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Foxy Brown has a rap, one she’d like to beat
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rapper Foxy Brown, accused of assaulting two nail salon workers in a fight over payment for a manicure, will go on trial in July, a judge said Friday.
Brown, 26, whose real name is— shut up! — Inga Marchand, is charged with misdemeanor assault in the Aug. 29, 2004, incident. New York City prosecutors allege she kicked one worker and hit the other in the face.
During her last court appearance in December, Brown was to have entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor. But the session was derailed when Judge Melissa Jackson accused the rapper of disrespect and making faces at her.
“I don’t like her attitude,” Jackson then told Brown’s lawyer Joseph Fleming.
A ruckus also developed when Brown was handcuffed during the December session. She shouted at a female court officer that her numerous bracelets were “in the way” and allegedly struck the officer.
Jackson said Brown could either apologize or serve up to 30 days in jail. Brown apologized but did not enter the plea. Assistant District Attorney Gary Galperin had said the statement was legally and factually flawed and indicated that Brown had not accepted enough blame for the nail salon fracas.
On Friday, Brown appeared before Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Gerald Harris, without incident. She arrived in court wearing her hair in two long pigtails, brown knee-length pants, stiletto heels and a clinging T-shirt with a tiger image.
Harris set a hearing and trial date for July 17 and extended orders of protection for the nail salon workers.
She knows the wine list
Chantelle Grilhot, the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead’s sommelier, who was pictured here Friday, has a busy summer ahead.
Not only did she just pass the Advanced Sommelier Certificate test — which included questions on everything you want to know about wines, spirits and beers — but her drinkable concoction, Siren’s Call, was named the signature cocktail for the Georgia Aquarium.
The cocktail contest — recently judged by movers and shakers in the city — was held to celebrate the hotel’s exclusive partnership with the big tank. The winning drink is being offered in the hotel’s Lobby Lounge for $15. It features rooibos red tea, coconut Malibu rum, grenadine cointreau, orange juice and fresh plum.
At 24, Grilhot is one of the youngest sommeliers in the country to be invited to take the final test for the Master Sommelier Diploma, which is like getting a master’s degree in wine knowledge.
And how will she prepare for this grueling, weeklong event? “I will either be drinking wine, reading about wine or dreaming about wine all the time,” Grilhot said.
Stork report
Actor Kevin Dillon has a new addition to his personal entourage.
The 41-year-old star of the HBO show “Entourage” became a first-time father last week when his wife, 28-year-old model and actress Jane Stuart, gave birth to a daughter, Us Weekly magazine reported on its Web site Thursday. Ava Dillon was born in a Los Angeles-area hospital, the magazine said.
Uncoupling
Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank will file for divorce from actor-husband Chad Lowe, People magazine reports. “Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe have jointly decided to divorce,” an attorney for the couple, Jeffrey A. Bernstein, told the magazine in a story posted on its Web site Friday. “They continue to be friends and have the utmost respect for one another.”
The female side of Dylan
Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, who has portrayed Queen Elizabeth and Katharine Hepburn, will add another legend to her résumé: Bob Dylan. The 37-year-old Australian actress is one of seven actors to play Dylan at various stages of his career in the biopic, “I’m Not There,” tentatively scheduled for release next year. She’ll portray a specific aspect of Dylan’s personality, embodied by an androgynous singer-songwriter character named Jude, according to Killer Films, the movie’s production company.
Celebrity birthdays
Today: Actor Christopher Lee is 84. Actress Lee Meriwether is 71. Musician Ramsey Lewis is 71. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 70. Actor Richard Schiff (“The West Wing”) is 51. Actor Todd Bridges (“Diff’rent Strokes”) is 41. Rapper Andre 3000 of OutKast is 31. Rapper Jadakiss is 31.
Sunday: Singer Gladys Knight is 62. Singer John Fogerty is 61. Actor Brandon Cruz (“The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”) is 44. Actress Christa Miller is 42.
Contributing: Marylin Johnson and news services. If you have a tip, 404-526-2749. Or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
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