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Dan Gross | More wild 'Idol' shots?

THE PHOTOS OF "American Idol" contestant Antonella Barba posing semitopless and drinking underage that surfaced on the Internet last week? That was nothing.

THE PHOTOS OF "American Idol" contestant

Antonella Barba

posing semitopless and drinking underage that surfaced on the Internet last week? That was nothing.

New pictures, which appear to be of the 20-year-old from Point Pleasant, N.J., topless and performing oral sex on a man have popped up on Web sites such as IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com and HollywoodGrind.com. Some of the sites have blurred out the man's unit, but other photos are uncensored.

The photos appear to be digital images taken by the man she is fellating. Fox, which is happy to peddle salaciousness in certain programming, has sought to protect the family-friendliness of "American Idol." Several years ago, the show booted contestant Frenchie Davis for having taken professional seminude photos before entering the competition.

The Barba pictures were among the most popular searches on AOL Search over the weekend, according to TMZ.com. Fox did not comment to the Web site about whether Barba might be removed from the contest. The "American Idol" publicity team did not respond by deadline to our e-mail request for comment last night.

* Maybe it was Rod Stewart's performance, or maybe all the champagne, but two horny people who said they were guests at the Academy Ball last month couldn't wait to get it on in the back of their limousine.

And now, they're on YouTube.

Don't worry; it wasn't Charles and Camilla.

While stuck in traffic on the 1300 block of Walnut, a passenger in the next car noticed a moaning blonde excitedly bouncing up and down and started heckling the couple. The man is never seen.

The cinematographer told the belle of the ball she was planning to post the footage online. The blonde, who declared "we were at the ball," first flipped off the peeping motorists and then seemed happy to continue the show for her. Philebrity.com first posted the video the other day. It has gotten 1,000 views. Search "limo sex Walnut." Maybe you know the randy babe.

Out and about

Former Phillies manager Danny Ozark encountered a few fans the other night at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City while playing slots. He told Wilkes-Barre's Matt Engel the Phillies will fare well this year.

* No, Ozark has not been performing stand-up comedy around town. That's Germantown's Peter Goldman, ex-columnist at Vibe and the Source, who uses the stage name Danny Ozark.

Tiffany to breakfast elsewhere

The Borgata's food and beverage director, Victor Tiffany, is off for San Diego to work out there. Tiffany may have to change the voicemail greeting he's had for several years that says, "And remember, Atlantic City is cool."

Good thing she's so handy

CN8 anchor Connie Colla's passion for home improvement is covered extensively in the March/April issue of the MAINLINE magazine, but after the magazine's deadline, Colla and her husband, Dave, a photographer for NBC-10, arrived at their Ocean City shore house to find that the heat pipes and radiators had all frozen and exploded, flooding the house.

Colla's gutting the walls and ceilings on the first floor to dry out the house. The flood ruined most of her furniture.

Globetrotter boss loves TSOP

Harlem Globetrotters chairman and CEO Mannie Jackson was thrilled the other day when he got to tour the Philadelphia International Records offices and meet one of Philly soul's legends, Kenny Gamble. Jackson was here promoting Globetrotter dates at Temple's Liacouras Center March 10 and at the Wachovia Center March 11.

When Jackson was younger, he played the saxophonoe, started listening to MFSB, and then collected everything Gamble and Leon Huff wrote and released. He said touring Philly International was one of the top 10 experiences of his life.

Student Settles into victory

Settle, the pop-punk trio featuring U. Arts music student Willie Rose on drums, has won mtvU's contest with bestmusiconcampus.com and will record an EP for Epitaph.

The power trio will also perform at an mtvU spring break concert in Cancun, Mexico, with artists such as Akon, Fat Joe, and Stephen and Damien Marley. To hear them, go to settlemusic.net. *