Chase Utley signed an $85 million deal last year with the Phillies.

The all-star second baseman signed another big contract in June: $4.19 million for a Center City condo, according to city records that also rate it the highest-priced condo deal in the second quarter.

Utley and his wife, Jen, unabashed boosters of the city and charitably active with the Pennsylvania SPCA, got a tricked-out, bilevel, three-bedroom penthouse with more than 3,000 square feet of living space. During the extensive customization, they made do in an apartment in the same building.

Jen Utley politely declined to answer my questions about the furnishings, which I hear include a "guy's room."

Prize patrol

Alycia Lane, congrats on your Emmy nomination!

Um, wait. The former CBS3 anchor was not on the list of nominees announced Wednesday.

But a show that she hosted and wrote was there. The judges singled out One Soul at a Time, a half-hour special from April 2007 about the charitable work of Jon Bon Jovi and Sister Mary Scullion. The names on the entry are executive producer Rich Edwards, producer Jonelle Fabian, and editor Mike Henry. Other nominees in the "entertainment program or special" category included the name of the host and/or writer, where applicable.

Scullion told me that Lane had been "instrumental in that piece."

Emmy watchers say entries are up to the station and individual employees, who seldom enter the names of former colleagues. Lane was fired Jan. 1 - more than two months before the call for entries.

It's not clear who submitted the entry. The station declined to comment, and the ex-colleagues did not return e-mails. Lane attorney Paul Rosen, when asked why Lane hadn't submitted her own entry, said: "They knew full well that she had no access to her journalistic work product after they abruptly terminated her."

All is not lost for Lane, who under the rules has 10 days from the announcement to ask the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to add her name to the nomination. She would have to pay $150 - double the entry fee.

The awards gala will be held Sept. 13.

Meanwhile, Larry Mendte, the onetime coanchor accused of ruining Lane's career by leaking contents of her private e-mail, received 19 nominations. He submitted his entries before the April 19 deadline; he was fired June 23 and faces an Aug. 22 federal court date. Mendte last week also punched up LarryMendte.com, his Web site, adding a farrago of pre-scandal articles, a list of charitable deeds, and photos including - aww - a baby picture. [Mendte appeared to have removed the Web site "extras" over the weekend.]

Robert Hazard service

The memorial service for musician Robert Hazard, who died last week, will begin at 6 p.m. Friday at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut St. Burial will be private. Hazard associate Jim Della Croce says donations may be made to the Old Forge Arts Center (www.artscenteroldforge.org) near Hazard's home in the Adirondacks.

Media activity

Paging Anthony Mazzarelli! The ER-doctor-cum-talk-show-host has been named medical director of Cooper University Hospital's department of emergency medicine, so as of Aug. 18 he'll give up his weeknight shift on WPHT-AM (1210). "Dr. Mazz" will take 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays, when people apparently do not get sick. This means earlier nights for the durable Dom Giordano, who will go to 6 to 10 Mondays through Thursdays and 9 to midnight Fridays.

WPHI-FM (100.3) last week cut loose Miss Jones (a.k.a. Jonesy and Tarsha Jones) in favor of an all-music show called The Morning Beat, hosted by Jay Ski. Jones had joined "The Beat" in November as part of a simulcast with a station in New York, which axed her in June. This was Jones' second tour with The Beat. She left in 2003 after an 18-month tour that included two suspensions and a slander lawsuit. A rep for BET on Thursday denied a widely trafficked report that the cable outlet was developing a reality show around Jones. She did not return my e-mail.

Andy Bloom, program director of WIP-AM (610), is now operations manager of WIP, WPHT and WYSP-FM (94.1). Bloom is the guy responsible for bringing Howard Stern to Philadelphia in 1986. As for WYSP - which last week promoted Jeff Sottolano to program director - don't look for a change to a classic-rock format. Bloom says: "We're going to play on everything good that people know about WYSP."

Comcast SportsNet exile Lance Crawford seems delighted to be free of Philly after eight years, given what the sports anchor told his new station on the Gulf Coast: "NBC15 will allow me more creativity than I had in Philadelphia."

Briefly noted

Is documentarian Tigre Hill preparing to revisit the Charles Manson case? That's the talk, though the Wynnefield filmmaker is so deeply into finishing his documentary on Mumia Abu-Jamal for a late-'08 release that he won't address the subject. Hill is best known for The Shame of a City, which followed the buggy 2003 Philadelphia mayoral race.

Rocker Jack Johnson, sons Leo and Moe, his tour manager, and several members of his band visited the Phillies at the ballpark for Thursday's game, getting in aloha time with fellow Hawaiian Shane Victorino and dining on a vegetarian spread. Phils video coordinator Kevin Camiscioli showed a Johnson surf movie in the clubhouse. That night, Brad Lidge and wife Lindsay, Victorino and fiancee Melissa (wedding is planned for fall 2009), and team rep John Brazer and wife Jill watched Johnson's show in Camden from the stage.

Miley Cyrus' tour bus - not the teen tunester herself - will stop at the Great Clips store at Cherry Hill's Wal-Mart Center (500 Route 38) from noon to 5 p.m. tomorrow as part of "Rock Like They Do." The traveling exhibit is keyed to video releases of Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds 3-D Concert and Camp Rock: Extended Rock Star Edition.

Hip-Hop's on IR

The 76ers' mascot, Hip-Hop, tore up his knee in June while doing his bounce-on-a-trampoline-and-dunk shtick for kids. He's turning his misery into a learning experience. Starting Friday, videos on Sixers.com will show the rehab. In a quick interview - Hip-Hop is a rabbit, right? - he said he was mending nicely and hoped to be ready for the regular season.

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Contact columnist Michael Klein at 215-854-5514 or mklein@phillynews.com. See his recent work at http://go.philly.com/michaelklein.