Dan Gross: Wingador's 'charm' returns

GET YOUR HANKIES ready. This one could be a tearjerker.

We are proud to report that we were able to reunite Tiffany Heller, described as the "Good- Luck Wingette," with Bill "El Wingador" Simmons for tomorrow's Sportsradio 94WIP Wing Bowl 20 at the Wells Fargo Center.

In 2005, Heller served as a Wingette for Wingador, a five-time champ, but the next year she defected to serve newcomer Joey Chestnut. She helped the pro-eater chomp his way to victory and returned with him the next two years.

Heller, of Bucks County, was sidelined by injury and sat out the past three years. But recently, with our intervention, she reached out to Wingador to see if he would take her back.

"Absolutely," Wingador said, insisting he had no hard feelings and would gladly welcome her back into his entourage.

Wingador has been training intensely, hoping not only to out-eat three-time champ Jonathan "Super" Squibb but also Japanese eating sensation Takeru Kobayashi at tomorrow's event.

We will provide live coverage of the event at PhillyGossip.com via Twitter, where you can and should follow us @PhillyGossip.

We will bring you vital, up-to-the-minute news on the eaters, as well as on the Wingettes, including porn stars Jenna Jameson and Mary Carey, who will appear on behalf of the World Famous Gold Club (1416 Chancellor), where the two will attend an after-party.

Hairstylist Tabatha Coffey of Bravo's "Tabatha Takes Over" praised Germantown native Jahmal Rhaney's old-school barber shop, 2B Groomed (270 S. 11th), in a USA Today travel story about 10 great places to get a shave and a haircut. "You'll get a great haircut and a shave in a no-fuss, low-key way," Coffey said. The paper also cited the shop's professionalism and hospitality. Coffey's list also praised the Barbershop at Spa Toccare at the Borgata in Atlantic City. "It's about pampering yourself and taking care of yourself, and that's fantastic."

Artists Thom Lessner and Ted Passon of Space 1026 are behind the animated video for "Nothin's Gonna Stop Us," the new single by The Darkness, the metal band that plays the Trocadero (1003 Arch) on Tuesday. You can see it at RollingStone.com/ video or on our blog - Philly Gossip. com.

Germantown Academy graduate Jarrod Spector, who stars as Frankie Valli in "Jersey Boys" on Broadway, will perform a free show Feb. 9 at the Loews Hotel. "Minor Fall, Major Lift" is his new show, which covers his time growing up in Philadelphia and working on Broadway. Spector's show starts at 8 p.m. inside the Solefood restaurant. He'll perform songs from The Jackson 5 to Led Zeppelin. It's the first in the Live from Loews series. For more info, visit facebook. com/ livefromloews or call 215-627- 1200.

The Franklin Institute is partnering with CBS 3 to bring students who attend the institute's Weather Camp over to the CBS 3 studios, where they will learn forecasting from the weather team.

Derrick Pitts, Franklin Institute chief astronomer, will work alongside the kids as they talk temperature and more with meteorologists Kathy Orr, Kate Bilo, Katie Fehlinger, Carol Erickson and Justin Drabick.