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Are Tom Brady’s poster-boy status and off-the-field exploits becoming a distraction? Yesterday, the signal-caller and his supermodel spouse, Gisele Bundchen, were slapped with a lawsuit by photographers who claim the couple’s bodyguards fired shots at them after their (second) wedding in Costa Rica in April. In the suit, which was filed in federal court in New York and first reported by TMZ.com, the photogs and the Agence France-Presse news service contend they had permission to take pictures from a nearby property, but one of Brady’s security guards approached them and demanded their camera and memory card. One of the shutterbugs “managed to run off and escape,’’ but the other says he was “grabbed by the bodyguard, his arm twisted behind him and immobilized.’’ The suit claims five other men soon joined in and refused to let him go. Photographers Yuri Cortes of AFP and Rolando Aviles of the Costa Rican newspaper Al Dia claim they tried to speed away from the security, but “the Brady/Bundchen bodyguards opened fire with pistols,’’ shattering the rear window of their SUV and “narrowly missed striking the heads’’ of the two photogs. The suit alleges Brady and Bundchen were negligent in hiring and training the security team; they’re seeking more than $1 million in damages. As always, Brady’s peeps didn’t respond yesterday, but the QB looked unbothered while he and Gi enjoyed U2’s second show at Gillette Stadium Monday night. Also standing by the soundboard were Brady BFF Will McDonough, Fidelity’s Peter Lynch, Harrah’s CEO Gary Loveman, chef Michael Schlow, club owners Ed and Joe Kane, and, for the second night in a row, actress Ashley Judd.

News couple Bianca de la Garza and David Wade are calling it quits. The local morning anchors, who have been married for 12 years and work for competing stations - she’s with WCVB-TV (Channel 5), he’s with WBZ-TV (Channel 4) - confirmed the split yesterday through manager Mendes Napoli. “This is a very difficult time for both of them. Their focus remains today and in the future on raising their daughter,’’ said Napoli, who will continue to represent both de la Garza and Wade. In a Globe profile of the pair last year, Wade said, of competing with his wife for ratings: “For 30 seconds, there was a feeling of, all right, we are going to compete against each other. Does that mean we are going to have ill feelings toward the other. . .?’’ De la Garza said of the rivalry: “It brings out the best in both of us.’’

You don’t have to be decked out in Dolce & Gabbana to be a beauty. So says Miss USA Kristen Dalton, who admits she used to shop at consignment stores for her pageant outfits. “It’s not what you wear but how you present yourself,’’ Dalton says. The North Carolina native was at New Balance’s headquarters in Brighton yesterday to unveil Komen Court in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We couldn’t resist asking Dalton about her first runner-up, Miss California Carrie Prejean, who made headlines when she said she opposes same-sex marriage. “I think as an American citizen, you should have a well-rounded opinion,’’ Dalton said. “She spoke from her heart and gave her honest opinion.’’ Does Dalton feel differently about same-sex marriage? “Yes,’’ she said. Her duties done at New Balance yesterday, Dalton was headed to Newbury Street to shop. “I need boots - I love Jessica Simpson [boots] and Steve Madden [boots],’’ said Miss USA, who was delighted to hear that Katie Holmes and daughter Suri were strolling the trendy street the day before. “Oh, I would love to hold that child.’’

It’s no wonder Jennifer Garner knows a thing or two about the BoSox. Appearing Monday night on “The Jay Leno Show,’’ Ben Affleck’s better half said the Old Towne Team is always on the TV - “162 [games] . . . They’re on somewhere in the house if [Ben’s] around,’’ said Garner, who was hyping her new flick, “The Invention of Lying.’’ Asked to name the Sox lineup - Leno called it “the rundown’’ - the actress was more than up to speed. (Her only mistake: She referred to Victor Martinez as Alex Gonzalez.) While referring to herself as “a Varitek girl,’’ Garner said her favorite player is Kevin Youkilis. She also gave a shout-out to Big Papi and said Mike Lowell looks like George Clooney.

Legal Sea Foods got a shout-out on the season premiere of “Heroes’’ the other night. Milo Ventimiglia’s character is seen slurping chowder from one of Legal’s signature cups. Asked where the chowder’s from, Ventimiglia responds, “Legal Sea Foods. It’s in Boston.’’ Nice product placement, right? Turns out two former employees of Legal’s Park Square location - Emerson grads Steve McDormett and Jim Martin - work as writers on “Heroes’’ now.

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck is a frequent performer at the Berklee College of Music, so it’s only fitting that the school decided to give the 88-year-old pianist an honorary doctor of music degree over the weekend. Brubeck, best known for the hit “Take Five,’’ received the honor from Clint Eastwood and Berklee president Roger H. Brown on Sunday during the 52d Annual Monterey Jazz Festival.

Thriller writer and doctor Robin Cook was at the Coolidge Corner Theatre Monday night to introduce a screening of “Coma,’’ the 1978 movie based on his 1977 novel. “Coma,’’ which takes place in Boston, was directed by the late Michael Crichton and stars a young Ed Harris, Tom Selleck, Michael Douglas, and Geneviève Bujold. Cook appeared as part of the Coolidge’s “Science on Screen’’ series.