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The MBTA plans to roll out multiple smartphones apps next month to help commuter rail passengers track their trains. Police recovered a 300-pound bronze crocodile stolen last week in Sudbury. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

The glitz and glamour of America's film industry is on display tonight when the 83rd Annual Oscars take over the airwaves on ABC. In the 2011, Boston is generating buzz like never before with three movies set in, or near, Boston up for Academy Awards. The Globe's Wesley Morris expects Christian Bale and Melissa Leo to win Oscars for their supporting roles in The Fighter. He said The Fighter and David O. Russell should win for Best Picture and Best Director, but will lose out to The King's Speech and The Social Network's David Fincher, respectively. more ›

The Oscar nominations were announced today with some wicked good films garnering nominations. Boston-connected films were well represented today. The Fighter, Mark Wahlberg's film about Lowell boxer Micky Ward, got seven nominations, including one for best picture. The cast of The Fighter got three nominations as Christian Bale was nominated for the supporting actor Oscar for and the supporting-actress Oscar field includes Melissa Leo and Amy Adams. David O. Russell of The Fighter is one of the best director nominees. more ›

The Red Sox baseball season ends tomorrow at Fenway Park. The by Michael Lewis will be filming at Fenway next week. more ›

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Ben Affleck's latest film, is based on, was at the premiere with his wife, Charlotte. [Globe], [WBZ]
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On Tuesday, September 14, with the Red Sox in Seattle, Ben Affleck will be at Fenway Park. It's intentional, of course, as Warner Bros. says a screening for director Affleck's new film is set for that day and place. in Hingham. [Globe] more ›

Maybe it's because he heard about MA Men and wanted to experience the Masshattery first hand. Or, more likely, it's because he's in a damn movie shooting here. Either way, Jon "Don Draper" Hamm of Mad Men fame is in Boston right now, causing women to faint, men to glower, and products to be sold. Hamm plays an FBI agent who pursues Ben Affleck's bank-robbing character in the upcoming The Town, adapted from the novel Prince of Thieves (set in Charlestown and written by Chuck Hogan). Hamm and Affleck are reportedly shooting at Fenway through September 27 if you want to hit Lansdowne in hopes of glimpsing some stars, hearing some gunfire, or perhaps even witnessing some of the explosions that Loaded Gun Boston heard might happen. more ›