*Charlie Trotter’s cuisine made him famous, but his charity made him a “Chicagoan of the Year.” Joining the restaurateur on Chicago Magazine’s January list are champions for the disabled, Marca Bristo; for black writers, Haki Madhubuti; inclusion, Modesto Valle; animals, Paula Fasseas; kids with cancer, Kathleen Casey; and nutrition in Africa, Kendall Ciesemier.
*Josh Lucas will star in “God’s Spy,” based on the true events that culminated in the discovery of banker Roberto Calvi hanging under London’s Blackfriars Bridge in 1982. Variety reports that Lucas (“The Hulk”) will play a young Wall Street trader who is secretly a Jesuit priest learning finance.
*Madonna has sued the people who run her luxury co-op building overlooking Central Park, complaining they won’t let her buy a neighbor’s apartment. The 49-year-old singer moved into 1 W. 64th St. after she was rejected by the board at the ritzy San Remo co-op in 1985.
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Personals was compiled by Kester Alleyne-Morris and Alan Leo from Tribune news services and staff reports.
