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What’s next for Bobby? 1980s jaywalking fines?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On Wednesday, Buzz was greeted by spring temperatures, blooming Bradford pear trees and word that Alpharetta singer/reality TV star Bobby Brown had once again been jailed. Yup, we’re officially back in Atlanta.
We’re assuming it was a slow weekend for writing parking tickets in Webster, Mass., since law enforcement there arrested Brown for minor motor-vehicle violations dating back 14 years.
The 37-year-old entertainer was in town Friday to watch his daughter in a high-school cheerleading tournament that night when a police officer was allegedly so bored that he conducted a warrant check on the pop star. The check revealed the old misdemeanor charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and having an uninsured motor-vehicle trailer, said Webster Police Chief Timothy J. Bent. He said a warrant check is “a common thing to do.”
Brown was “very cooperative” and was allowed to drive — with his bodyguard — to the police station after the cheerleading event, Bent said.
Brown was detained for about one hour and was released on $40 bond. In other words, neither Brown’s wife, Whitney Houston, nor her black American Express card had to be awakened.
“He was very forthright in wanting to clear this up,” Bent said. “He probably didn’t know he had this.”
The good news? According to Brown’s mug shot, courteously e-mailed to Buzz Central from celebrity gossip Web site TMZ.com, the singer’s unkempt ‘fro that he had been sporting in recent months has been lopped off in favor of a more sophisticated shorter cut.
Brown’s attorney, Maurice Bennett, who likely was still reeling from boredom, didn’t return a call to comment.
At press time Wednesday, it could not be determined when Webster, Mass., would be installing the burg’s first red light.
Plenty of criteria
Actor, rapper and comedian Nick Cannon’s nationwide search for a co-star in an upcoming music video included a stop at Atlanta’s Fox Sports Grill on Tuesday. The name of the song is “Dime Piece” —slang for a woman who is a perfect 10. And apparently Brikti Butler thought she qualified.
“I told him, ‘I sing, and can I be in your next video? I can sing anything.’ And he said, ‘I want to hear some ‘His Eye Is on the Sparrow.’ ”
So in the middle of the private dining room, the Lithonia customer service representative for PDS Heart obliged him.
Funny thing is, minutes earlier when Cannon was asked what kind of woman he was looking for, he didn’t say anything about singing ability.
“Spiritually, she’s got to have a spirit that’s like — you know how sometimes you can just tell if someone has a beautiful spirit through their smile? And how they carry themselves? I’m looking for someone with like a pure spirit,” explained Cannon. “Then, physically, I would have to say someone who keeps herself together. … You can be any size, any shape, any color as long as you keep yourself together. Personalitywise, I need somebody with a great sense of humor, someone who knows how to be the life of the party but knows how to turn that on and off, too.”
Prince’s new career?
Tickets went on sale at 5 p.m. Wednesday for pop superstar Prince’s performance next week at the Tabernacle downtown.
Funny thing is, Live Nation is billing the March 15 midnight show as Tamar featuring Prince.
Until Wednesday, the singer Tamar was probably best known as Alpharetta R&B singer Toni Braxton’s younger sister. (Though she and the famous sibling’s other sisters, Trina and Towanda, did put out a CD as the Braxtons, “So Many Ways” in 1996; followed by Tamar’s solo bow in 1999. Neither was well-received commercially.)
Judging by coverage of Prince and Tamar’s earlier surprise dates, however, it still should be some show.
Here’s what the Philadelphia Inquirer said about their Electric Factory concert last week: “It didn’t matter that Prince would merely be supplying his latest protégé — the powerhouse R&B singer Tamar — with sturdy guitar licks and background vocals.”
Tamar, Inky music critic A.D. Amorosi continued, has a “deliciously sassy, sinewy voice, something like Erykah Badu meets Millie Jackson.”
Added the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: “Ninety minutes of Prince as sideman is still pretty special when it’s an artist he and the crowd clearly believed in.”
Tickets for the show, if they haven’t already been snatched up, are $60 and available at www.livenation.com, all Ticketmaster locations, or charge by phone at 404-249-6400. Doors open at 10:30 p.m.
Overscene
The third location of legendary Atlanta seafood and steak joint/airport hangout Spondivits had an interesting convergence of politicos at its new Pharr Road eatery over the weekend. On Friday night, beleaguered former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell and wife Sharon popped in for a bite. Across the room, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and wife Mary were supping. Buzz was informed Wednesday that no lawyers or law enforcement officials were required. Alas, we were not able to confirm whether Campbell paid in cash or not. … Celebrity couple Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore at Twelve hotel at Atlantic Station on Saturday night. The “Beauty and the Geek” producer and actor was in town overseeing details for the local version of Dolce, the swank Italian eatery he owns in Los Angeles with his former “That ’70s Show” co-stars Wilmer Valderrama, Danny Masterson and Laura Prepon. The concept at Atlantic Station debuts later this year. … Food Network “Good Eats” host Alton Brown and wife DeAnna were among the invited guests at Pricci’s ninth annual Academy Awards Night in Buckhead on Sunday. Actor’s Express actors posed as paparazzi out front as sky tracker lights illuminated the restaurant. Jezebel magazine publisher Beth Weitzman and Star 94’s Tom Sullivan also attended, as did former “Three’s Company” actor Richard Kline, who’s in town appearing in “Boychick” at the Balzer Theater on Luckie Street downtown. Kline no doubt treated the assembled to some fine Don Knotts remembrances. Knotts memorably portrayed Kline’s character’s landlord, Mr. Furley, on the 1970s ABC sitcom.
Celebrity birthdays
Singer-actress Keely Smith is 74. Singer Lloyd Price is 73. “Good Morning America” host Charles Gibson is 63. Actor and Atlantan Emmanuel Lewis (“Webster”) is 35. Actor Kerr Smith (“Dawson’s Creek”) is 34. Rapper Bow Wow is 19.
Contributing: Sonia Murray and news services. If you have a tip, call 404-526-2749. Or fax 404-526-5509. Or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
If you have a tip, call 404-526-2749. Or fax 404-526-5509. Or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
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