NAMES & FACES

High Rollers

Yesterday's radio-telethon benefiting children's cancer-fighting charity The Jimmy Fund was a big success thanks to celebs including Donald Trump , Ben Affleck , Billy Ray Cyrus and Jon Cryer . The all-day fundraiser, broadcast from Boston on both WEEI-AM radio and New England Sports Network cable channel, passed its goal and raised $2.8 million for the favored charity of the Red Sox. Trump, a telethon guest, threw in $60,000, Red Sox owner John Henry pitched in $30,000, and Yankees owner George Steinbrenner slid in $10,000. Other telethon participants were "Fever Pitch" filmmakers Peter and Bobby Farrelly and Massachusetts Sens. Edward Kennedy and John Kerry . Donations are being accepted online through the weekend.

They Do -- Again

Actress Pamela Anderson and rapper Kid Rock clocked in wedding No. 3 in the wee hours Thursday morning at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville. The newlyweds took to the stage to the delight of the club's unsuspecting crowd and exchanged vows. The couple donned white, with Anderson in a Juicy dress and Rock in a tank top. The groom serenaded his centerfold wife with a version of "Some Kind of Wonderful." Pam and Kid, real name Bob Ritchie , started the wedding spree July 29 near St. Tropez.

Noted . . .

· Actor Jon Gries , who played the unhinged Uncle Rico in the indie hit "Napoleon Dynamite," will not face criminal charges in an alleged road rage incident a few weeks ago in Los Angeles. Prosecutors said Friday that Gries will instead be enrolled in a supervised mediation program.

· Film critic Roger Ebert , 64, although still in a Chicago hospital after a cancer operation, is gearing up to come back to work. Updating his Web site on Friday, he wrote that doctors are "enthusiastically optimistic" about his prognosis. Time to start those thumb exercises -- up, down, up.

· A new swivel lies ahead for Barry Manilow , who has canceled his three remaining performances at the Las Vegas Hilton to have hip surgery. The 63-year-old singer still plans to appear at the Emmys on Aug. 27 but will be admitted to the hospital afterward for arthroscopic surgery to repair torn cartilage. The crooner will reschedule all of his 20 or so missed concerts for next year.

· British soccer star and tabloid royalty David Beckham and pop-singer wife Victoria are releasing new fragrances next month -- "Intimately Beckham for Him" and "For Her." No word yet on whether they'll waft overseas . . .

. . . And Quoted

"I'm going to go off and have a glass of champagne."

-- Boy George, to reporters after wrapping up a week of court-ordered community service sweeping New York streets for falsely reporting a burglary at his apartment in March.

-- Compiled by Ashby Strassburger from wire reports

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