Dan Gross: Huntingdon Valley's Jen Rade, stylin' on STYL'D
JEN RADE says she's "a jeans and cashmere sweater girl, simple and classic, one accessory." But the Huntingdon Valley native knows how to keep celebrities in the hottest fashions as a senior stylist at the Margaret Maldonado Agency in LA.
J
EN RADE
says she's "a jeans and cashmere sweater girl, simple and classic, one accessory."
But the Huntingdon Valley native knows how to keep celebrities in the hottest fashions as a senior stylist at the Margaret Maldonado Agency in LA.
Rade can be seen at 10 Sunday nights on MTV's "STYL'D," on which five aspiring stylists compete for a job with MMA. She has styled music videos by Pink, Marilyn Manson, LL Cool J, Dave Matthews Band and Snoop Dogg, and works regularly with Kim Kardashian, who was featured in the show's premiere. When Rade, a Lower Moreland High grad, first started in music videos, she was known as "the white Jewish girl who only does hip-hop videos."
She always researches the past looks of any potential clients so she can tell them how they can improve.
"I'm a stylist and they're hiring me, so they want my opinions."
Rade's parents, Steve and Susan,
still live in Huntingdon Valley and she visits often. When she does she eats her way through Ben and Irv's, Slack's for a cheesesteak, and Wawa for TastyKakes. Steve Rade made headlines not long ago when he took out a billboard on I-95 asking "Don't Believe in God? You Are Not Alone," urging people to do good things in the name of people, not God.
Out and about
* The legendary Stevie Wonder
surprised guests by performing "Superstition" and partying until early yesterday morning at the Borgata's mur.mur nightclub after his concert at the hotel. While the hotel's official Halloween party was hosted by local Playboy Playmate Shannon James, dressed as a sexy kitten, Wonder was not to be outdone, dressing as an inmate while his band and crew were Hugh Hefner and Playboy Bunnies at their Saturday night show. "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon joined Wonder onstage at his Friday show to perform "Ebony & Ivory," then performed with his show's house band The Roots at the Borgata's Music Box. Fallon and a few Roots later played the Gypsy Bar.
* Comcast-Spectacor boss Ed Sni-
der wore a lobster bib over a seafood lunch at Chickie's & Pete's (15th & Packer) Friday afternoon with a friend while outside in the parking lot passers-by observed and praised his new purple Porsche.
Bizarre story line for Ben
A struggling actor who robbed a bank dressed as Ben Franklin threatens to jump off City Hall in a scene from the recent "As the World Turns" shoot there. He's played by local actor Dean Bennett, who also impersonates Franklin around the world. Tune in Friday and next Monday (2 p.m. CBS3) to see if he jumps.
Celebrity Boxing time again . . .
Rodney King will be fighting again in a Celebrity Boxing bout against South Jersey mailman Bob Meloni. They'll fight Nov. 20 at the Ramada at the Philadelphia Airport on a card that also features bad boy of baseball Jose Canseco fighting four men.
Canseco will go one round each with Andrew "Dank" Dankanich, doorman at 32° (16 S. 2nd) as well as former baseball player Jeff Randazzo and Domenic and Robert Botto, owners of Botto's Sausage and Botto's restaurant in Swedesboro.
Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael, fights again, battling Daniel "Tailor of Terror" Morroni. Tix on sale through Ticketlynx.com,
800-677- 8499.
Speaking of Rodney King . . .
King got a standing ovation at the 26th Ward's fall fundraiser the other night at the Waterfall Room (2015 S. Water), where he spoke of his intention to start an anti-violence program in the city. Republican ward leader Irene DiLolli hosted the event, which drew guests such as controller candidate Al Schmidt and district attorney candidate Michael Untermeyer, Councilman Frank Rizzo, Parking Authority head Vince Fenerty and former 26th Ward leader Jim Dintino.
Singer Sigler goes global
Philly soul staple Bunny Sigler is off on a world tour, performing Othello in the opera at Stanford University and then to the Vienna Opera House in Austria, on to Greece, then a rock/funk tour through Israel with the group Coolooloosh. In December, Sigler will be in town playing a fundraiser for the Save the Mummers fund along with the Bacon Brothers, says his lawyer Lloyd Zane Remick.
Andorra actor on Fox Sports
Andorra native Chris Pizzi has popped up doing Fox Sports comedy bits with Frank Caliendo and now co-stars on FoxSports.com in Cubed, which broadcasts new webisodes weekly. Pizzi, son of Tastykake CEO Charlie Pizzi and brother of NBC 10's Justin Pizzi, is a St. Joe's Prep graduate.
Sports Chatter Guys return
Gene Giello and Paul J. Solari, the Sports Chatter Guys, and former Jets QB Glenn Foley, all formerly of ESPN 950, host an Eagles postgame show from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Sunday at Chickie's & Pete's (15th & Packer). It will air on Voice of the Eagles, Merrill Reese's WBCB 1490 AM, and stream online at wbcb1490.com. Former Daily News Sexy Single Dave Dougherty and Jessica Scott Models LLC will be there posing sports trivia questions.
* The Sports Chatter Guys have also enlisted a recent Cardinal Dougherty Hall of Fame inductee, 610 WIP's Joe Conklin, to do a benefit at 8 p.m. Friday for the Monsignor Bonner football team. For tix, call 610-623-8880, or visit JoeConklin.com.
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