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Action News meteorologist Cecily Tynan and her husband, Greg Watson, ran off with top honors at Sunday's Ocean Drive 10-mile race in Cape May County, N.J.

Action News meteorologist Cecily Tynan and her husband, Greg Watson, ran off with top honors at Sunday's Ocean Drive 10-mile race in Cape May County, N.J.

Watson, 42, was the top overall finisher in the field of 457 runners (54:57), while Tynan, 40, was the fastest female with a 1:06:58.

In other Action News news, there's a baby derby underway on City Avenue as anchor Tamala Edwards announced yesterday that she's expecting her first child with her husband of nolead begins 21/2 nolead ends years, Rocco Lugrine. Edwards, who turns 38 on April 7, met Lugrine, a pastry chef, during an assignment. Action News' Erin O'Hearn disclosed earlier this month that she and her husband of seven months, the builder Sal Paone Jr., were awaiting their first child this summer.

Filmdom

The cast and crew of the M. Night Shyamalan flick The Last Airbender are due back anon from Greenland, where temps were 4 below zero during shooting of icy landscapes. During their downtime, the Airbenders screened Raiders of the Lost Ark in an auditorium - it was Airbender producer Frank Marshall's first producing credit - and actor Jackson Rathbone played a set on guitar at a local pub. Shooting resumes on a Philly soundstage tomorrow.

James L. Brooks (Mary Tyler Moore, The Simpsons, Taxi, Terms of Endearment, etc.) and his crew are due here today to scout for filming How Do You Know?, a comedy about a business exec and a baseball player chasing the same girl. Reese Witherspoon is the only confirmed cast member; talks include Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd.

Connie Stevens, in town over the weekend for screenings of her drama Saving Grace B. Jones, told photog HughE Dillon that she used a song in the film that had been sung by her ex, Eddie Fisher. Alas, she didn't get the rights for free. After Saturday's screening, she stopped at the party for MANNA's Shut Up & Dance benefit, and Sunday morning found her at Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.

Briefly noted

Michael and Anastasia Karloutsos, who own the Water Works restaurant on Kelly Drive, took part in last week's Greek Independence Day festivities at the White House. Michael, a former Illinois political operative, also attended a fund-raiser for Alexi Giannoulias, running for President Obama's former Senate seat.

Ardmore-bred singer-songwriter Brendan McKinney's bluesy tune "You Got It Wrong" will be featured on TNT's Trust Me (9 p.m. tomorrow).

Three locals turn up this week in the hot seat of Millionaire (12:30 p.m., Channel 6): Jim Falcone, a pediatric home-care nurse from Clayton, will sit across from Meredith Vieira tomorrow; Lindsay Turk, a satellite engineer from Philadelphia, is up Thursday and Friday; and Kelly Bradley-Dodds, a pediatrician from Havertown, will be on Friday and Monday.

Jennifer Ryan, formerly heard on Sunny 104.5 and Q102, is out of work, as Reading's Frank FM (107.5) has adopted a Christian format. She was one-half of the Ken and Jenn in the Morning show.

Sister Mary Scullion is in the running for Time mag's annual list of its 100 most influential people. The blurb calls her "Philadelphia's Mother Theresa." Yes, with an "h."