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A strong foundation
The foundation created by former Pats lineman Joe Andruzzi and his wife, Jen , threw a festive fund-raiser last night at Cristina's in Foxborough. A cancer survivor, Andruzzi is raising serious dough for cancer research. The guest list included current and former Pats players Steve Grogan , Andre Tippett , Larry Izzo , Dan Koppen , and Mike Vrabel .
Keeping the 'Feud' all in the family
There was a funny moment during the "Family Feud" segment of Kevin Youkilis 's Hits for Kids fund-raiser Saturday night at Mohegan Sun. Asked to ID the sexiest New York Yankees, Sox skipper Terry Francona rang in with Jorge Posada . The Sox skipper's wife, Jacque , offered Johnny Damon , and Tito's daughters answered with Derek Jeter , Alex ...
Ben Folds folds Newton into mix
Newton South High School's student run a cappella group, The Newtones, will be teaming up with piano-pop star Ben Folds on an album of the best a cappella arrangements of his music done by high school, college, and professional a cappella choirs. The singer contacted the students after seeing them perform an arrangement of his song "Evaporated" on YouTube.com, said ...
Providing teamwork
The city's sports teams were in a giving mood yesterday. Celts All-Star Ray Allen and Hizzoner Tom Menino were at the Vine Street Community Center in Roxbury yesterday, where they provided a Thanksgiving feast to 275 families. (The ready-to-cook meal included turkey, gravy, stuffing, potatoes, salad, green beans, rolls, and, yes, pumpkin pie.) Not far away, Pats players and alums ...
Beam them up
There's a poignant scene in Mickey Rourke 's new movie "The Wrestler" in which the formerly famous strong man signs autographs at a fan fest and almost no one shows up. Such was not the case at Super Megafest, held this weekend at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel. A flier for the event advertised a who's who of has-beens, including former ...
Keeping up with Tom and Gisele
TMZ.com posted a short video yesterday of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen leaving the supermodel's New York City apartment. While the Pats QB isn't using crutches, he does walk with a discernible limp, and steps very gingerly into the back of a waiting SUV. Apparently, reports that No. 12 hasn't recovered full range of motion in his left knee are ...
Marisa, the Boss, and 'The Wrestler'
So what if Marisa Tomei did a sex scene in Sidney Lumet 's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" and bares almost everything in Darren Aronofsky 's new movie "The Wrestler." She's not becoming an adult film star. "It's a very big 'ha ha' moment from above, a cosmic joke," Tomei told us. "They were just the best films I ...
Screen gem
Actor Willem Dafoe , who plays good and bad guys with equal grace, was feted by the Brattle Film Foundation last night at the Charles Hotel. We're told Dafoe took a break from Lars Von Trier 's "Antichrist," now filming in the Netherlands, to attend. Previous honorees include Geraldine Chaplin and filmmaker Brad Anderson .
Side by side with 'Law & Order'
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star Mariska Hargitay was the headliner yesterday at a fund-raiser for Day One, a Providence sexual assault resource center. The organization chose the actress, daughter of the late starlet Jayne Mansfield , to speak based on her work as crusading NYC detective Olivia Benson.
A new look at the Kennedys
Director Robert Kline knows the Kennedys have been covered rather thoroughly, but he's hoping his documentary "The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings," based on the book by Thomas Maier , brings something new to the discussion. "In the back of my mind, I always wanted to pay homage to the Kennedys," said Kline, the cofounder of Lifetime and former VP at ...
Keeping up with Kim
Another day, another dollar. Such is the life of Kim Kardashian , who goes from one paid appearance to another when she's not taping her reality TV show, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." Reggie Bush 's bodacious girlfriend attracted admirers to Gypsy Bar Friday, hosting a party and posing for pictures with a steady stream of wannabes. She bolted Boston ...
Going the distance
Sol Guy understands why people are skeptical of charities endorsed by celebrities. "A lot of times, a famous face is slapped on a cause without any real connection," said the host of "4Real," a new TV show combining celebrity and social change. "Young people aren't buying the Sally Struthers commercial anymore." The half-hour show, which airs Sundays on the CW ...
Boys like fans
It's hard to believe, but only a few years ago Martin Johnson and his bandmates were huddled in an attic apartment in Taunton eating Cup-a-Soups. How times have changed. Yesterday, the Bay State-bred band known as Boys Like Girls were at Showcase Live in Foxborough, doing a meet-and-greet with a few of the 600,000 or so fans who bought the ...
Super fun doing the limbo
Pats pass rusher Jarvis Green (above left) didn't look the least bit scary as he entertained 300 Brockton boys and girls at Network Health's Halloween party.
Statue of Doug play at BC
Heisman hero Doug Flutie is about to be immortalized by Boston College. A life-size likeness of the pigskin paladin will be dedicated Nov. 7, the day before Doug's old team tackles Notre Dame at the Heights. Flutie, who was awarded college football's highest honor in 1984, will join some pretty impressive company on the BC campus: There are also statues ...
Reality bites
Actor Hamish Linklater , who costars with Julia Louis-Dreyfus in "The New Adventures of Old Christine," returned to his alma mater this weekend, helping the Commonwealth School celebrate its 50th anniversary at the Cyclorama. (Fellow grads on the guest list included Stefan Forbes , director of the new documentary "Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story," former ambassador to Croatia Peter ...
Words to the wise
Celebrated scribes Robert Pinsky and Jamaica Kincaid joined a cadre of young writers, including Janice Erlbaum , Booker Prize nominee Joseph O'Neill , and Elisa Albert , for a reading at the Coolidge Corner Theatre last night. The event was presented by Nextbook and the New Center for Arts and Culture, the cultural center to be built on the Greenway.
Taking a turn on the dark side
Blair Brown plays against type in J.J. Abrams 's noisy new sci-fi series "Fringe." The star of the '80s comedy "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" suddenly has a sinister side. "I like that you don't know if I'm a force for good or for evil," says Brown, who was in Boston to promote the show. ("Fringe" airs tonight ...
Friendly Fenway
A pretty day and a tied-up American League Championship Series drew the faithful to Fenway yesterday. As Harvard Business School professor Stephen Greyser quipped, "God intended for baseball to be played on a sunny day on natural grass." No offense, Tampa. Spotted near the Peking ravioli and shrimp-fried rice at the pregame soiree were BoSox brass Tom Werner , Larry ...
A jewel of a celebrity boutique
There were a few familiar faces at the LA opening of Some Odd Rubies. The boutique, which also has a location in the Big Apple, is co-owned by Casey Affleck 's wife, Summer Phoenix , her childhood friend Ruby Canner , and Odessa Whitmire , a former personal assistant to Ben Affleck and onetime girlfriend of Matt Damon . Celebs ...
Life in the cast lane
Boston native David Rapaport has hit the big time in LA. The casting agent, responsible for unearthing the stars of "Gossip Girl" and the new "90210," has been nominated, along with former partner Lindsey Hayes Kroeger , for a Casting Society of America award - the Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting a Dramatic Pilot, to be presented Nov. ...