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More Than a Feeling: New George Clooney Movie Stares at Goats, Appreciates Boston
Bostonist caught the new George Clooney flick, Men Who Stare at Goats, last night. Despite being a little over the top, the film is an often-entertaining (if ultimately somewhat pointless) ride through the PsyOps of the New Earth Army, with The Dude as guide (you could pretend that Jeff Bridges is playing a different character here, but he's really not). From killing goats to locating long-lost idols and nemeses, the psychic abilities of Clooney's...
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Bostonist Was There: StarChefs.com Gala Tasting at The State Room 11/3/2009
StarChefs.com Gala Tasting at The State Room from Thomas Attila Lewis on Vimeo. Excellent food and drink were had at StarChefs.com Boston Rising Stars Review 2009 held at the State Room downtown on Tuesday night, November 3rd. Local chefs and mixology talent showed their skills in an incredibly glamorous setting 33 floors up....
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Boston Blotter: Cops Chase Armed Man, Officers Stabbed
-- Boston Police arrested a man with a gun on Thursday after chasing him on foot. The suspect was driving "erratically" near Egelston Square and attempted to park in front of a hydrant. Police determined the owner of the car was unlicensed, prompting officers to try to stop the car. The operator of the car exited the car and fled. Officers pursued the suspect, observed he was armed. After refusing to drop the weapon, police took it away during a physical struggle. The suspect faces various assault and weapons charges. [BPDNews.com]
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Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Bostonist. Boston Symphony Orchestra, where you can get tickets for $20 if you're under 40! Zipcar is wheels when you want them. Rates start at $7/hour and include gas, insurance and 180 miles/day. Join now and get $50 in free driving. Sweet. GroupOn, using collective buying power to bring you one ridiculous coupon each day. If you're interested in advertising on Bostonist...
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Bite Size News, November 6: Soldiers Remembered Edition
Marine Capt. Kyle Van De Giesen's funeral was held today in North Attleboro. He was killed in Afghanistan on October 26. [WCVB]A Plainville man is stationed at Fort Hood, where an Army major allegedly killed 13 people on Thursday in a shooting spree. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]
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Randazza Served and Pwnd Glen Beck in 2009
A quick update on the Glen Beck WIPO case. The verdict is in, and Gloucester attorney Marc J. Randazza's totally killer pleadings were sufficient to convince the WIPO panelist to deny Glen Beck's complaint against the website GlenBeckRapedandMurderedaYoungGirlin1990. Since Randazza regrettably did not write the decision, it is not particularly hilarious, but it is pretty scathing. We, as Americans, should be happy that Frederick M. Abbott, panelist for the Geneva-based WIPO court, has more reverence...
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This Week In Booze: If You Build It
When life gives you beer cartons, make beer carton libraries.
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Photo of the Day, November 6, 2009: Goodbye Teddy
jameswilsonphoto has another great Film Friday shot. This photo is much like his others with great contrast and a good use of available light. The framing of the shot works well and makes the subject of the photo appear larger than life....
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Stuff to Eat in the Suburbs: Watertown—Stellina Restaurant
Have you ever needed that perfectly in-between place to dine in Watertown? Somewhere nice, but not too expensive. Somewhere you can dress up if you want, but without high fashion expectations. Somewhere tasty, but not overwhelmingly gourmet. If so, we've found that Stellina is a slam-dunk for all of these criteria. Located in Watertown Square, Stellina is fairly easy to get to from Watertown, Waltham, or Newton. One of the best things about Stellina is...
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Friday Happenings
Movies
Argentinian cinema is in great shape these days, and Lisandro Alonso is a big reason why. The HFA runs through the young director's four films this weekend to give Bostonians a glimpse at a promising talent who is not screened often enough in this country. The series kicks off today with Los Muertos (2004), which follows "the enigmatic journey of a newly released convict through the sweltering heart of the jungle," and Fantasma (2006), a companion piece that follows the star of Los Muertos as he wanders through Teatro San Martin looking for the premiere of his film. Alonso will be on hand to tell you why. Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge, 7 p.m. $12. More information.
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Stylish Bostonians Have Nice Clothes, Lack Self-Awareness
Fashionable puppy by hmmlargeart from photos tagged "Bostonist" on flickr. Bostonist is so glad the New York Times and Co. didn't nuke the Boston Globe back in the spring, because then we would never have had the sublime pleasure of reading the interviews with 2009's "25 Most Stylish Bostonians" (so named because, we presume, the "25 Most Stylish Bostonians Who Have More Money and/or Cooler Jobs Than You" was too long). We were especially...
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Sports Redux: A Fair Point
Charles Krupa / Associated Press It's one point. A shootout loss. One goal. The Bruins will gratefully take it right now. With the offense struggling to even find the goal, let alone put the puck in it, and with swine flu racing towards the team, it's time to think about baby steps. Sure it took two games, two periods, and 19 minutes for the B's to find the net, but Patrice Bergeron did, just...
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Boston Blotter: Heroin Like Swine Flu You Have To Pay For
-- Public health officials released a report today calling heroin and OxyContin addiction an "epidemic" in Massachusetts. The report calls for a public health campaign on the scale of the fight against H1N1 to combat the problem. The report estimates that 3,265 Massachusetts residents died from opiate overdose between 2002 and 2007. [Globe] -- State police in New Bedford shot a man to death during a drug bust after he allegedly opened fire on...
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Bite Size News, November 5: Winners & Losers Edition
Mayor Menino wants to "take more risks" in the next four years. [Boston Globe]
Flaherty and Yoon are keeping their options open. [Boston Globe]
Town of Amherst votes to accept two Guantanamo Bay prisoners as residents -- if they're released. [Christian Science Monitor]
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Bruins: Krejci Has H1N1
David Krejci had the H1N1 virus, won't play tonight and is day-to-day. Peter Chiarelli predictably said the team is taking sufficient precautions to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus. Claude Julien and his club are down with Chiarelli's take. Julien says other teams don't care about the problems facing his team. FYI, Canadiens in Boston tonight.
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Drinking in Boston: What Beer Are You?
Ever been afraid that you’re being judged by what kind of beer you’re drinking? Ever judge others based on what they’re drinking? Of course you have. Well now one market research company, Mindset Media, thinks they have cracked the code on beer drinkers’ personalities. An article in Ad Age earlier this week shared some of the company’s thought provoking, or perhaps just provoking, findings. More interesting than the article itself was the long string...
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Photo of the Day, November 5, 2009: Leafy Contrast
BGLewandowski was able to pair cool blues and warm reds in today's PotD. The photo has a sufficient depth of field to give you fine detail in both the leaf and the wood, and the great shadows add another dimension to the subject....
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Boston Jewish Film Festival: Hello Goodbye
There's a scene in Daniel Burman's Empty Nest--a film we reviewed earlier this year for a screening sponsored by the Boston Jewish Film Festival--where the two main characters, a husband and wife, arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport and are summarily subjected to a search of their possessions, the passport authorities doubting their intentions. Suddenly the wife puts a stop to it. "We're Jewish," she says, "I know the dances," and just as quickly she and the agents break into a rendition of an Israeli folk dance. It's a punctuated moment of glee in what had been a mostly tempered affair.
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"New New England"
Brian McFadden redraws our regional map. Watch out for Liebermanistan. [Big Fat Whale]...
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Sports Redux: Celtics Escape Wolf Trap
Let's face it. That was uglier than Minnesota's starting power forward.
But if the Celtics are going to make a run at 70+ wins this season (and while PTI and the Globe and others are speculating about the possibility, we say, let's can that talk and let things unfold), they have to win games like last night. Trap games, against young athletic teams, on the second night of back-to-backs. And somehow, finally, the Celtics did.
