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Sideshow: The Crossing choir giving Stones what they need

So yes, we know, the Rolling Stones are steamrolling Philadelphia on June 18 and 21, when they play the Wells Fargo Center. "But who," you ask, sweatily, "will sing the essential choral backing for 'You Can't Always Get What You Want?' &quo

The Philly-based chamber choir The Crossing will sing with the Stones here next week.
The Philly-based chamber choir The Crossing will sing with the Stones here next week.Read more

So yes, we know, the

Rolling Stones

are steamrolling Philadelphia on June 18 and 21, when they play the Wells Fargo Center. "But who," you ask, sweatily, "will sing the essential choral backing for 'You Can't Always Get What You Want?' "

There must be a choir!

Worry not.

The Crossing

, a Philly-based 24-voice professional chamber choir led by

Donald Nally

, say they'll step in! They usually specialize in commissioned new work, but hey, the Stones are the Stones. We bet they'll get quite the re-

cep-

tion!

Wilding at the Museum

Maurice Sendak fans, rejoice! The Rosenbach Museum & Library just opened up a new Sendak exhibition Tuesday, running through March 2, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Where the Wild Things Are. It's titled "The Night Max Wore His Wolf Suit: 50 Years of Wild Things." There's original artwork and manuscripts.

The Tang of jealousy

We always wondered. Wondered, that is, what our brave U.S. astronauts thought of Tang, the orange powder stuff that got famous because they had to drink it when they arrived in the weightless place. Now we know - at least, what Buzz Aldrin, moonman, thinks of Tang. He was on hand over the weekend to give a Spike TV Guys Choice Award to Felix Baumgartner, the dude who went into just-about-space and then very unwisely jumped out for the world's longest parachute dive. Aldrin said he was jealous of Felix's Red Bull sponsorship, and then it leapt out: "Tang sucks!"

We sorta thought.

Chekhov in Bucks!

We are treetop blissed that Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the spoof on Anton Chekhov written by Christopher Durang and set in Bucks County, no less, won best play at the recent Tony Awards. If you saw it at McCarter Theater in Princeton, with Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, and Kristine Nielsen, you saw the start of something good.

What didja expect?

Um . . . what, now? Here's Maria Menounos, a cohost of Extra and a Boston Celtics fan, dressing up in Celtics finery and taking her funnyboy pal to the basketball game - an L.A. Lakers game. Even we could tell you what happened next. Jack Nicholson haunts those sidelines like Jack Torrance haunting the Overlook Hotel. Maria, all poor-me, wha'-happen' and that, said on Monday's Conan that Jack called Lakers owner Jerry Buss and had her and her pal "booted."

How not to tweet

Improbably gorgeous Chrissy Teigen is famous for using Twitter the way some people use their priests. Her incautious habit of spewing her guts to the world has led to unfortunate feline fits with such stellar bodies as Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus, and Amanda "Hey, Lookie Me!" Bynes. Think before you stink, um, tweet. Chrissy, who soon will wed lucky man John Legend, hits the nail on the point when she says, um, well, like, "I've never regretted not saying something. I've only regretted saying something." Exactly.

Dust, meet pickup

Rachel Uchitel, whose revelations (that she was Tiger Woods' favorite post-clubhouse activity) had so much to do with the end of Woods' marriage to Elin Nordegren, is ending her marriage to onetime Penn State fullback Matt Hahn. They have a daughter, Wyatt, 1. . . . Brad Pitt, who showed up last week in King of Prussia for a debut of his apocalyptic thriller World War Z, is everywhere! He just surfaced for a red-carpet shindy in Seoul, South Korea. . . . What will The Tonight Show be called when Jimmy Fallon becomes host in February???? Drumroll - The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. To differentiate it from other Tonight Shows.