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Dumped by his previous legal team because he misled them, celebrated street artist Shepard Fairey has enlisted the services of two heavy hitters from Harvard. Fairey, who’s in a copyright battle over his ballyhooed Barack Obama “HOPE’’ poster, is being repped now by William Fisher III, director of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and John Palfrey, a professor and vice dean at Harvard Law School. (Attempts to reach Fisher and Palfrey were unsuccessful yesterday.) Fairey’s original legal team, led by Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project at Stanford, walked out on him after the artist acknowledged he was “mistaken’’ about which Associated Press photo he used to create his famous image and then attempted to destroy evidence of his error. Fairey, whose work was on display at the ICA throughout the summer, claimed the “HOPE’’ image was based on a 2006 photo of then-Senator Barack Obama, seated next to George Clooney at a press event in D.C. Fairey now says that he used a solo, close-up shot of Obama, as the AP had alleged. In approving Falzone’s request to ditch Fairey, Judge Alvin Hellerstein said yesterday he will revisit Fairey’s actions, calling them potentially a “crime of fraud.’’

What do Miley Cyrus and Santa Claus have in common? They arrive in Boston by helicopter. According to Julie Burns, the city’s director of arts, tourism, and special events, Cyrus is one of the only artists to arrive in Boston’s North End by helicopter before a TD Garden performance. Even U2 manages to take a regular car to the venue. “Maybe Elton John did it, but that would have been years ago,’’ Burns said, explaining that Cyrus had to make the dramatic landing in the North End’s Puopolo Park on Monday so that she could make it from New York to the Garden in time for her afternoon sound check. Burns said the next time a famous person lands in Puopolo Park by helicopter, it will be Santa Claus - for a city holiday event next month.

Boston University grad Ginnifer Goodwin is all for turkeys - protecting them, not eating them. The actress, best known for “Big Love’’ and “He’s Just Not That Into You,’’ stars in a new public service announcement campaign for Farm Sanctuary’s Adopt-A-Turkey project, which aims to keep turkeys safe from slaughter. Goodwin says, on Farm Sanctuary’s website, “After spending time with the rescued turkeys at Farm Sanctuary’s shelter and seeing how similar they are to my furry companion animals at home, I knew I needed to do everything in my power to protect these friendly and curious birds from the daily pain and suffering they endure on factory farms.’’ Goodwin also says, of her recent trip to the shelter, “I grew fairly attached to a turkey named Magnolia. And there’s a badass goat who likes to play good-natured butting-heads games with humans. I dug her.’’ For the record, Goodwin - a vegan - says she’ll be cooking Tofurky for Thanksgiving.

Ray Kelvin, the notoriously shy founder of the British clothing line Ted Baker, confesses that his clothes do not bear his name because he feared the business would never survive when it was launched in 1988. Kelvin, who will be in Boston tonight to celebrate the splashy opening of his Newbury Street boutique with a posh tea party, didn’t want his name on the door for fear he would forever be branded a failure if the store flopped. So now that he has an established brand on his hands with stores in 17 countries, has he ever considered changing his name to Ted Baker? “It has never occurred to me,’’ he says defiantly. On the phone, Kelvin is personable and downright witty. So what’s all this drivel about his shyness? “Well,’’ he says thoughtfully, “I would say that I’m shy talking about personal matters, but not the business.’’

Penn Jillette’s silent partner Teller was in town yesterday. We know because he tweeted about a meeting with director Aaron Posner - they discussed a future production of “The Tempest’’ - and his plan to see “Sleep No More’’ at the ART. . . . Pats running back Fred Taylor is enjoying himself while he rehabs his injured ankle. Taylor kicked back on one of the plush leather couches at Kings Back Bay the other night. . . . Roger Daltrey dined at Davios the other night. The Who frontman, who performed the night before at the House of Blues, had the codfish and a few glasses of an Oregon pinot noir. Perhaps to soothe his ravaged vocal cords, he ended the evening with a cup of chamomile tea. . . . Yankee Johnny Damon celebrated his second World Series ring with a trip to Las Vegas. TMZ posted a pic of the former Sox centerfielder and his wife, Michelle, looking a little the worse for wear at the Hard Rock Hotel. (Johnny is wearing a shirt that looks like it may have been a tablecloth at one point.) According to the website, the pair ordered bottles of Jack Daniels and Patron while at the casino’s Wasted Space club, and Damon’s former teammate Jason Giambi sent the couple a bottle of Dom Perignon.

“Entourage’’ has wrapped for the season, but the show’s stars, including Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, and Jerry Ferrara, hit the links in LA this week to raise some money for the Mark Wahlberg Foundation. The Dorchester-bred actor hosted the event, which also attracted Jack Nicholson, Don Cheadle, Greg Kinnear, “Mad Men’’ star Jon Hamm, “Desperate Housewives’’ hunk James Denton, and Andover’s own Michael Chiklis. “I cannot be put in this position and forget about where I came from,’’ said Wahlberg. “We’re just trying to create opportunities, especially for at-risk youth.’’

Veterans Day arrived early for two Air Force officers, who were treated to makeovers yesterday at the Belmont salon Leon & Co. Stylist Jodie Morris, wife of Bruins defenseman Derek Morris, partnered with the salon to give new looks to Master Sergeants Michelle Colburn and Brenda Rios. In addition to a new ’do, the two moms got their makeup done by a Boston Bruins Ice Girl. (The women’s daughters also got a little VIP treatment.)

Celtics Rajon Rondo, Glen Davis, J.R. Giddens, and Bill Walker were at the State Room yesterday to play with exotic animals (including a baby alligator) and to read to children from the Franklin Park Tenants Association. The afternoon was part of the team’s Read to Achieve program. The animals came from Curious Creatures.