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State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan cited 13 fireworks-related injuries in July as good reason to oppose plans to legalize fireworks in Massachusetts. [Boston Globe] Two State Police troopers helped deliver a baby in a car in Cambridge this morning near Huron and Concord avenues. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

Joss Whedon of Buffy and Firefly (sniff) fame is back in top form with Dollhouse, a highly anticipated new sci-fi/ass-kicking show on FOX. more ›

According to sources, Buffy the Vampire Slayer star and Watertown’s own, Eliza Dushku is reportedly dating Seth MacFarlane , creator of Family Guy. Dushku use to date Dodgers pitcher and former member of Alyssa Milano’s baseball harem, Brad Penny. (Has everyone dated Alyssa Milano, or what?) more ›

WGA Strike Support Rally Friday, December 14, 12:00 pm-3:00 pm Harvard Square Fans4writers.com Update: Bradley's Almanac just gave us a heads-up--the WGA East announced "Please RSVP to 212-767-7843 and leave the number of people in your party" if you plan to attend the event at the church. By now, we're all sick of the writers' strike, and Bostonist HQ is suffering from MCRW (Major Colbert Report Withdrawal). Rest assured, the writers are even sicker of... more ›

If you're looking to be touched, warmed and uplifted by a movie these days, don't go to the multiplex. You know this already, of course. Instead, make sure you live in a city where they host a film festival, where you might run into something as special as Dave McLaughlin's On Broadway, which premiered this weekend at the Independent Film Festival of Boston. It's the story of blue-collar Jack O'Toole (played by, yes, that Joseph... more ›

On Broadway is premiering at the Boston Independent Film Festival today, Thursday, April 26, at 8:00 pm at the Somerville Theatre. Only rush tickets are available for the premiere, but, if you can't get in on the 26th, tickets are still available for Sunday, April 29, at 8:00 pm at the Somerville. And the Somerville has beer! The Boston Independent Film Festival pays tribute to its home turf with tonight's world premiere of On Broadway.... more ›

When her fancy vacation home is featured in the New York Times, and she's pilloried on Slate.com for having the gumption to show off that home, of course. Susan Orlean, New Yorker regular and a Boston resident since 1982 (and former Globe and Phoenix staffer), lately had her upstate New York weekend pad featured in the Times's impossibly bourgie "House Proud" section (in which people much richer than Bostonist demurely share details about their palatial abodes). OK, whatever - a Boston writer had the good fortune to gain wide acclaim (bringing considerable riches, we imagine) and marry a rich guy to boot - big deal. This would have eluded our notice were it not for the fact that Timothy Noah at Slate thinks there is something terribly untoward about journalists (even softer-side-of, human-interest-book-writin' journalists) showing off their riches. more ›

Eliza Dushku knows something we’ve known all along: The Best Girls Root for Boston. Bostonist missed it when we decided to catch some shut-eye instead of staying up to watch Conan on Tuesday, but the Internet didn’t miss a thing. Dushku is originally from Watertown (but claims Boston in her bio, we don't fault her), and showed Conan that she still has love for the hometown team. She ported two pieces of Homegirls apparel including... more ›