhaal, each in Atlanta working on separate movie projects, were both spotted over the weekend. Ferrell, who's here reprising his famous role as Ron Burgundy in "Anchorman 2," was at Mi Cocina in Midtown on Saturday night while Gyllenhaal, who's here for a movie called "Prisoners," ...
Barack Obama lookalike cast as The Devil?
Oh Lord, this Devil. Twitterati watching The History Channel's series "The Bible" on Sunday lit up when a certain bad guy appeared on screen looking an awful lot like a certain president. Among those seeing a strong resemblance between the actor portraying Satan and the commander-in-chief: Ring-wing pundit Glenn Beck. "Anyone ...
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