Inqlings: 'Romans' stars dine at Tinto
Tuesday's dinner reservations at the Rittenhouse Square restaurant Tinto included "Graham, party of five." As in Lauren Graham, who was not in Party of Five but Gilmore Girls. (Let's get those chick shows straight.)
Tuesday's dinner reservations at the Rittenhouse Square restaurant Tinto included "Graham, party of five."
As in
Lauren Graham
, who was not in
Party of Five
but
Gilmore Girls
. (Let's get those chick shows straight.)
Graham brought along
Jeff Daniels
(
Terms of Endearment
,
Dumb and Dumber
) and three others, who sat in the downstairs lounge. Graham paid. Very low-key.
They're in town for Monday's start of filming of the comedy/romance
The Dream of the Romans
. Cameras will be all around Center City for nearly a month.
Daniels plays Arlen, reclusive author of a popular book about spirituality, and, as she did in
Gilmore Girls
, Graham plays a single mother.
Matters political
Never let 'em see you sweat? Before his big speech here Tuesday,
Barack Obama
wowed the morning gymgoers at the Philadelphia Sports Clubs outlet at 20th and Hamilton Streets with 45 minutes of cardio and upper-body work.
Comedy Central will set up at the Annenberg Center at Penn for four days on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary to broadcast
The Colbert Report
, as you read in "SideShow" yesterday. I hear that the arrangements involved a scramble of McNabbian proportions. Producers needed a solid block from April 14 to 17 - but the Philadelphia Eagles had the center booked on April 15 for cheerleader tryout finals. A couple of phone calls later, the Eagles agreed to move the finals to April 23.
March Madness
Comcast SportsNet again has opened its NCAA men's Bracket Challenge to its personalities (
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). This year, the station asked assorted celebs. A peek at picks indicates that North Carolina is the favorite of
Steve Coates
,
Neil Hartman
, Sixers mascot
Hip Hop
, Phantoms mascot
Phlex
, 76ers guard
Lou Williams
, and Flyers winger
Mike Knuble
.
Casey Boy
of WMMR has Kansas. Miss America
Kirsten Haglund
(who's from Michigan) has Memphis.
"Cousin Sal" Iacono
of the
Jimmy Kimmel
show, SportsNet's
Leslie Gudel
, and
Gov. Rendell
all have UCLA. Rendell picks Temple, Villanova and St. Joseph's to win their first rounds - with Pitt knocking off Temple.
Briefly noted
Vince Hill
, at KYW (1060) since 1979, has been named to replace the recently retired
Don Lancer
as morning business reporter.
A tribute to WFIL's "Famous 56" sound from the 1960s - jingles and all - will be streamed from 4 to 9 p.m. tomorrow on XM Satellite Radio's Channel 6.
Terry "Motormouth" Young
, who spent a spell here at WOGL, will host.
In tandem with the "Star Wars" exhibit, the Franklin Institute will dedicate a 6 p.m. Saturday screening of
2001: A Space Odyssey
to author
Arthur C. Clarke
, who died this week. Clarke received the Franklin Institute Award in 1963 for his concept of satellite communications.
Leapin' lizards
The sun will come out Saturday for
Andrew Green
, 16, a sophomore at Exeter High near Reading. Though he had never seen
Annie
before he auditioned for his school play, he decided to get into his role as Daddy Warbucks by shaving his head. Green and his family have tickets to the evening performance of
Annie
at the Academy of Music, where he's scheduled to meet
David Barton
, who plays Warbucks in the national tour.