Dan Gross: Cheri Oteri's dad slain

OUR CONDOLENCES to Upper Darby-native actress

Cheri Oteri

, whose father,

Gaetano Thomas Oteri

, was stabbed to death Saturday night in Nashville.

The Associated Press reports that his roommate, country-music songwriter Richard William Fagan, 61, has been arrested and charged with the homicide of Oteri, 69. Cheri is best known for her five years on "Saturday Night Live." Nashville police arrested Fagan on suspicion of DUI earlier last weekend, but he was released and re-arrested and charged with homicide after Oteri's body was found in the house the two men shared, according to the AP report. Fagan, who has co-written several songs for John Michael Montgomery, was raised in Philadelphia and moved to Nashville in 1986, according to his Web site, ofmusic.com. Cheri Oteri, a graduate of Archbishop Prendergast High School in Drexel Hill, will next be seen in the upcoming "Major Movie Star," with Jessica Simpson. She has not released a statement on her father's death.

Big boob wins 'Big Brother'

He may have offended viewers in the process, but Cherry Hill native Adam Jasinski has the last laugh, taking the $500,000 prize by winning CBS' "Big Brother" Sunday night. Jasinski, 29, who works in public relations in Florida, attended Camden County Community College, and during production of the show, in which castmates are cut off from society in a California mansion, he referred to autistic children as retards, and was then fired as representation by the United Autism Foundation. On a live 24/7 Internet feed of the "Big Brother" house, the politically incorrect Jasinski called a castmate a "f----t".

Standish says goodbye to CBS 3

CBS 3 reporter Dick Standish will retire this week after 29 years at the station. Before that he worked for 12 years at KYW NewsRadio 1060. We're told that veteran CBS 3 reporter Robin Macintosh is also planning to retire soon. CBS 3 laid off 11 staffers last month and offered early retirement incentives to employees, including meteorologist Tom Lamaine, but we're told Standish and Macintosh both had decided to leave before that took place.

Don't be surprised if Lamaine leaves after May sweeps. A station spokeswoman yesterday confirmed Standish's retirement but said that there are "no other personnel announcements at this time."

* Standish's bio on cbs3.com says his favorite musician is Willie Nelson. In that case, he may want to tune in for local radio producer Denny Somach's special on Nelson to be aired in conjunction with the release of "Willie Nelson: An Epic Life," by Joe Nick Patoski. Patoski hosts the special, airing tomorrow on the ABC Radio Network, to mark Nelson's 75th birthday. Somach recently produced specials with Eric Clapton and former President Bill Clinton to coincide with their books.

Out and about

Sixers Shavlik Randolph and Jason Smith celebrated Friday's big win over the Pistons with a night out at Pearl (1904 Chestnut), where they were friendly to fans.

Parker Posey, here shooting "Happy Tears" with Demi Moore, was spied chatting it up on her cell inside Scoop DeVille (1734 Chestnut) the other day.

Luke Wilson, shooting "Tenure" in the 'burbs, partied inside the bank-vault-styled mogul room at G (111 S. 17th) Saturday.

CBS 3 meteorologist Doug

Kammerer and friends sat in the VIP ringside area of a packed house at Friday's Evolved Fighting Championships held at the New Alhambra (Swanson & Ritner). The local mixed martial arts series, organized by the pro trainer husband-and-wife team of Angel and Khara Cartagena, has its next show June 13. Check evolvedfighting.com for more.

Tony speaker at UArts

Tony Award-winning actress Cady Huffman, who starred in "The Producers" on Broadway, will be at UArts from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow for a free discussion that's open to the public at the Connelly Auditorium in Terra Hall (211 S. Broad St.). Huffman co-starred with Sandra Bernhard in "Twenty Dollar Drinks," written and directed by David Brind, son of UArts Trustee Ira Brind. In October, Bernhard also spoke at UArts with its most famous professor, author Camille Paglia. *

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