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Friday, August 28, 2009
Austin Celebrity Roundup 8/29/09
Austinite Sandra Bullock and San Antonian Eva Longoria-Parker hit the red carpets (Bullock for “All About Steve”) in Hollywood this week. StarPulse set up their appearances as a competition: “Sandra looks dazzling in a Lanvin cocktail dress, while Eva looks demure in white. Which star looks better?”
Playbill reports that Austinite and Tony-nominee David Bologna is leaving the cast of “Billy Elliot.” His final performance as Michael is Sept. 27.
Another Austin actor, Joe Sears, is the subject of a “Building Character” career profile in LA Stage magazine. A Los Angeles Times review of “Tuna Does Vegas” bugles: “Sears and (Jaston) Williams remain national treasures.”
For my earlier report on Austin’s Andy Roddick on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” go here.
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Young Women’s Alliance Fashion Show at the Parish
This abbreviated post virtually defines drive-by reporting …
Gina Whitney and Lori Lewis
On a busy Thursday night, I had hoped to cover the Young Women’s Alliance fashion show …
Julia Genin and Lauren Oholendt
Striding down East Sixth Street, I could spy a long line of stylishly dressed people outside the Parish …
Travis Wester and Jessica Pierce
I thought about the line. I thought about how stuffy and close the Parish can get with a large crowd. I thought about the rest of the night …
Marshall Kenderdine and Katie Blount
Forgive me. Instead of forcing my way upstairs, I chatting with folks in line and took their pictures …
Dimple Patel and Krystal Stone
I’m sure everything went well inside. Later that evening, I caught up with the new season of “Project Runway” to make up for it.
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Fairy Godmother Academy Launch at Hotel St. Cecilia
You read about it here first: “The Fairy Godmother Academy” is going to be big …
Singer Gabby Gillespie and author Jan Bozarth
OK, maybe not Harry Potter big, but so promising that Disney, Random House and other media powerhouses are deeply involved …
Andrea Humphrey and Keegan Myers
The Academy is a concept from Jan Bozarth, formerly of Houston, now of Marfa, whose artistic team is mostly based in Austin…
Brandon Cooper and Kate Hose, Matt Naylor
The concept includes seven books, video games, Web site, songs, CDs and planned Fairy Godmother parties for girls …
Dan Markim and Mario Champion
During a launch party at Hotel St. Cecilia on Thursday, I mingled with concept investors from Hong Kong and Los Angeles, literary agents, lawyers, game developers, kids and, of course, Bozarth …
Jan Wieringa, Kes Trester
Already, 500 Fairy Godmother parties have sold out around the country. I think we’re all going to hear a lot about this Austin-centric project.
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Ballet Guild In Bloom at Shoal Creek Gallery
Gallery owner Judy Taylor has borrowed a swell idea from museums …
Rene Alvarado with his painting and a matching floral installation
She has matched major artworks displayed for the “In Bloom” exhibition with large-scale arrangements from area florists …
Candice McKay and Betty Oltorf
The arrangers soaked up the art, then responded with their own equally pleasing, if more ephemeral art …
Bonni Taylor and Laura Harrison
On Thursday, Taylor demonstrated the results for a Ballet Guild meeting at her Gallery Shoal Creek, located underneath Fino restaurant just off North Lamar Boulevard. One of her signature artists, San Angelo’s Rene Alvarado, explained the dense storytelling in one of his large, yellow canvases …
Judy Taylor and Rene Alvarado
The guild counts approximately 150 members and provides various, mostly quiet support for Ballet Austin, while encouraging members to branch out into experiences like the “In Bloom” exhibit.
Leslie Cox and Duane Sanford
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Andy Roddick betrays wit on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’
One expects wit from a talk-show host. But from a sometimes media-shy tennis star?
On “The Late Show with David Letterman,” Austin’s Andy Roddick was asked if his new wife, swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker, played tennis. He said no, and that Decker had turned down lessons from her pro husband. Roddick said: “I guess as with any wife she doesn’t want to take instruction from me.”
Recreational player Letterman suggested that Roddick’s recent losing Wimbledon match with Roger Federer would go down in history. “You’d like to be on the better end of tennis history,” Roddick responded. Was the challenger in a better mental place to beat the champion, now getting inside Federer’s head? “Oh yeah, if there’s one thing people know, I’m in Roger Federer’s head. That’s probably consistent with gravity.”
After the loss, Roddick’s spirits were raised by the rare American attention to tennis. “Everyone here in the States was talking about it,” he said. “Normally it’s football or baseball on the front pages.”
Before airing a few ace serves and shared volleys, staged on a New York City street, Letterman teased Roddick about his record 155 mile-per-hour serve.
“It would kill a guy. Have you killed anyone?
“Not yet.”
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