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Dupri signs Jagged Edge to new label
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s been reunion after reunion since Atlanta music mogul Jermaine Dupri assumed the presidency of Island Records Urban Music last month. First, his new position placed him back in the offices with Island Def Jam Chairman Antonio “L.A.” Reid. When Reid was running Atlanta’s LaFace Records years ago, Dupri produced music for LaFace acts TLC and Usher.
Now it’s just been announced that Dupri has given Atlanta R&B quartet Jagged Edge a home on his new label. And as anyone who has followed the group’s career knows, it was Dupri who signed the crooners behind such hit singles as “Let’s Get Married” and “Gotta Be” to their first deal on his So So Def imprint.
Photos: At home with Jagged Edge’s Casey brothers
A MEAL TO KICK OFF THE BIG ‘MEAL’ GALA
To kick off the Nov. 2 “A Meal to Remember” gala — a fund-raiser for Atlanta’s Senior Citizen Services’ Meals on Wheels program — committee members and co-chairs Kathryn Arnett and Marilyn Krone met Thursday to plot their strategy. This year’s 20th anniversary party at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead will celebrate “The Best of New York.”
To get the 50 guests in a Big Apple mood, executive chef Eric Chopin offered them such juicy bites as miniature Weiner schnitzel with lemon caper sauce, sea scallop sandwiches, poached lobster in lemon miso broth, quail with apricot and beet chutney. And, of course, New York cheesecake.
Capping off the luncheon was the announcement from honorary chairs Sandra and Dan Baldwin: The couple was giving a donation of $30,000 for the Meals on Wheels program. “I was totally blown away,” said Krone. “It was so generous, so lovely.” And it was the perfect start toward the evening’s goal of exceeding $400,000.
Tickets are $600. Info: 404-605-8450.
LUCKY SAVANNAH
Designer Marc Jacobs will soon be setting up shop in Savannah.
In April, a Marc by Marc Jacobs store will open on Broughton Street, in the heart of the city’s shopping district. Then on May 19, Jacobs will receive the Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Savannah College of Art and Design at the school’s annual student fashion show. Talley, Vogue magazine’s editor at large, and Paula S. Wallace, SCAD president, will present the award at the 8 p.m. show at Trustees Theater in Savannah.
Past recipients of the honor include Oscar de la Renta, Karl Lagerfeld, Miuccia Prada, Tom Ford and Vera Wang. Jacobs, who recently checked himself into rehab, will not attend the April store opening but will be represented by business partner Robert Duffy. However, the designer will be in town to pick up his SCAD award.
Jacobs, who is also behind the Louis Vuitton label, has been honored six times by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. 2007 SCAD fashion show are $20. Purchase them starting May 1 by calling: 912-525-5050. A 4 p.m. show is free and open to the public, with limited seating.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Comedian Marty Allen is 85. Singer Ric Ocasek (the Cars) is 58. Singer Chaka Khan is 54. Actress Marin Hinkle (“Two and a Half Men”) is 41. Singer-keyboardist Damon Albarn of Blur is 39. Actress Keri Russell (“Felicity”) is 31.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Sanjaya, if you can hear me, let me tell you this: Hair and teeth will take you far.”
— “Live With Regis & Kelly” co-host Kelly Ripa on Thursday’s telecast, discussing the much-maligned-but-follically-and-tooth-enamel-blessed 17-year-old “American Idol” contestant who again survived this week’s cut.
Contributing: Marylin Johnson, Sonia Murray, Pierre Ruhe and news services.
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