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Dan Gross: The skinny on Brianna Frost

LONG BEFORE local gal Brianna Frost was cast on MTV's "The Girls of Hedsor Hall," in which American bad girls learn to become ladies in an English finishing school, she posed nude on GirlsofPhilly.com, fans of the Web site have passed along. Fro

LONG BEFORE local gal

Brianna Frost

was cast on MTV's "The Girls of Hedsor Hall," in which American bad girls learn to become ladies in an English finishing school, she posed nude on GirlsofPhilly.com, fans of the Web site have passed along. Frost, 21, is from Reading, but studied at one of the local Penn State campuses, and poses in a Penn State sweat shirt on the site, as well as in a Phillies shirt, a Brian Westbrook Eagles jersey and, finally, nude. You can sneak a peek at Frost on the front page of GirlsofPhilly.com, but you must join the site to see the nude pics. We've posted a few of her sexy shots at PhillyGossip.com.

DeVito at Flower Show

"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" star Danny DeVito will be a special guest at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Philadelphia Flower Show from 3 to 5 p.m. March 7. He'll be pouring tastings and signing bottles of a new line of limoncello at the Wine & Spirit Store, which the state Liquor Control Board will operate at the show. DeVito will be among guests at the new Bella Italia room, which features wine, food and recipes from a number of chefs. For more info, visit TheFlowerShow.com.

Charitably minded

"Invincible" Vince Papale, CBS 3's Doug Kammerer, and Don Bell, Casey Foster and Nick McIlwain from 93.3 WMMR's "Preston and Steve" show will be among players in the second annual Ray Martin Celebrity Charity Basketball Game for Cancer Saturday afternoon at the University of the Sciences. Justice,who was just let go from Wired 96.5, will also take part in the event hosted by Q102's Lisa Paige with music from Michele Karmin. Miss FHM 2005, Lauren Harris, will also be on hand for the event, which benefits the Fox Chase Cancer Center and is held in honor of Martin's mother, Carol. Tickets, $10, available at fccc.edu/giving/celebritybasketball.

* Phillies hurler turned broadcaster

Mitch Williams, 6ABC's Monica Malpass and Nydia Han, Fox 29's Jamie Shupak and NBC 10's John Clark will participate in the 13th annual celebrity bartender's night from Young Variety, a division of Variety, the children's charity, Thursday at the Public House (18th & Cherry). Tickets: $25 at varietyphila.

org or $30 at the door for the 6-10 p.m. event.

* NBC 10's Bill Henley and Aditi Roy

will host the Junior League of Philadelphia's 3rd Annual Casino Night Gala Friday at the Crystal Tea Room atop the Wanamaker Building. The black-tie optional event raises funds for the Junior League's outdoor-academics projects, which expose children to nature and outdoor activities. Tickets are available at jlphiladelphia.org.

Out and about

* Local porn sensation Gina Lynn cele-

brated her birthday at Pearl (1904 Chestnut) Friday night along with her husband and fellow porn actor Travis Knight, local "Jackass" Bam Margera, Frankford-raised Saints lineman Jahri Evans and Flyers forward Danny Briere. Earlier that evening Briere appeared at a customer-appreciation party at Knight's clothing store, Skin, at the King of Prussia Mall. Lynn is one of the stars in Margera's new film "Minghags," which premieres at 9:30 p.m. March 8 at the 941 Theater (941 N. Front) as part of the Backseat Film Festival (backseatfilmfestival.com). Damon Feldman was also at the fete. Knight has been added to Feldman's latest Celebrity Boxing event, in which he'll take on "Survivor" alum/actor Gervase Peterson. At the same event, Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael, will take on a challenger to be announced.

* The Backstreet Boys were decked out

in Tampa Bay Rays gear when they sang the "Star-Spangled Banner" in the first game of the 2008 World Series, but Backstreeter Nick Carter was wearing a Phillies hat with his World Series jacket as he hung out at the Urban Saloon (2120 Fairmount) the other night. Carter, who once dated former Q102 babe Angi Taylor, was said to be in town visiting a local girlfriend who we are told is a tall, gorgeous blonde who looks like Jessica Simpson. Carter signed for a few star-struck girls who said hello to him as he left the bar.

* Former Q102 personalities Diego Ra-

mos and Blaire Galaton are billed as The Jobless Bartenders and will be serving drinks at Cappy's Café (Frankford & Longshore) in the Northeast starting at 9 p.m. Friday. Ramos was let go last month, and Galaton, released from the station last year, has recently started working part time on KYW NewsRadio 1060. *

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