The gang's all here

A passel of Pats and almost the entire Sox squad were at the Garden last night for Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Pats players in the house included Adalius Thomas, Heath Evans, Wes Welker, Jabar Gaffney, Chad Jackson, Richard Seymour, Sammy Morris, Vince Wilfork, Ben Watson, Ty Warren, and former Patriot receiver Donte Stallworth. The Sox contingent was expected to include Curt Schilling, David Ortiz, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Jacoby Ellsbury, Tim Wakefield, Coco Crisp, Julio Lugo, Alex Cora, and front-office folks Mike Dee, Sam Kennedy, John Henry, Tom Werner, and Larry Lucchino. New Kid Donnie Wahlberg was there, as was golfer Billy Andrade, actor-comedian Lenny Clarke, nightclub king Patrick Lyons, singer Erykah Badu, and teen star JoJo Levesque. The Pops performed the national anthem, and conductor Keith Lockhart stuck around afterward to catch the game. We're told Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeff Lurie flew into Boston with quarterback Donovan McNabb, and after dining at Scampo, the pair beat feet to the Garden. Other NFL players in attendance included Brian Westbrook, Brian Dawkins, R.W. McQuarters, James Butler, and Vince Young. Former BC basketball star Jared Dudley was at the game, as were ex-BC star Doug Flutie, Celts alums Marcus Banks, Antoine Walker, John Havlicek, M.L. Carr, Dana Barros, Tommy Heinsohn, and Jo Jo White, and ex-Knick Allen Houston. NBA commish David Stern and his deputy Adam Silver made the scene, and you didn't think Magic Johnson would miss a Celts-Lakers game, did you? Last and definitely least were Lakers fans Alejandro Padilla, who's a California state senator, and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who was up in a suite with his "Ashecliffe" costar Mark Ruffalo.

Remind us not to call Tom Colicchio a celebrity chef. "Do you call someone a celebrity baseball player?" said Colicchio, in town the other day to tape an episode of "Simply Ming" with his friend and colleague Ming Tsai. Just because he's on TV - Colicchio's the head judge on Bravo's "Top Chef" - that doesn't mean he's not a serious chef. Indeed, in addition to his TV duties, which demand relatively little time, Colicchio owns more than a half-dozen restaurants, the latest being Craftsteak at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods. So how does he explain the star chef phenomenon? "In the '80s, you had people going out to clubs and snorting copious amounts of money up their nose," the chef says matter-of-factly. "Then they found new entertainment - going out to eat - and they wanted to know all about the personalities in the kitchen." That led to cookbooks and TV shows. Tsai, whose show is beginning its sixth season on WGBH, said there are plenty of talented chefs who don't have TV shows. "But because we're on that little black box, we're considered celebrities," said the chef/owner of Blue Ginger. "It's weird." The new season of "Simply Ming" airs in the fall. Colicchio, by the way, told us he's looking forward to the biopic about his friend Julia Child. "Meryl Streep is probably the finest actress we have," he said. "If anyone can pull off playing Julia, it's Meryl Streep."

Actress Bridget Moynahan was one of a phalanx of film types who were judges at this weekend's Jackson Hole Film Festival in Wyoming. Joining Tom Brady's ex in picking the winners of the 2008 Cowboy Awards were Stu Zicherman, creator Moynahan's ill-fated ABC series "Six Degrees," Reliant Pictures CEO Thomas Mount, and actor Bill Pullman.

The NBA tapped "American Idol" winner David Cook to sing the national anthem at Game 3 of the Finals tomorrow in LA. Cook's performance continues a tradition of "Idol" winners singing the anthem during the Finals. Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, and Jordin Sparks have all sung at the NBA Finals. Thursday, we're told, R&B singer Jeffrey Osborne will do the patriotic duty.

Magic Johnson dined at Davio's Friday, and afterward, the Hall of Famer and four friends hit the Beehive in the South End. . . . Meanwhile, former Celtic Rick Fox greeted fans at the InterContinental Boston, where former NBA coach Jack Ramsay and Laker great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were also spied. . . . BoSox brass John Henry and Tom Werner paid a visit to Patrick Lyons's Newbury Street property Sonsie Saturday. . . . With his supermodel sweetheart, Bar Rafaeli, Lakers fan Leonardo DiCaprio stopped by Sweet Cupcakes yesterday. He had a mini, she had a water, and they left a $5 tip.

Try as we might, we couldn't get an invite to Robert and Myra Kraft's 45th anniversary party last night at Gillette Stadium. We're told the party featured a performance by Kraft family friend Elton John. ( Sir Elton also played when Robert and Myra marked 40 years of wedded bliss.) We're told the guest list included Tom Brady and girlfriend Gisele Bundchen, Pats brain trust Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli, Tedy and Heidi Bruschi, venture capitalist Tom Lee, Fidelity's Peter Lynch, Sovereign Bank CEO Joe Campanelli, and Dunkin' Donuts president Will Kussell. Sox owner John Henry and Celts brass Wyc Grousbeck and Steve Pagliuca were there but ducked out to make the C's game. Also expected: legal eagle Bob Popeo, Donald Trump, developer Bob Beal, congressman Ed Markey, UMass Lowell chancellor Marty Meehan, Governor Deval Patrick, former Hill Holliday head Jack Connors, chef Ken Oringer, and Pats alum John Hannah.

This weekend's Vision 5K was a success. The race benefiting local agencies that serve people who are blind or visually impaired featured sighted and blind athletes, as well as world-class runners and weekend walkers. Janet LaBreck, the state's Commissioner for the Blind, was joined at the finish line by Perkins School president Steven Rothstein and marvelous marathoner Bill Rodgers. . . . Nearly 4,000 people took part yesterday in NSTAR's Walk for Children's Hospital Boston, including Mayor Tom Menino, NSTAR CEO Tom May, Children's Hospital CEO James Mandell, and Matt Light's wife, Susie (inset).

While in town to deliver the commencement address at Harvard, word is best-selling author J.K. Rowling was out and about with her good buddies Stella Starsky and Quinn Cox, co-authors of pop-culture sensation "Sextrology: The Astrology of Sex and the Sexes."

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