Showing posts with label Amy Poehler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amy Poehler. Show all posts

Friday, April 10, 2009

The week in quotes from Hollywood in the Hub

"I had an interesting and rather unorthodox experience at Boston College, which was a very Jesuit, sports-heavy school. I lived off-campus with, like, seven other people, including three gay guys, and we were known for having super-fun parties."

--"SNL" alum Amy Poehler, promoting her new NBC show "Parks and Recreation," tells The Advocate that she had a gay ol' time while studying at Boston College.

"It was hard to tell it was [Affleck]. He had a beard and it looked weird. He said he wants to learn the game and he doesn't want to be made fun of."

--Marion McInerney, co-owner of McGolf in Dedham, spills to the Globe that Ben Affleck, practicing his golf swing for the made-in-Boston flick "The Company Men," was anything but a hole in one.

“I think the good thing about Matt Lauer is that we are in a very interesting time in the world right now, and Matt Lauer is right in the middle of all those things" --Harvard's senior class first marshal Lumumba B. Seegars tells the Harvard Crimson that "Today Show" co-anchor Lauer is a smart choice as the ivy league's 2009 Class Day speaker.

"Yes, I had a blast doing the show. When you see it, you'll know what I mean by blast!"

--Local actor Raymond Alongi tells Loaded Gun Boston that he hopes he'll make a bang with his role as a Boston police officer in MTV's "The Phone."

“I got to express a range of emotions in the scene. The character played by Ethan Hawke puts a gun against my head so I fear for my life and think I might get killed.”

--Actor Richard Italiano says landing a role in the made-in-Boston flick "What Doesn't Kill You," making its local debut at the International Film Fest on Friday, April 17 at the AMC Boston Common, was a life-long dream realized.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

'On Broadway' inspired by Somerville's The Burren

"On Broadway," an indie film shot in 20 days starring New Kids On The Block's Joey McIntyre and Eliza Dushku from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," is available to the masses by Cinetic Rights Management via Amazon video on demand here.

Filmed in 2006 on a shoestring budget of a mere $1 million, "On Broadway" is about a 30-something Boston playwright who stages a production of his work in the back of an Irish pub in South Boston. The movie, also starring Mike O'Malley, Amy Poehler and Will Arnett, has had a successful festival-circuit run including its big-screen premiere at the Boston Film Festival last year.

However, did you know that writer Dave McLaughlin was inspired by The Burren in Somerville? It seems that the filmmaker put on a similar play--much like the production McIntyre's character orchestrates in "On Broadway"--back in the day.

Click here for the lowdown on the made-in-Boston movie.