Post a commentInqlings: Foxx's visitor to get help
The man who knocked on the Center City hotel room door of actor Jamie Foxx, claiming he was Beyoncé Knowles' manager, will get court-supervised mental-health care for three years, under an agreement last week.
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Steven Taliver was arrested March 31 outside the AKA Rittenhouse, where Foxx was living during filming of the thriller Law Abiding Citizen.
Foxx had been expecting someone else when he opened the door for Taliver, the actor told Assistant District Attorney Kelley Hodge. Hodge said that Foxx slammed the door and that Taliver never touched him or entered the room.
Foxx did not testify, but was "more than willing to cooperate," Hodge said.
Foxx was not after a hard time for Taliver. "He wanted my client to get some help," said Gregg Blender, a public defender.
Taliver's appearance before Common Pleas Court Judge David Shuter on Oct. 28 - Taliver's 50th birthday - also resolved a car-theft case that Taliver had skipped out on three years ago.
Taliver's sentence - 11 1/2 to 23 months - was satisfied by the seven months he served. He now is receiving treatment at a facility.
City bite
West Chester-bred caterer/dietitian Katie Cavuto Boyle, who appeared last season on The Next Food Network Star, is opening an organic market/takeout in the city: Healthy Bites To-Go will be at 2521 Christian St., in a space at Grays Ferry Avenue that previously was Whisk & Spoon. She says she hopes to open in two or three months.
Jay-Z had him canned?
After six months hosting mornings on the Beat (WPHI, 100.3), Charlamagne Tha God was shown the door Monday, sparking rumors that Jay-Z was behind the move. On Friday, Charlamagne interviewed Philly rapper Beanie Sigel, who had dissed the mogul (and his onetime Roc-A-Fella mentor) on a new track called "What You Talkin Bout (I Ain't Your Average Cat)."Not so, says Andy Rosen, who runs the Radio One stations in Philadelphia.
Charlamagne (Lenard McKelvey) is not convinced that J was involved, either. "They wanted to move in a different direction," he told me Tuesday, seemingly unworried about his own future, since he also contributes to Wendy Williams' show. He had a two-year deal.
Though Friday's show likely had many listeners, Charlamagne's overall ratings hadn't budged, except among men 18 to 34. (One could argue that six months is not exactly a long trial.)
Rosen said WPHI would continue to play music in the mornings and look for a new show.
The circuit
Bobby Rydell is on the bill tomorrow night as WOGL's Bob Pantano hosts "Dance Philly," which will be held at the Simeone Foundation Museum (6825 Norwitch Dr.). It's a benefit for the Susanna DeLaurentis Charitable Foundation, which funds research for cystic fibrosis and pediatric cancer (www.dancephilly.com). Rydell also is due Tuesday at a concert version of Bye Bye Birdie at Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El in Wynnewood. It's a benefit for Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (www.limr.org).WIBG alumnus Bill Wright Sr., who will be honored Nov. 20 by the Broadcast Pioneers, will be on with hosts Jim Murray and Steve Ross on tomorrow's Remember When, 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. on WPHT (1210).
Actors Charlie Bewley and Daniel Cudmor of the vampire movie The Twilight Saga: New Moon will do a Q&A Tuesday in Cherry Hill Mall's main court from about 7:30 to 8 p.m. after a private meet-and-greet at the Hot Topic store. Movie reaches theaters Nov. 20.
Contact columnist Michael Klein at 215-854-5514 or mklein@phillynews.com. Read his blog at http://go.philly.com/insider. He's also on Twitter: @phillyinsider.
