It was a big week for fashion...

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You don’t have to be a studio bigwig to party with actors and rock stars—at least, you didn’t at the Atlanta Film Festival’s opening-night screening of “The People Speak” on Thursday, April 19. The film gives voice to various perspectives on key moments in American history, as read or performed by such celebrities as Eddie Vedder (pictured), Josh Brolin, Jasmine Guy, and the Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson—all of whom attended the screening and opening-night gala at the Rialto Center for the Perform...

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The sense of history in was so thick you could cut it with a knife last Saturday, April 4, at the Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner in the Omni Hotel’s Grand Ballroom. Environmental champion Laura Turner Seydel, educator Ron Clark and Emmy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson (pictured, with activist Evelyn G. Lowery) were honored for their contributions to the cause of social justice. Kenny Leon served as master of ceremonies at the event, which also featured Reverend Joseph E. Lowery. The hig...

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An appreciative crowd going crazy for Stockbridge, Ga.’s favorite sons Collective Soul. Sounds like just another sweaty Friday night at the Tabernacle, right? Well, throw in up-and-comers Ben Deignan & Suburban Soul, the Less and high-school rockers Gypsum Groove, recruit Q100 personality Jeff Dauler to play host and make the whole thing a benefit for the Save Darfur Coalition. Doesn’t sound like business as usual now, does it? Frontman Ed Roland, guitarist Dean Roland  and the band pre...

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Spotting celebrities in the ATL isn’t exactly a big deal. Still, it’s not every weekend that newly minted “Late Night” host Jimmy Fallon pops into town, as he did last Saturday, March 21. The “Saturday Night Live” vet was the featured attraction at A Tony Evening, a 40th anniversary celebration/fundraiser for the Alliance Theatre at the W Midtown, where he performed for a crowd that included event chairperson Victoria Palefsky and Alliance Artistic Director Susan Booth. Fallon wasn’t the onl...

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A recap of ATLexis 2009

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Big names and important causes were the order of the day at back-to-back events last weekend

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Competing with professional athletes at their own game can be risky business. Going toe-to-toe at the blackjack table, though, evens the playing field a bit—or does it? The 17th annual Tom Glavine’s Spring Training, held Friday, Feb. 6 in the Oceans Ballroom at the Georgia Aquarium, offered gamblers-and comely pirates like the ones pictured—the chance to match wits with Glavine and other athletes at various casino games. The event, hosted by the pitching ace himself also featured live and si...

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While most of Atlanta watched Super Bowl XLIII with chips and dip, a case of cheap beer and some uninvited dudes chest-bumping each other after every play, your humble Radar correspondent partied it up with an A-list crowd of celebrities, athletes and, yes, a terracotta warrior at the inaugural Stewper Bowl at Luckie Food Lounge. Hosted by Doug and Ryan Stewart, hosts of 790 the Zone’s “2 Live Stews” (Pictured, flanking the aforementioned warrior), the shindig drew the likes of Bone Crusher, Roz...

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