The saga of CBS 3’s Alycia Lane continues. She has been divorced twice, appeared on Dr. Phil, was romantically linked to WCBS anchor Chris Wragge, and of course infamously sent bikini photos to a married man. All of this seemed to make her one of the darlings of the New York Post’s Page Six column of late. So it is not a shock that she got into some trouble in New York, more specifically in......

The Attorney General's Office has accused Former State Rep. Frank LaGrotta of giving his relatives fake jobs in order to pay them thousands in taxpayer dollars. A cheval-de-frise (an iron-tipped log that's placed in a riverbed along with many others in order to gore the hulls of enemy warships) was recently found at the bottom of the Delaware River at the Sunoco Logistics pier in South Philadelphia. It's a relic from the mid-1770s, and......

Myra Morton, the woman charged with the death of her husband in the millionaire polygamist case, waived her hearing yesterday. She'll be formally arraigned in October. Prosecutors say she killed her husband because she didn't want to have to share with his new wife "the $6 million remaining from a legal settlement in a 2001 malpractice case involving the couple's teenage daughter." It was move-in day at Temple yesterday, and there was a strict......

Films: Exiled, Paprika Future Screenings: Exiled: No future screenings scheduled Paprika: No future screenings scheduled—although the film will apparently be coming out in wide-release soon I'd like to make one thing very clear: there is nothing, I repeat, nothing romantic about Asian gangster movies. Which is why I was completely baffled by the couple sitting directly in front of me that spent more time with their tongues down each other's throats than actually watching Exiled.......

Philly’s own, not Phillyist’s. Tonight, the Philadelphia 76ers will name Jim Ellis a "Hometown Hero." Since their 2001-2 season, the Sixers have honored one local a year with the title of Hometown Hero. Individuals are selected for this honor based on nominations, which can be made by anyone. In 2004, the award’s title was officially renamed "Hometown Heroes: In the Spirit of Alex Scott." Jim Ellis is the founder of the Philadelphia Department of Recreation’s......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Let us all agree right now: The Police were awesome. Or, we should say, are awesome, because they're *gasp* playing together again, at the opening of the Grammys. Which is the only good reason we think we've ever heard to watch the Grammys. Oh those wacky Hollywood people and their wacky remake/sequels. Turns out they're planning to do a sequel to The Departed,......

Philly cops are being bad again, and sometimes on video. First we've got a narcotics lieutenant who crashed into a car while driving a city vehicle drunk; he could lose his job. Also, the Daily News let's us know that a Philly policeman was caught drag racing in a police vehicle on YouTube - we tracked down the video here. If you know the identity of the racing officer, or anything else about the incident,......

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Show Me the Money (Tue; 9:30PM-11PM; ABC) - In this exceedingly long premier episode, the producers of "Deal or No Deal" present what they hope will be the next big game show hit. We're not sure why they chose as their title a catch phrase from an old movie that became annoying almost as soon as it became popular, but we do like their host: it's The......

Sorry, guys! We're distracted by Heroes as we write this, so no pointless babble here. Just go check out what our sister sites are doing! Austinist tells you how to vote so you don't have to think. Sweet! Parisist: Now, why on earth would anyone think that Parisians were rude? Chicagoist: Da Bears! SFist: Why doesn't John Street have him some fun affairs? Houstonist: Care to start a pool? How long before the fatal......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Made your decision yet on which next gen video game console you're going to purchase? Well, Siliconera is hear to remind us that it's really all about the games, and offers us a detailed breakdown of each system's launch titles. (Via) Rolling Stone has three words for you: Worst. Congress. Ever. (Via) Okay, this is fricking incredible: dude made pretty much perfect, working......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. The Bridesmaid - A fellow falls for his sister's bridesmaid - then starts to discover some pretty disturbing stuff about her. This is a French thriller from a few years ago only now getting its local release. The reviews are good, with plenty of comparisons to Hitchcock, and the trailer is very intriguing indeed. Looks like a winner! Trailer Showing at: Ritz at the Bourse Women......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. The geekiest love song of all time! It's composed entirely of math puns...some of which we even understand! (Via) Okay, this is weird: there's an American remake of an Asian film coming out, and it actually has the potential to be better than the original. Of course, that's mainly because the original, Infernal Affairs, wasn't nearly as good as it was cracked up......

As we hope you've already noticed by now, we've been down most of the day. Yes, little gremlins got in our machines and had a party in there. But we think our friendly gremlin exterminators tech guys have taken care of all that now...maybe. So you may cease pining desperately for our snarky comments on local affairs - wasting away in an agony of boredom before your computer terminals, desperate for entertainment - and instead......

This afternoon the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue will be the site of a conference hosted by the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia and entitled Islam and the West. It's being held in honor of the 90th birthday of Professor Bernard Lewis, a noted scholar of the Middle East and currently Princeton's Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies. Showing up for the birthday party/deep political discussion will be plenty of other......

Quick, what's the greatest Philly tradition? The Tastykake, that's right! Now, what do we desperately need more of in America? Right again: everything! That's the way we like it. But we especially need more fat and calories. At least, that's what the Tasty Baking company decided after listening to various consumer focus groups, so now they're answering this need with a new line of products called Doublicious, which includes a Krimpet with twice the......

Oh, Neil Stein, how the mighty have fallen. Neil Stein, former Philly restaurant tycoon, will be sentenced today following his guilty plea last Summer on filing false tax returns. The government is expected to request a sentence of 18-24 months in the pokey - Stein lucked out: the max is nine years. No word on the future of Stein's sole restaurant, Rouge. Despite Philadelphia's ever-rising violent crime rates, crime is down by 10% in......

People are already gathering at the Park Hyatt at Broad and Walnut to see President George W. Bush pimp his Strategy for Victory for Iraq. The sold out presentation to the World Affairs CouncilPresident's speech is due to start shortly before noon, will last approximately 40 minutes, and - at the insistence of the White House - will not have a 'question and answer' session following the speech. President Bush is not the only politico......

Next Monday President Bush and his entourage will descend on Center City for the presentation to the World Affairs Council. No doubt all Philadelphians feel honored that our fair city has been chosen as the site of President George W. Bush's next speech to drum up support for his Strategy for Victory in Iraq. Having invaded Iraq two years ago, we're not sure why there's a plan for victory being presented now. The location to......

Kali Morgan - the proprietrix of Philadelphia's own Passional and editrix of the similarly titled magazine - knows great sex. And she isn't afraid to talk about it. "I was raised by born-again Christians," Kali says. "They've pretty much gotten over what I do for a living." Or give you a sales pitch. "The Hitachi Magic Wand is a guaranteed orgasm for women. Guys say they don't like vibrators because they're jealous. Jealous of what?......

Chris Mustazza and Phil Sandick, our resident Phillies writers, return this week with talk of one-game wonder Eude Brito, Jim Thome and the Phils' playoff chances heading into September. 1. Does Brito deserve another start for the Phils? Chris:I thought that Brito’s first start was great. He only gave up one earned run in five innings and left the Phils in pretty good shape. Unfortunately for him, he ended up getting a no decision instead......