Sick as a dog, but getting better
She's supposed to be back at her post in the lobby of the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel first thing this morning. But it's been a tough week for Catie Copley, the 4-year-old black Labrador retriever and the hotel's famed official greeter, who landed in Angell Memorial Animal Hospital. Doctors there believe Catie, who is walked by guests who book their times with her months in advance of their arrival, got a bone or stick caught in her throat and that led to an infection. ``We're not sure what happened, but it was scary," said the hotel's GM, Jonathan Crellin. ``She's out of the hospital . . . getting better and should be back [today]." Catie's absence did not go unnoticed. ``It's just amazing the reception she receives. People were worried about where she was . . . and when she was coming back," said Crellin.
Howard Stern’s new hire
A few months ago, Jason Sirotin was just an acolyte of Howard Stern's. Now he's an employee. That's right, Sirotin, who lived in Ayer not so long ago, was hired by Stern after his short film was the first runner-up at the inaugural Howard Stern Film Festival. (Called ``No Signal," the quickie movie tells the story of a boss who tries to appease an office of renegade Stern fans.) The curly-haired King of All Media liked the film so much he gave Sirotin a job as a producer at the talk show host's TV channel, Howard Stern In-Demand. ``I'm going through all of Howard's old E! shows and adding the material -- the bad words, the nudity -- that had to be censored before," says Sirotin. ``It's the best job in the world."Horovitz lets hack attack roll off back
In his welcoming speech to the audience at the opening night of the new musical "Calvin Berger," Gloucester Stage's artistic director Israel Horovitz addressed the news that the theater company's website had been hacked by supporters of Hezbollah. "Evidently they were targeting my first name," Horovitz quipped. "This isn't at all a new phenomenon. Tennessee Williams told me that he had the same problem during the Civil War." Horovitz also pointed out that he was retiring as active head of the theater but would not be disappearing: ``I'm not Andre Agassi. My back is fine."Bruins great Ray Bourque was joined by former Sox pitchers Oil Can Boyd, Bill "Spaceman" Lee, and John Tudor as the North Shore Oldtimers took on the Peabody Police Department for the 50th anniversary baseball game to support the Jimmy Fund. The teams dedicated yesterday morning's game in Peabody to Sox pitcher Jon Lester, who was recently diagnosed with a treatable form of anaplastic large cell lymphoma. . . . ``Grey's Anatomy" star Ellen Pompeo called into Ellen O'Brien and Ted Wayman's Saturday morning chat show on WRKO giving her support to O'Brien's participation in Saturday's Swim for Life. O'Brien will be raising money in the swim off the coast of Provincetown for local AIDS and Women's Health organizations. The Everett native, who will be in town Friday for the opening night of the Boston Film Festival, said that ``Grey's Anatomy" is focusing more on letting the interns stay interns for a while.
Bolton drops in for a friend
Michael Bolton flew into Foxborough Friday night and was back out after a few songs. But the singer, who belted some new takes on old Frank Sinatra tunes, said he'd make any trek for his friend Michael Intoccia, who is partners with Chris Spinazzola and others in the new StoneForge restaurant on Route 1 near Gillette Stadium.'Contessa' visits `Madame X'
The Food Network's "Barefoot Contessa," Ina Garten , and her husband, Jeffrey, came up from New York over the weekend to catch the "Americans in Paris" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts. Garten, whose latest book is "Barefoot in Paris," told the show's curator , Erica Hirshler , that she was particularly interested in seeing Sargent's ``Madame X" in the context of the show. After Hirshler's guided tour of the galleries, Garten and company had brunch at the MFA's Bravo. . . . Actor James Brolin stopped by the Union Oyster House Sunday night, where Mr. Barbra Streisand had dinner and signed the autograph book at the historic eatery. . . . Peter Wolf, Al Kooper, and Duke Levine all were in the audience the other night for Willy De-Ville's trio in from New Orleans for a concert at the Charles Hotel's Regattabar.Scott Heller of the Globe staff contributed. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253. 
