The city today released a new list of businesses and their owners who face judgments over business taxes.

Among the 57 businesses and 37 associated officers are Walnut Street's Denim Lounge and founder Wayne Shulick. The city says the business owes $334,576.06 while Shulick himself owes $130,216.60.

Shulick, who said he is no longer connected to the operation, sent me to his attorney, Richard Harris, who said they're negotiating with the city.

Milton Street, the former mayor's brother, was named to the list previously for his $383,037.08 debt.

Former restaurateur Neil Stein also made the list before for his $1,263,774.45 debt.

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Nick Nolte was at Caesars in Atlantic City last week to film scenes for the Lionsgate drama Warrior.

Nolte's character is blue-collar former boxer Paddy Conlon, who, after years of estrangement from his family over his alcoholism, reunites with his youngest son Tom (played by Brit Tom Hardy) and trains him to fight in a mixed-martial arts tournament held in Atlantic City. And guess who Tom fights? Why, his older brother Brendan, played by Aussie Joel Edgerton.

(Guess the title "Raising Cain" was taken.)

Gavin O'Connor (Miracle, Pride and Glory) directs. The cast also includes Jennifer Morrison (Dr. Allison Cameron on House). 

The movie, due out next year, also was shot in Pittsburgh and at the former West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville.

Radio icon Sid Mark relates a story about Irv Homer that says so much about the contrarian talk-show host, who died Wednesday at age 85:

After WWDB was sold to Beasley Broadcast Group in 1997, the talk station's employees were called into a meeting with new owners Bruce and Brian Beasley.

When asked if workers had any questions, it was Homer who was the only one to raise his hand.

Homer identified himself and said: “There are two of you here. Who signs the checks, because I’m only going to kiss one ass."

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Morton’s in King of Prussia will host what it's billing as "A Guy’s Night Out with Anna Kournikova" from 5 to 7 p.m. July 6, before the camera-friendly tennis star's 7:30 p.m. World TeamTennis match outside the King of Prussia mall.

Tix ($70 to $100 a head and include a ticket to the match, a drink, appetizers, and a photo with Kournikova) are being sold at the Philadelphia Freedoms ticket window on the second level of The Court at King of Prussia or by calling 866-WTT-TIXS or 302-774-4238. 

Got you covered for lunch today:

From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tony Luke III will serve samples of the family's Tony Luke's Pronto brand of cheesesteaks, chicken cheesesteaks and pork sandwiches outside of the Tony Luke's stand at 39 E. Oregon Ave. in South Philly. These are from the frozen-food line that Luke and his father are selling in ShopRite stores and on QVC. Right now, there's a lot of attention focused on the eatery, as WYSP has four contestants living in a Ford Mustang in a bid to win the car.

As for dessert, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., the new Sprinkles frozen yogurt shop in Garden State Park shopping center, Route 70 and Haddonfield Road (next to Douglas Steakhouse) in Cherry Hill will hand out free product on its opening day. Sprinkles adds active yogurt cultures, adding probiotics to supposedly help improve the body's immune system and calcium absorption. Flavors: Original Tart, Pure Vanilla, Classic Cappucino, Green Tea Tart, Irish Mist, Banana-rama, New York Cheesecake, Snickerdoodle Dandy, Berry-licious Sorbet, Krazy Kahlua, Peppermint Stick, Pistachio, and Rootbeer Float, plus eight "swirl" combinations. Future Sprinkles-es will follow later this year on the Penn campus, West Chester and Malvern.

Chef-owner Daniel Stern in the space that will be R2L.

Daniel Stern and crew are now saying "November" for his new restaurant at the Residences at Two Liberty Place, the luxury condo within the city's third-tallest building, with an entrance on 16th Street between Market and Chestnut.

The Le Bec-Fin alum, who owns the bistro Gayle in Queen Village, closed his restaurant Rae in the Cira Centre around New Year's amid word that he was relocating it to 2LP.

There's been a name change: The Rae project now will be called R2L. (Look closely at the hardhat in the photo.)

At 500 feet up, with east, west and south views, R2L will be the tallest public restaurant in the city.

Talk-show host Irv Homer, who died last night during a speaking engagement, will be remembered in a service at 11 a.m. Sunday at Joseph Levine & Son Memorial Chapel, 4737 Street Rd., Trevose.

The family requests donations to the Sunshine Foundation, 1041 Mill Creek Drive, Feasterville, Pa. 19053.
 

Brenner drinking hot chocolate from one of his special "hug" mugs.

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Max Brenner -- the public face behind the international Max Brenner, Chocolate by the Bald Man restaurant chain -- visited his forthcoming Philly eatery today on his way to Australia.

Projected opening at 1500 Walnut St., assuming that today's health inspection goes well, is July 1. The plywood that encased the facade on 15th Street just south of Walnut came down this morning, and passersby are peeking in.

Here are the basics:

Brenner, 41, who started out with a chocolate shop in his native Israel, owns more than two dozen restaurants: Israel (6 locations), Australia (16), the Philippines (2), Singapore (1) and New York (2).

Hours will start at 9 a.m. for breakfast and will segue into brunch/lunch. There are full dinner and late-night menus. (See menus here.) Chocolate figures into much of the food, but there are enough savory items.

There's a chocolate shop that sells chocolate by the pound, wrapped chocolates and products containing cocoa, including body creams.

And here's a secret:  At the entrance are vats of milk and white chocolate hooked up to a series of pipes that traverse the ceiling and end up at the "chocolate bar" and in the retail store. They're just for show. Brenner told me that he tried piping chocolate before and it just didn't work.

Irv Homer, the longtime talk-show host whose gruffness belied a soft spot for sick children, died tonight after he was stricken during an appearance at Eastern University in St. Davids.

His age is being reported at 86, but public records say he was 85.

Homer, who lived in Feasterville, fielded calls and sparred with listeners on WWDB from 1975 until its format was flipped in 2000. After that, he joined WBCB in Levittown -- hired by Merrill Reese -- and did shifts on WPHT.

Homer hosted an Internet show as recently as Wednesday, and was a contributor to Inside Story on 6ABC. He was a guest as part of a financial literacy series at Eastern, at which old friend G. Edward Griffin was speaking about The Creature from Jekyll Island, his book about the Federal Reserve.

Homer, who relished his nickname as "Evil Irv," got into the biz as a bar owner in the 1960s who liked calling in to talk shows. He was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers hall of fame and in 1972 ran for vice president as a Libertarian.

His pet project was the Sunshine Foundation, which grants the wishes of terminally and chronically ill children and their families. He was a national vice president of the organization.

I'll post funeral information when it's available.