{blackbabes} We Hear...

That financier Gary Winnick, a producer along with Oprah Winfrey of Broadway show "The Color Purple," is back in the entertainment business, joining the investment group that bought Miramax Studios . . . That Pete Wentz, Nick Swisher, Serena Williams and Rev Run have signed on to be virtual coaches of the Mercedes-Benz Tweet Race, the world's first Twitter-fueled race to the Super Bowl in Dallas . . . That "Pirates of the Caribbean" beauty Naomie Harris is being considered for the female lead in the Ron Howard's eagerly anticipated "Dark Tower" trilogy.