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Dan Gross: Mack to be truckin' in celebs
By Dan Gross
Philadelphia Daily News
Jul 28, 2008
R UN-DMC 's Darryl McDaniels and actor/singer Tyrese Gibson will be part of Saturday and Sunday's Charlie Mack Party 4 Peace Celebrity Weekend, organizers have announced. Charlie "Mack" Alston , Will Smith 's longtime friend and assistant, is hosting his 12th annual Celebrity Basketball Game and a handful of other events in town over the weekend. Sixer Lou Williams and other NBA players including Cuttino Mobley , Rasual Butler , Hakim Warrick and Ronald "Flip" Murray will participate, and Indianapolis Colts' tackle Raheem Brock will try to hold it down on the court too.
The game will be held at Temple's Liacouras Center at 7 p.m. Sunday. For a full schedule visit CharlieMack
CelebrityWeekend.com or call 267-312-6643 for info.
Alyssa Milano does the Phillies
You can buy Alyssa Milano 's clothes at tomorrow's Phillies game. Not so fast, pervs - not her clothes, but her clothing line, TOUCH by Alyssa Milano. The "Charmed" one will be at the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Citizens Bank Park Thursday selling her MLB-licensed fashion line for female sports fans. The "Who's the Boss" star and former "Melrose Place" actress will greet fans who purchase her wares between 12:15 and 1:15 Thursday afternoon before the Phillies take on the Cardinals. You need a ticket to the game to get to the Majestic Clubhouse Store, where the "Poison Ivy II" hottie will be stationed.
* Slightly less sexy
than Milano is "GoodFellas" actor Paul Sorvino , who will sing the National Anthem at Citizens Bank Park before the Aug. 6 Phillies-Marlins game. The annual Police Athletic League softball game will be held right before the game.
Post peeved at Times' Penn story
The New York Post 's Page Six yesterday attacked the New York Times for a snarky story about former Page Six editor Claudia Cohen , a Penn grad, who is now the namesake of Penn's Logan Hall, now known as Claudia Cohen Hall. Cohen's ex-husband, Philly-raised Revlon billionaire Ron Perelman , paid $20 million to Penn, which he also attended, in 1994 for the rights to rename the campus building. The Times called Cohen "a New York socialite known for dating moguls and senators and dishing Hollywood gossip" on TV. Perelman told Page Six that Cohen is very deserving of the honor because she was the first female editor of the school's paper, the Daily Pennsylvanian , and was "a journalist with a thirst for knowledge."
A gay old time for a good cause
"Project Runway" contestant Jack Mackenroth will be among judges of the second annual Mr. Gay Philadelphia Aug. 15 at the Levitt Auditorium at the Gershman Y (401 S. Broad) to benefit ActionAIDS and City of Hope. The HIV-positive Mackenroth left the Bravo show early last season after a health crisis.
Bruce Yelk of nightlifegay.com has teamed up with Thom Cardwell and James Duggan of BUCKmonkey.net to promote the event, which will also feature Village Voice columnist Michael Musto and Mickey Boardman , aka Mr. Mickey, a reporter/columnist for Paper magazine.
Interested contestants must identify themselves as gay or bisexual and can apply online at nightlifegay.com. The winning contestant from Philly will compete at the 2008 North American Mr. Gay in Los Angeles. *
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