Brady suing Yahoo! over image in ad
For a guy who once posed with a goat in the pages of GQ, Tom Brady is surprisingly protective of his image. Exhibit A is a lawsuit the Pats QB just filed against
Mixing it up with Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo opens up in the new issue of Playboy, recalling her days as a Boston bartender. "I wouldn't say I was a good drink-maker, but I was a very good hustler," says the Everett-bred actress and star of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy." "I'd abuse the customers, yell and scream at them, and make them wait." Asked which Hollywood hotties she'd like to make out with, Pompeo, who's engaged to be married, laughs. "Ooh! Angelina Jolie. She's gorgeous. Or Sandra Oh." And about all those internal organs on "Grey's Anatomy" -- turns out they're real. Sort of. "I think they're lamb or cow or something. . . . But what's amazing about the brain is that it's almost like scrambled eggs or soft tofu, almost like a gel. The brain controls so much of what we do, but you could put your finger right through it."
Beating the drum for Lou Reed
Tony "Thunder" Smith is one distinguished dude, having drummed for an eclectic crowd that includes Jeff Beck, Serge Gainsbourg, and Nina Hagen. This week, Smith, who teaches at Berklee and lives in the South End with his wife, actress Manera Smith, is in New York working with Lou Reed on a production of Reed's classic LP "Berlin." (To be staged next week at the Arts at St. Ann's in Brooklyn and, later, at the Sydney Festival in Australia, the show is being designed by artist Julian Schnabel, with musical direction by Bob Ezrin and Hal Willner, and chops by Reed regulars Steve Hunter, Fernando Saunders, Rob Wasserman, and Smith.) "When I work with Lou, I become incredibly monogamous," says Smith, who has played with Reed for 12 years. "I like to work with him because he knows what he wants."
Damon gets serious on O’Reilly’s show
Catch Johnny Damon on Bill O'Reilly's show? Seems the Sox's famously frivolous former center fielder is an idiot no more. Damon, whom O'Reilly respectfully called "Mr. Damon," was rapping about his support for the Wounded Warrior Project, which helps servicemen and women wounded in Iraq. Seems Johnny's dad, Jimmy Damon, was a career Army non-commissioned officer and a Vietnam veteran.
"Rescue Me" star Denis Leary, whose mug makes the cover of the new issue of Boston Common, stopped in at XV Beacon for a photograph before heading off to the magazine's swank holiday party at Artistry, Jim Apteker's new joint in the Fort Port Channel area. . . . Leon de Magistris of Leon & Company in Belmont and his son, Dante, chef of the eponymous eatery at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge, have just returned from a fun-filled trip to Rome. The pair helped organize the city's annual Cento Alberi auction, and also picked up three kilos -- about 7 pounds -- of truffles that'll be served at Dante's restaurant.
Ever since "Jaws," Richard Dreyfuss has been an occasional visitor to Martha's Vineyard. He returned again this week, but not to relax on the beach. The actor convened a crowd of islanders and experts at Tisbury's Katherine Cornell Theater to talk about, of all things, civics. Dreyfuss hopes to create a civics curriculum that can be taught in the schools on the Vineyard. . . . Each night, someone is plucked from the audience at "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and made to squirm in the spotlight. This week, Lauren Gaul of the Radio City Rockettes was one of the unlucky ones. Introducing the leggy lass, the "Spelling Bee" moderator, played by Betsy Wolfe, said: "When Ms. Gaul grows up, she hopes to become a dancer, a toy soldier, a reindeer, or all of the above?" The Rockettes' "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" opened last night at the Wang Theatre.
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