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Last night, Bostonist was on hand for J. Cannibal's screening of The Evil Dead at Brookline's Coolidge Corner Theater, and it was terrible. We expected the film to be bad, but our fellow patrons were even worse. One group drowned out the film's soundtrack with an eighty-five minute long running commentary that was so violent and misogynist that one female patron felt unsafe exiting the theater. Now, Bostonist understands the value of yelling at...

We've fretted over the fate of food delivery people before. Now, after the Globe's latest piece about the perils faced by food delivery people, we ask you to hug your pizza delivery guy today. Those people work hard for their money, and it's a risky gig. There have been 52 delivery-related robberies this year. The BPD blotter is often full of cases in which a food delivery guy gets held up for a free pizza...

Ivy Gate Blog has been compiling videos of Ivy-League students acting like idiots. Harvard students produced a fine piece of work in which two shirtless male students make an "avant-garde peanut-butter and jelly sandwich" while chugging booze: The one on the right appears to channeling the accent adopted by "Mr. Boston," competitor on the dating reality show I Love New York. Video originally posted to YouTube by HarvardHooligan. His parents are proud....

--The 7-year-old allegedly kidnapped and killed by her 20-year-old first cousin has been identified as Joanna Mullin of Weymouth. The cousin, Ryan Bois, has been described by various sources as addicted to drugs and homeless. But no one thought he would be capable of killing a child. His own mother said, "The drugs and the drinking just ruined him." Bois allegedly took Mullin from her grandmother's house, and police found a ladder leaning against the...

--Three men started shooting into a home in Dorchester last night, hitting an 8-year-old boy in the abdomen. LaQuarrie Jefferson later died of his wound. The Globe said police don't have a motive. (The Globe also said it happened in Roxbury, but most other outlets are saying Dorchester - it was near Franklin Park.) The Herald said it was gang-related. Ed Davis said in a press conference that "There are people who are in the...

The Hoax could have been a terrific movie. Whether or not you know anything about Howard "The Aviator" Hughes or Clifford Irving, the man who tried to pass off a fake autobiography of Hughes, the plot is riveting and familiar. In the light of recent publishing and journalism faux-pas, ranging from Jayson Blair to the sudden squelching of OJ Simpson's "confession," Clifford Irving's desperate drive for fame makes sense. Richard Gere stars as Clifford Irving,...

After little Sheldon Mathias got hit by a bullet on I-93 Wednesday night, people might be worried that tough guys are firing at random people. But the Suffolk District Attorney thinks the shooters were aiming at someone in the car – even if they weren't smart enough to shoot straight.

Tom Brady is awfully busy even though the Pats lost to the Colts. He's a star witness, and he's been wooing Gisele Bundchen. The Globe wonders what the two have in common other than their superhuman bone structures, and they come up with right-wing politics:

If you’ve ever hunted for your glasses, only to be informed that they’re already on your head, don’t feel too bad about it. It could have been worse.

Coming from someone who liberally threw around the "traitor" and "judas" labels, among others, Bostonist should probably be the last one to talk about how much of a raw deal Mr. Damon got from the crowd last night. But when you hear that one of the most beloved players on your team decided to sign with the enemy, of course there will be a knee-jerk reaction. Of course you'll call home names—and probably names worse...

Perhaps it is the hangover Bostonist still has from too many Scorpion bowls at The Golden Temple this weekend that is causing this malaise…or it could be the gloomy weather that makes us feel sad. But luckily, things are looking up this weekend, kids. The first day of April is this Saturday and along with changing the clocks an hour ahead, it also means that spring is right around the corner. (Some believe that the arrival of the Cadbury Cream Egg is also an indication.) Yes, we understand that the first day of spring was last week, but who the hell thinks it’s springtime when we’re seeing flurries and wearing scarves? Oh wait. There is a group of Bostonians who believe that the first day of spring means that dressing unseasonably is okay in society. Well, Bostonist has to admit that dressing like it’s summertime when it is cold, windy and barely 38 degrees is one of our many pet peeves.

Bostonist has seen that Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is a religious man. As he scribbled down notes and prayers after pitching each inning against the Yankees in last year’s post-season, we could see that he believed that religion could help him and his bloody sock win games. When the Sox defied all odds last season to come back from four games behind New York, some fans believed it could only be something bigger than us...

When Bostonist was a poor college student, we remember splurging on a pair of navy Puma sneakers, which at the time were revamped and retro in comparison to the usual cross trainers at City Sports. Now, non-recreational, retro sneakers in a slew of colors are all over the city, but we like to think that Puma started the trend. Bostonist was surprised to learn today that the North American Puma headquarters are out in Westford; the Herald announced that this German footwear and clothing chain is planning on expanding its line to include golfing and motorcycling shoes and clothes. Puma CEO Jochen Zeitz plans on increasing the company's revenue to the $4.3 billion mark. So what, you ask? Well, the U.S. of A. loves its sneakers and has double the shoe market than Europe, meaning much of Puma's growth is going to be happening on this side of the pond. The Westford base will probably need to hire some more help if they want sales to increase from 4% to 25% like Zeitz plans to.

We first got irritated about this when we made the mistake of signing up for the cheapest health plan at work, only to find out that there were no doctors anywhere near us. When we got on the phone and asked for a general practitioner in or near Somerville, the customer service lady paused a moment, did some clickety-clacking on her computer, and said, "Oh sure. I have someone in War-cester." Considering that Worcester is wicked fah from Somerville, her mispronunciation just added insult to injury. Then yesterday evening, a pollster called to ask Bostonist questions about local politics, which we love. But this guy couldn't pronounce the names of any of the Somerville politicos he was asking us about (or, for that matter, the name of Desmond Tutu), and that made us bullshit. (Also, the poll was obviously designed to get us to say that the campaign to divest local assets from Israel was a terrorist plot designed by communists who kick puppies, and we hate being manipulated so inexpertly that we realize we're being manipulated.) Now we learn, via Universal Hub, that even the MBTA can't get its automated bus announcements to sound regionally accurate (Reading is announced as "REEding"). What's up with that? If Bostonist finds out that the T is announcing Quincy with a soft "s" sound, we will be forced to raise our mass transit annoyance-alert level to wicked ripshit.

Bush likes John Bolton. Bush likes Palmeiro a lot. Both Palmeiro and Bolton have 1970s porn-star moustaches. Bush just appointed Bolton to an important government post. Palmeiro just did something that may hurt his chances in the job market in coming years. Bush is looking for candidates to fill an anticipated job opening in another important government post, and he has expressed admiration for people of questionable qualifications. Can Chief Justice Palmeiro be far off?

As the Sox made their way into the 2003 post-season the rallying cry was, as many Bostonians and baseball fans alike remember, "Cowboy Up!". Cowboy boots, hats, bolo ties, a lot of beaten dead horses, another season, and a World Series Championship later - "Cowboy Up!" looked to be put to pasture. But after the game Kevin "Kentucky Fried Cowboy" Millar had tonight the denizons of Red Sox Nation might be willing to concede the catch-phrase embargo and re-adopt it. Of course that is, God help us, IF he wanted it.

No. "What the foulke" isn't exactly what you're hearing coming from the crowd at Fenway. Judging by the comments coming from the fans, there are probably a good handful of the people in the stands who wouldn't mind making like the Devil-Rays, and going after some of the Sox players. Some fans are happy to continue basking in the glorious 2004 season, while many are beginning to move onto our second favorite regional past-time, stressing the f' out about the first, baseball.

A few weeks ago, a story that Kevin Millar was going to be made over by the Fab 5 from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" surfaced and now it appears to have been true...and he's not alone in wanting to get in touch with his feminine side. The Bravo show arrived in Florida today to begin their transformation of six of the World Champion Idiots of Fenway Park. Millar has been joined by fellow...