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,......

Last year Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the student group at Harvard, brought Halle Berry and Richard Gere as honorees. Berry's parade route through the streets of Cambridge was a bit different than it had been for honorees past, the gentle handshake Gere was given just took place somewhere else. The change happened as The Pudding had been displaced from their quarters at 12 Holyoke Street for the first time since 1888. Construction on the site......

The biggest story to hit the print media and sensationalized world of television news in Boston was the Fort Point Channel meth lab and death of Kevin McCormick. Initial medical examination suggests that McCormick died of a heart attack following or during sexual activity. Friends contacted the police after finding him dead in his apartment. When they arrived they removed McCormick’s body and more drug manufacturing equipment than quite possibly concentrated in any one place......