A source close to Kevin Youkilis confirms that the Sox third baseman is engaged to Julie Brady, sister of Patriots QB Tom Brady. The engagement was first reported by the Herald, which had previously written — erroneously — that Youkilis was “veeeeery cozy” with Brady’s sister Nancy. ...

WGBH this week taped the first celebrity edition of “High School Quiz Show,” featuring such local luminaries “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” author Jeff Kinney, Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, Globe film critic Wesley Morris, meteorologist Mish Michaels, KISS 108’s Matt Siegel, humorist Jimmy Tingle, restaurateur Joanne Chang, and Susan Wornick of WCVB-TV. Hosted by “TV Diner” don Billy Costa, the show will air May 20.

Bruins Andrew Ference and Chris Kelly paid a visit to Perkins School for the Blind for a game of goalball, a floor-hockey style game played using hearing and touch. (A goalball with bells inside is rolled across the floor, and defenders have to locate the ball by sound.) The B’s goalball outing was pay back for the Feb. 2 Bruins game attended by 14 Perkins students.

Party planner Bryan Rafanelli was among the pretty people at the kickoff of a charity shopping event hosted by Saks. The month-long event benefits the AIDS Action Committee, the Greater Food Bank, and Rosie’s Place. Guests included Tiffany and J.B. Dowd, Bill Emery, Susanne Hatje, Marilyn Riseman, Lisa Pierpont, and Dan Mathieu.

William Falik isn’t proud. You only need to look at the plaque on the bathroom in the new Wasserstein Hall at Harvard Law School to know that. It’s named for Falik, a 1971 HLS alum. Seriously. It’s named for Falik, a 1971 HLS alum. Seriously. Seems Falik, who made his money as a lawyer and real-estate developer, donated $100,000 to HLS in honor of his father’s 100th birthday.

Legal eagles were everywhere at a party hosted this week by Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone. The MDAO Alumni event at the MIT Faculty Club attracted a who’s who of lawyers and law enforcement, including: AG Martha Coakley, former AGs Tom Reilly and Scott Harshbarger, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, and...

Miss Boston 2011 Sara Carlisle joined Miss Boston 2012 wannabes today for a last-minute, “gown-ready” workout at the Boylston Boston Sports Clubs. Carlisle, who wore her crown and sash, had the new crop of contestants sweating. The Miss Boston 2012 pageant will be held Feb. 19.

Every year around Valentine’s Day, celebrated baker Joanne Chang produces a line of naughty sweetheart cookies - confections with messages that are NC-17, to say the least. And for as long as she’s been on Twitter – about three years now - Chang has tweeted an image of the coarse cookies. We were still taken aback the other day when she tweeted a pic of the latest bawdy batch.

Word from the West Coast is that the 20-year-old son of director Bobby Farrelly has died. TMZ reported today that Jesse Farrelly died of an apparent drug overdose in Costa Mesa, Calif. According to the website, emergency personnel responded to his apartment late Wednesday after getting a call about an “unresponsive young male … possible overdose.”

The Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton has hired a new director, and he’s likely to give the small, regional museum a new prominence. Jonathan Leo Fairbanks, the longtime director of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts until his exit in 1999, has replaced Wyona Lynch-McWhite, who resigned last year. Along with his work as a curator, Fairbanks is also an artist whose works are in many institutions, including The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., Boston Public Library and MFA.

Actress Julia Jones, who grew up in Jamaica Plain, was back in Boston yesterday to promote the release of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1” DVD, which technically comes out at midnight. The Boston Latin grad, who has been in the “Twilight” world ever since she was cast as the only female werewolf in the franchise, told us yesterday during an interview at the Liberty Hotel that the vampire movies are a still a huge part of...

Don’t let his tough exterior fool you — Bruin Milan Lucic is a softie. The forward, who brutally beat up Buffalo Sabre Patrick Kaleta, kicked off the team’s annual PJ Drive today, visiting the Target in Watertown for a meet-and-greet with B’s fans. Lucic shopped for pajamas and gave autographs to everyone who donated new, unused PJs.

The cast of “The Addams Family” were in the mood to celebrate after opening night at the Shubert Theatre. Among those enjoying the after party were Gloucester native Steve Gear, who plays one of the comically ghoulish Ancestors, Douglas Sills (Gomez), Sara Gettelfinger, (Morticia), and Citi Performing Arts Center boss Joe Spaulding. The musical is running through Feb. 19.

As he recovers from a second straight Super Bowl defeat, Bill Belichick isn’t sulking. He’s hitting the links. The Pats coach was among the celebs knocking the ball around today at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, partnered with PGA pro Ricky Barnes. Other notables playing in the tournament include Bill Murray, Andy Garcia, Kenny G, Ray Romano, Craig T. Nelson, Anthony Anderson, and Michael Bolton. Tiger Woods’s partner is Cowboys QB Tony Romo.

Boston Lyric Opera hosted a party celebrating the opening of “The Lighthouse” by Peter Maxwell Davies. About 100 guests joined BLO music director David Angus, Tim Albery, the production’s stage director, Boston Conservatory president Richard Ortner, BLO artistic director Esther Nelson, and “The Lighthouse” cast: bass/baritone David Cushing, baritone Christopher Burchett, and tenor John Bellemer.

When Chad Ochocinco takes the field next season – with any luck, not for the Patriots – he’ll apparently have a different name on his jersey. TMZ.com reports that the Pats receiver is tell friends he plans to change his last name back to Johnson in time for his wedding to “Basketball Wives” fiancee Evelyn Lozada. Why? Because he doesn’t want his new wife to be known as Evelyn Ochocinco. How thoughtful.

As you might expect, the Kennedy clan has no comment on the new book by Mimi Alford, a former White House intern who claims she lost her virginity to then-President John F. Kennedy – in the bed the president shared with his wife, Jackie Kennedy...

All eyes were on Saudi business tycoon Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud and his wife, Princess Ameerah Al-Tawell, at an event at the Fairmont Copley commemorating the Alwaleed Bin Talal Centers for Intercultural Dialogue and Understanding. (One of the six centers funded by the prince to improve cooperation is at Harvard.)

After days of national controversy surrounding Susan G. Komen Foundation’s temporary decision to stop giving money to Planned Parenthood, the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts hosted an event Tuesday night at the Mandarin Oriental to honor Governor Deval Patrick and his wife, Diane Patrick, for their committment to women’s health.

Former NESN Red Sox reporter Heidi Watney is single. She told us so. Which means that when Project Cupid auctions off a date with her Saturday night as part of a benefit for the Jimmy Fund and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, that date will have real potential. Watney, who called us yesterday to promote Project Cupid’s Third Annual Charity Date Auction at the Estate, laughed when we asked her whether she’d consider a second date...