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| Wednesday, 02 July 2008 | |
 Almost 300 extras and actors - joined by five articulated dummies - took turns playing dead on the Water Street sidewalk Sunday, as "The Surrogates" wrapped up a "climactic moment in the movie," spokesman Ernie Malik said. "They were crashing cars and there were dead bodies in the street. It's really the end of the movie. . . . It's hard to describe it without giving anything away." Action star Bruce Willis was not on set Sunday, but he did film a scene, in which he's seen leaving a hospital, on Franklin Street with costar (and FBI partner) Radha Mitchell Saturday. It's a guys thing In 2006, two guys came together to create "The Guy From Boston," a trash-talking, cigar-waving uber-Bostonian who promoted cigars for the one guy's shop (David Garofalo owns Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, N.H.) and gave local rant-aholic Joe Ligotti an outlet for his outrageous spewings. Fast-forward two years: Ligotti's a local celeb, a regular on Fox 25 who's appeared on "The Tonight Show," and Garofalo, who says he didn't want to pay Ligotti's manager, is out. Now a New Hampshire federal court judge has ruled that only Ligotti can use "The Guy From Boston" name, although Garofalo can keep his website, theguyfromboston.com. A "disappointed" Garofalo said he simply hired Ligotti to play a role, and that he should be allowed to use his creation to promote his 23-year-old cigar shop. Garofalo said he probably won't fight the judge's preliminary injunction, but he might create a new cigar-puffing dude to push his smokes. "I'm a guy who sells cigars," he sighed. "You have to be a lawyer to figure this all out. I don't like the way it ended, but it was fun while it lasted." Ligotti couldn't be reached yesterday, but in a statement his manager Frederick J. Balboni said Ligotti is The Guy From Boston: "Make no mistake about it, Joe Ligotti is no actor." And now, in a case of dueling websites, Ligotti can be found at theguyfromboston.net.Penthouse sweet The crane was back at Tom Brady's Beacon Street brownstone yesterday, hoisting an enormous box up to the Pats QB's pad. This is the second time in recent months that a section of the street was blocked off while items were lifted up to Brady's abode. Last time, it was flora and fauna for the penthouse. . . . No wonder Brady's girlfriend is the world's richest supermodel. To appear in two new Volkswagen ads that aired for the first time Sunday in her native Brazil, Gisele Bundchen was paid $2.5 million. Sylvester Stallone is also in the ads, but we're told the "Rocky" actor was paid only $800,000. You can see the spots on Youtube.com.
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