The force is with him

Jon Bon Jovi, here over the weekend for a two-night engagement at the Wachovia Center, took wife Dorothea and all four kids to the "Star Wars" exhibition Saturday at the Franklin Institute. The Bon Jovis got early admission to beat crowds. Bon Jovi's two youngest - sons Jacob, 5, and Romeo, 3 - had such a good time that they went back Sunday, and wore Star Wars costumes.

What was with all the cameras? Joining them Saturday and at the Wachovia shows was Barbara Kopple, the two-time Oscar-winning documentary-maker, whom Bon Jovi hired to film his band for a project.

A second crew belonged to CBS's 60 Minutes, whose Steve Kroft is working on a piece airing this spring. Since Bon Jovi is a part-owner of the Philadelphia Soul arena football team, 60 Minutes' cameras recorded a time-lapse video of the Wachovia Center changeover between Saturday's Soul-Predators football game and Sunday's Bon Jovi concert. (As backstage banners groaningly pointed out, the show was "Sould Out.")

During Sunday's show - Bon Jovi's 46th birthday - two Soul cheerleaders and several Soul players wheeled a cake on stage after "Livin' on a Prayer." After guitarist Richie Sambora led the audience in "Happy Birthday," Bon Jovi kidded: "Now get off the [bad word] stage so I can go back to work." Next song was "Just Older."