Barre-hopping ballerinas?

THERE HAVE BEEN a number of movies about the world of ballet, and all of them have made it seem like a back-stabbing sorority - "Mean Girls" in toe shoes.

But none of the stories compare with what's going on at Russia's vaunted Bolshoi.

Earlier this month, principal dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko was arrested over suspicion that he was involved in the acid-splashing attack on artistic director Sergei Filin.

Now, according to the Huffington Post, former star dancer Anastasia Volochkova has accused the company of pimping out its female dancers.

That's tutu twisted.

"It was mainly with the women of the corps du ballet, though it happened with the soloists, too," Volochkova told Russian News Service radio station. "Unfortunately, it turns out that the director of the Bolshoi Theater himself . . . has turned the [company] into a huge brothel.

"Ten years ago when I was working at the theater and dancing, I will say that I repeatedly received such offers . . . to share the beds of oligarchs and [to attend] their banquets," she continued, adding that she'd heard similar stories from other dancers.

Ah, the horizontal pas de deux?

Refuse to sleep with a wealthy benefactor? There would be professional repercussions, Volochkova said.

The Bolshoi so far denies the allegations (but the story has gotten "oligarchs" into Tattle for the first time).

The movie thriller "The Church," by writer/director/West Philly native Dom Franklin, recently wrapped shooting at First Corinthian Baptist Church, at 51st and Pine streets, and star Lisa Wilcox ("Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master") enjoyed the experience.

"It was fun to be in Philadelphia," Wilcox told Tattle's comics/sci-fi/martial-arts correspondent Jerome Maida.

"It's a fabulous church. . . . It was built in 1921. The interior is absolutely gorgeous. The woodwork in the cathedral room is amazing, and the stained glass . . . it just [screams] how established and prominent it is - and very unique.

"It was," she added, "the perfect location" for the 12-day shoot. "This church really is a character in the movie, and I've never seen a church like it! It was a perfect place!"

Due to 15-hour shooting days, Wilcox was unable to experience much of Philly her first time here, but did get to enjoy a cheesesteak from Jim's Steaks on South Street - as soon as she got off the plane.

"It was dee-licious!" she said.

* A number of lineup announcements have been made for Wizard Philly 2013 (May 30-June 2, at the Convention Center), including famed Marvel franchise-creator Stan Lee, William Shatner ("Star Trek"), Nathan Fillion ("Castle," "Serenity"), Norman Reedus (Darryl from "The Walking Dead"), Michael Rooker (Merle from "The Walking Dead"), Lauren Holly ("NCIS"), Adam Baldwin ("Firefly"), Summer Glau ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles") and "Charmed" alumni Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs and Brian Krause.

* MGM Studios plans to send James Bond on his next mission within the next three years.

"We look forward to announcing a director soon," said MGM Chairman and CEO Gary Barber. "We are really thrilled with where we have taken this franchise."

* CBS is still seeing dead people.

The network has renewed "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" for the 2013-14 season.

"CSI is synonymous with CBS, and we are so proud of the series' creative and commercial legacy and its continued success on our network," said CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler in a statement.

* The renewal notice did not arrive for "Enlightened," starring Laura Dern and Mike White.

HBO canceled it.

* Former "Gilmore Girl" Alexis Bledel and "Mad Men" star Vincent Kartheiser are engaged.

Bledel's publicist, Meghan Prophet, confirms the news, which was first reported by Us Weekly. She says that the couple have been dating for about a year.

* Stephen King and his wife have agreed to pay $3 million to overhaul their century-old hometown library in Maine, as long as $6 million is raised from other sources.

Tabitha King, the author's wife and an author herself, serves on the building committee of the Bangor Public Library, which is planning a $9 million modernization.

One of the library's most pressing needs is a new roof.

* Us Weekly reports that Katy Perry and John Mayer have reportedly split up again.

They're both too busy.

* TMZ.com reports that 10 buses from Rihanna's concert tour - Rihanna was not on any of them - were stopped at the U.S.-Canadian border near Detroit after border agents smelled pot on one of them.

A drug-sniffing dog quickly identified the culprit.

The amazing thing: Ten concert tour buses and only one guy had pot?

- Daily News wire services

contributed to this report.

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