"SNL" STAR Kristin
Wiig says that when she and Annie Mumolo wrote "Bridesmaids," they wanted to make a film about women, and cast funny women, but she swears it's not a chick flick.
JAMIE MOYER is happy that while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery he can devote more time to Camp Erin, the bereavement camp for children that he and wife Karen have established through the Moyer Foundation.
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Roots frontman drawn to Dutton film
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EVEN THOUGH he could have relaxed on his two- week vacation from "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," Tariq Trotter says that he jumped at the chance to take a role in "Must Be the Music," for two reasons: His appreciation for Charles S. Dutton, who wrote, directs and stars in the film, and the fact that he got to shoot at Sigma Sound Studios (212 N. 12th) where the Roots recorded their demos and first two albums.
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Dan Gross: Tina dodged Franken $ plea
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THE FUNNIEST moment of Tina Fey's appearance at the Free Library Tuesday, say attendees, was when WHYY's Marty Moss-Coane asked the Upper Darby native "30 Rock" star about politics and she told a story about former "SNL" colleague Al Franken.
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Dan Gross: 'Best and the Brightest' screening here
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FILMMAKER Joshua Shelov doesn't want to sound too dramatic, but he says an impressive turnout at this weekend's screenings of his film "The Best and the Brightest" will determine whether the locally shot comedy gets a theatrical release here in July.
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Roots to tune up July 4 again
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THIRD TIME is a charm. The Roots will again perform at the annual July 4 Wawa Welcome America! festival on the Parkway.
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'Wonder' woman in town for 'Mancation'
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"NOT TO SOUND too personal, but I've always had small breasts, and now I'm pretty impressed with them," Danica McKellar explained about why she was busting out of a gown she wore for a wedding scene she was shooting Thursday at The Merion in Cinnaminson, N.J., for the indie comedy "Mancation."
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Seacrest's Voice is coming to Children's Hospital
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"AMERICAN IDOL" host Ryan Seacrest handpicked Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as the second site for his charitable foundation's closed-circuit broadcast multimedia center, The Voice, the hospital said yesterday.
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'Bad Girls Club' star to make stage debut
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"BAD GIRLS CLUB" star Catya Washington is among the stars of "Single Black Female," a new play by South Philly-native playwright/director Kash Goins.
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Dan Gross: John Legend's back at art museum
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PENN GRAD John Legend, who once performed outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art at the Welcome America! July 4 concert, will entertain inside the museum May 7 at "Step into Spring."
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Cooking contest is a sort of chef salad for '?uestlove'
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PORN STARLET-turned-actress Sasha Grey helped Roots leader Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson judge ?uestlove's Cook Off last night at Time (1315 Sansom).
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Portman shopping here
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NATALIE PORTMAN, in a navy poncho and toting a little dog, stopped into Art in the Age (116 N. 3rd) yesterday afternoon. The pregnant Oscar winner was looking at Utility Quilt throws. She later popped into Hello Home (10th
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