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Ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog — sort of— kinda, sorta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
El Vez, the way kitschy entertainer dubbed “the Mexican Elvis,” hit the stage late Wednesday night at Smith’s Olde Bar in Midtown to help usher in the holiday season for a packed house.
The alter ego of east Los Angeles rocker/performance artist Robert Lopez, El Vez’s elaborate Christmas show featured a half-dozen costume changes, female backup singers affectionately named Priscilita and Lisa Maria, and a tight four-piece band that even managed to coax some hipness out of “The Dreydel Song.”
El Vez himself, with a pencil-thin mustache and black pompadour, transformed Elvis hits “Hound Dog” into “You Ain’t Nothing But a Chihuahua,” “In the Ghetto” into “En el Barrio” and “Suspicious Minds” into the pro-Latino
anthem “Immigration Time.” At the conclusion of the latter, El Vez and seasoned fans shouted: “I got my green card, I want my gold card!”
As Thursday morning approached, El Vez, clad in a red leather jumpsuit, concluded the show with enormous inflated Santa and snowman lawn ornaments bouncing around him as he performed a rockabilly rendition of “Feliz Navidad.” And simply because it was offered for sale at the merch table, we purchased a small plastic bag of El Vez hair (it’s “suitable for cloning,” according to the label) for $3.
Urban Tea Party draws a crowd
Lisa Campbell, the Atlanta businesswoman who is handing over her Virginia-Highland shop, the Urban Tea Party, to one budding entrepreneur, e-mailed us this week to report “an incredible response” to the offer. Originally, the WSB-AM newscaster had hoped to announce a winner of the business this week. However, Campbell said she and her committee of local business experts need more time to go through the 457 entries she’s received.
As you’ll recall, Campbell says she was inspired to “give away” the business after watching Oprah’s recent “pay it forward” show. Campbell hopes to post the six finalists today at urbanteaparty.com, and the winner is scheduled to score the keys to the business on Monday.
Girls weekend out
Katie Trivette will go to this weekend’s Revolve Tour at the Gwinnett Arena to hear one of her favorite bands and to hang out with friends.
“It’ll be a fun girls weekend thing,” said Trivette, a freshman at Dacula High School.
The Revolve Tour, a Christian conference targeted at teenage girls, is expected to draw more than 8,000 attendees tonight and Saturday.
The event is a mix of Christian rock, speakers and skits, 2 1/2 hours tonight and seven hours on Saturday. It is produced by Women of Faith, a nondenominational Christian conference for women.
Now in its second year, the 10-city tour has drawn between 5,000 and 10,000 girls, youth group leaders and parents at each stop, said Nichole Masker, a tour spokeswoman.
Among those scheduled to appear are Christian recording artist Natalie Grant and Olympic gold medalist diver Laura Wilkinson.
The Arena is at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth. Hours: 7-9:30 tonight; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. $69. Tickets: 1-888-493-2484.
Coupling
Her marriage didn’t work out on “Desperate Housewives,” but things are looking rosy in real life for Eva Longoria: She’s engaged to her beau, San Antonio Spurs basketball star Tony Parker.
“Tony flew into Los Angeles last night after his game and surprised Eva at her home as she got off work,” Longoria’s spokeswoman, Liza Anderson, told The Associated Press on Thursday via e-mail.
“The proposal was romantic and perfect. The couple plans to wed in France in the summer of 2007 in what they describe as a big, happy ceremony with lots of family and friends.”
Longoria, 31, who plays crafty Gabrielle Solis on the hit ABC show, met Parker, a 24-year-old Frenchman, in the Spurs’ locker room after a game two years ago.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Barbara, he was drunk as a skunk!”
—”The View” co-host Joy Behar (right), correcting her boss, Barbara Walters, on Thursday’s broadcast. Initially explaining guest Danny DeVito’s bizarre state on the show Wednesday, Walters described the actor as “being under the weather.” DeVito has since apologized, and Walters says he will be welcomed back on the show in the future.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Actor-director Woody Allen (right) is 71. Drummer John Densmore of the Doors is 62. Actress-singer Bette Midler is 61. Actor Treat Williams is 55. Actress Charlene Tilton is 48. Model-actress Carol Alt is 46. Comedian Sarah Silverman is 36. Guitarist Brad Delson of Linkin
Park is 29.
Contributing: Ken Sugiura, news services. If you have a tip, call 404-526-2749, fax 404-526-5509 or e-mail buzz@ajc.com.
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