Famous faces among White Sox fans
We all know Ben Affleck, Matt Damon,
and Stephen King are superfans of the Sox, but how 'bout
their playoff opponents? What celebs, if any, support the Chisox? Believe
it or not, Styx singer Dennis DeYoung is to the White Sox
what Ben is to the Bosox. Yup, while many prominent Chicagoans pledge
allegiance to the Cubs -- John Cusack, Bill
Murray, Dennis Franz, and Jim
Belushi come to mind -- Mr. Roboto reveres the White Sox. (We
e-mailed DeYoung yesterday, but Kilroy wasn't there.) The list of Pale
Hose partisans doesn't end there. Other notables who strongly identify
themselves as White Sox rooters include the Rev. Jesse
Jackson, ''Cheers" star George Wendt, talk show
host Jerry Springer, professional wrestler
Mankind, and, our personal favorite, 1994 Playboy
Playmate of the Year Jenny McCarthy, a South Side native.
Reached yesterday in New Orleans, Jackson called the Chisox a ''team of
destiny" that has ''not only the talent, but the appetite." While it's ''a
joy to watch the artistry of [David]
Ortiz and[Manny]
Ramirez," he predicted a White Sox win. ''You and the Red
Sox share something," Jackson said, laughing. ''You're both up against a
deadline."
Singer gets a coffee break
If the singer-songwriter thing doesn't work out, Cambridge lass Mieka Pauley could always go count birds in Borneo. That's because the Starbucks/NEMO emerging artist grand prize winner also happens to be a Harvard grad who majored in biological anthropology. ''It didn't prepare me at all for a career in music," admits Pauley, who'll play Oct. 29 at the Paradise Lounge. That's OK. Her reward for winning the
For U2 fan, it pays to advertise
Not wanting to irritate the folks around her, Beth Anderson held up her sign that read ''Baby in My Belly Wants to Dance With Bono!" for just a minute. But it was long enough for Bono to notice. ''The Edge saw it first," said Anderson, who attended U2's show in Boston Monday with her pediatrician hubby, Joe. ''The Edge looked at it and smiled." Next thing she knew, the 31-year-old homemaker/model from Belfast, Maine, was being hauled onto the stage. ''I gave Bono a big hug, and he called me a 'sexy mama,' " giggled Anderson, who's 11 weeks along. What's the baby's name? ''We don't know the gender," she said. ''Baby Hewson?"While in town promoting ''Pride and Prejudice," director Joe Wright hosted a special screening Monday at the MFA. . . . Appearing on Mix 98.5 FM yesterday, Jon Bon Jovi floated the idea of playing at Fenway next summer.
New engagement for Summers
Harvard president LarrySummers is engaged to girlfriend Elisa New, the university confirmed yesterday. The couple expects to tie the knot in a small ceremony for family and friends later this fall. Described as ''a potent mix of sensuality and rigor" in Richard Bradley's book ''Harvard Rules," New is a professor of English and American Literature and Language atHarvard. She's been married once before and has three daughters. Summers also was previously married and has three children, two girls and a boy. . . . Charles Schlueter, principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1981, is retiring at the end of next summer's Tanglewoodseason, according to the BSO. During his tenure, Schlueter tangled with former BSO music director Seiji Ozawa, who tried to have him fired. (Schlueterappealed Ozawa's decision, and won.) Before coming to Boston, Schlueter, who's 66, was principal trumpet with the Minnesota Orchestra, the MilwaukeeSymphony, and the Kansas City Philharmonic. He was associate principal trumpet with theCleveland Orchestra under George Szell, and also recorded a series of CDs under his own name. Schlueter declined comment yesterday.Geoff Edgers of the Globe staff
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