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While the crew cooled down with slushies yesterday, “What’s Your Number?’’ actors Anna Faris and Chris Evans filmed a scene outside Bova’s, at the corner of Salem and Prince streets in the North End. Filming, which started a few weeks ago and wraps July 16, had to be halted briefly as a fire truck drove through the scene with its lights and siren on.
Pride-ful time
Varla Jean Merman was the center of attention at the W Hotel the other night. The talented drag queen, who likes to boast that Ernest Borgnine is her father and Ethel Merman is her mother, was in town to shoot an ad promoting Boston Pride, the parade and festival that celebrates its 40th anniversary on June 12. Among those shmoozing with Varla, whose real name is Jeffery Roberson, were GLAAD cochairs Stacy VanDeveer and Rich Gardner, Boston Pride deputy director Keri Aulita, MassEquality political director Dee Dee Edmondson, and St. Jude’s event director John Martz. The celebrity marshal of this year’s parade will be Alexis Arquette, sibling of actors Rosanna, Patricia, Richmond, and David Arquette.On the scene with 'AI'
Mix 104.1’s Erin O’Malley is out in LA, where she was hanging with “American Idol’’ finalists Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze at theTalented twosome
What are the chances? Developer John Rosenthal has two goddaughters performing tomorrow in the Fenway. His niece, Jackie Berkley, who’s a voice major at Berklee College of Music, is singing the national anthem at the ballpark, while another goddaughter, Vermont-based singer Grace Potter, will be performing at the House of Blues. Turns out Potter’s parents, Peggy and Sparky, are two of Rosenthal’s closest friends.
Sea Dog heading to Hull
We’re told the Greatest Bar’s Peter Lucido and Jeff Boisseau, along with Altus Marketing’s Aaron Sells and Michael Nedeau of Party By Design, have reached a deal with Maine’s Sea Dog Brewing Co. to open a seaside pub at the Sunset Bay Marina in Hull. The new Sea Dog Brew Pub — the first location outside Maine — will open its doors June 9.
Brady suit thrown out
A lawsuit filed against Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen stemming from the April 2009 shooting at the couple’s wedding celebration in Costa Rica has been thrown out. New York State Supreme Court Justice Judith Gische ruled the court has no jurisdiction over the lawsuit, which was filed by Agence France Presse and the two photographers it hired to photograph Brady and Bundchen. The judge said there’s nothing connecting the case to New York because neither Brady nor Bundchen now live in the Big Apple. “This complaint must otherwise be dismissed because the court does not have personal jurisdiction over either of the defendants,’’ Gische said in her decision. “Costa Rica is a substantially more convenient forum for the parties’ disputes than New York.’’ In their suit, the photographers claim bodyguards for Tom and Gi demanded their cameras and memory cards, and when they refused, one of the bodyguards allegedly shot at the photographers’ vehicle. A bullet narrowly missed photographers, who are both citizens of Costa Rica. The ruling, first reported by the New York Post, lets Brady and his supermodel bride off the hook for the incident involving photographers Yuri Cortez and Rolando Aviles. Attorney John Gleason, representing the shutterbugs and AFP, said the plaintiffs are considering an appeal. He said his clients chose not to sue in Costa Rica because the courts are too slow there. (The lawsuit, filed last fall, sought at least $1 million in damages from Brady and Bundchen.) “I was told it often takes 10 years for a civil case to be concluded,’’ said Gleason. The Pats QB was not among the players who spoke to the media yesterday.
In Wolf’s den
There were plenty of familiar faces in the crowd at Peter Wolf’s show at the Wilbur the other night. Among the crowd listening to the J. Geils singer croon tunes from his new CD, “Midnight Souvenirs,’’ were Comedy Connection owner Bill Blumenreich, chef Michael Schlow, Nebo owners Carla and Christine Pallotta — Wolf dedicated a tune to their father — former WBCN jock Mark Parenteau, ’BCN’s Cha-Chi Loprete, club owner Ed Kane, Geils bassist Danny Klein, songwriters Dennis Brennan and David Johnston, Phoenix peeps David Bieber and Lloyd Schwartz, Fenway Recordings owner Mark Kates, Doug Slade of the late great Hallucinations, WUMB program director John Laurenti, longtime Howard Zinn assistant Janice Tumonis, Wolf’s assistant Mimi Fox, Richie and Raffi Bezjian and Nathalie Biddle of Leo’s Place, former Mass. State Lottery director Paul Sternburg, and money men Alex Zecca of Raptor Global Funds, Highland Capital’s Bob Davis, Jon Strymish of the New England Mobile Book Fair, and David Andonian of DACE Ventures. From the stage, Wolf mentioned that his ex, Faye Dunaway, once performed at the Wilbur. “It’s very nice to take over her dressing room,’’ he said. “Who gets the last laugh?’’
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