Alex P. Keaton is A-OK

Don't be alarmed that Michael J. Fox missed the "Family Ties" reunion at the Museum of Science the other night. "I saw him this week in New York, and he's well and working hard," Gary David Goldberg, creator of the iconic '80s show, said of Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's disease. "I'm quite sure Michael will dance at his daughter's wedding. I'm sure not going to bet against him." Thursday's event was attended by every other member of the Keaton clan - Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter, Justine Bateman, and Tina Yothers - to mark the publication of Goldberg's autobiography. The actors, some of whom hadn't seen each other for years, shared a few backstage secrets. Like what? Gross wasn't the only one up for the role of Steve Keaton. "Fright Night" actor Chris Sarandon was also considered, but he was deemed too dark to be the dad. "Chris is a great actor," said Goldberg, "but we didn't want people scared that he might kill the kids." Asked what she's been up to, Bateman told us she's starting a company that'll produceoriginal - and professional - content for the Web. "User content is OK," said Mallory Keaton. "But YouTube is a little like digging through bins at a thrift store. You never know what you'll find."

Boston stylist Mitch DeRosa spent the past week tending tresses at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. The owner of Mitchell John Salon on Broad Street had the happy task of styling the male models at the John Varvatos show. A fashionista who's also a rock fan, Varvatos's current ad campaign features Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, and Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick, whom DeRosa hung out with backstage. Also stopping by to say hello was Joan Jett. "She obviously put the drugs and alcohol down early in her career because she looks really good these days," said DeRosa.

The Boston Pops told us yesterday it wasn't prepared to release any information about the upcoming season. So we tried Google instead and, lo and behold, all of the information was listed on the Pops's MySpace page. Conductor Keith Lockhart opens the season May 7 with pop crooner Natalie Cole, and the orchestra will revive EdgeFest with singers Natalie Merchant (May 27-28) and Amanda Palmer (inset, June 19-20). We're told the Pops will release more information next week.

Bigshot Boston developer Arthur Winn is getting married to Alicia Foley in Bermuda today. But before leaving, Foley, a legal analyst at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, paid a visit to Pini Swissa at Salon Pini on Newbury Street. The bride's wedding dress hung on the wall while Tom Brady's barber worked his magic.

Featured in the new HBO documentary "The Gates," environmental artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude attended a special screening of the film last night at the MFA. The filmmakers Antonio Ferrera and Albert Maysles were also expected to attend and answer questions afterward. "The Gates," named for a 2005 art installation in New York's Central Park, premieres on HBO Feb. 26.

With the exception of Billy Ripken's card a few years back, baseball cards normally don't stir a lot of controversy. Until now, that is. Upper Deck is catching flack for its just-launched line of 2008 baseball cards, which includes parodies of some of the top presidential candidates. Tucked into one of every eight packs of baseball cards, the parodies portray the presidential wannabes as personalities from baseball's past: John McCain as Ted Williams or Mitt Romney as another Sox favorite, Carlton Fisk, circa the '75 World Series. The problem is Hillary Clinton's card, which portrays the New York senator as Morganna the Kissing Bandit, the busty beauty who used to run on the field and buss unsuspecting ballplayers. Seems some people found the card offensive, and it was pulled at the last minute. "We made our best effort to remove the card, and we managed to retrieve over 98 percent of them," said Upper Deck spokeswoman Kerri Stockholm. The other 2 percent can be found on eBay.

Geoff Edgers of the Globe staff contributed. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253.