Dan Gross: Packaging is important to Jamie

"I'M NOT SURE it's a kosher dill, but it's more than a gherkin," says Jamie Kennedy of what he calls a "pickle shot" of his penis, seen in the film "Finding Bliss," that premiered at the Gen Art Film Festival in New York.

"Ron Jeremy told me,'You've got some nice hang,' " says the Upper Darby-raised Kennedy, who considers that the ultimate compliment from the world-renowned male porn actor. Kennedy is in town shooting "Cafe," an indie film in which he plays a Penn dropout-turned- drug dealer opposite his real-life girlfriend, Jennifer Love Hewitt, who plays a battered woman and cafe employee.

The film, which has a three-week shoot on the Main Line, wraps next week, though Love Hewitt and Kennedy finish up their work this week.

Gail Shister leaving Inquirer

After 30 years at the Inquirer, Gail Shister will be leaving the paper on June 1.

Shister, 57, became a general-assignment reporter in April 2007, when editors reassigned her from the popular and nationally recognized television column she wrote for 25 years. She said yesterday she plans to concentrate on university teaching and her TV column at TVNewser.com.

Aames wins, Maaddi loses

Willie Aames, an actor seen in "Eight is Enough," "Zapped," and "Charles in Charge," won by decision his celebrity-boxing match Saturday against South Philly's Mike Fazio, from MTV's "A Double Shot of Love," at the World Gym on the Boulevard.

Meanwhile, Associated Press sportswriter Rob Maaddi, who fought Scott Goldfarb, of "A Double Shot at Love," is striking us as somewhat of a sore loser.

Maaddi claims the referee stopped the fight after misreading a signal that he was OK to continue fighting.

Referee Jack McCaffery commends Maaddi on "courageously" getting into the ring, and says that after Maaddi's second knockdown, McCaffery asked him if he was all right.

"He said, 'No, I can't see,' " says McCaffery, a columnist at the Delaware County Daily Times. "No means no, so I stopped it," McCaffery says.

"I left the ring without a single cut or bruise," Maaddi told us. "He [Goldfarb] walked away with a bloody face. I looked better than him before the fight and after it. I'll take that over a tainted win every day."

Damon Feldman's next celebrity-boxing outing is scheduled for June 20 at the Philadelphia Airport Ramada and features "Survivor" alum Johnny Fairplay taking on an as-yet- undetermined opponent. 94 WYSP morning host Danny Bonaduce wears Fairplay's tooth on a chain around his neck. (The tooth was knocked out when Bonaduce tossed Fairplay over his head while the pair were onstage at an awards-show reception.) For updates, check celebrityboxing.tv.

Out and about

"Sopranos" shrink Lorraine Bracco and family celebrated the Sunday graduation of her daughter Margaux Guerard from Penn's Wharton School with dinner at Mercato (1216 Spruce).

* Mayor Nutter and wife Lisa were among brunchers Sunday at Cafe Estelle (444. N. 4th).

Pro eaters try out for Nathan's

Wing Bowl veterans and International Federation of Competitive Eating professionals Dave "U.S. Male" Goldstein, of Voorhees and Micah "Wing Kong" Collins and Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston, both of Drexel Hill, will take part Saturday at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City in a qualifying event for the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs Fourth of July contest at Coney Island. Delaware's Jeff "The Natural" Olson, who competed in Wing Bowl last year, will be alongside the pros trying out for the hot-dog-eating contest.

Red-bellied turtles delay OCTO opening

We're told renovations on OCTO Waterfront Grille (221 N. Columbus) have been delayed after workers discovered red-bellied turtles along the banks of the Delaware, and now plan to work around the rare sea creatures.

The restaurant, which former Rock Lobster manager Clark Maloney is opening on the old site of Rock Lobster, will now open by mid June, and not this weekend as originally planned.

Billie Jean King on 'Ugly Betty'

Tennis legend Billie Jean King, who owns the Philadelphia Freedoms tennis team, will appear as herself on Thursday's season finale of ABC's "Ugly Betty." The Freedoms will play seven home games at the King of Prussia Mall starting in July. *

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