Dan Gross began working at the Philadelphia Daily News in 1998 while studying at Temple University. His local gossip column covers the behavior, and often the misbehavior, of celebrities as well as entertainment news, and more. It runs Mondays through Thursdays in the Daily News and on Philly.com.
THE CONTEST has returned.
By overwhelming demand, or at least a handful of inquiries, Your Humble Narrator, None More Black frontman Jason Shevchuk and No Quarter Records mogul Mike Quinn once again host "Seinfeld Trivia."
- "Real Housewife" Kim Zolciak goes for chocolate martinis, chili dog at Varga
WE DON'T KNOW their take on the SEPTA strike, but Jimmy Rollins and outfielder Shane Victorino have made their position clear when it comes to the Employee Free Choice Act.
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RYAN HOWARD needs a shave. As superstitious as baseball players can be, we were surprised that the Phillies slugger, who owned the plate during the NLCS series, had grown a beard for the World Series. He's been struggling in the Series. Could it be coincidence, or could the facial hair be to blame? Either way, we hope to see the dangerous batter go beardless tonight.
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ROOTS DRUMMER Questlove said that he and Jay-Z had a World Series bet that would involve "very public humiliation" from the loser. The Philly hip-hop hero, clad in a red Phillies hoodie, declined to get any more specific about his wagerwith the the Brooklyn-born superstar. They met up in Bill Giles Party Suite 78 where they joined Alanis Morrissette, who sang the National Anthem last night, N'SYNC's Lance Bass and actress Joanna Garcia.
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JEN RADE says she's "a jeans and cashmere sweater girl, simple and classic, one accessory." But the Huntingdon Valley native knows how to keep celebrities in the hottest fashions as a senior stylist at the Margaret Maldonado Agency in LA.
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PEARL JAM frontman Eddie Vedder was rumored Saturday to be singing the National Anthem at Game 4 last night, but it was not to be. The band was expected to attend the game. Raul Ibanez and Scott Eyre hung backstage at Friday's Pearl Jam show with the group who dedicated a couple of tunes to the team. On Saturday, Vedder asked Bernie Parent for a hug when Parent and fellow
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JAY-Z WILL TONE down the drug-dealing references and N-words dropped throughout his "Empire State of Mind" when he performs with Alicia Keys tonight at Yankee Stadium.
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BIG DADDY Graham says that the water damage that destroyed about 60 percent of his South Jersey home is "pretty devastating."
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PETER SABASINO says his parents have supported his dancing since "the first time they saw me imitating Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' dance when I was 3." Sabasino, 22, a Northeast native, just made the top-20 contestants on Fox TV hit "So You Think You Can Dance," where he can be seen performing tonight.
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WHEN KIMBERLY Hoffman made place cards of famous Philadelphians like Rocky Balboa, Donovan McNabb, and Ryan Howard for her Friday night wedding to Micah Hauenstein at the Water Works restaurant, she never expected the real Ryan Howard to show up.
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DAWN STENSLAND will be leaving Fox 29 at the end of her contract, sometime before the end of the year, the station has confirmed. The timetable of her departure is being worked out, a spokeswoman said yesterday. Kerri-Lee Halkett will take over as co-anchor of "Fox 29 News at 10" with Thomas Drayton. Stensland, wife of fired CBS 3 anchor Larry Mendte, started at Fox 29 in December 2001. She worked previously anchoring at CBS 3.
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CHERRY HILL native Adam Jasinski used his $500,000 prize from winning CBS' "Big Brother" to buy oxycodone pills to re-sell, authorities say.
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