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Gabrielle Union shooting ‘Football Wives’ pilot
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Before Dallas Austin Foundation gala attendee Gabrielle Union blew out of town this week, we managed to get some scoop from the actress on the pressing commitments back in Hollywood that cut her Atlanta visit short.
Union disclosed that she’s been cast in the currently shooting pilot of “Football Wives,” the U.S. version of “Footballers Wives,” the hit U.K. soap. And in terms of casting, the upcoming ABC prime-time soap has a chance to be the network’s next “Brothers and Sisters.”
In addition to Union, the cast includes “Idlewild” actor Ving Rhames, “Dawson’s Creek” grad James Van Der Beek, “Xena” actress Lucy Lawless, “Invasion” actor Eddie Cibrian, “Love, Inc.” actress Holly Robinson Peete and Union’s “Daddy’s Little Girls” co-star Brian J. White.
“My character’s name is Chardonnay Lane, and she’s not the nicest girl around,” Union told us, flashing a big smile. “She’s a pop star on her way up, and for a girl from Nebraska, she’s really fun to play! I’ve joked on set that I also go by Pinot Grigio.”
Union also has fond memories of shooting Atlanta director-writer Tyler Perry’s “Daddy’s Little Girls” here last year. Of the recently released flick that underperformed at the box office, Union cracked to the assembled media, “And I’m sure everyone saw that movie, right?”
While in town, Union said her haunts included Justin’s, the Atlanta Fish Market, Two Urban Licks and Atlantic Station. “I pretty much blew my per diem at all those boutiques at Atlantic Station, too!” she disclosed.
And her favorite Atlanta eatery? “Any place that serves biscuits, basically!” she replied.
‘BUTTERFLY’ BALL INFO
Incomparable charitable fund-raiser Sally Dorsey introduced the team behind this fall’s Shepherd Center benefit on Thursday afternoon at Posh in Buckhead, describing the gracious women alternately as “someone who will run naked down Peachtree Street if it means helping the Shepherd Center” and “a woman who has probably had more last names than even me!”
And people wonder why we never have a capped pen when we’re in Dorsey’s presence.
The Nov. 3 evening at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead, titled “Metamorphosis: The Legend of the Butterfly,” was described to the assembled media as “the ball of the year.” And whether or not the actual event will live up to the hype, one thing is certain— the money will be going to a noble cause. Center co-founder Alana Shepherd told us the money will be earmarked for a $16 million expansion project that will include the new Irene and George Woodruff Residence Center on the center’s grounds.
“The families of the patients are emotionally fragile, as well,” Shepherd explained. “We need to have the families nearby, and to actually have them on the campus will be great.”
The apartment units will come complete with high-speed Internet service so family members can update friends and other family members on patient progress. Patients will be able to visit family members as well. For tickets, call 404-350-7778, or go to www.shepherd.org.
PANDA GOES FOR RIDE
If someone tells you pandas are ponderous creatures, merely point to Mei Lan, the 200-plus mph bear.
A photograph of Zoo Atlanta’s star attraction will be among the gear that NASCAR driver Carl Edwards takes along when he races in the Kobalt Tools 500, this Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race is part of NASCAR’s Nextel Cup series.
Why a photo of a creature that, admittedly, won’t set any land-speed records? Edwards, who drives a Ford Fusion for Office Depot, is taking along a photo depicting Mei Lan snoozing in an Office Depot box. The keen minds at Office Depot (or, perhaps, the company’s PR people) decided to give Edwards the photo as an incentive to keep his foot on the gas.
Atlanta, by the way, is where the 27-year-old driver first won a Nextel race, back in 2005.
JOLIE ADDS TO FAMILY
Actress Angelina Jolie added onto her multicultural brood Thursday, adopting a 3-year-old boy she picked up at an orphanage in southern Vietnam earlier in the day, greeting him with a kiss and a hug.
Nguyen Van Trung, director of the orphanage, confirmed Thursday that Vietnamese officials had approved the adoption. Jolie was expected to meet with U.S. consular officials, who must review the adoption before a passport can be issued for the boy.
The child’s name is Pax Thien Jolie, said Trevor Neilson, Jolie’s adviser on international affairs. Pax means peace in Latin, but Neilson said he didn’t know whether Jolie had chosen it for that reason.
“This morning he woke up at 6, just like all the children,” Trung said. “He put on new clothes, and he was very excited.”
Trung said the child at first seemed shy with his mother-to-be, he said. When Jolie and the boy left, the orphanage staff and children gave them a round of applause.
“It seemed like she was very good at getting along with children,” Trung said.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Oh gosh, I can’t believe Star Jones Reynolds can’t tell you what the designer’s name is.”
Incoming Court TV host Star Jones Reynolds on her new lawyerly designer spectacles to tvguide.com. The former “View”-er eventually looked up the name and disclosed that the glasses are by Bulgari.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Comedian Jerry Lewis is 81. Game show host Chuck Woolery is 66. Actor Victor Garber (“Alias”) is 58. Actor Erik Estrada is 58. Guitarist-singer Nancy Wilson of Heart is 53. Rapper Flavor Flav of Public Enemy is 48. Folk singer Patty Griffin is 43. Actress Lauren Graham (“Gilmore Girls”) is 40.
Contributing: Mark Davis and news services.
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