POSTED: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 2:00 PM
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| Photo | Scott Weiner |
| Mumford & Sons perform at Radio 104.5 in Bala Cynwyd, Nov. 9. |
➤ Great news first: I told you about how
Live Nation publicist/Ice friend
James Sutcliffe had been felled by a brain hemorrhage and where to send get-well wishes. Well, send them to his house. Word from his pals at LN say Sutcliffe is making a handsome recovery, is stable at his home and should be back at his desk fielding pesky phone calls by assholes such as me momentarily. Yay THAT.
➤ Word has it that
Barbra Streisand and
Steven Spielberg have confirmed to both be in the audience for Friday's gala opening of the
National Museum of American Jewish History. Oy.
➤ While his old
Bebe's Barbecue space in the Ital Market gets the
Paesano's relocation treatment (moving from its Ninth-and-Christian space), ex-owner/chef
Mark Coates is heading for
Fergie's Pub to stove up some ribs.
➤ Get outta here, jazz-bo:
Lucky Old Souls at
Moonstone welcomes some round-the-way old-school Philly stuff with pianist
Dave Posmontier and the
Diane Monroe (violin)-
Tony Miceli (vibraphone) pairing on Nov. 12.
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Tom Waits may have sung it best in regard to what
Jolly's Dueling Piano Bar owner
Jolly Weldon is going through, what with getting arraigned for stalking and harassing the bar's owner,
Timothy Smith. The Waits song in question: "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)."
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| Photo | Scott Weiner |
| Kevin Dillon at Parx Casino Nov. 5. |
➤ We're happy to hear and see that a bunch of
Capitol Years exes are out, about and headed in to the light;
Sweet Lights, to be exact. Stay tuned.
➤ On Sat., Nov. 13,
Symbiosis and the
Rotunda honor some of Philly's most prominent African-American members of its arts and letters community (tickets
here) such as poet/activist
L.Y.R.I.S.P.E.C.T, actor
Thierry Lundy and more.
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WHOWHATWHERE: When
Kevin Dillon of
Entourage fame opened
Parx's new poker room, he had a little (Johnny) Drama at the ribbon cutting when he couldn't quite cut the huge ribbon and had to cut it from the bottom up. And he lost a bunch of hands. No biggie. Apparently he was better at Parx's craps table and smoother when he hung at
Zee Bar later later on. ➤ Before chef
Judson Branch's fall-flavor dinner at
13 (at Marriott Downtown) Tuesday night,
Peyton Manning and a couple of his Indianapolis Colts signed autographs outside the restaurant (they didn't eat there, they stayed at the hotel). ➤ If you want to spy a celeb in the joint, you goitta go on Sat., Nov. 13, when
Cheaper to Keep Her (at the Merriam Theater) star
Vivica A. Fox does a Bailey's Signature meet-and-greet at the 1-3. Her play opened on Tuesday and its co-star,
Brian McKnight, hung in the lobby greeting guests and being smooth. ➤ Banjo-playing teen sensation
Mumford & Sons performed a sweet three-song show at Radio 104.5 FM in Bala Cynwyd. Yay. ➤ While the film team of
Safe took over a hall in Girard College for one of its mock casino shoots the other day (
James Franco used the same room a few years ago for
Annapolis and turned it into a gym),
Clint Howard, Ron's weird brother, was at Rowan University shooting a horror flick named
Down the Road. While
Safe and
Jason Statham will next be seen on Broad Street fucking up traffic next week (like Dec. 17-18), Howard will probably do an Arby's commercial.
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| Kathy Griffin, meet A.D. |
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Speaking of Broad Street, that's where my wife/this weekend's b-day girl
Glamorosi and I went to see and meet
Kathy Griffin, at the Academy of Music. How cool is my missuss? The jewelry designer gifted Griffin with a pair of her Signature Fresh-Water Pearl Cascade Earrings in teal and purple. You go, Glam.
➤ Editors going places: We're sorry to see that
City Paper's
Jeffrey Billman is leaving CP for
Philadelphia mag senior writer/editorship. Congrats. Then, there's
Inquirer Media Editor
John Timpane, who'll read some of his poems (
Burning Bush, his new book, gets published in November by the Cranberry Tree Press) at the Green Line Café on Nov. 16 during one of host's
Leonard Gontarek regular events at the 45th-and-Locust location.
➤ 1201 Chestnut St. is the new location for
Mitchell & Ness' new flagship store. The area's coolest vintage sports apparel operator will hold events from Nov. 16 to their mega-watt opening on Nov. 19.
