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B12 The Boston Globe THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2009 Names Mark Shanahan Paysha Rhone Veteran columnist laid off How coldhearted are today's media moguls? Consider this: Nat Hentoff who's been writing a column for the Village Voice since 1958, was told over the phone this week that he was being laid off. "People are calling to talk to me about it," the leg endary scribe told us yesterday. "It's a little like reading your obit while you're still here." Hentoff (inset), a Roxbury native who graduated from Boston Latin and Northeastern, said his prKtnr Tnnu Hrfana fallpH anH tnlH Tiim Tip wac thp dim nf the weeklv's shrinkine ad revenues. fOrteea did not return our call yesterday.) Aside from his work at the Voice, where he opined about politics and jazz, Hentoff, 83, continues to write a weekly syndicated column and also contributes to The Wall Street Journal. "Fortunately, I'm not at a point where I have Tom and Gisele: psychic connection Why waste time guessing if Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen are getting married when you can look into a crystal ball? Alex Palermo, owner of the Original Tremont Tearoom, the nation's oldest psychic salon, and Dar-lene at Regina Russell's Tea Room in Quincy both say the Pats QB will, in fact, make a blushing bride of the Brazilian supermodel in the new year.

Palermo: "Oh yeah, it's going to happen." Darlene: "It will never break up. It's forever. They are kindred old souls together." The soothsayers also say Brady's playing days are basically behind him because of the knee injury he suffered this season. "Even if he comes back, it'll be limited," said Palermo. "Tom's leaving football, and the Patriots are scrambling behind the scenes to figure out what to do." While we had them on the horn, we to begin selling used books on the street," he said.

Lamenting the huge number of layoffs in the newspaper business of late, Hentoff recalled working at Sunday's Candies as a boy in Boston. "We were making 35 cents an hour, and I told the boss that Christmas was coming, and he'd have to pay us 50 cents or we'd walk," he said. "That was my first union experience." Hentoff had plenty of opportunities to leave the Voice, but always decided to stay. "I felt loyal," he said. asked for a few other new year's predictions.

Both believe Caroline Kennedy (inset) will take Hillary Clinton's Senate Hazel Mae returns to New England We haven't seen the last of Hazel Mae after all. Comcast announced yesterday it's adding the MLB Network to its digital cable lineup in New England. Mae, you might remember, was a NESN anchor but jumped ship when she and her bosses couldn't agree on equitable compensation. (They were fighting over money.) Mae now works for the MLB Network's show "Hot Stove," the off-season studio show, and "MLB Tonight," the network's live, in-season studio show that'll air every night. Picking up a few gifts In town for an appearance at The Estate, former "America's Next Top Model" winner CariDee English stopped by the gift suite at marlo marketing yesterday.

English snagged some goodies and signed a few items, which will be auctioned to raise money. Others who've dropped by the suite in recent months include Aerosmith's Joey Kramer, actor James Brolin, and "Mall Cop" actors Keir O'Donnell and Jayma Mays. seat. "That girl grew up surrounded by politicians," said Darlene. "If she doesn't know her way around the Senate, I don't know who does." Palermo isn't expecting big things from Republican VP pick Sarah Palin (below).

"Sarah who?" he said. "Bill Weld has a better chance of getting a talk show, and he's as exciting as a cantaloupe." And what about House Speaker Sal Di Masi? Are his days numbered? "No way. He's the Massachusetts version of the Teflon Don," said Palermo. But Darlene disagrees. "He's going to step down, thank God.

He has nowhere to Dillon arrested Matt Dillon was busted by Vermont State Police for allegedly driving 106 mph on an interstate highway. The 44-year-old movie star (above, in booking photo) was pulled over by a trooper on Interstate 91 in Newbury Tuesday night. The actor was behind the wheel of a rented 2009 Chevrolet Impala. The posted speed limit is 65 miles per hour, so Dillon was charged criminally under a statute that bans going more than 30 miles per hour above the limit while traveling 60 miles per hour or more. He's scheduled to appear in Vermont District Court on Jan.

21. He could get three months in jail and a $300 fine. "We're trying to treat him no different than we would anyone else," said State Police spokeswoman Tara Thomas. turn but to go home." The Tremont Tea Room, by the way, is moving from its longtime Winter Street Johnny Diaz of the Globe staff contributed. Names can be reached at namesglobe.

com or at 61 7-929-8253. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA. Any time now location. Effective today, the tea room's will be telling fortunes at 101 Tremont St. By the time you read this, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner may have another bundle of joy.

The couple have kept the due date of their second child under wraps, but those pesky paparazzi popped the pair arriving yesterday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA. (Ben and Jen's daughter, Violet, is 3.) Earlier this week, Garner was snapped while taking a stroll with sex therapist Dr. Holly Hein, who's famous for her book "Sexual Detours: The Startling Truth Behind Love, Lust, and Infidelity." (As the title suggests, Hein is not opposed to affairs.) Is Affleck's marriage in trouble? Bah. If we had to bet, Garner's just researching a role. A Frances Rivera (left) and Kim Khazei will co-anchor the 10 p.m.

newscast on Channel 56, beginning Monday. Change in the air Is the city ready for a two-woman anchor desk? WLVI thinks so. Starting Monday, Kim Khazei will join Frances Rivera on the 10 p.m. newscast, making Channel 56 the first Boston station to feature a permanent team of female anchors. Khazei replaces Matt Lorch, who will continue to report and anchor afternoon newscasts on WHDH (Channel 7), which owns WLVI.

"We think it's a strong move for us, doing something that is new, cutting edge, and different at 10 p.m.," said Chris Wayland, vice president and general manager of WHDH and WLVI. Linda Miele, news director for both stations, said the newscast will showcase more viewer-generated content such as video, photos, and tip-driven stories. WCVB (Channel 5) briefly experimented with a pairing of two women in the fall of 2007 while searching for a replacement for Natalie Jacob-son. The station briefly paired Liz Brunner and Heather Un-ruh as co-anchors at 6 p.m. but soon split them up.

CariDee English, a former "America's Next Top Model" winner, signs an apron to be auctioned off to raise money. sessing 7 grams of marijuana. They were held overnight and released after paying fines. Winehouse, 25, later appealed the fine, claiming Norwegian police made mistakes in the case. (AP) In the name of Bjork Bjork has partnered with a Reykjavik-based venture capital firm on a fund that will invest Barkley busted Charles Barkley was arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving yesterday in Scottsdale, Ariz.

An officer with a law enforcement task force that targets drunken driving saw the former NBA star run a stop sign around 1 :30 a.m., police said. Barkley declined to submit to a breath test but was given a blood test. The results weren't immediately available. (AP) Winehouse hearing British singer-songwriter Amy Wine-house has been summoned to appear in a Norwegian court on Jan. 1 2 in her appeal against a fine in a drug possession case, a police prosecutor said yesterday.

Winehouse and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were arrested in the western city of Bergen in October 2007 during a concert stop on charges of pos name to it. BJORK is intended for investors seeking opportunities in new venture creation and the development of small companies with the objective of helping the recovery of the Icelandic economy. (Billboard) Harrelson gets hitched Woody Harrelson and his longtime love have wed. A spokeswoman for Harrelson said the 47-year-old actor married his girlfriend of 20 years, Laura Louie, in Maui on Sunday. They have three daughters.

(AP) Oprah's class act Alerter from Oprah Winfrey last week seemed like the world's best Christmas present until teacher Ron Clark noticed an extra piece of paper flutter out of the envelope. That's when the Atlanta educator saw the $365,000 check for the innovative private school he opened in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods in 2007. Clark surprised his students with the news of the donation yesterday in a gathering at the school. The donation, which likely will go to scholarships for students, would pay for 26 children to attend the school for one year, Clark said. The 80-student middle school depends almost entirely on donations to operate.

(AP) A grand time Don't look for Cloris Leachman to do something wacky while she's riding in the Rose Parade as grand marshal. The 82-year-old "Dancing With the Stars" contestant says there's "no possibility" that she'll get out of the car on the parade route today in Pasadena, and dance in the street. (AP) in companies that are socially and responsible. rm The Icelandic musician has established the venture fund with Audur Capital and given her ASSOCIATED PRESS Former NBA star Charles Barkley was arrested in Arizona. lAiihiiirriintirrra 'It's exhausting to play that your body is failing you and it's difficult to Julia Ormond, talking about her role as a dying woman in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" RED Black GL B12 20:12 FIRST.