Tidbits 'n' pieces
Rachel McAdams worries. True love, she tells Elle, is "such a hard thing to find." RMcA is dating Brit acting genius Michael Sheen but denies they're engaged. . . . Bruce Springsteen warbles on Stewart Francke's new song about the war in Afghanistan, "Summer Soldier (Holler If Ya Hear Me)."
Hot for Alba & Depp . . .
More men would cheat on their wives with Jessica Alba than with anyone else, while married women would fling it all away for Johnny Depp, reports FoxNews.com, citing a survey of 30,000 Americans by dating site AshleyMadison.com. Alba won 15 percent of the men's vote; she's followed by Megan Fox (14.4 percent) and Angelina Jolie (10.5 percent). Depp owns the hearts of 15.7 percent of gals, above George Clooney (13.8 percent) and Hugh Jackman (10.8 percent). Barack Obama, the only politico on the list, is at No. 4 (10.7 percent
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EntBiz movers 'n' shakers
Tom Hanks offspring Colin Hanks, 33 , will join the sixth season of Showtime's serial-killers-are-nice-guys-too drama Dexter as a show regular. . . . Hugh Laurie, Olivia Wilde, Robert Sean Leonard and Omar Epps will return for season eight of Fox's House, M.D., says Variety. . . . Godfather alum Al Pacino will join John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Joe Pesci and Lindsay Lohan in writer-director Barry Levinson's mob saga Gotti: Three Generations . . . . Sirius/XM says it will air Rosie O'Donnell's upcoming Oprah Winfrey Network talker, Rosie. . . . Taylor Momsen and Jessica Szohr have quit Gossip Girl. . . . Sex machine Rod Stewart will go Vegas, with a two-year gig at Caesars Palace's Colosseum starting Aug. 24.
Zahav chef wins Beard award
Corks were popping Monday night at Zahav, the upscale Israeli restaurant in Society Hill Towers, as chef/owner Michael Solomonov won the James Beard Foundation's award for best chef, Mid-Atlantic, in the restaurant industry's version of the Oscars.
Also getting props - best chef, New York City - was Gabrielle Hamilton, who owns Prune in the East Village. She's daughter of Jim Hamilton of Lambertville's Hamilton Grill Room.
Marc Vetri and Jeff Benjamin's Vetri in Center City was nominated for best restaurant but lost to Danny Meyer's Eleven Madison Park. Also nominated was Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Del., for wine and spirits professional.
- Michael Klein
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