Is Lydon's next radio gig in NYC?

By Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan, Globe Staff  |  April 25, 2007

Looks like Christopher Lydon is getting restless again. Word is the well-traveled radio personality may be bound for New York. We're told that Lydon, who hosts "Open Source" on WGBH, is in negotiations for an on-air gig at Bloomberg Radio, and it could be the prime-time slot occupied until recently by Michael Goldman and Tom Moroney. (Moroney, the former "Greater Boston" correspondent, is still on the air for Bloomberg, but Goldman, a veteran Democratic political consultant, is back in Boston.) Lydon declined to talk to us yesterday, and the bosses at Bloomberg Radio didn't return our call. If Lydon does bolt, it's likely that WGBH will pull the plug on "Open Source," a public-affairs program carried by about 40 public radio stations around the country. Lydon may be best known as the originator of WBUR's "The Connection," which he left in 2002 after a bruising battle with station management over control of the show. Moroney's show, called "Simply Put," airs weeknights on Bloomberg Radio, which is broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Bundchen moves closer to Brady

Back when Gisele Bundchen was dating Leonardo DiCaprio, a plush LA pad made a lot of sense. But now that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is the object of her affection, who needs it? The Los Angeles Times reports that the Brazilian supermodel has sold her swank, 4,000-square-foot home in the Hollywood Hills, and will now make the Big Apple her base of operations. Bundchen sold the four-bedroom Spanish hacienda, not far from the Sunset Strip, for $4 million, a modest sum for the 26-year-old woman rated the world's richest supermodel by Guinness World Records. Brady, of course, has his own Manhattan manse.

Principal: No pass for chaperone at ART

The visiting school choir that stormed out of Mike Daisey's show at the American Repertory Theatre the other night insists it wasn't warned that Daisey's monologue would be so dirty. But John Johnson, principal of Norco High School in California, said that doesn't excuse the group's chaperone, who poured water on Daisey's script notes. (YouTube's got the tape of the walkout.)

A solo album from a Dresden Doll

Billboard reports that Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls is in Nashville recording a solo album with Ben Folds. "The songs range from intimate ballads to faster and harder Amanda-assaults-the-piano thrillers," the singer said in a statement. "The final result should be biblical ." Dresden Dolls, a duo that includes Palmer and drummer Brian Viglione, are set to hit the road this summer as part of the "True Colors" tour, which will feature old friends Cyndi Lauper, Erasure, and Debbie Harry.

A tuxedo-clad John Williams conducted members of the Boston Pops just outside the Harvard Square T station as cameras rolled. The segment -- and another with conductor Keith Lockhart -- will be part of a new Pops video intro this season.

"Present Laughter" stars Victor Garber and Brooks Ashmanskas and director Nicholas Martin took a break during rehearsals yesterday. The show opens next month at the Huntington Theatre. . . . Oscar winner Chris Cooper is a jury member for the Tribeca Film Festival, which opens tonight. The Kingston resident will join "Sopranos" star Edie Falco, film director Goran Paskaljevic, "Maria Full of Grace" actress Catalina Sandino Moreno , and director-producer Barry Sonnenfeld to dole out awards and $90,000 in prize money. . . . Patriots wide receiver Donté Stallworth was living it up in New York last weekend, hitting the Plumm for the "Saturday Night Live" after-after party, which started at 4 a.m. Sunday. Head writer and New Hampshire native Seth Meyers was on hand, along with castmates Fred Armisen, Andy Samberg, Kenan Thompson, and Jason Sudeikis. . . . Tony Award-winning actor Brian F. O'Byrne joined the cast of Showtime's "Brotherhood," which just began shooting its second season in Providence.

Geoff Edgers contributed. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253.