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Out & About Celebrity Roundup 10/01/09

By Michael Barnes | Thursday, October 1, 2009, 06:45 PM

Austin celebrities in the news for Oct. 1, 2009.

Forbes reports that the country’s billionaires felt the pinch of the recession. The collective worth of the Forbes 400 went from $1.57 trillion to $1.27 trillion during the past year. Among the Texans whose net worth actually rose were Austin’s John Paul DeJoria (Paul Mitchell, Patron Spirits); San Antonio and Austin’s Charles Butt (H-E-B, Central Market); DFW’s Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys, Cowboys Stadium) and Dallas’ Andrew Beal of Beal Bank.

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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