The 18th-annual celebration of gluttony and strippers, will be held Feb. 5 at Wachovia Center, and Wing Bowl ringleader Angelo Cataldi has again declared it an all-amateurs, all-locals contest.

"We may be pro, but represent our local neighborhood proudly," Goldstein says. "We had great entourages and floats and loved being in the Wing Bowl." In addition to Goldstein, other local International Federation of Competitive Eating pros are Micah "Wing Kong" Collins, "Humble" Bob Shoudt and Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston. Goldstein feels "a bit cheated since we all started at Wing Bowl and want nothing more than to be a part of it."

Wing Bowl 17 winner Jonathan Squibb, 23, looks forward to defending his crown and is confident that he'll be cleared to do so. We spoke yesterday with Cataldi about allegations that Squibb had competed in pro events this year, and Cataldi said, "We're going to have to look into that with the lawyers." Squibb says he competed in amateur events, including a wing contest in Virginia where he won $1,000.

Squibb, aka Super Squibb, of Winslow Township, N.J., who surprised everybody by chomping his way to a 203-wing victory in January, is not a member of IFOCE or Major League Eating.

"In my opinion, whether he's won a purse here or there, he does not in my eyes qualify as a major-league eater or a professional eater," George Shea, IFOCE president, told us last night, speaking of Squibb. "He is not competing at the level of the professional eaters nor in the contests they are."

The champion said yesterday that his training "isn't too intensive right now." Squibb, an auditor with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, says, "I don't want to go in too confident, because anything can happen." He's been talking to five-time champion Bill "El Wingador" Simmons for pointers about defending his title. "It's more difficult the second time," Squibb admits. "Everyone'll be gunning for me. . . . I enjoyed the dark horse status before, coming in under the radar," Squibb says.

Prince Albert at aunt's funeral

Prince Albert of Monaco attended the Saturday funeral of Elizabeth "Lizanne" Kelly LeVine, who died last week at age 76. LeVine, Albert's aunt, was the sister of his late mother, Grace Kelly, the Philadephia-born beauty and movie star who went on to become Princess of Monaco.

The service was held at St. Bridget's (3667 Midvale) in East Falls, the same neighborhood where LeVine, youngest of four children, and her siblings were raised. We reported on PhillyGossip.com Wednesday that Albert would likely attend the funeral as he was already to be stateside to deliver a keynote address today at the Antarctic Treaty Summit in Washington.

Out and about

* Actor Bill Pullman and a party of six dined Thanksgiving Eve at Darling's Diner in the Piazza at Schmidts. Pullman of "Spaceballs," "Last Seduction," and "Independence Day" fame had French onion soup and a wedge salad. Also at Darling's last week, an MTV crew shooting "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" and Tony Danza, a regular, who ate chicken soup, fries and cheesecake, while being taped for his A&E series "Teach," talking about Northeast High with owner Harry Arnold and GM Dan Contarino.

* Overbrook Park native Seth Green, who can be seen now in "Old Dogs," dined with family Friday night at Hikaru (4348 Main) in Manayunk.

* Ardmore native Kate Flannery, who plays Meredith on "The Office," shopped at Kiehl's on Rittenhouse Square Friday.

* Flyers teammates Scott Hartnell, Jeff Carter, Ray Emery, Aaron Asham and Daniel Carcillo celebrated the holiday at City Tavern (138 S. 2nd) where they enjoyed Chef Walter Staib's Thanksgiving feast.

* Redskins owner Daniel Snyder dined at Positano Coast (2nd & Walnut) Saturday with two guests: Stone crabs, a cheese plate, antipasto and meatballs and rigatoni bolognese.

* Phillies broadcaster Larry Andersen dined Friday at Nicholas (2015 E. Moyamensing).

* Lisa Nutter, Philadelphia's first lady, stocked up on flowers at Whole Foods (20th & Callowhill) in a pre-Thanksgiving shopping trip last week.

Phish food

Phish twice got take-out from Continental (2nd & Market) to have backstage at their Wachovia Center shows last week.

Friends step up for sick DJ

Friends of veteran Philly DJ Reenie Kane, who recently had a heart attack, raised more than $10,000 for her bills with a benefit party at Voyeur (1221 St. James), formerly Pure.

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