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Cristina Aguilera with her husband,
Jordan Bratman
Back To Basics
At the Grammy ceremony in February,
26-year-old pop singer Cristina Aguilera
won her second Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance award for the song 'Ain't No
Other Man: a cut on her third English
studio album, Back to Basics. The man
in Aguilera's life is her Jewish husband,
music executive Jordan Bratman.
The son of a music producer, Bratman
landed his first gig in the music industry
at age 16. He went on to intern at several
2007 North American
Tour to the Palace of
Auburn Hills 7:30 p.m.
Monday, April 9 (the
Gail Zimmerman
Pussycat Dolls and
Arts Editor
Danity Kane open the
show). The tour features
recording studios in New York City, his
three distinct stage scenes, illuminated
hometown. The music marketer earned
by more than 600 moving lights, and a
a bachelor's degree in business manage-
special hydraulic system. The double-disc
ment at Tulane University.
Back to Basics, which hit No. 1 in 15 coun-
The couple were introduced in 2002
tries, utilizes an orchestra, choir, string
by her manager, Irving Azoff (for whom
quartet and jazz horns to blend a vintage
Bratman was working at the time), and
raw sound with modern hip-hop and soul
married in 2005. They had a Jewish wed-
flair.
ding, although Aguilera, who was raised a
Tickets are $87.50 and $57.50. (248)
Catholic, did not convert to Judaism.
645-6666.
How do they keep their marriage fresh
in a world of celebrity meltdowns? "We
Featured Artist
have something called naked Sundays:'
explained Aguilera to Peop/e.com . "You
Born in Detroit in 1926, veteran painter
have to keep marriage alive, spice it up. We Richard Kozlow's formal training was
don't need to go anywhere, we're just with
limited to his abbreviated studies at Cass
each other. We do everything naked. We
Technical High School and the Society for
cook naked!' In a recent interview with
Arts and Crafts (now College for Creative
the Israeli edition of E! TV, Aguilera spoke Studies). After his discharge from the Navy
fondly of her husband and mentioned
in 1946, he spent two years painting and
that she learned some Yiddish from him.
working in New York City, where he gar-
Aguilera will be clothed — with more
nered a favorable New York Times mention.
than 15 Roberto Cavalli costume changes
But he returned to Detroit to marry "the
— when she brings her "Back to Basics"
love of his life wife Lois, and get a job.
In 1960, he left a successful advertising
career to live and paint in San Miguel de
Allende, Mexico, where he applied the new
techniques he'd developed to create the first
of the misty mountain paintings which
earned him his international reputation.
With stays in Detroit sprinkled by
sojourns in Spain, England and other
foreign spots, he continued to paint,
mounting shows all across the U.S. and
abroad. While his landscapes have always
been in demand by collectors, many of
Koziow's most powerful works are black
tempura depictions of bloody bullfights,
Holocaust victims and his enigmatic mid-
'90s "Masks" series. His late-'90s paintings
are complex self-portraits symbolizing the
forces pressing on the life of an artist.
The featured artist this month in the
Detroit Artists Market's Elements Gallery,
Kozlow, along with wife Lois, will par-
ticipate in a gallery talk-reception 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 7. The couple will discuss
the artist's latest works and relay stories of
his studies, travels, art and life.
Detroit Artists Market is located at 4719
Woodward Avenue at Forest (three blocks
south of the DIA) in Detroit. Hours are 11
a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
Admission is free. (313) 832-8540 or
www.detroitartistsmarket. org.
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Special to the Jewish News
Sweet Sara
The beautiful blond actress Sara
Paxton,18, has become a young
people's favorite. She starred in the
CD Discovery Kids cable series Darcy's
Wild Life, which
ran
2004-2006,
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and has made a
few films, including
Aquamarine, a 2006
surprise hit also
aimed at a young
audience.
Sara's per-
Sara Paxton
formance as a lovely
young mermaid in Aquamarine made
the critics clap like seals.
Paxton shows off her dramatic
acting ability in the Lifetime TV orig-
inal movie The Party Never Stops,
which airs 9 p.m. Saturday, April 7.
She plays a college freshman with a
drinking problem, which, Sara says,
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wasn't an easy role for her because
she has never abused drugs or alco-
hol. She told a reporter, "Maybe [it
would have been easier] if I was in
that teen Hollywood party scene, but
I'm not part of that whatsoever."
Sara is interviewed in the current
issue of JVibe, a magazine for Jewish
teens. The California-raised actress
told JVibe that her mother, who was
born in Mexico, is Jewish and that
her father converted to Judaism
shortly before their marriage.
Judaism, Sara explained to JVibe,
means a lot to her: "It is family. It is
memories [we now laugh about] of
a Passover seder when I was very
little and got yelled at for flinging
the parsley. It helps people believe
that there is something greater than
their lives; it helps us not be so self-
centered."
She added that she was so busy
acting she didn't have a bat mitzvah,
but she did go to temple on her 13th
birthday and her family had a "little
private thing."
Sara, who can sing, will have her
first music CD released later this
year. Currently, she is filming the
college comedy movie Sydney White,
starring Amanda Bynes, another
teen favorite who also is Jewish.
Spelling Shlock
No, it's not a biblical plague, but oy
gevalt, the talent-challenged children
of the late mega-producer Aaron
Spelling are currently starring in
their own TV reality shows.
Tori Spelling, who would do almost
anything for pub-
licity, is now on
Oxygen TV as the
(real) co-owner with
her husband, actor
Dylan McDermott,
of a bed-and-break-
1 Milk
fast hotel.
Tori Spelling
Meanwhile, Tori's
brother Randy, hard-
ly a successful actor,
is now appearing in
Sons of Hollywood
on A&E.
We follow Randy
1 lat as he and two other
Randy Spelling
guys move out
of their parents'
Hollywood homes and try to be
"producers." His co-stars are Sean
Stewart, the son of famous rocker
Rod Stewart, and the talent agent
Dave Weintraub.
Stewart has had no career to this
point, unless one views his convic-
tions for drug possession and assault
as showbiz industry credits. Wein-
traub has worked for a major talent
agency, but you couldn't call him a
class act. He was just giddy as he
recently bragged to a reporter that
Randy Spelling was Paris Hilton's
first lover.