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September 3rd, 2009
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Author: MARSHFIELD – NASA did the strangest thing to celebrate its 50th birthday last year. It hired a professional storyteller to write a love letter to the institution.
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Vanna White was a vision in pink yesterday at Joe Milano ’s Union Oyster House. White, who’s made a great living turning letters on “Wheel of Fortune,” was shooting vignettes that will be included in episodes of the game show taping this week at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Vanna’s bits from the Oyster House will appear between segments …
Slaine is trying to join the likes of Ludacris , Ice Cube , and Snoop Dogg in making the leap from music to movies. The Boston-bred rapper has landed a plum role in “The Town,” Ben Affleck ’s big-screen adaptation of Chuck Hogan ’s novel “Prince of Thieves.” “Yeah, it’s a pretty good part for me,” says Slaine, who plays …
I came across this post a little late, but I’m intrigued: A writer for thefrisky.com contends that “Project Runway”…
If he’s not careful, a reviewer tasked with discussing a Flaming Lips concert could exhaust his allotted word count simply mentioning things like the giant bubble encapsulating frontman Wayne Coyne at the start of the concert; the inflatable butterfly-with-a-crown and catfish-in-nautical-garb costumes; and the cosmic video mother who, thanks to a judiciously placed door in the display, births the band …
Yesterday’s clear skies made it easy for Ben Affleck to film a barbecue scene with his costar in “The Town,” Blake Lively . Affleck, who is starring in and directing “The Town,” was also spotted with his crew getting footage of Fenway Park in the rain on Friday night.
Last month, Patrick Courrielche, a Los Angeles-based arts consultant, was invited by the National Endowment for the Arts to join a 75-person conference call “to help lay a new foundation for growth, focusing on core areas of the recovery agenda – health care, energy and environment, safety and security, education, community renewal,” according to the invitation.
When Layne Staley, lead singer of the acclaimed Seattle rock band Alice in Chains, passed away in 2002, his singing and songwriting partner, guitarist, and friend Jerry Cantrell wasn’t sure the band would continue. In 2005, Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez, and drummer Sean Kinney regrouped for a benefit concert. A brief tour with singer William DuVall, who had worked with …
BRIGHTON – Just two years ago, WGBH celebrated the opening of an $85 million state-of-the-art headquarters that symbolized its self-described status as a “public media powerhouse.”