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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Diana Krall stopped by Carillon Park before heading to Fraze
From Martin Gottlieb, Staff Writer
If you saw a striking blonde with twins toddlers at or near Carillon Park on Tuesday, feel free to assume it was Diana Krall. The piano-playing, combo-leading jazz chanteuse was appearing that night at the Fraze Pavilion.
Were you spotted at the Diana Krall concert?
At the Fraze, she drew a big crowd of people who apparently didn’t mind missing all the Michael Jackson stuff on television. She came on stage wearing sunglasses, but it apparently wasn’t a jazz thing, just a sun thing. It was beautiful evening. She said she and the combo weren’t used to sun. Ultimately, the shades came off.
She told the crowd that she had been in Dayton long enough to see “quite a bit.” When she had asked at the Marriott Hotel about a park to bring the kids to, she was told about the Carillon being “across the street.”
With some exaggeration, no doubt, she said that she was still looking a half hour later, having set out on a walk.
However, she was enthusiastic about Culp’s Cafe at the park, recommending several items.
Then, the Culps subject having passed, but the Dayton subject still being in the air, she said to the crowd, “I was going to tell you something else, but I decided not to.” Hmmm.
By the way, the kids’ dad, Elvis Costello, is appearing later in the summer at the Fraze - at EXACTLY the same ticket prices.
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‘Wrestler’ actor accused of beating college kid with velvet rope
Here’s a tip college kids: when a tough as nails doorman/actor/ Blackberry commercial guy tells you to ‘shut the $#@$# up’ and ‘Get the &$%^ out of here,’ you should probably listen.
Wass Stevens, who starred as Nicolas Cage’s brother in “World Trade Center” and appeared in the “Wrestler” with Mickey Rourke, has been charged with attacking a college kid with the metal end of a velvet rope, Page Six reports.
University of California at San Diego student Peter Pak wanted to take his engaged friend inside of Avenue in New York, but Stevens, the club’s popular doorman, was not having it, Page Six said.
An argument broke out and Pak and his friend did not ‘get the $%$$ out of there’ as instructed.
“(Stevens) lifted the rope and tossed the end metal part at my face,” Pak told Page Six. “My head cracked and I fell to the ground. I had to go to the hospital for a CAT scan. There was no internal damage but I had huge blaring headaches.”
Stevens, a 45-year-old former boxer born as Mark Wasserman, was charged with assault and possession of a weapon. He was later released from jail. His lawyer says he’s innocent.
Stevens has many acting credits. Most importantly he’s the first actors in that Blackberry Curve “What if delivery guys ran the world?” commercial.
He has appeared on “Ugly Betty” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” Stevens was Nick Volpe in the Wrestler and a drunk driver in some film called “Quality Time.” He’s a video store clerk in an upcoming film called the “Last Days of Summer” and will appear with Richard Gere’s upcoming flick “Brooklyn’s Finest.”
