Quite a hot 'Shot'

Wymon Anderson was a big winner at the Celts game the other night. Anderson, who's in the US Navy, sank not one but two shots while blindfolded as part of a New England Eye Center promotion called "Shot in the Dark." Anderson was rewarded with $5,000 worth of free LASIK surgery and a multiyear contract with Celtics. OK, we're just kidding about the contract.

Joe Lavin has just saved us the trouble and expense of buying Jose Canseco's new book. The freelance writer from Somerville caused quite a sensation yesterday when he posted a review of the ex-ballplayer's book on his blog, six days before "Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball" is due to be released. That didn't sit well with the publisher, who told us that the book isn't supposed to be on the shelves until Monday. "The book was embargoed," snapped Jennifer Robinson of Simon Spotlight Entertainment. "The boxes were clearly marked." Lavin, who didn't respond to a phone call or e-mail yesterday, wrote that he bought the book in Cambridge but didn't name the store. Written with Pablo Fenjves - the ghostwriter of O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" - "Vindicated" links three players to steroids: Roger Clemens, Magglio Ordonez, and Alex Rodriguez, whom Canseco claims to have introduced to a "known supplier of steroids." It's clear that Canseco harbors a deep hatred for A-Rod, even accusing the Yankee slugger of trying to sleep with his wife. "Let's get clear on one thing: I hate your [expletive] guts," he sneers. Promotion for the book begins Friday with the former slugger appearing on "Nightline" followed by sit-downs with David Letterman, Howard Stern, Keith Olbermann, and Fox's Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes. (Canseco, who briefly played for the BoSox, will be in Boston for a book-signing April 3.) Not long after Lavin posted his review yesterday, a reporter in New York asked A-Rod for a response. "I really have absolutely no reaction," he said.

"The Office" star John Krasinski can only laugh at some of the things that go with being famous - such as being romantically linked in an Us Weekly cover story to his "Leatherheads" costar Renée Zellweger. "Our entire cast was going out together, but they just showed me and her," Krasinski tells Boston magazine in the April edition. "You know, I really made out like a bandit there. I got the better end of that deal for sure." The Newton South High grad ranks No. 30 in a story about things the editors love about Boston. Krasinski says he's always cheered for the local teams, but it's gotten easier with all the success - even the recent Super Bowl disappointment. "You can't just blame one person," Krasinski says, then silently mouths to the magazine's writer, "Gisele!"

Once again Jay and Mark Kruger found a way to survive another week on NBC's "The Biggest Loser." The brothers entered the show as a team but competed in last night's weigh-in against each other. Both are still in the running for the $250,000 prize. Mark, a 35-year-old Dartmouth resident, has lost more than 100 pounds since first stepping on the scale 13 episodes ago. Mark was voted off, but through a twist was able to come back on a couple of weeks ago. Jay, 31, of New Bedford, managed to stay the whole time at the show's weight-loss compound, where he's lost nearly 90 pounds. There are three more weeks of taped competition before the live finale from Los Angeles on April 15.

MTV goes live tomorrow night at 10 with the season finale of "Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew." Boston's own Status Quo, a finalist for the $100,000 top prize, will be hoping for enough fan votes to nail down first place. (Voting closes one hour before airtime.) "We never expected to make it this far - now we don't want to go home empty-handed," says crew leader Ernest "E-Knock" Phillips, reached in Los Angeles yesterday. The emotional roller coaster ride they've been on for the past few weeks has been intense, admitted Phillips, who's been performing on an injured ankle. "We've been together a lot, too," he added with a laugh. "When we get back, we won't be hanging out together much, that's for sure."

In his quest to revitalize Lawrence, club owner Nick Maroun has an unlikely ally: Coolio. Maroun is bringing the Grammy-winning rapper to Canvas Friday night, and he couldn't be more excited. "It's his first time in Lawrence," said Maroun, who thinks some old-school rhymes are just what the city needs now. "When you get someone like Coolio coming into the city, it kind of ups the morale." Best known for his hit "Gangsta's Paradise," Coolio has embarked on a second career as host of "Cookin' With Coolio," a hilarious cooking show on mydamnchannel.com. (The rapper's "Heavenly Ghettalian Garlic Bread" and "Spinach Even Your Kids Will Eat" are two of our faves.) Coolio's expected to hit the stage sometime after 11 p.m.

Rockport-raised singer-songwriter Paula Cole is lending her voice to help Rosie's Place, the South End-based program that helps poor and homeless women. The Berklee College alum will perform at Monday's spring fund-raising soiree at Fenway Park, and the vittles will be provided by several notable local chefs - Jody Adams, Mary Dumont, Andy Husbands, Rebecca Newell, and Ming Tsai.

Joseph P. Kahn of the Globe staff contributed to this report. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253.