Dan Gross: Prep alum on new 'Melrose'

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Michael Rady

, who graduated St. Joe's Prep in 1999, are looking forward to catching the actor on the CW's "Melrose Place" remake.

Rady, who worked as a bartender at Tiki Bob's Cantina (461 N. 3rd) while studying at Temple, made his acting debut in 2005's "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." He also appeared in its sequel and more recently has been seen on "Grey's Anatomy," and the ABC college series "Greek."

'Survivor' fighting

Lindsay's dad

Johnny Fairplay, the former "Survivor" cast mate who once lost a tooth when 94 WYSP's Danny Bonaduce threw him over his head, will take on Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael Lohan, in Damon Feldman's next celebrity-boxing event June 20 at the Philadelphia Airport Ramada, in Essington. Tickets are $30 for general admission, $45 for ringside available at ticketlynx.com or by calling 800-677-8499.

Frank Stallone tours Northeast

Frank Stallone and a Weinstein Co.'s reality-show crew following the actor/singer will be on hand Sunday when Frank jams with his Lincoln High School friends George Manney, Jeff Washington and more.

The Lincoln High Tacony Jamboree also features musicians Stewkey from The Nazz, Nicky Indelicato from American Dream, and members of Stone Dawn and Edgar Murray. It takes place from 3 to 7 p.m. at JT's Philadelphia House (7312 Castor Ave.) Tickets are $20.

The day before, Stallone will attend a party at his alma mater Lincoln High, which is saying goodbye to its longtime building. It'll be torn down, replaced by a school that already is built.

Patricia Burke, who in 1971 with husband John, bought the Holme Circle house where Frank and Sylvester Stallone spent a few years growing up, has a Spanish textbook of Frank's that she plans to bring Saturday to Lincoln in case he wants it back.

Off to L.A., she turns Maneater

Archbishop Ryan alum Christina Perri moved to Los Angeles when she was just a year shy of graduating from University of the Arts, where she studied film and video. Perri, 22, a Bensalem native, has started her own company, Maneater Productions, with her husband, Jed James. Maneater, which makes commercials and music videos, recently worked with South Philly native Rob McElhenney and his wife, Kaitlin Olson, who co-star in "It's Always Sunny in Philadephia," on a commercial for Boarding for Breast Cancer.

New face on NBC 10

La Salle University grad Elizabeth Crawford, who recently interned at NBC 10, was on-air last weekend as its traffic reporter. *

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