Local “Gone Baby Gone” actress charged in Quincy burglary

Oct. 19, 2010   Leave a Comment  

This October 15, booking photograph released by the Quincy Police Department shows Jill Quigg, arrested after police said she broke into a neighbor's apartment. Quigg won acclaim for her South Boston accent in the 2007 film "Gone Baby Gone." (Quincy Police Department)

Jill Quigg checked into detox for heroin addiction

We have a crush on “The Town”

Sept. 18, 2010   2 Comments  

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And Jeremy Renner is really turning into a star

Sundance 2010: Blast interviews director John Wells

Jan. 28, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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TV director goes behind the camera for his first feature film

Sundance 2010: Blast interviews Ben Affleck, Rosemarie DeWitt

Jan. 28, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Stars of “The Company Men”

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck distant cousins

Oct. 13, 2009   Leave a Comment  

The New England Historic Genealogical Society recently discovered that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are distantly related, the Boston Herald reported. The acting and writing duo from Cambridge share a 10th grandfather on their fathers’ sides, William Knowlton of Ipswich, making them 10th cousins once removed. “We suspected they might be related since both of [...]

Happy Father’s Day!

June 21, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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State of Play: A journalist’s guilty pleasure

April 21, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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I’ll preface this by saying that I feel writing this review is somewhat of a conflict of interest. Not that I know anyone that had to do with its production. But as a member of the print media, I feel as if this film was made especially for me. “State of Play” is a reasonably [...]

He’s Just Not That Into You: A guy’s perspective

Feb. 7, 2009   1 Comment  

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Love triangles. Desperate women. Desperate men. Lots of tears. It sounds more fitting for 3 p.m. on ABC, but it all comes together on the screen in “He’s Just Not That Into You,” a fictional story based on a non-fiction advice book “He’s Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys” by [...]