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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Out & About Celebrity Roundup 10/01/09
Austin celebrities in the news for Oct. 1, 2009.
You can pick Elton John’s playlist for the Andy Roddick Foundation gala, Nov. 30 at the Hilton Austin. Go to AndyRoddick.com to find out how. Some of the recipients for the gala are Kids In Distress, A Safe Haven for Newborns, A Glimmer of Hope, Habitat for Humanity, KIPP Austin College Prep, Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center of South Florida, Sun-Sentinel Children’s Fund, Here’s Help, Settlement Home, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, Back to Basics Angel Fund, Tiger Fund, Deliver the Dream, and the Elton John Aids Foundation.
Dime Magazine put former University of Texas Basketball star and current Oklahoma City Thunder player Kevin Durant on this month’s cover. Durant shared the cover of the NBA news publication with four UT teammates (A.J. Abrams, D.J. Augustin, Damion James and Justin Mason) during the 2006-07 season.
Honestly, we thought they had already broken up: Radar Online reports and Page Six reiterates: Actress Rose McGowan has canceled her engagement to director Robert Rodriguez. McGowan had long ago ditched a two-year-engagement to rocker Marilyn Manson. She starred in Rodriguez’s 2007 film, ‘Grindhouse,’ and has a part “Machete,” recently shot in Austin.
Spotted recently in Austin: Rue McClanahan at Bô Concept Salon on South Congress Avenue; Andy Roddick at Trio with a trio of formal-looking men.
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Controversy on Sixth Street
Brendan Puthoff, owner of Third Base sports bars and Aces Lounge on East Sixth Street, called with a dilemma.
The singer now produces songs with anti-violence lyrics and has donated the proceeds of a 1993 song to AIDS charities. Others are not convinced Banton is reformed. A Web site, Cancel Buju Banton “Rasta Got Hate” Tour, is devoted to protesting his appearances.
Puthoff says he can’t break his contract with the promoter, but he wants to make it clear he doesn’t approve of Banton’s views.
He’s talking to respected Austin gay activists Bettie Naylor and Mark Erwin about an appropriate way to assure the gay community that he finds Banton’s lyrics abhorrent.
“What’s kind of ironic is my sister is a lesbian,” Puthoff says. “I walked her down the aisle at her wedding.”
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Avant Le Weekend Live Chat with Anne Marie Melendez
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Children in Nature Picnic at the Four Seasons
Charities can make a bigger impact through strategic alliances with like-minded charities, governments and associations, large and small.
Nancy Scanlan and John Watson (the original preserver of Westcave)
The Children in Nature Collaborative hitches together the Westcave Preserve, Texas Parks and Wildlife, National Wildlife Federation, Austin Parks Department, Austin City Planning, Lower Colorado River Authority, LBJ Wildflower Center, Austin Independent School District, Dell Children’s Health Center, St. David’s Health Foundation and the Children and Nature Network.
Lynette Holtz and Jenny McMillan
The organizations pool their resources to push children back into nature, in part to help alleviate some of the symptoms associated with “Nature Deficit Disorder” — obesity, ADD, mal-socialization, etc.
Juan Miro and Rosa Rivera
Westcave Preserve hosted the Children in Nature Picnic at the Four Seasons Hotel on Wednesday.
Rep. Elliott Naishtat with Susan and Bill Stotesbery
The weather gods approved.
Joe Llamas and Sarah Churchill
The event started with drinks in the ballroom lobby and on the terrace. It moved into the ballroom for an awards program and salad. The guests trooped out to the lawn overlooking Lady Bird Lake for a sweet dinner. (By this time, I’d moved on to another social event next door at Trio.)
Mireya Zapata and Rep. Patrick Rose
We’ll add the list of winners later today.
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