Dan Gross

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.

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Dan Gross: Georges goes bananas at PAWS dinner, curses at Philly-mag prez

Posted 2:18am

GUESTS AT last week's Chef's Dinner to benefit the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society are still talking about chef Georges Perrier's profanity-laden rant directed toward Philadelphia magazine president David Lipson.

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Dan Gross: Special treat for a young girl - 07/01/2009: THE 11-YEAR-OLD Kensington girl who was raped on June 1 got to meet Beyonce at the superstar's Friday show at the Wachovia Center due to the efforts of several Philly Police officers and a veteran radio personality.
Dan Gross: Billy Mays' spots pulled - 06/30/2009: BENSALEM'S Media Enterprises said yesterday that it will pull Billy Mays' spots for its Mighty Putty and Mighty Mendit products until July 6 after the Pennsylvania-born pitchman is buried, in agreement with family wishes.
Dan Gross: Surprise set from rockers in A.C. - 06/29/2009: GOOD CHARLOTTE rockers Benji and Joel Madden played a surprise acoustic set Friday at the private opening of Dusk, the new club at Caesars in Atlantic City.
Dan Gross: Brady paints a picture of relief for Capitol Police dogs - 06/25/2009: CAPITOL Police dogs should soon be barking their gratitude to U.S. Rep. Bob Brady. Brady recently noticed that some of the bomb-sniffing dogs that inspect cars at the entrance to the Capitol were limping and was told it's because of the hot pavement.
Dan Gross: Jill Scott and her fiance split - 06/24/2009: SOULFUL SONGBIRD Jill Scott and her drummer, Lil' John Roberts, who welcomed their son into the world two months ago, have broken off their engagement and are no longer together.
Dan Gross: LiLo's daddy lays low baddy - 06/23/2009: MICHAEL LOHAN, the bad-boy father of actress Lindsay Lohan, defeated "Survivor" villain Jonny Fairplay by TKO in a Celebrity Boxing bout Saturday night at the Ramada Philadelphia Airport, in Essington.
Dan Gross: Is canceling annual Unity Day a bad sign for WDAS? - 06/18/2009: SOME 105.3 WDAS-FM staffers areconcerned for the future of the station and cite the recent cancellation of its annual Unity Day event as one sign of trouble.
Dan Gross: T.O. on best behavior for TV job - 06/17/2009: "THERE WERE no antics," replied television producer Bob Horowitz when we asked whether Terrell Owens was a handful during taping of "Superstars." Horowitz, who grew up in California but moved to New Hope about four years ago, is executive producer behind "Superstars," a reprise of ABC's old "Wide World of Sports," that pits athletes and celebrities in physical challenges. It returns to ABC at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Dan Gross: SNL alum has all new material - 06/16/2009: NORM MacDONALD says he doesn't have any topical material. "I don't watch the news. I watch repeats of 'Rhoda' that air at the same time," he said when we asked if he wanted to try any new one-liners on our readers.
Dan Gross: 'Wire' kingpin in Philly shooting ... & he'll be back - 06/15/2009: JAMIE HECTOR, who played drug kingpin Marlo Stanfield on "The Wire," just wrapped shooting a film called "The Gift" in town. He stars as an aspiring rapper who runs a credit-card scam to raise money for a surgery necessary for his son, played by Tyire Johnson. Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander, of VH1's "Flavor of Love," plays his wife.