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TONIGHT: Dog Day Evening at the Ballpark McFadden’s for PAWS

Thursday, August 2
6-9 p.m.: Dog Day Evening at the Ballpark
       McFadden�s
       Citizens Bank Park
       Enjoy food, drink, and good company.
       Show your colors:
       Prizes for the most motivated fan!
       Adoptable PAWS dogs will be on hand.
       $25/ticket, all proceeds benefit PAWS.
       Click here to purchase tickets.


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England’s Chelsea Soccer Team Exercises at City Hall

 This is one of those posts that I just didn’t have time to post, yet it’s a fantastic story.

 Last Wendesday, a few hours before the MLS All Star Game, the heavily favored football, er I mean soccer team England’s Chelsea, took a walk around the block then exercised in Philly City Hall’s courtyard.

 They also posed for photos with the fans that were waiting outside their hotel.

I don’t know who the players were, but I know the few fans that were in City Hall Courtyard couldn’t belive what they were seeing. A shot from here would have been my lead story last week, but then a few hours after I took these I got David Beckham outside the Palomar’s Square 1682

(I was out all night on the Paranoia film set, so I might just have this abbreviated entry today. Watch me on Fox 29 tomorrow (Friday) for exclusive stories from the night.)

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Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis Campaign – Miley Cyrus Update – Tuesday

If you noticed a few of your co-workers missing yesterday mid-morning, they probably were here at the Constitution Center; not getting their history on,  
but getting their fan boy/girl fix for the beloved Ron Burgundy of Anchorman.

On a nationwide tour to promote their new movie “The Campaign,” Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis 


stopped in Philadelphia yesterday to greet fans, and sign the
commemorative copy of the Constitution to celebrate its 225th
anniversary. Will and Zach were joined on stage by National
Constiution Center CEO, David Eisner.(who graciously offered for all those in attendance to see the exhibits for free after the event.)

 Also appearing yesterday were Philadelphia Eagles, Mike
Patterson and Jason Kelce
and Philadelphia Flyers Sean Couturier, Matt
Read
and Zac Rinaldo.

 Cute Megan McCaffery, and Courtney Olsen with dad JP McCaffery

  Remy Feldman can’t even begin to tell you how many times he’s seen Anchorman, was kinda sad he couldn’t snag a Cam Brady shirt, cause that’s who he’d be voting for.
Galifianakis will start filming the third Hangover in
September returning as the stunned Alan, Galifianakis will join Bradley
Cooper’s Phil and Ed Helms’ Stu on another crazy adventure.
Ferrell will finally be reprising his role as Ron Burgundy in an Anchorman sequel. It’s called Anchorman: The Legend Continues, and starts filming next year.

 I ran into fans Abby Feiner and Jody Feiner, then took them on a Paranoia fan watch to the set at 10th & Carpenter where they were excited to get a glimpse of Liam Hemsworth. Jody even got “wave” distance of him. They left a little too soon cause Miley stopped by to have lunch with Liam around 2PM.

Pressed for time after arriving 30 minutes late, the duo spent about 10 minutes on stage before heading over to CBS 3 to appear with Pat Ciarrocchi and the newly recuperated Anchor
Ukee Washington who returned to CBS 3 from medical leave yesterday.  (He had hip replacement surgery in late May).  Will Ferrell and
Zach Galifianakis  were very gracious and spent a lot of time with the news pair, later when leaving they signed and posed for fans.
The era of
flappers and suffragists, bootleggers and temperance lobbyists, and
real-life legends like Al Capone and Carry Nation will come vividly to
life in the National Constitution Center’s world-premiere exhibition
American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.  Spanning the dawn of the temperance movement in the early 1800s, through the Roaring Twenties, to the unprecedented repeal of a constitutional amendment during the Great Depression, this
first comprehensive exhibition about Prohibition will explore America’s most colorful and complex constitutional hiccup.  American Spirits will debut at the Center from October 19, 2012 to April 28, 2013, before embarking on a nationwide tour.
Where was Miley yesterday, on the Paranoia Film Set as usual. Here’s a shot of Liam helping her in the trailer.
Check out my PhillyMag Column for more Miley Cyrus and Paranoia, HERE 
Also Paranoia is filming tonight on 20th Street, btwn Spruce & Locust. 9PM Don’t drive in area, roads will be closed. I don’t know sched

Support my new advertiser – City of Hope. Coming up in Sept 23, Hope Cuts, haircuts to raise money for curing cancer. 

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I’m a Miley Cyrus Fangirl. Monday’s update & her dining pleasure

 I’ve turned into a Miley Cyrus fan girl and I know you (my regular readers), must be over this coverage. I never watched Hannah Montana before, or really heard any of her music, well except “Party in the USA”, what a great anthem, but I’m smitten with this kitten who has such a devoted fan following, like the Saved by the Bell fans, or the Sex and the City peeps who go to NYC to sit on Carrie’s steps. I’m surprised a news organization hasn’t done a story on these young ladies yet.

Morning everyone – Miley tweeted this photo to her fans. I guess she sleeps with all her jewelery on.

Miley headed to the set Monday, Ziggy walked besides her sans leash.  He didn’t stray too far from her as she strolled down the street with her Starbucks, and then entered Liam’s trailer. He was filming his last scene at the Lombard location, day 7 of 40, his ultra modern apartment building. Later she headed off with a friend as Liam went to work.


 Gabriella’s mom took off from work today, and waited 10 hrs near Liam’s trailer to meet him.(Note to fangirls, bring a camera with a flash if your phone doesn’t have a flash. Altho I can see Gabriella’s smile shine through. PS Photoshop may be able to lighten your shot. send me your picture I will do if for you like I did for the gal in the shot below.)

 
Liam was in his car, passed the gals, stopped got out and posed. What a guy!!

I’m so happy my mom waited with us for like 5 hours to see Liam

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The Melanie Finley Ovarian High Heel Race in Avalon NJ – Pixs

 The Melanie Finley Ovarian organization held it’s 3rd annual 50 yard High Heel Race to raise awareness and funds for ovarian
cancer Saturday Avalon.
 
Leigh Kane, Kutztown, Pennsylvania – Associate Professor of Art at Kutztown University leads the pack in High Heels run for Ovarian Cancer fund raiser in Avalon Saturday, July 28, 2012

 This year they held a men’s heat too.


 Laura Heena of Cherry Hill NJ defends her title.
 Charlie Hunter of Avalon get’s his sea legs
Mike took this shot w/his cell phone, now I have competition. – The agony of de feet

  Melanie Finley with the winners in the ladies division.

 Melanie Finley with the winners in the men’s division. September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Monica Glass and i are having a couple events in memory of our loved ones, Judy Wilkins and Kathleen Glass; we’ll have details soon.

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HILL HARPER, WAYNE BRADY & Tommy Oliver on the 1982 Film Set in West Oak Lane

I visited the set of the film 1982 earlier this month (I reported on this in my Fox 29 clip last Thursday). It’s a film about
a father Tim Brown, (Hill Harper),

Hill Harper

whose wife Shenae Brown,
(Sharon
Leal) succumbs to a crack cocaine addiction and him trying to wean his
wife off it while shielding their 10 year old daughter (Troi Zee). It
takes place in Philly in 1982 at the very onset of the crack epidemic
and is ultimately a story of a father doing whatever it takes to save
his family.

The film was shot in West Oak Lane on Andrews Ave Philadelphia neighborhood where
writer, directer and producer Tommy Oliver, grew up.
 

The film was a
family and friend project as many of his participated in the making of
it, even flying in from California to work as a favor. Actor David
Bianchi
told me “Tommy is the kind of friend you do that for.” The home
used in the movie is in reality Oliver’s grandmother’s house. His
grandmother is played by Ruby Dee.  He told me his grandmother was
thrilled when she met him.

   Bokeem Woodbine and Hill Harper
Director Tommy Oliver and Troi Zee
A surprise add to the cast the day I was
there, Wayne Brady, who was so thin I didn’t even recognize him.  I
loved seeing the cars from the ’70s like the Pinto that wouldn’t start
and they had to push down the hill to jump start it, or the vintage
clothing, which came from Echochic in Philadelphia. The last film Oliver
produced, Kinyarwanda, won the audience award at
Sundance and was ranked #6 on Roger Ebert’s top 10 films of 2011.

writer, directer and producer Tommy Oliver, Hill Harper and Wayne Brady get some shade on this very hot day.  Shortly after this I got the tip about Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth eating at Capital Grille, and as it happened the 1982 crew was heading out to lunch, so I made my way back to town and got the exclusive shots of the duo leaving the restaurant.

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MILEY CYRUS’ WEEKEND IN PHILLY, PLUS PARANOIA FILMING INFO

Paranoia is filming on Lombard between 9th & 10th Streets again, so look for the road to be closed after 10AM. Only Liam is on set. It’s the last day of filming at this location.  Miley Cyrus and Liam spent the weekend out and about with Ziggy, and posed with the fans that asked.  As I mentioned on Friday there are two girls that are repeat offenders returning again and again for pixs with Miley. If these two gals can find her 3 days straight, any hard working fan should be able to find her.

Sophia waited a couple hours the 2nd day to catch Miley at the same place she got her the day before.

After visiting Liam on the set and stalking one of the singers from Zayn Malik  Miley & her friend Lijv went to the KOP Mall stopping first at the Cheesecake Factory. A cute fan ran into her and said, “you know you look like Miley Cyrus,” which Miley replied she was. Then she posed for a photo. Miley has now jumped ahead of the list as one of the most friendliest, accommodating celebs I have ever photographed. The list is now Miley, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie. The worst people Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Shia LaBeouf, (& by worse I mean they don’t sign for fans when they’re out and about, besides being rude every single time I tried to photograph them.)

Then she did a little retail therapy at Sephora in the KOP Mall. I hear Shane Victorino was there Thursday night. They love Neiman Marcus’ I hear.

The duo made it back in time to catch the fireworks from the Camden Riversharks stadium.

Saturday Luz Gil (at least 4 pixs now) caught up with Miley Cyrus. No doubt Luz

and Sophia (again 3 days in a row) will have their own fan club shortly.  You’re the girls that spent your summer getting a trillion Miley Cyrus shots & making friends with her. (My money is on Luz to win.)

Love the shirt Liam is wearing. Miley is looking super great in her daisy dukes. She finally changed her shoes and has boots on, kinda warm for the 90F day. Thanks to you fans for tweeting this shots, so I don’t have to bother Miley (well really I was away this weekend at the beach, it was nice.) 

Hallie and Miley. (2XS for Hallie) ps are my regular readers over Miley yet?  I do love these stories & fan photos though. It’s fascinating she hasn’t turned anyone down, or say “This is you’re 2nd photo in two days?”

Sunday with Metallica (Did she do laundry, she just wore the flannel on Friday?)

Sunday with Metallica. I recently got a 
a great cell phone, a Galexy 2S. Takes great pixs.
This is my sister Crista, and her baby Mimi. Crista has 2 boys too, 5 & 3, with hubby Michael. We had an awesome weekend. Now back to work. Follow me on twitter @IPhillychitchat for up to the minute sightings and tidbits to use on Philly. Wanna read more about Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth & the filming of Paranoia, just scroll down http://www.phillychitchat.com/for more stories & photos, some I even took myself.
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Paranoia Week 1 Wrap Up – SPOILERS; Where is Miley Cyrus today?

OK now we’re rolling. Paranoia the movie starring Liam Hemsworth and Harrison Ford (no sightings of him yet though.) is in full swing filming every day (this past week except Sunday) since it’s start last Saturday at the Comcast Center.

The film is directed by Robert Luketic.

The Comcast building represents Wyatt Telecom, (That’s Liam Hemsworth through the window inside the lobby.)

 a place where Liam Hemsworth character Adam worked. 

On this day of shooting Adam has been shown the door, and is walking out with his team, which includes Lucas Till and Embeth Davidtz

 One of the stories I didn’t get to tell was how Liam Hemsworth was driving away in his SUV, and a father and his two girls were running along the sidewalk trying to get his attention. He had the driver reverse, then he got out and posed with the two girls. It was so sweet.

5th & Morris. Frank’s house in “Brooklyn”. This is where Adam (Liam) lives before a few changes come into his life. The actual house they used had been recently renovated. They had to undo some of the renovation to make it look a bit more run down, the owners of course, want them to return it to it’s natural beautiful state. The owners were put up for a few weeks at a hotel. They chose this location for it’s proximately next to the run down corner store.  They also had to use the house next door, I imagine it was interesting when they saw the neighbors collection of snakes and turtles. The owner told me she hope the heat didn’t bother her pets too much as they needed to open the windows to hang filming banners for reflection of the light.

The Loews Hotel acts as Adams new office location, Encon Systems.

The location of Adam’s new apartment after he starts rolling in the dough. For about 2 weeks they built this elaborate facade and I couldn’t figure out why.

Now I’ve heard that it’s for total darkness as some of the scenes are supposed to be taking place at night. Makes sense now. 

Liam Hemsworth, Embeth Davidtz, and Julian McMahon are on set for this shoot, which will be there today and Monday (no weekend shoots this week.)  BTW the 800 block of LOMBARD STREET IS CLOSED. Avoid this area, the traffic bottle necks with South Street, and it’s not pretty. Now for some Miley Cyrus photos.

When Miley arrived the weather was in the 80’s and her hair was down. Plus ck out those sunglasses, the girl has a fresh collection. Not so much on the shoes since she keeps wearing the black chucks, but she does change her sunglasses.

Then it got hot and the darn hairs been up in that silly bun. Note that Miley smiles in fan photos if she’s shopping or

They have a dog.


Super fan Luz Gil. Miley wore a Chanel shirt at the Comcast Center, then the next day she tweeted for them to hook a sista up with a bag they were featuring. I hope they saw these shots seen by six million twitter followers.


Luz Gil getting another shot of Miley outside the Loews Hotel on Wednesday. Hmm what are your thoughts on this top?

Fan girls get the photos. I haven’t seen Miley in a bit, and she hasn’t seen the photographers/paparazzi for a while either,

You know why I know, she wore the same outfit all day.  When there are photographers around she changes her outfit. Last Wednesday, the day I got her at Capital Grille she had a haute outfit on

 (She looks grouchy here, but what was happening was she was walking towards a big puddle and he was saying you’re standing in the only dry part of the corner, but I didn’t realize it til that time. Then I started chatting with them about places to visit in Philly. That’s why there aren’t any photos after this point. Then they went into the Prince Theater to continue doing camera testing.)

in the morning she was wearing a black shirt and a white skirt and was photographed by a different pap, then that evening she put the blue jumper on that she bought at Anthropologie and was shot again.(I guess her boycott is over cause they’re owned by Urban Outfitters.) Above with a fan at Woody’s restaurant, bar & night club.

Luz Gil was on the move yesterday again. Did she get a shot of Miley. She is on a mission to get the most pixs/with and I think she’s going to get it done.  (After Miley left Woody’s she went back to the set about 2AM and hung out, I was told.) Who’s gonna beat her, maybe…

Thanks for touring Philly, and what restaurant was it that you were eating in when Miley walked by? Just curious, was it good? See these movies bring more money into the City than just jobs, it brings fans who need to eat. #PaTaxCredit goes a long way.

No doubt Hollywood Tans membership will be increasing next week. Twice this week she went to the one in the Gayborhood, and now they’ve offered her a free unlimited membership. Has she ever heard of Skin Palette, the spray tan place at 126 S 19th St. (Co-owner Julie Dorenbos is on the Kendra show, you can talk Hollywood with her.)

You can find Miley Cyrus whereever the fans are. They are sleuths and seem to always be successful in their quest. What’s sweet is Miley is always accommodating, and that says a lot cause there are a lot of fans!!

Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29

Check me out on my weekly Fox 29 “Good Day Philly” segment where I chat about where Miley & Liam, Richard Dreyfuss and even Wayne Brady have been eating. 

I forgot to mention on Fox that Josh Holloway has been eating at Hip City Veg every day since he arrived. Delicious food.

Also check out my other media outlet Philly Magazine online where I post photos of the who’s who, and what’s what going on in Philly at parties you may have missed, oh and my exclusive David Beckham photo at Palomar’s Square 1682.

Keep the tips coming, and thank you very much.  buzz  @ PhillyChitChat.com (email no space)

Basically it’s why I can’t get to my emails or invoices cause I’m out all the time: Hughe Around Town getting the news you can use and want to know about. I’m going away for 4 days and will hopefully catch up on my mail. xoxo Thanks for reading me HughE

Paranoia comes to theaters September 27th, 2013 and stars Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Lucas Till, Embeth Davidtz, Amber Heard, Julian McMahon.

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Miley Cyrus hangs with the Gays at Woody’s

Showing up about midnight Miley went to Woody’s around midnight with her gay bff. Originally she attempted to enter the front door, but the bouncer carded her and told her she had to use the under 21 door. She stayed for over an hour, going fairly unnoticed, and danced to tunes said an eye witness. She chatted with other kids, posed for pixs and had a great time like everyone else Thanks Jewellee Williams for this photo.

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Brian DeVuono, Sorry I Screwed Up – I shot David Beckham at Square 1682

This is Brian DeVuono with Carol Drumstas. He’s what I called a trifecta PhillyChitChat follower, he reads my blog, follows me on Twitter, reads my Philly Mag column and watches me on Fox 29.  I screwed up his name in my Philly Mag column yesterday. I know exactly what happened, I put his name in google to see what he did for a living ie Linkin, and Google changed it to a “S” and then I copied & pasted it into my column. Guess what it was all wrong. I guess I should have looked at the biz card he gave me, but I was in a hurry to get the column out the very next morning. Sometimes I make mistakes, I hate when that happens, but even more so when I do it to a faithful reader. Sorry about that. Now how’s that other guys name spelled. Someone told me on Twitter, but Twitter is down and I can’t find out Axl’s real name. I don’t know him so I’m not as broken up about it. Thanks for this great week I had. I’m on vacation til Tuesday, but will still be doing entries through out the time cause I have lots of content. BTW what’s Brian do? 
Check out this shot I got of David Beckham leaving the Palomar’s restaurant 1682. Did you know his kids were with him. He flew in by private plane at 11AM, did a practice, had dinner with his team mates then…
http://blogs.phillymag.com/the_philly_post/2012/07/26/photo-david-beckham-philadelphia/
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