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Gross' spy thought Willis' wife, Emma Heming, was the woman with him, but wasn't sure.

The "Die Hard" star, a Penns Grove, N.J. native, was also expected last night in the Diamond Club at Citizens Bank Park to catch the Phillies vs. the Giants.

Lawmaker's fired up

This is a new one for Tattle: Someone is upset at local TV news for not covering a fire.

Obviously it's not here in Philadelphia, where a burning marshmallow could draw choppers at 6 and 11.

No it's California, where basically a good portion of the state burns every summer.

There, Supervisor Michael Antonovich is criticizing TV and radio stations for failing to provide early round-the-clock coverage of the largest fire in Los Angeles County history.

The media let people down as they faced danger, not knowing where to go or what to do, Antonovich said, adding he had heard the complaint from "countless constituents."

"Surely informing the public of life and safety measures, evacuation centers, is more vital than the wall-to-wall coverage that

we've seen of the custody fights for Michael Jackson's and Britney Spears' children," he said.

But Chris Ender, senior VP of communications for CBS Television, said, "The coverage from our stations - CBS2 and KCAL9 - has been comprehensive and ongoing with news programming, on-screen crawls, text alerts and updates on the station's respective Web sites."

The 219-square-mile fire started Aug. 26 and has destroyed more than 60 homes, killed two firefighters, forced thousands of people from their homes and turned millions hoarse with its smoke. It was 22 percent contained on Wednesday.

Through the years, as many as seven L.A. TV stations have switched to instant 24-7 coverage of events, including the 1992 riots that resulted in 55 deaths and nearly 2,400 injuries; the 1993 wildfires that burned in six counties and caused $1 billion damage, and the 1994 Northridge earthquake that killed 72, injured 9,000 others and caused $25 billion in damages.

Tattbits

* An appeals court in New York

City heard arguments yesterday on whether a Swedish author can publish a book in America that was once promoted as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye."

A federal judge had originally found the book copied too much of Salinger's work and blocked its U.S. publication.

One of the appeals court judges, Guido Calabresi, indicated he had read the new book, titled "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye."

He referred to it as a "rather dismal piece of work."

* Madonna wrapped up her

world tour with sightseeing at Jordan's famed ruins in Petra.

Madonna helicoptered into this ancient city in a trip arranged by Queen Rania, wife of Jordan's King Abdullah II.

She was escorted by Jordanian security and an armed bodyguard during her 15-minute tour yesterday, in which she walked in almost total darkness. Jordanian security lit the area with headlights from their vehicles.

* Virginia police say Chris

Brown will remove graffiti, pick up trash and wash cars as part of his sentence for beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

Brown, 20, was sentenced in California last month to five years' probation, six months of community labor and a year of domestic-violence counseling for the February attack. He is performing the labor in Richmond, Va., near his home.

Brown will be supervised during his service, but will have to pay for any additional security if the public becomes aware of his presence.

* In another dumb move, Chris

Brown has annoyed the one person no one should annoy.

Oprah.

TMZ.com reports that Oprah is mad about comments Brown made about her in the new issue of People, regarding Oprah's TV show on "abuse, inspired by Rihanna."

"I commend Oprah on being like, 'This is a problem,' " Brown says, "but it was a slap in my face. I did a lot of stuff for her, like going to Africa and performing for her school. She could have been more helpful, like, 'OK, I'm going to help both of these people out.' "

An Oprah rep responded:

"Oprah is very appreciative that Chris Brown performed at her school but she takes domestic abuse very seriously. She hopes he gets the counseling he needs."

Got it, Chris? Performing at my school does not give you a free pass to punch your girlfriend.

Daily News wire services contributed to this report.

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