Wahlbergs step up for hurricane relief

Those Wahlberg boys sure know how to raise dough. ''Four Brothers" star Mark Wahlberg took a break from filming his latest movie to attend a Red Cross hurricane relief fund-raiser Sunday at Bridgeman's restaurant in Hull, where Wahlberg's brother Paul is the chef. Mark, who's working on two films (''Invincible" and ''Joe Citizen"), drove up from Philly for the event and flew back yesterday to resume shooting. The fete, which raised a whopping $650,000, was a family affair, attended by big brother Donnie (in from LA); Jim, who heads Mark's charitable foundation; and actor Bob. Bridgeman's owners Joe and Sue LaSpada donated the food and liquor for the $1,000-per-person fund-raiser, and the staff donated its time. Eric Eckholdt of Credit Suisse, one of the evening's sponsors, offered a 2-to-1 match on all live auction bids, and MC Sean McDonough did his best to encourage the bidding. Also on hand were Marty Joyce, car magnate-turned-philanthropist Don Rodman, Red Sox legal eagle Lucinda Treat, construction kahuna Richard McCourt and his wife, Ginger, sports marketing whiz Soosie Lazenby, and Celts managing partner Steve Pagliuca.

‘Bono’ wasn’t fooling anyone

No, that was not Bono lunching at the Bristol yesterday. It was a Seattle Pilates instructor named Jeff Knight, who was paid by Mix 98.5 to wander around the city doling out ducats to U2's two-night stand at the TD Banknorth Garden. (Apparently, Mix ran ads telling listeners to approach the look-alike and his entourage.) We're told seasoned celeb watchers could easily tell the difference between the fake Bono and the real thing.

Brattle battles for survival

The operators of Harvard Square's Brattle Theatre announced a significant fund-raising initiative yesterday, saying they must raise $400,000 by year's end or the theater will close. In a statement, creative director Ned Hinkle said: ''Repertory film programming at the Brattle simply cannot survive without significant community support." The Brattle's attendance has dropped, while costs have increased by 30 percent. The theater, which began its foreign and repertory film programming in 1953, is the oldest continuously operating art house in the Boston area, and one of the last single-screen theaters showing repertory film in the United States.

Coverboy O’Brien reveals little

Post-rehab Pat O'Brien is on the cover of the new Nantucket Times, but the story is a letdown. Of the alcohol-fueled antics that got him in trouble last spring, the ''Insider" host shares not a tidbit but does confess that the episode was ''completely humiliating." (O'Brien, you'll recall, left an explicit voice mail for a stripper.) O'Brien reveals he dreamed of being an ''international economist," but he settled for LA-based blabbermouth.

All bets are on

Let the wagering begin. If the White Sox lose, Governor Mitt Romney gets a pie from Connie's Pizza on Chicago's South Side and some Eli's cheesecake. If the Bosox blow it, Romney will send Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich some clam chowder from the Union Oyster House. Mayor Tom Menino and Chicago boss Richard Daley also got into the action. Menino is betting a Legal Sea Foods dinner, Dunkin' Donuts, hot dogs, and Sam Adams beer; Daley is putting up Connie's pizza, Eli's cheesecake, Garrett Popcorn, Kim and Scott's Gourmet Pretzels, Rainbow Cones, Robinson's No. 1 Ribs, Stewart's Coffee, Tootsie Rolls, and Vienna Beef. We feel sick already. . . . Their shenanigans Saturday night may have contributed to the Yankees' poor performance Sunday. The New York Post reported that Robinson Cano, Ruben Sierra, Chien-Ming Wang, and a couple of ''bawdy bat boys" partied hard at Whiskey Park after clinching the division title. With a Grey Goose and cranberry in one hand and a champagne flute in the other, Cano canoodled with a blonde and a brunette, the Post reported. The paper also reported that Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez wisely stayed in their hotel rooms.

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