Jack shows his stripes: NY pinstripes

There's not a lot Jack Nicholson won't do as an actor. In ``Chinatown," for example, he wore a bandage on his nose for much of the movie. But a Red Sox cap? No way. The Oscar winner tells New York magazine that he refused Martin Scorsese's request that he wear a Sox lid in ``The Departed." ``They wanted me to wear a Red Sox hat," says Nicholson, who plays a sadistic Irish mob boss in the Boston-based film. ``But I said, all things being equal, I don't want to." And he doesn't. Instead, Nicholson's character walks the mean streets of Boston wearing a Yankees cap. ``But," explains the actor, ``Kristen [Dalton], my inamorata in the picture, she wore a Red Sox cap both to subtly indicate domestic conflict and to politically mollify the fans in Boston." A Jersey native, Nicholson says he's a huge fan of the '06 Bronx bombers. ``I'd like to help A-Rod out because they just won't shut up in the stadium. . . . But my man's [Jason ] Giambi. He's my kind of biker guy, and his game face -- well, I wouldn't want to come between him and his goal, let's put it that way."

Lindo: ‘Oblivion’ still touches fans

Actor Delroy Lindo has watched with patient curiosity as ``Wondrous Oblivion," a film he worked on nearly four years ago, worked its way through film festivals and small screenings. ``Paul [ Morrison] made a film about being Jewish and British that seems to speak to so many people. . . . I've always been curious about how it would play to American audiences," said Lindo about the film, now showing at the Museum of Fine Arts and heading to the West Newton Cinema. (The film's MFA run is cosponsored by the Boston Jewish Film Festival, where ``Wondrous Oblivion" made its local debut in 2004 and won an award as an audience favorite.) Lindo said he's regularly approached by people who have been touched by ``Wondrous Oblivion," the story of two families and their attempts to understand each other. ``I was walking along a beach in Jamaica and a man approached me and said that it was a mirror for him as well," said Lindo, who will be seen this fall in NBC's ``Kidnapped" opposite Timothy Hutton and Dana Delany and is known for playing no-nonsense tough guys. ``The story unfolds over 13 weeks, so hopefully you'll see many sides of the characters."

Boston film fest draws stars

Actors Chazz Palminteri, Joey Fatone, Amanda Detmer, Jamie-Lynn DeScala, Rebecca Lowman, and Robin Tunney are among the celebs lined up for the 22 d annual Boston Film Festival that opens on Sept. 8 and runs for eight days. Actor-director Tony Goldwyn will be in town with his latest film, ``The Last Kiss," which stars Zach Braff and is written by Paul Haggis. Also scheduled is Sly Stallone's son Sage Stallone, who has written and direct ed his first film, ``Vic," and the film's star, veteran actor Clu Gulager. Others expected include ``Without a Trace" costar Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who's coming for the world premiere of Craig Serling's ``Jam," in which she stars.

Former Sox ace Jim Lonborg and former Bruin Ray Bourque were among those knocking it around at yesterday's pro-am preceding the Deutsche Bank Championship at the Tournament Players Club. . . . Several of Dave Matthews's new songs, including ``Can't Stop," ``Break Free," and ``The Idea of You," that were recorded during his band's two-night stop at Fenway Park in July will be included on its Live Trax series. The four-disc set will be available in stores late next month.

John Mayer, who played at the Tweeter Center last night with Sheryl Crow, was spotted shopping at American Apparel on Newbury Street. . . . Former ``Saturday Night Live" star Rachel Dratch kept everybody laughing Monday night in the Zebra Room at UpStairs on the Square, where the Lexington native was the guest of local filmmaker Maureen Foley (``American Wake"). Foley and her family were the high bidders for a dinner that was auctioned off last year as part of a Women in Film & Video/New England fund-raiser. The item was donated by the restaurant's owners, Mary-Catherine Deibel and Deborah Hughes.

. . . Fidelity Investments vice chair Peter Lynch and Suffolk Construction CEO John Fish were joined by comic Lenny Clarke the other night at the Oyster Harbor Club in Osterville, where an auction and reception raised more than $500,000 for the Inner City Scholarship Fund to support Catholic schools.

The Patriots kicked off their '07 campaign in style last night, wining and dining their faithful fans at the annual Charitable Foundation Kickoff Gala at Gillette Stadium. Several Pats players attended, but only one -- Jarvis Green -- was singled out for special attention. The defensive lineman was chosen by Pats pooh-bah Bob Kraft to receive the Ron Burton Community Service Award, which recognizes a player's charitable work. (A Louisiana native, Green participated in several Hurricane Katrina relief efforts here and in New Orleans.) The charming Pats cheerleaders were also at Gillette last night, and they'll be out again tonight, hosting a party at the Cask 'n Flagon to promote their '07 Swimsuit Calendar.

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