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Not even Evan, exactly — but, hey, we got rain
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If your lawn and garden finally got a proper watering Tuesday night, you may want to thank the guy running around town dressed as Noah. All day and night Tuesday, the biblical ark builder was spotted dashing about town to promote the upcoming big-screen comedy “Evan Almighty”; the film’s star, Steve Carell — who goes the flowing-beard-and-boat route in the flick after Morgan Freeman as God instructs him to — was being utilized for bigger press engagements like “Live with Regis & Kelly.”
Atlanta model and actor Joel Darby donned a robe, hilariously cheesy facial hair and matching eyebrows and good-naturedly greeted visitors at the Georgia Aquarium, Centennial Olympic Park, CNN Center, the World of Coke and Turner Field.
By the way, non-biblical celebs spotted in the stands this week for the Boston/Atlanta series included: OutKast member/actor Andre “3000” Benjamin, R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills, Atlanta Falcons cornerback DeAngelo Hall and country singer Josh Turner. We’re told that Turner and Hall, both devoted fans, even turned up early to watch the Braves take batting practice before the game.
SIDELINED SINGER TELLS HER STORY
When singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter canceled her summer tour, she no doubt disappointed the dozens of dancing glow-in-the dark plastic flamingos who traditionally turn up (to her delight) for her annual outing at Chastain Park Amphitheater. But her reasons were sound. In her “This I Believe” essay recorded for Sunday’s edition of National Public Radio’s “Weekend Edition Sunday,” the singer details her recent health scare. After a concert tour this spring, Carpenter was hospitalized after suffering a pulmonary embolism. “Everyone told me how lucky I was,” she says in the radio essay. “A pulmonary embolism can take your life in an instant.” As she recovered, Carpenter says she experienced disappointment and depression, until a chance encounter at the grocery store: “One morning, the young man who rang up my groceries … told me to enjoy the rest of my day. I looked at him, and I knew he meant it. … What I want, more than ever, is to appreciate that I have this day and tomorrow and hopefully days beyond that. I am experiencing the learning curve of gratitude.”
The singer should be back on the road in 2008. “Weekend Edition Sunday” airs locally 8 to 10 a.m. on WABE-FM, 90.1.
OVERSCENE
Artist Dale Chihuly dining at South City Kitchen in Midtown with his wife and son. The Chihulys ordered the South City pimento cheese with house pickles, celery and grilled buttermilk bread appetizer and smoked pork shoulder, served with a short stack of jalapeño-corn griddle cakes with barbecue sauces and the buttermilk fried chicken.
NBA great Charles Barkley was also spotted in the eatery, with a female dining companion, dining on the buttermilk fried chicken while his guest had the grilled marinated ribeye.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Actress Jane Russell is 86. Actor Bernie Kopell (“The Love Boat”) is 74. Musician Ray Davies of the Kinks is 63. Actress Meredith Baxter (“Family Ties”) is 60. Actor Michael Gross (“Family Ties”) is 60. Country singer Kathy Mattea is 48. Actor Doug Savant is 43. Actress Juliette Lewis is 34.
Contributing: Rodney Ho and news services.
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