Bostonist called it! Once we wondered if Tom Brady was evolving into his panty model girlfriend Gisele Bundchen. Well, he might be. The New York Post has unleashed a bombshell that Brady, who is a Stetson model and a Smart Water model and an everything model, might be donning Calvin Klein underwear for a new series of ads. The Calvin Klein label has a sweet tooth for New England men, as Mark Wahlberg once......

Last week brought the drama: Chris and Rami are going to have to compete (again!) for a spot on the runway at Fashion Week in NYC. Whoa! As Rami puts it, "Once we thought the rollercoaster was over, there was still another loop." And it's a killer! After giving the contestants 3.5 months to work, Tim Gunn visits the contestants. "Talk about make it work," says Tim Gunn in response to seeing Christian's tiny closet......

We shouldn't have gotten our hopes up. The relationship between Dunkin' Donuts and Rachael Ray is still as strong as ever. The Track Girls talked to a Dunkin' Donuts rep about the incident in which Rachael Ray called Dunkin' Donuts "shit," and the rep defends Ray: “It’s absolutely, completely and totally false,” said the flack. “Once it came to Dunkin’ Donuts’ attention, they spoke to several people at the photo shoot who denied that happened.......

State legislators are busy people. Once elected, they have to figure out how to keep their jobs, how to get re-elected, how to advance, and how to keep their peers from stabbing them in the back. (Presumably, they govern in the midst of all that. Oh, who are we kidding?) Such is the case of House speaker Sal DiMasi, who, according to Casey Ross at the Herald, informed two underlings yesterday to pretty please stop......

The New England Confectionary Company (NECCO) has announced the new phrases that will be printed on its hearts. This year's themes include weather ("Melt My Heart" and "Get My Drift") and animals ("Wild Life" and "Nature Lover"). Regarding the animal theme, we dare them to put "Doggy Style" on a heart! You know that someone at Team NECCO thought it and then swiftly pushed it out of his or her mind. Weather also gave rise......

Jami Attenberg With Ryan Walsh of Hallelujah the Hills and food from Kickass Cupcakes Brookline Booksmith Tomorrow, January 10, 7:00 pm Free Attenberg's official site Set in the art world of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, Jami Attenberg's The Kept Man follows a woman whose relationship has been in limbo for six years. Jarvis Miller's husband, a successful painter, has been in a coma, and she almost becomes a ghost along with him, immersing herself in memories,......

Jeez, can't a guy catch a break and land 16 more votes? Poor Jim Rice. The man listened to the annual chorus of "maybe next year" time and time again while his Red Sox teams tried to bring home a championship; now he has to listen to the same call again, for the 14th time, as he wonders whether he'll ever get voted into the Hall of Fame. Once again the MVP could have been......

Lest the world find Kevin Youkilis unsavory for signing up to market an energy drink named "SlumpBuster," which refers to an ugly woman a guy sleeps with to break a losing streak, the Track Girls called Youk's rep. Youk's rep informed them that SlumpBuster refers to the other "SlumpBuster": “Unfortunately, like many common sayings, the ‘slumpbuster’ term can also be twisted to having negative connotations,” said Youk’s agent, Joe Bick of Pro Star Management, in......

Who is that swinger-lookin' 70s dude that the Celtics insist on flashing up on the Jumbotron during games? Why, that's Gino--the unofficial team mascot who is capturing the hearts of players and fans alike! The clip in which Gino appears is from '70s era "American Bandstand." He resembles Adrian Zmed of "TJ Hooker" fame, only with a lot more facial hair, and he knows how to work his sexy snake hips. Once you see......

Once upon a time, there was a skinny young man who lacked muscle tone yet who had big NFL dreams. Yet he was pale and pasty, more of a candidate for water boy than for poster boy. If he hit the combine a few years later, he might have been funneled over to a casting call for "Beauty and the Geek" instead. However, someone at the 2000 Scouting Combine saw an ambitious glimmer in his......

The Celtics won their 24th game last night! That's what mathemeticians call a "significant figure", because they won 24 games last season. That was along with 58 losses, compared with 3 this year. So they theoretically could go 1-54 the rest of the way and still show improvement. But that won't work. They need to keep winning like they did last night in Seattle. The evening began as the Ray Allen Show; Ray spent several......

As Bostonist did with books, we've tackled best of/worst of lists for movies. Not only are we including the latest best of/worst of lists, but we dug through each list to find which movies impressed every single critic and which ones were absolutely appalling. Here are links for recent "Best Of" lists: American Film Institute Top 10 National Board of Review The Onion AV Club Golden Globe Nominees Metacritic (FYI: The amazing Killer of Sheep......

Organization is everything: Pick up a pill box and the drug store, and count out your Xanax, Ativan, or Valium ahead of time. Determine how many pills you will need for certain situation. Label one box of pills "EMERGENCY." Fill it. You can use that one when your cousin Rooster, who spent a few years in juvie, shows up at festivities looking for money, or when your uncle pats your butt and calls you "pleasingly......

Father David Ajemian, who was arrested in New York City last week for stalking Conan O'Brien, is back in town after making bail. Once home, he promptly went missing, only to be found a few hours later. So if you thought you saw Conan O'Brien's priest-stalker around the South End, you probably did. The BPD issued a report telling people to be on the lookout (BOLO in BPD parlance) for Father Ajemian. The report notes......

We already know they must hate us in Minnesota. Once, they had David Ortiz, Randy Moss and Kevin Garnett. Now they don't. But they must really hate us in Denver these days; less than two weeks after their Colorado Rockies were vaporized in the World Series, the Nuggets came to Boston and fared just as badly. The Celtics (who said they'd need time to adjust to one another?) annihilated Denver almost from the opening last......

--Beauty and the Geek: Bostonist is officially addicted to "Beauty and the Geek" since Massachusetts is so well represented, especially during the makeover episode. Our geeks looked dazzling after some hair stylists and waxers got their mitts on them. Poor Dave the Somerville LARPer had to go through a painful chest-waxing, but the results were worth it. Nicole the Tufts Musicologist emerged with a nice haircut that gave her a surprisingly gothy vibe. And John......

So Sheriff Beckett stared down the Cleveland gang last night. Once again, when the Red Sox needed Josh to be at his absolute best, he pretty much was. Sure, he gave up one more hit than he did in his Game One dazzler, but he only gave up one run - on a double play ball. Other than that, he struck out 11 Indians and gave 44,588 Clevelanders something to do with their towels beside......

Define-a-Thon Boston Public Library, Rabb Hall, Central Library Tuesday, October 16, 6:00 pm Free Did you hang on to the flash cards you used when studying for the SAT? Think you know your stuff when it comes to ten-cent words? Well, congratulations, brainiac, because you are in the intellectual center of Boston, where a whole bunch of people think they can take you on at tomorrow's Define-a-Thon. Once again, the Define-a-Thon will be hosted by......

As if there weren't enough icky skin problems that can be spread via the questionable hygiene practices of college students! Ivy Gate tipped us off that some Harvard students are suffering from an attack of scabies. A university memo states, "Today, three students from Pennypacker were diagnosed with scabies after presenting to University Health Services with an itchy rash." Once UHS determined that the "itchy rash" wasn't caused by the usual suspects, they went into......

The MLB is no fun! A kind tipster just gave Bostonist the heads-up that the Chris Dodd Red Sox Raffle is now OFF and that anyone who donated will get a refund. The e-mail from Dodd HQ states, We have some bad news. Major League Baseball has asked the campaign to end our contest you entered to get a chance to go to a Red Sox game with Chris Dodd. Apparently, Post-Season tickets are different......

--After his picture was splashed all over the TV and Internets, the guy who allegedly stabbed two people at Park Street Station after the Red Sox Rally Monday night has been arraigned on two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury. Christopher Casey, 22, of Dorchester, was rounded up by T police last night. Bail was set at $25,000. --How about this for a reversal? You'd think law enforcement......

--Update: A little more on the death of Revere police officer Dan Talbot, who was shot behind Revere High. The DA's office just released a statement saying "Rumors of an arrest in connection with Officer Talbot's death are patently false." --A woman died yesterday of injuries she sustained when someone broke into her Malden apartment. A neighbor found Zhen Q. Xie, 62, lying "just inside the doorway" of her first-floor residence on Friday afternoon. The......

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We thought we might be able to squeak by with optimism (whether produced naturally or provided by alcohol), we thought that the worst was behind us. But here we are, rounding that final bend before we plunge into the postseason and...well...the Sox lost to the Blue Jays on Tuesday night, 4-3, while the Yankees pulverized the Orioles, 12-0. Here we go, gang: only two and a half games separate Boston and New York. Sox fans......

--The Cambridge City Council has decided to name intersections after Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The Track Girls write that the council plans "to dedicate the intersections of Pearl and Cottage streets to Affleck and the corner of Pearl and Auburn streets to Damon." Once this is accomplished, wait for the college students to start defacing Affleck's corner and shouting, "And that's what I think of Gigli!" And then wait for someone to launch a......

Guess who isn't participating in Take Your Daughter to Work Day? A North Andover mom was arrested for running a prostitution ring composed of teenage girls out of her apartment. The alleged procuress is Melissa Halstrom, 32. Police arrested her yesterday morning. A teenage runaway told police about Halstrom's business and noted that she met Halstrom when she bought Klonopin from her. Part of the evidence against Halstrom includes a website. Once a john picked......

Update: Schneider has just resigned as Provincetown's administrative director of tourism. No matter how good of a fiction writer you are, you don't want to lie to or about Oprah Winfrey because the wrath of Oprah will bite you in the ass. Bill Schneider, an author and P-Town's administrative director of tourism, might be feeling that wrath soon after he got caught lying that his book was picked by Oprah's book club. Schneider really threw......

We're in love with Beard Papa, so much so that Mike's Pastry is jealous. We were already inclined to love Beard Papa when we saw his benevolent eyes and puff of gray hair. He's grandfatherly, comforting, and altogether harmless. That is, until you eat the cream puffs he's pushing at Faneuil Hall. Then you'll be hooked, and it's awfully tough to break a Beard Papa habit. Once you order at the stall, the Beard Papa......

Correction: We had an image of James Albrecht, which we put in our standard top left (or right) corner for the Blotter. We've replaced it with crime-scene tape. As a commenter pointed out, the image and the headline have nothing to do with each other, and the positioning might cause someone to mix up the stories, so we replaced it. Apologies for any confusion. --The hunt is on for a man who raped a 67-year-old......

No offense to the other locations at which Harry Potter celebrations were held on Friday evening, but it was clear that if you wanted to get Boston's ultimate HP countdown experience, you had to whisk yourself off to Harvard Square. With a cluster of bookshops steps away from each other and a courtyard concert headlined by Draco & the Malfoys and Harry & the Potters, the Square served for a night as the local center......