Will Madonna be part of Fenway lineup?
Could we see Madonna playing center field at Fenway Park? Media reports and a Madonna fan website say the Material Girl is going on a US tour that will include shows in Boston June 16 and 17, when the Red Sox will conveniently be playing in Atlanta. The reports also list dates for other cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, when teams in those cities are out of town. For the five nights in New York, the New York Mets happen to have an extended out-of-town run, leaving Shea Stadium free. And as was the case when Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Buffett, and the Rolling Stones played Fenway, the Sox will be out of town on the days leading up to the show, so there would be time to set up the equipment. Official sources were mum yesterday. But, according to the reports, Madonna would sandwich in the US dates before ending her tour in Australia in September. Should her US tour materialize, it'll be an expensive ticket. They're expected to peak at $650, according to the reports, with the majority of tickets falling in the $150 to $200 range. If Mrs. Guy Ritchie does play the ballpark, her stage show promises to be very Studio 54. ''If I go on tour, it would be next summer," the Material Girl told Billboard in November. ''And it would be all-out disco, with lots of disco balls."
Hasty Pudding pots to Gere, Berry
Those wackadoodle Hasty Pudding Theatricals will be lacing up their corsets for Richard Gere and Halle Berry next month. The awards, announced late yesterday, are given by the country's oldest undergraduate drama troupe to performers who've made a ''lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment." As is tradition, Berry will be feted first. On Feb. 16, the Oscar-winning actress will be paraded around Harvard Square -- weather permitting -- surrounded by students dressed in drag. And on Feb. 24, Gere will get his tribute at the opening-night performance of ''Some Like It Yacht." Last year's honorees were Catherine Zeta-Jones and Tim Robbins. Previous recent recipients include Sandra Bullock and Robert Downey Jr., Anjelica Huston and Martin Scorsese, and Sarah Jessica Parker and Bruce Willis.Duchovny film evokes painful memory
We knew the hatred between Red Sox fans and their New York Yankees counterparts ran deep, but who knew it was this deep? Former ''X-Files" star David Duchovny, a New York City native, has written and plans to direct a script he calls ''Bucky [expletive] Dent," which the trade publication Variety described as ''a father/son story, and the title refers to the dad's status as a huge fan of the Boston Red Sox." Duchovny actually takes the title from the curse that has been uttered throughout New England since former Yankees shortstop Bucky Dent hit a tie-breaking home run against the Sox at the end of the 1978 season.Simmons sets leadership lineup
Attorney and community activist Elizabeth Edwards, former Paramount Pictures honcho Sherry Lansing, best-selling author Isabel Allende, CNN morning show co-anchor Soledad O'Brien, and actress-producer and human-rights activist Alfre Woodard (most recently of ''Desperate Housewives" fame) are among those participating in the 27th annual Simmons School of Management Leadership Conference. The daylong conference is planned for April 22 at the Seaport World Trade Center.A directing Jones
Actor Tommy Lee Jones was in town this week promoting ''The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada," which marks the Harvard alum's first turn as a director. After a day of interviews on Wednesday, Jones hosted a fund-raiser for the Harvard Film Archive that included a screening of the film; later, he was spotted having dinner at chef Jody Adams's Rialto in the Charles Hotel.Helping a clinic grow
In preparation for tonight's 21st annual Anthony Spinazzola Foundation Gala Festival of Food and Wine, some of the event's supporters stopped by the Grow Clinic at the Boston Medical Center. The foundation's donation to the clinic over the years just passed the $1 million mark. On hand for yesterday's tour were Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart and Danny Meyer, founder of the Union Square Hospitality Group in New York City. Meyer will receive the foundation's Classic Citizen Award from Chris Spinazzola, chairman of the foundation, which is named for his late father, the Globe's former restaurant critic.Tai airs some career advice
Best known to local radio listeners as ''morning guy Tai," former WFNX DJ Tom Irwin will be using his mike skills for a different purpose. Irwin will be an audio production career adviser to students at The New England Institute of Art in Brookline. Irwin's 20-year career in Boston includes stints at several FM spots, including WFNX, WRKO, WZLX, and WROR. Most recently, he's been on Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253. 
