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By Rich Heldenfels
Beacon Journal popular culture writer
Published on Friday, Jun 27, 2008
Real Cavs ''Housewife.'' DeShawn Snow, the wife of Cleveland Cavaliers co-captain Eric Snow, will be one of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, when Bravo expands its Real Housewives franchise to that city. A preview special will air on July 30; no air date for the full series yet.
Coming on the heels of The Real Housewives of Orange County and The Real Housewives of New York City, the new city ''will follow five women from Atlanta's social elite — from NBA and NFL wives to sassy single moms — as they juggle their burgeoning careers and busy home lives with the whirl of the south's hottest city,'' according to a Bravo announcement.
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More Snow. The Snows, says Bravo, ''recently moved to their dream home in Alpharetta, Ga. Mother to three boys — 9-year-old EJ, 6-year-old Darius and 5-year-old Jarren — Snow is an active member of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. She exercises her faith by running The DeShawn Snow Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on improving self-esteem in teenage girls. She is a regular on the Atlanta social circuit and extremely active in local philanthropy, sitting on the board of three different charities, all while expertly juggling her busy social calendar with being an NBA wife and keeping up with her boys.''
The other women in the show arede Kim Zolciak, a ''happily dating'' single mother of two who wants to be a country singer; Lisa Wu Hartwell, who runs three businesses, acts, models and is married to NFL player Ed Hartwell; NeNe Leakes, married to a real estate investor, and Sheree Whitfield, who is launching a clothing line and the single mother of three.
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Grease At Last. Massillon's Ashley Spencer will begin playing Sandy in the current Broadway production of Grease on July 22.
You may remember that Spencer finished second to Laura Osnes on NBC's reality series Grease: You're the One That I Want, which let viewers choose a Sandy and Danny for the production. (Max Crumm won the role of Danny.)
Spencer went on to other work, and is currently on Broadway as Amber in Hairspray. But with Osnes and Crumm giving their last performances after close to a year in Grease on July 20, the door opened for Spencer — and for Derek Keeling, who finished third on You're the One That I Want. He will now play Danny opposite Spencer's Sandy.
The casting announcement said ''Derek's good looks and macho leader-of-the-pack confidence and Ashley's good girl charm and blonde tresses evoked an idyllic 'Danny' and 'Sandy' combination.''
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More Spencer. Ashley's mom, Molly Spencer, said Ashley ''has come full circle'' with the new job. She's also getting ready for some trips to New York, although probably not for Ashley's opening night.
Although Molly saw Ashley three times in Hairspray, none was her debut. ''She kind of likes to get some shows under her belt first,'' Molly said.
While there are some other casting changes at the musical, Spencer will share the stage with former American Idol champ Taylor Hicks, who is playing Teen Angel in the production.
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Pizza To Go. Cleveland's own Drew Carey so loves the pizza from Antonio's in Parma, he had 45 pies sent to the set of The Price Is Right, the Associated Press reports.
The 'zas, which cost about $450 plus delivery charges, were part of the wrap party for the end of his first season hosting Price. But Carey doesn't just save it for special occasions, AP says. He ''often stops at the Parma pizzeria for a pepperoni slice when he visits town.''
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Wedding Bell Blues — All-Star Edition. New York magazine has put together its list of ''New York's 10 greatest divorces.''
The, uh, honorees: Howard and Alison Stern, Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, the '50s breakup of Winthrop and Barbara Sears Rockefeller, Donald and Ivana Trump (as if you didn't see that one coming), then-GE boss Jack Welch and wife Jane, Bryant and June Gumbel, Woody Allen and Mia Farrow (not legally married but too splendid a split to pass up), Rudy Giuliani and Donna Hanover, mogul Ron Perelman and Ellen Barkin and — in a double dip — Ron Perelman and pre-Barkin wife Patricia Duff.
By the way, the mag says that list is in ''ascending order of awfulness.'' For more details, see http://www.nymag.com.
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Movie Talk. People magazine recently asked presidential contender John McCain what was the last movie he saw. Answer: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. ''I really loved the movie because the old guy wins,'' he said.
Well, with help. Maybe McCain will tap Shia LaBeouf as his running mate.
Rich Heldenfels writes about popular culture for the Beacon Journal and in a blog at http://www.ohio.com. He can be reached at 330-996-3582 and rheldenfels@thebeaconjournal.com.
Real Cavs ''Housewife.'' DeShawn Snow, the wife of Cleveland Cavaliers co-captain Eric Snow, will be one of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, when Bravo expands its Real Housewives franchise to that city. A preview special will air on July 30; no air date for the full series yet.
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