Now that filmmakers have rediscovered Boston, the city wants to take advantage of it by building a movie studio in Weymouth, the Herald's Scott Van Voorhis reports: Seeking to build political support and persuade the state to expand existing tax credits, a team of Hollywood film moguls is flying into the Hub this week for meetings with state lawmakers and the development firm that controls the former naval air station in South Weymouth, industry sources......

--Last night, a woman suffering from multiple sclerosis was unable to get out of her home and died in a fire in Wellesley. Wellesley's fire chief said a space heater was the cause. [WCVB] --A fire broke out on the third floor of the Boston Marriott Cambridge last night. No one was hurt, but those who were evacuated were probably freezing. [Boston Globe] --A reporter checks in on the father of Alex Jimenez, the......

--The State House is pretty on the outside and a festering mess on the inside. Senate President Therese Murray thinks private donations might help. [Boston Globe] --Remember Marilyn Devaney, the Watertown town councilor who is facing charges of attacking a beauty-supply clerk with a curling iron box? She got voted out, but a recount is under way, and the story is far from over. Even if you don't know who Marilyn Devaney is, we......

Beauty and the Geek: For the next-to-last episode, the teams traveled to wine country for an "I Love Lucy" challenge. They had to pick grapes, stomp them, and bottle grape juice--while tied to each other. Despite the disturbing sight of Big Dave and Little Jasmine hunkered over each other while stomping grapes, the pair won the challenge, prepared three bottles of grape juice laced with Eau de Foot, and guaranteed themselves a spot in the......

Dear Dane: We know that you have a lot on your plate, what with wrapping up "Bachelor No. 2," recording all these MLB commercials and keeping college kids in a frenzy. So we here at Bostonist wanted to help out. You see, the commercials you've been offering us between innings are driving us mad - as is your hair. We thought that, given the busy day you must have today, we'd help out out a......

--Julie Balise of the Northeastern News spotted Alec Baldwin, shooting for Bachelor No. 2 (who isn’t?), saying nice things about toddlers and performing eternal damage control after he left a nastygram on his daughter's voicemail. Yes, Bostonist subscribes to the NU News feed for items other than its crime log, but we do love its crime log so. --Ben Affleck was in town to preview the movie he directed, Gone Baby Gone, which has been......

--The production team for Bachelor No. 2 got kicked out of St. Leonard's Church in the North End. They had planned to shoot a scene inside the church, but the church's priest, Rev. Antonio Nardoianni, got wind that the crew had redecorated Umberto Galleria and named it "Cheezus Crust." Apparently Nardoianni missed the hidden commandment "Thou Shalt Have a Sense of Humor." But the location scouts probably should have put two and two together and......

--Bachelor No. 2 needs more fresh meat! The filmmakers are holding another casting call for extras at the Comedy Connection on Saturday, September 22. If you have a SAG card and haven't attended a call, go between 11 am and 12 pm. If you don't have a SAG card and haven't attended a call, go between 1 pm and 5 pm. --George Clooney was in town for the Boston Film Festival. He was sporting a......

--While fitness guru Richard Simmons was tormenting the Fox 25 news crew, rapper LL Cool J was teaching fitness moves to AARP conventioneers at the Convention & Exposition Center. The Globe did a long piece on LL and his hotness, lingering up on one of his exercise moves: At one point, Cool J [Copyediting question: How does one find a rapper's surname?] demonstrated an exercise that required lying on his back, thrusting one leg in......

If you have dreams of stardom or are looking for an easy way to make a fast buck, then the makers of Bachelor No. 2, which seems to be permanently shooting in Boston, are holding an open casting call at the Comedy Connection tomorrow, Sunday, September 8, between 12 pm and 6 pm. They were looking for rabbis last week, but now they're interested in an entirely different type: Hot, beautiful young college women and......

--Jimbo was excited to hear about Bachelor No. 2 shooting at East Boston High. But anybody who resembled a rabbi was probably even more excited - Bachelor No. 2 desperately needed rabbis or rabbilike individuals for a wedding scene. New Hampshire actor Don Bagley was picked out after going through an audition and spending time with a man named Ramses at a sashimi bar. --A reader informed us that singer/actress/tween icon Hilary Duff, who was......

Our eyes! Our eyes! Boston usually hasn't seen this many famous people since, since, oh forget it. We're seeing a lot now. One Bostonist actually spotted Kate Hudson shooting Bachelor No. 2. The Track Girls spotted her filming a scene at Centerfolds. The Hudson Alerts are fairly high because of her relationship to ex-boyfriend Owen Wilson, who allegedly attempted suicide. The Track Girls reported that she had to be escorted off the set of the......

Okay, okay. The masses, or at least one person in the tips section, have spoken. You want celebrity sightings, you got 'em! A tipster has announced that soccer star, husband of Posh, friend of Cruise David Beckham was spotted in a local Cheesecake Factory. Beckham was in the area with the LA Galaxy to play a game with the New England Revolution. He didn't actually play, though, so he had spare time to enjoy New......