Fenway 'Fever'; Kerry's 'Late' night
ONE LAST SCENE Fenway Park was abuzz even after the Sox lost Monday night to the Baltimore Orioles. Film director Peter Farrelly asked fans to stay after the game to be part of the final scene of "Fever Pitch," a movie about a man whose girlfriend finds out after they start dating that he's obsessed with the Red Sox. (If you don't want us to ruin the ending, skip the next sentence.) In the scene fans saw, the movie's star (and producer) Drew Barrymore runs across the field -- trailed by actors playing police officers and ballpark security -- to get to her true love, played by Jimmy Fallon, who is seated behind the Red Sox dugout. So what role did the fans play? They screamed, "Let's go, Red Sox," and when the film crew needed to whip the crowd into, well, a fever pitch, it was the oh-so-familiar three-syllable anti-Yankees chant. The movie crews are slated to wrap up local filming this week.
OUT OF LEFT FIELD The latest adviser to the John Kerry campaign? Our guess is Manny Ramirez. In discussing the war in Iraq, the Democratic presidential candidate has taken to using one of the Sox slugger's favorite phrases: "Turn the page." (The left fielder told ESPN's Rachel Nichols this week, "That's what we say in this clubhouse" after a loss.) It's also what Kerry says on the campaign trail. Citing the criticism of President George W. Bush's Iraq policy by members of his own party, Kerry this week said, "We need to turn the page and make a fresh start in Iraq." Hmm. Wonder what Manny has to say about Medicare.
KERRY POLLS WELL FOR LETTERMAN Speaking of the Democratic presidential nominee, he helped propel David Letterman's show to its best season premiere since September 1993, according to Nielsen ratings. The CBS show beat out late-night rival Jay Leno on NBC by a ratings point. Kerry appeared on the show -- and did the trademark Top 10 list -- along with musical guest Green Day.
TAKING IT TO THE STREET Former Harvard prof Cornel West has released his second CD, "Street Knowledge," featuring West and friends doing spoken-word pieces set to R&B, funk, and hip-hop. On "The N Word, Part 2," West enlists talk-show host Tavis Smiley and author Michael Eric Dyson to talk -- not rap -- about the racial slur.
'G,' THAT'S BIG NEWS In case you missed it, Young Buck from 50 Cent's G-Unit called Jam'n 94.5's Gee Spin Monday night to say 50 Cent would be traveling with him to the station's annual fall concert, Monster Jam. When asked if 50 would perform, Young teased, "We always got a little something special for Jam'n." Rounding out the FM station's concert lineup are Fat Joe and Terror Squad, Fabolous, Juvenile, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, Petey Pablo, Jadakiss, Trick Daddy, Chingy, Houston, and N.O.R.E.
LIVE FROM CONNECTICUT Matt Siegel and his troupe from the "Matty in the Morning" show on Kiss 108 will broadcast live from Mohegan Sun on Monday and Tuesday for the East Coast premiere of "I [Heart] Huckabees," starring Mark and Donnie Wahlberg. Siegel is slated to interview Mark Wahlberg and Joe Pesci, who will be in town for the premiere next week along with Shannon Elizabeth, Jamie-Lynn DiScala, the cast of "Entourage" -- Jeremy Piven, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, and Adrian Grenier -- and sports guys Paul Pierce, Walter McCarty, and Cam Neely. Wahlberg will also host a golf tournament to benefit the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation and Paul Pierce's Truth Fund on Tuesday.
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