'Slap' happy

Steve Carlson, who played one of the three fightin' Hanson brothers in the 1977 cult classic hockey film "Slap Shot," was greeted by thousands of fans in thick, taped glasses at the Bruins home game against the Florida Panthers last night. "It feels good" to see the fans in the glasses, Carlson said. "When 'Slap Shot' came out, it was ahead of its time. They were going to rate the movie X because of the swearing. Now our fan base is ankle-biters all the way up to grandma and grandpa." "Slap Shot 3" comes out on Tuesday. "There's a junior team that needs our help and we teach them peace and love in hockey." Carlson currently coaches high school hockey in Kenosha, Wis., and he doesn't let the kids fight or swear. And when they want a night off practice to hunt, he said, he makes them bring him deer meat.

Audrey Porter, director of survivor services at the Home for Little Wanderers, will be honored by the Petra Foundation in Washington, D.C., today for her work with vulnerable teen girls. Porter, lured into prostitution by her boyfriend at 16, uses her own experience with the sex trade and addiction to reach girls who might get caught up in what she calls "the life." "It looked like this really glamorous thing," she said, of working the streets and strip clubs of the Combat Zone for almost 15 years. "People give you huge dollars, but that ends." She hit bottom when she started shooting drugs and realized she was going to lose her children to the state, she said. After she got clean, her life really changed when she met Denise Williams, with the Bandeli Project, and started sharing her story. Now, Porter runs group meetings at the Home and other sites, counsels individual girls, and trains mentors for the state. "Coming from where I came from, it's amazing," she said, of being recognized for her work. "It's really exciting."

Former Patriots Gino Cappelletti, Ronnie Lippett, John Smith, and Peter Brock joined the founders of Julie's Family Learning Program - Sister Jean Sullivan and Sister Louise Kearns - at a Gillette Stadium fund-raiser Thursday night. The Boston nonprofit helps single-parent families. Boys and Girls Club president Joshua Kraft, a board member, was also in the crowd. . . . Donald Trump was spotted breezing through the InterContinental Boston last week. "The Apprentice" boss was in town for the US Green Building Council conference.

"Beauty and the Geek" is looking for more nerdy dudes in Boston (why us?) to join the new season of the reality show that pairs playmate-looking girls with pocket-protector-wearing guys. To land an audition, send an e-mail to ashley@boston casting.com with your photo, name, age, phone number, city of residence, and a brief statement on the depth of your geekiness.

Rick Canale at Exotic Flowers has been busy sending birthday bouquets to Sox ladies this week: Curt Schilling's wife, Shonda; Jacoby Ellsbury's girlfriend, Kelsey Hawkins; manager Terry Francona's daughter Jamie; and Mike Lowell's wife, Bertha, all got red, white, and blue roses in special Red Sox vases.

Kim Moses is passionate about what she calls the "total engagement experience," an interactive way of watching TV that allows fans to plug into a show through websites, books, comics, and complimentary Web series. And the "Ghost Whisperer" co-executive producer was excited to spread her message to other media types at MIT's Futures of Entertainment conference yesterday. "I passionately believe this is the way to make television survive in the 21st century," Moses said. "It doesn't have to be a flat experience." When they premiered the paranormal drama four years ago, about a woman - played by Jennifer Love Hewitt - who can communicate with ghosts, she and her husband/coproducer Ian Sander had two goals. They wanted to break a Friday night show (traditionally a TV dead zone) into the top 25, and they wanted their website to crack the top 10 of show sites. Now, they've accomplished both by giving viewers clues to follow onscreen and online, and even soliciting fan story ideas, film footage, and advice for characters. "It's actually a model we're creating and it really is a model that television can use moving forward," Moses said.

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