PAUL MORSEFrom left: Paul Pierce, former President Bill Clinton, and Usher at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
(Paul Morse)
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Spreading the truth about fitness
PAUL MORSEFrom left: Paul Pierce, former President Bill Clinton, and Usher at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
(Paul Morse)
Celts captain Paul Pierce was among a slew of celebs at the Clinton Global Initiative this week. No. 34 was there to tout the “Truth on Health’’ campaign, an effort to help America’s young people get fit. A big piece of the program is Pierce’s FitClub34, a website sponsored by Harvard Pilgrim that provides kids with information needed to get healthy. (Pierce kicks off the campaign locally tomorrow.) Other famous friends of Bill (Clinton) attending the New York conference included Brad Pitt, Barbra Streisand, Goldie Hawn, Usher, and Jessica Alba.
Feet first
Sans shoes, Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell started shooting “The Other Guys’’ in New York this week. The cop comedy, directed by Adam McKay and written by McKay and Chris Henchy, is about a forensic accountant (Ferrell) who’s more interested in paperwork than police work. Wahlberg plays his partner.
Telling some fish stories
David Kinney, whose book about the monthlong Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby has been optioned by Steven Spielberg, returned to the Rock yesterday. This year’s derby is underway, but Kinney wasn’t there to fish. The author of “The Big One: An Island, An Obsession, and the Furious Pursuit of a Great Fish’’ spoke to injured vets who were invited by derby organizers to take part in the tourney. (The soldiers, who came from hospitals in Maine and D.C., were put up at Bob Nixon’s Beach Plum Inn in Chilmark and treated to a special screening of Spielberg’s classic “Jaws.’’) Kinney isn’t sure when the book might make it to the big screen, but he’s not holding his breath. “It’s a long process,’’ he said.
Fighting words?
Is Marquis Daniels a fan of dog fighting? The newest Celtic swears he isn’t, but this tweet had some people wondering: “Any body got a rednose pit dat u wana breed wit my Orlando raised brown eyed Doberman I have her tail n ears clipped . . . she’s a prize fighter.’’ Shades of Michael Vick? No, says Daniels. Asked by a blogger about the “prize fighter’’ comment, Daniels tweeted: “To whom it may concern I don’t fight dogs/cats/chickens/elephants/kangaroos r whateva it was a joke . . . Stop tryin to make nothin into somethin.’’Perry’s science talk
Aerosmith ax man Joe Perry was in D.C. yesterday, where he joined the likes of will.i.am, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, and Seal in calling for critical, life-saving medical research. The self-described Rock Stars of Science made the rounds on Capitol Hill and talked to the media. Perry told CNN’s John Roberts he harbored ambitions of becoming a scientist. “I was totally fascinated by marine life, and I really wanted to become one of Jacques Cousteau’s helpers,’’ Perry said. Asked about the future of Aerosmith, the guitarist sounded uncertain. “We decided to pull back and just kind of take a vacation or a hiatus, so to speak. And we’re not really sure when we’ll start, so I’ve been concentrating on my new solo record.’’Around town
Ada Aimee De La Cruz, 2009 Miss Dominican Republic and runner-up in the Miss Universe Pageant, did a little shopping at the Tannery in Harvard Square yesterday with state Senator Anthony Galluccio. De La Cruz is in town for the Latin Pride National Awards. . . . Jazz man Branford Marsalis lunched at Sonsie before his gig at Berklee. . . . Actress Bernadette Peters will join conductor Keith Lockhart at BC tonight for the annual Pops on the Heights Scholarship Gala, a highlight of Parents’ Weekend. . . . New Kid Danny Wood will join WCVB’s Kelley Tuthill at tomorrow’s Komen Race for the Cure. Wood kicks off the event today with a performance at the Seaport World Trade Center.Read the Names blog at www.boston.com/namesblog. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253. 
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