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Monday, November 16th, 2009

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Knight And Day crews wrap up filming at the build crew site in Woburn this week. Then it’s off to Europe to continue filming. Check out Tom Cruise during his final days of filming in Hollywood East after spending a weekend around Boston with Katie Holmes.

Comics Come Home in Boston raises money for the Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer and featured Denis Leary and Lenny Clarke, among others.

Cameron Diaz professes her love for Boston.

The Boston Jewish Film Festival coasts through the Coolidge Corner Theater in Boston.

★ The Food Network’s Guy Fieri launches his roadshow in Lowell on November 17.

The Social Network turns Philips Academy in Andover into a winter wonderland.

Actor James Woods returns to his childhood home state of Rhode Island for a lawsuit he brought against the hospital where his brother died.

Boston Plays Big Role in Fall Films

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The fall movie season is ramping up, and the next month contains not one but two star-studded, filmed-in-Boston flicks ready to thrill you, or tickle your funny bone.

First up, Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, and Rosamund Pike; this futuristic, sci-fi thriller follows the story of a cop (Willis) who must leave his home after years in isolation in order to investigate the murders of surrogate robots through which humans are able to interact. This 2008 production happened all over Boston and beyond, with other towns including Hopedale, Lawrence, Lynn, Wayland, and Woburn, Massachusetts all playing host to scenes in the film. Other areas included the old Paul Dever School in Taunton, the former Worcester courthouse in Worcester. Boston’s South End and South Street in the Leather District were also used during filming. The Human Scale office at 179 South Street was transformed into a futuristic robot salon where Willis shot scenes in July of ’08. Surrogates will be in theaters September 25.

The Invention of Lying, starring Jennifer Garner, Rob Low, Jason Bateman, Christopher Guest, Jeffrey Tambor, and the incredibly talented Tina Fey will be sure to please those in search of a snicker on October 2. The playful film takes place in a world where no one has ever lied before, until a writer devises the mechanics for his own purposes. Also filmed in 2008, production took the stars all over Boston, Lowell, Quincy, and North Andover.

Christian Bale Bums Around Boston

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Wednesday morning at the Charles River Plaza Whole Foods on Cambridge Street in Boston, Christian Bale was spotted with wife Sibi Blazic, the sometimes celebrity assistant. The star, who appeared thin to onlookers, satisfied his visual appetite atleast by admiring the store’s display cases, while his wife got herself a hot beverage from the speciality counter. The happy couple continued to shop and look around the store for awhile before moving on their way. Bale is currently in the Boston area shooting scenes for The Fighter, a true story about boxer Micky Ward during the early days of his career in Lowell, MA. The film costars Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams, and is set to be released in 2011. In addition to being set and filmed in the greater Boston area, the film has made good use of local talent, as casting calls for extras have been regularly held throughout the summer.

Sibi Blazic and Christian Bale  Courtesy PR Photos

Sibi Blazic and Christian Bale Courtesy PR Photos

Bale and Blazic married in 2000, and have one child together, Emmaline, who was born in 2005.

Lowell’s Ed McMahon dies

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Showbiz phenomenon, Ed McMahon died this morning at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his family. McMahon was 86 and is a Lowell, Mass. native. His publicist Howard Bragman told the Associated Press that the entertainer had a “multitude of health problems the last few months.”

The former “Tonight Show” host is best known as Johnny Carson’s sidekick on the late-night show and his catchphrase, “Heeeeeeeeeeere’s Johnny!” He also hosted “Star Search” and “TV Bloopers And Practical Jokes” with Dick Clark. He attended high school in Lowell, MA, studied at Emerson College in Boston, and worked at Lowell’s WLLH prior to a long career in television.

Watch this recent video of Ed offering some financial advice to others:

Bale, Wahlberg, and Company in Lowell for The Fighter

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

The Residence Inn in Tewksbury has been playing host to the advance crew for the soon-to-be filming flick, The Fighter, starring none other than the Dark Knight himself, Christian Bale. The movie co-stars Boston’s own Mark Wahlberg as “Irish” Mickey Ward fighter and his journey to the world lightweight championship, and his relationship with his half-brother Dicky Eklund, another fighter, played by Bale. Actress Melissa Leo will play the pair’s mother. Filming is taking place through the summer in and around the Lowell area, as Wahlberg and Bale were spotted earlier this month touring possible filming locations. Bale was actually guided around town by the real-life Dicky Eklund, and the two were reportedly spotted shadow boxing around the streets in the Highlands section of Lowell. Director David O. Russell of the HBO documentary High on Crack Street, Rich Farrell, producer of Lost Lives in Lowell, and other crew members were also on hand for the tour, making stops at various locations around town, including homes on Wilder, Smith, Westford and Shaw streets, as well as Ramos Package Store on Branch Street. Actual filming should commence this July.


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