Festival is grand for Carlisle director
We're told that Carlisle's Gabrielle Savage Dockterman cleaned up at this month's Monaco International Film Festival, where her first feature, ''Missing in America," won four prizes, including the grand prize for best film. Starring Danny Glover, David Strathairn, Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Amherst's own Zoe Weizenbaum, the movie is about a Vietnam veteran -- played by Glover -- who's haunted by the men who died while under his command. It's out on DVD Jan. 10. . . . A substantially longer version of ''Kingdom of Heaven," the Crusades epic penned by Boston writer William Monahan, is being shown now in LA. Director Ridley Scott has added 45 minutes to the film starring Orlando Bloom as a young Frenchman who discovers his destiny as a knight amid the clash between Muslims and Christians over the Holy Land. A hot property in Hollywood, Monahan also wrote ''The Departed," which director Martin Scorsese shot in Boston over the summer.
Another brush with Wood's work
New paintings by guitarist Ron Wood will go on display at Newbury Fine Arts next month when the Rolling Stones roll back into town for two shows at the TD Banknorth Garden. In August, you'll recall, the World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band kicked off its US tour at Fenway Park, and Wood took the opportunity to host a private party at the Newbury Street gallery. The new works, which go up Jan. 7, include Wood's portrait of reggae legend Bob Marley, and a painting of Jimi Hendrix.
After golden season, Weis cashing in Whether his team wins or loses to Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl next Monday night, Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis stands to make a mountain of dough when the season's over. BusinessWeek reports that the former Pats offensive coordinator is in demand on the speaking circuit, and there are book and endorsement deals to be sorted out. ''Charlie certainly doesn't own the Golden Dome. But he has the keys for 11 years," said his agent, Bob LaMonte, referring to the landmark on the Notre Dame campus. (Not wanting Weis to walk away, ND recently inked the roly-poly coach through 2015 and raised his pay to more than $2 million a year.) Bill Belichick's onetime disciple tells the mag he appreciates all the off-the-field offers, but ''I want to be very sure I don't spread myself too thin . . . I think I can be good at some of these things, but I'm not going to whore myself out." The coach, who's building an eight-bedroom mansion in South Bend, Ind., that features an indoor horse-riding pavilion, a playground and pool, and a regulation baseball diamond, says he has only one regret: His inability to control his weight. ''I've probably lost a thousand pounds in my life, no kidding," Weis says. ''The problem is I've gained more than a thousand." Gifts for baby Affleck are rolling in She's not even a month old, and already Violet Affleck's running out of room in her closet. That's because Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's bundle of joy, born Dec. 1, continues to get groovy gifts from her parents' famous friends. (Helpfully, www.celebrity-babies.com is posting occasional updates of Violet's haul.) The website reported yesterday that Ben's longtime buddy, director Kevin Smith, sent the tiny tot a pair of lilac Erin UGGs. (The trendy boots apparently aren't available in violet.) Other items filling young Violet's nursery, according to the website, include Baby Sophia bibs and burp cloths, a pink corduroy diaper bag from Intuition, a Haute Stuff ''I Heart Daddy" onesie, and a ''My Dad's a Hunk" bodysuit from Kitson. Summers entertainment What do ''Wedding Crashers" and ''Cinderella Man" have in common? Nothing, except that Larry Summers lists them as his favorite movies of 2005. Asked by the Harvard Crimson to list a few of his other faves from the past year, the newlywed college prez said he digs ''The West Wing" because ''it brings back memories." (He was Treasury secretary for a while under Bill Clinton.) Summers's favorite book of '05 was ''Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, and Bono was his preferred performer. ''He uses his status to help change the lives of people around the world," Summers said of the U2 singer. . . . As he has for 20 years, Bill Bratton, the former Boston cop who's the LA chief of police, had a Christmas soiree yesterday at Anthony's Pier 4. Guests included Channel 5's Susan Wornick, Ciao Bella's Joe Cimino, former Department of Corrections commish Michael Fair, and bigmouth George Regan. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253. 
