Light on his skeet

Matt Light and several of his Pats teammates made a big bang yesterday at the beefy lineman's celebrity shoot-out, an annual fund-raiser for the Light Foundation. The event, ably emceed by comedian Lenny Clarke, was held at Addieville Farm in Mapleville, R.I., and featured some fine barbecue from Capital Grille and plenty of live music. Teammates pulling the trigger included Russ Hochstein, Dan Koppen, Logan Mankins, Larry Izzo, Sammy Morris, Stephen Neal, Lonie Paxton, Ty Warren, Nick Kaczur, Pierre Woods, and Stephen Gostkowski, among others. The VIP guests also included NFL Hall of Famer Andre Tippett, skier Bode Miller, champion skeet shooter Todd Bender, chef Ming Tsai, and gun-loving Godsmack singer Sully Erna.

Gisele Bundchen is putting her boyfriend ahead of business. After Tom Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury Sunday, we're told that his supermodel sweetheart temporarily postponed a trip to Brazil and flew instead to Boston to be with No. 12. But she didn't stay long. Late yesterday, she was winging her way to São Paulo, where she's scheduled to shoot a Pantene commercial, meet with Colcci's design team, and do some environmental work. You don't become the world's richest supermodel by being Florence Nightingale.

In a flashback to the 1998 Oscars, Matt Damon once again made mom Nancy Carlsson-Paige his date - this time, for the OneXOne gala and concert in Toronto on Monday. (Wife Luciana was home taking care of new baby Gia.) This was the third year Damon has headlined for OneXOne, which supports international children's charities. This year, Wyclef Jean, John Legend, and the African Children's Choir performed.

Party at Lou Gorman's house! Omni Foods was recently approved to sell wine in the well-heeled western suburb of Weston, and today the former Sox GM will be the first person in more than a century to buy a bottle of booze in the town. Store owner Suren Avedisian told us he picked Gorman - a Weston resident who patronizes the store almost daily - to give the historic event a little pizazz. Gorman's drink of choice? He'll purchase a bottle of Lindemans Chardonnay.

It's been open for business for almost a month, but now it's official: Shari Redstone, National Amusements president, was joined by Aerosmith's Joey Kramer and Magic Dick from the J. Geils Band, among others, at a soiree celebrating the opening of Showcase Live in Foxborough last night.

We're told that "Edge of Darkness" director Martin Campbell has scrapped plans to shoot a scene tomorrow at the Framingham Service Plaza on the Mass Pike. Campbell is coping with the sudden departure of Robert De Niro, who up and quit last week. (The actor's spokesman cited "creative differences.") While producers try to find a replacement, Campbell is filming scenes with Mel Gibson and costars Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts, and Bojana Novakovic.

Now we know why "Animal Planet" host Jeff Corwin was a no-show at last weekend's Plimoth Plantation fund-raiser. The Norwell native and his wife were celebrating the birth of their second child, a daughter named Marina. . . . We just got word that author and illustrator Peter Reynolds, who's working on a book inspired by the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, got hitched to Russian jewelry designer Diana Gaikazova. The ceremony, officiated by Dedham state Representative Paul McMurtry, was held on the Quincy shore over the weekend. . . . Bruin Marco Sturm celebrated his 30th birthday with a few dozen friends and teammates at Lydia Shire's Scampo the other night.

All Byfield mom Janice Ardolino wanted was a real birthday party, and Rachael Ray will give it to her, on-air, today. Ardolino, who grew up the youngest of six girls, with a single mom, said she always dreamed of a big to-do, with lots of balloons, dancing, and guests. (Her family's m.o. was the sisters and a cake, she said.) So when she saw an ad soliciting 40th birthday stories on Ray's show (in honor of the cooking diva's own big 40 on Aug. 25), she wrote in about her "uneventful" 40th on July 10. "I thought somebody was going to throw me a 40th birthday party, but my birthday came and went," said Ardolino, who got a cake from her boyfriend and went fishing with her 8-year-old daughter, Jessica. Ray's people filmed her at home and at her favorite store, Byfield's Main Street Mini Mart, and then brought her down to New York City for a big surprise. "I had a blast," she said. All will be revealed on Ray's show, which airs at 10 a.m. today on WBZ.

Afternoon showers didn't stop Patriot Ty Warren and about 150 volunteers from building a new playground at Dorchester's Dudley Village yesterday in just one day. Warren put his considerable muscle behind the project while employees from Home Depot - along with folks from the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation and nonprofit KaBOOM! - put up slides, benches, and picnic tables.

Word is James Taylor will be on ABC next week performing live from the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge. Sweet Baby James, whose CD "Covers" comes out Friday, is kicking off ABC's "50 States, 50 Days," during which the network will report from every state leading up to the presidential election.

The fab frocks of designer and RISD alum Nicole Romano, whose creations have graced"Sex and the City," will be on the catwalk at a fashion show celebrating the release of the movie's DVD on Sept. 23 at The Estate. (A piece by "Sex" stylist Patricia Field will also be auctioned off.) Serge Safar and Omid Maxey of Salon Safar are doing hair for the show. Life is good for the two master stylists, who will also be backstage styling at Zac Posen's New York Fashion Week show tomorrow.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffet tosses a ceremonial first pitch last night at Fenway Park before the Sox took on the Tampa Bay Rays.

Erica Noonan of the Globe Staff contributed. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253.