Get me rewrite! And a robe!
''The Departed" gang was back at Flagship Wharf in Charlestown yesterday, where passersby got a glimpse of both Jack Nicholson and director Martin Scorsese. The waterfront condominiums not far from the USS Constitution serve as Nicholson's pad in the picture, which also stars Leonardo DiCaprio and our own Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg. The New York Daily News reported yesterday that Nicholson, randy old actor that he is, has requested a partial rewrite of William Monahan's script, suggesting he use a prosthetic appendage in a scene in which he rolls around with two women. Hmm. Scorsese's reaction? ''Go for it." . . . And keep your eyes peeled around town for President Jed Bartlet, aka Martin Sheen, who's reportedly replaced Irish actor Gerard McSorley in ''The Departed."
Rushes and judgment
Whether shot in downtown Boston, the former Quincy shipyard, Flagship Wharf, or Castle Island, every frame of film from ''The Departed" is being scanned by editor Thelma Schoonmaker. The two-time Oscar winner, who's worked with director Martin Scorsese for 25 years, is editing film daily at Emerson College, school spokesman David Rosen confirmed yesterday. And since June 13, Scorsese and members of the cast and crew have gathered nightly at Emerson to review their efforts. ''They were looking for suitable facilities to edit the dailies and view them," Rosen said. ''We have a very small summer school, so we can accommodate their needs." Students hanging around can ''assist as needed," said Rosen.Stranger and a strange land
He's enjoying himself on Broadway, but former ''NYPD Blue" star Gordon Clapp knows he's in enemy territory. The New Hampshire native, who's winning raves in ''Glengarry Glen Ross," is desperately seeking out fellow Sox fans while in the Big Apple. ''The nadir of my career as a baseball fan was when I had to listen to those 'Who's your daddy!' chants," said Clapp, Detective Medavoy on ''Blue." The actor, a Williams grad who last worked in Boston in a play at the Huntington in '91, said TV shows and movies pay the bills but he's enjoying stage work right now. (Understandable, since Clapp's cast mates include Alan Alda, Jeffrey Tambor, and Liev Schreiber.) ''This has been a trip," he said. ''It's really a thrill to go to work every night, and see these other great actors going to work."Another magazine issue resolved
Boston magazine's parent company, Metro Corp., and Niche Media LLC, which is launching Boston Common magazine, have resolved a dispute over Boston Common's use of advertising contacts belonging to Boston magazine, according to Robert A. Bertsche, Boston mag's lawyer. (No details were released.) Last month, the magazine filed a complaint against Niche Media and sales staff who left to work for the new glossy. Jason Binn, CEO of Niche Media, said that the use took place without his knowledge.Cheerful visitations
Faneuil Hall merchants Carol Troxell and Sara Youngelson are all atwitter about rubbing elbows with actor James Caan and son Jimmy at Nantucket's White Elephant over the weekend. . . . Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo will plug his new album with a show at Avalon on July 13. . . . Pats cheerleaders Alison Preston, Amber van Eeghen, Melinda McGrath, and Lori Baranski and director Tracy Sormanti are home after a jaunt of support in the Persian Gulf.They said it
'I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams. . . . I have come home again.' Singer Billy Corgan, announcing in a full-page ad in the Chicago Tribune yesterday that he is reviving his former band the Smashing Pumpkins.Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253.
