POOL PARTY: Former Celtics standout Paul Pierce is living the good life. Case in point: He was in Las Vegas, along with other NBA stars and celebrities, for JBL Fest, an exclusive music event held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Pierce was spotted at a performance by Dame D.O.L.L.A., aka pro-basketballer and hip-hop artist Damian Lillard. Other NBA stars — including Isaiah Thomas, Victor Oladipo and analyst Kenny Smith — were there to support Lillard.
HOLT YOUR HORSES: Because Red Sox player and Jimmy Fund Captain Brock Holt stopped by Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic yesterday to visit pediatric patients there. He hung with the kids, chatting with them, helping them make slime with glue and signing autographs. Holt is also promoting the 16th annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon, which is going down at Fenway Park Aug. 15 and 16.
SHARK WEEK: No, we’re not talking about the current Discovery Channel programming. Lori Greiner — inventor, entrepreneur and shark investor on ABC’s reality show “Shark Tank,” dropped into Strega North End for a bite this past weekend. The Queen of QVC was in Boston because she was serving as a guest speaker at the LPL Financial Conference yesterday. While at the North End eatery, she took time to pose with owner Nick Varano.
GAME OF LEAKS: Where’s a dragon when you need one? HBO confirmed a “cyber incident” yesterday, in which data from the premium cable network had been compromised over the weekend. The anonymous hackers, in emails sent to reporters, claim to have swiped some 1.5 terabytes of data, including material from next week’s “Game of Thrones” — the “Spoils of War” episode — and the online leaking has reportedly begun. HBO has mopped up GOT spillage before — remember when four episodes were leaked ahead of the Season 5 premiere? That made the network nix the use of screeners. The show takes privacy very seriously, according to Entertainment Weekly. GOT uses coded scripts, ultra-secure sets, and polices the airspace from drones when they’re shooting scenes. HBO said it is working with law enforcement and cyber security firms to deal with these miscreants, but spoilers have no fans among GOT cast members.
“I get so angry about it like we all do,” Kit Harington, aka Jon Snow, told EW.
“You think about all the work you do,” said Aidan Gillen. “I’d never say anything to anybody — even my closest family members. I take security very seriously. Maybe that’s just the Littlefinger in me.”
