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Michael Klein writes about local people, places, and things three days a week in his column INQlings and contributes on video as "The Insider" on Philly.com. He also writes about the restaurant scene in his column Table Talk.
You'll sue me? Well, I'll sue you first.
That seems to be the logic that Philly-bred mogul Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith are applying to a Philly developer/investor who, they thought, were threatening to sue them over a movie that flopped.
- Captain Janks cuts a deal
The guys on the FX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia run a neighborhood bar, and two of the stars will do that for real in Old City.
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Main Line restaurateurs Win and Sutida Somboonsong have completed their takeover of the short-lived Maia (789 E. Lancaster Ave. in Villanova), which they began last summer with Azie on Main, a pan-Asian concept, on the second floor.
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Saying it wants to go in a new direction, Nassau Broadcasting has shown the door to WPST-FM (94.5) morning man Tommy Jordan, who'd been with the Trenton hit-music station more than 15 years.
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The Hot Potato Cafe in Fishtown was stuffed with customers Saturday night - the day after its Gordon Ramsay-led makeover aired on the Fox show Kitchen Nightmares.
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Bradley Cooper will shoot a movie in his hometown. Though official word is not out, public records filed in Harrisburg tell the story.
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Effective next week, the short-lived Di Vino Wine Bar just off Rittenhouse Square gives way to Cichetteria 19 (267 S. 19th St., 215-545-0441), a Venetian-inspired small-plater.
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Philly food is all about transparency. You can see pretzels baked, cheesesteaks sizzled, and hoagies stuffed at countless stands, chips bagged at Herr's, and - starting later this year - Peanut Butter TandyKakes and Butterscotch Krimpets being cloaked in carbo-liciousness at Tasty Baking.
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Back in 2007, Cardinal Justin Rigali was hailed as the first Roman Catholic prelate to share video messages on YouTube.
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Former State Sen. Vince Fumo, who taught biology and current events at old Bishop Neumann High before his election to the Senate in 1978, has been giving history lessons to fellow inmates at the federal pen in Ashland, Ky., sources say.
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The week of Feb. 1 marks the opening of Maru Global (255 S. 10th St., 267-273-0567), Philadelphia's first quick-serve eatery focused on takoyaki, the puffy, fried crepe balls.
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Maxim mag is all hopped up on the Philly beer scene. In a spread in February's issue, the editors blurb about Portland, Ore., "but the crown of Best Beer Town has been swiped from you guys and smuggled back east to the scrappy and beer-soaked City of Brotherly Love."
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