John Seigenthaler Sr. (left) and Joe Kennedy III at the JFK Library last night.
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RFK and adviser honored
John Seigenthaler Sr. (left) and Joe Kennedy III at the JFK Library last night.
(Bill Brett for The Boston Globe)
Joe Kennedy III honored the legacy of his late grandfather Robert F. Kennedy and one of the senator's closest advisers, John Seigenthaler Sr., at the JFK Library last night. Kennedy, who just graduated from Harvard Law, spoke at the annual Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps' Embracing the Legacy award celebration. Former state Democratic Party boss Philip Johnston, the founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps, also spoke. Blue Cross, Blue Shield CEO Cleve Killingsworth and Mel King were among the 300 guests.
A tweet at the Times
Could the man once dubbed "Neutron Jack" for his habit of eliminating workers while leaving the buildings intact be going soft in his old age? FormerHe's got game
Roger Gentilhomme of Falmouth, the 100-year old tennis player profiled in last Friday's Globe, is raising his game - and media profile - to new heights as he looks forward to this summer's National Senior Games in California. Charlie Gibson's ABC News crew spent Wednesday with Gentilhomme for an upcoming "World News Tonight" segment, and Regis Philbin is expected to announce on today's "Live With Regis and Kelly" that he'll be facing Gentilhomme in a singles tennis match to be taped in a few weeks. Philbin, a tennis enthusiast who's made a habit of issuing sporting challenges to super-senior athletes, last took on a 100-year old bowler.Spa treatment
Robert Kraft was at last night's opening of the new Renaissance Hotel & Spa at Patriot Place. The Pats poobah was joined by several players, including Stephen Gostkowski, Sammy Morris, Ty Warren, and Jarvis Green, as well as a few Pats cheerleaders.Fairey's tale
Celebrated street artist Shepard Fairey isn't upset at Boston, where he was busted by police on a host of vandalism charges related to his art. Speaking during a trip to Venice, where Fairey plastered posters and banners along the Grand Canal and at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, the artist blamed his arrest here on a vocal minority with "extreme and puritanical views." By the way, Fairey's headed back to the Hub this summer for the party celebrating the closing of his show at the ICA. He was arrested in February on his way to the opening party for the show.
Totenberg visits
NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg was in town this week reminiscing with WBUR's Robin Young about her career covering the Supreme Court. Totenberg, who dropped out of BU to write for the Boston Record American, spoke at Temple Israel as part of the New Center Live! program. She was gratified to see Greenway Conservancy chief Nancy Brennan, daughter of late Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, in the audience. Totenberg was moved to tears talking about Justice Brennan, whom she called the most "beguiling" person she'd ever known.
Extra-special look
"The Proposal" doesn't open until June 19, but all you extras who shot scenes for the film last summer can get a sneak peek to see if you made the final cut. Preview screenings of the romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, and Betty White are scheduled tomorrow at Showcase Cinemas in Woburn and Monday at AMC Boston Common. "The Proposal" is set in Sitka, Alaska, but was shot largely in Rockport.
Political action
Three former aides to Mitt Romney yesterday announced they've formed a Boston-based political consulting firm, and we're told their first client is already on board. Called the Shawmut Group, the firm includes Romney lieutenants Beth Myers, Peter Flaherty, Eric Fehrnstrom, and Rob Cole, a onetime aide to former New York governor George Pataki. The group's first gig is with Hillary Clinton's onetime rival, Rick Lazio, who's running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in New York. The Shawmut Group is also active with Romney's Free and Strong America PAC, which supports GOP candidates around the country.
Around town
Dick Ebersol and wife Susan Saint James were at Fenway last night in honor of their late son Teddy's birthday. . . . Writers Richard Russo and Jennifer Finney Boylan lunched yesterday at New Jumbo Seafood on Hudson Street. . . . Eliza Dushku and boyfriend Rick Fox dined with the actress's parents at Sonsie the other night. Dushku, who hails from Watertown, is in town shooting a movie called "Valediction."
Joseph Kahn and Sebastian Smee of the Globe staff contributed. Read the Names blog at www.boston.com/namesblog. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or 617-929-8253. 
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