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‘Anora’ takes home top prize from Boston Society of Film Critics - The Boston Globe

The Boston Society of Film Critics on Sunday crowned “Anora” the best film of 2024, after meeting to vote on its annual awards. Currently in theaters, “Anora” was directed by Sean Baker and tells the story of a sex worker from Brooklyn who abruptly marries the son of an oligarch. The film’s star Mikey Madison also took home best actress, and Baker won for best director and best original screenplay.

Who won the big prize on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Tuesday night? Watch highlights from the season finale. - The Boston Globe

“I am strong and powerful, but I also can be graceful,” Maher said during rehearsals. “The mirrorball won’t be so much for me, I think it’ll be for all the girls who’ve been told they’re too big or they’re too muscular, they’re not pretty.”After a fierce night of competition, filled with powerful routines and plenty of growth, “The Bachelor” star Joey Graziadei and his partner Jenna Johnson hoisted the Len Goodman Mirrorball trophy on the season 33 finale of “Dancing with the Stars” Tuesday nigh...

Stephen Nedoroscik talks 2028 Olympics, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and getting noticed for the first time in his hometown bar - The Boston Globe

The first time Stephen Nedoroscik was recognized in public was long before he went viral for his glasses at the 2024 Paris Olympic games.

Before the world knew him as “pommel horse guy,” and before he dove into the unknown world of “Dancing with the Stars,” someone tapped him on the shoulder of his hometown bar Ralph’s in Worcester. He had seen Nedoroscik at the 2021 World Championships for men’s gymnastics, and wanted to buy the gymnast a drink. It was 2022 — Nedoroscik’s second time ever at the bar.

The Dance Complex brings ‘Roots and Routes’ showcase to Arrow Street Arts - The Boston Globe

When Peter DiMuro thinks of The Dance Complex, he thinks of it as a “United Nations” of the arts.

This philosophy will be exemplified in the studio’s upcoming showcase, “Roots and Routes.” From Friday through Sunday, dancers from around the world will come together to present their origins and where they plan to go next. The Dance Complex has played host to its “Roots and Routes” in the past, but in its sixth year, the showcase will take place at Arrow Street Arts, the reimagined Harvard Square performance space that previously housed the Oberon Theatre.

This year’s Boston Jewish Film Festival highlights stories ‘about different cultures coming together’ - The Boston Globe

When Maya Erdelyi was packing her car to bring everything she owned to Boston in 2014, she realized she was missing something. Or rather, someone.

She made the move to the Bay State from her native New York to pursue work teaching animation at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, which is now part of Tufts University, just weeks after her paternal grandmother died. The two were close — Erdelyi considers her grandmother her third parent. When she arrived in Boston, she knew she had to find a way to commemorate her.

Movie starring Robert Pattinson, Zendaya draws crowd of fans while filming in Downtown Boston - The Boston Globe

The crew of the new A24 movie “The Drama,” starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, set up shop near South Station at the intersection of High Street and Federal Street on Thursday. Onlookers caught glimpses of Pattinson walking in Downtown Boston, with Zendaya also spotted around town while filming earlier in the week.This Halloween, there seem to be more stars than ghosts in Boston.While little has been revealed about “The Drama,” the film is directed by Kristoffer Borgli, known for his work on...

Tom Brady posts Fleetwood Mac lyrics on Instagram following Gisele Bündchen pregnancy news - The Boston Globe

After Monday’s news that his supermodel ex-wife Gisele Bündchen is pregnant, former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady posted an Instagram story set to the Chicks’ cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide.”Brady’s story featured a sunset photo with three red-heart emojis, but no text other than lyrics from the melancholic song scrolling in the bottom right corner: “Oh mirror in the sky, what is love / Can the child inside my heart rise above / Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?”Brady’s cryptic...

Coolidge Corner Theatre among locales in new book from Accidentally Wes Anderson - The Boston Globe

The Kovals just released their second book, “Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures,” Tuesday. It features 200 destinations around the globe — from Antarctica to Australia — and a forward from Anderson himself, who nods to the community of “adventurer photographers.”The photo journal became an “overnight success,” with its fanbase growing from just friends and family to strangers soon claiming it as their “favorite account,” he said. It now has 1.9 million followers on Instagram. Their first book...

Olympians Stephen Nedoroscik and Ilona Maher dedicate ‘Dancing with the Stars’ performances to their sport and team - The Boston Globe

“Gymnastics has given me everything,” Nedoroscik said before his performance. “It gave me a family at Penn State and it funneled me into the Olympics, so I owe all my success to men’s gymnastics.”For Stephen Nedoroscik, the Worcester-native Olympic gymnast known for his prowess on the pommel horse, that meant giving a nod to his sport with his Argentine tango to “Seven Nation Army” with partner Rylee Arnold. The performance earned him a 33 out of 40 points, which included his goal of receiving h...

Snowport returns to the Seaport next month. Here’s what’s new this holiday season. - The Boston Globe

New for 2024 is the Mohegan Sun Music Stage, which will host performances by local musicians at the Snowport’s Jingle Bar every Monday throughout the market’s stay in the Seaport, which ends Dec. 29.The annual holiday attraction is back for its sixth season, with its ever-popular holiday market set to open Nov. 8. This year, the Light Up Seaport tree lighting festivities will take place Dec. 6, with the Menorah lighting ceremony scheduled for Dec. 29.Winter is coming, and the Seaport plans to ge...

Stephen Nedoroscik had a very good night on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ - The Boston Globe

While the night’s energy was upbeat, it became emotional for Vermont Olympian Ilona Maher, who had had a strong night the night before, stunning the judges with her foxtrot to “Lady Marmalade” the night prior. But “Hair Metal Night,” in which she and her partner Alan Bersten performed a jive to “Cum On Feel the Noize” by Slade, was more of a struggle for her. She was in tears after the judge’s feedback.The celebrities on “Dancing With the Stars” rocked out Tuesday night for the show’s “Hair Meta...

Here’s how Ilona Maher and Stephen Nedoroscik did on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ last night - The Boston Globe

Vermont Olympian Ilona Maher may be known for her strength on the rugby pitch, but last night, she brought grace and elegance to the “Dancing with the Stars” dance floor.As part of the show’s “Soul Train Night” she danced a foxtrot with partner Alan Bersten to the song “Lady Marmalade,” earning 30 out of 40 points. Maher admitted that she’s “always loved that song,” growing up with the “Moulin Rouge” version, and even visited the actual Moulin Rouge in Paris over the summer with her Olympic team...

14 things to do to get in the Halloween spirit in the Boston area - The Boston Globe

“We were working in the newsroom late one night” … and we found 14 ways to get into the Halloween spirit across Greater Boston, whether you’re looking for a “graveyard smash” or something that’s more treat than trick. Up until Halloween proper, here are parties, celebrations, and haunted happenings designed to delight (and cause a fright). From parades for the kiddos — and fur babies — to bar crawls and burlesque, consider this a checklist for witching hour.

Conan O’Brien and John Cena appear in ‘The Simpsons’ series finale fake-out episode - The Boston Globe

I’m finally back on The Simpsons this Sunday with a mind-blowing episode that has been 36 years in the making. I can’t imagine a bigger national event in the next five weeks.Well, not quite. Dubbed the “series finale,” the episode opened with a star-studded gala hosted (and voiced) by Brookline native Conan O’Brien. Not only was it a repeat guest spot for the late-night host, but a homecoming for the former “Simpsons” writer who posted on X before the episode aired: “I can’t imagine a bigger na...

Free Boston events this week: HONK! fest returns, FrōJō tastings, plus break a sweat by the Charles - The Boston Globe

This week’s gratis goodies are loud, caffeinated, and ready to break a sweat — well, maybe not at all at once. These free events start the month off strong, from free workouts on the Esplanade to family-friendly, bilingual STEM programming at the Museum of Science to artistic declarations of democracy with the early return of HONK! Fest and a screening of “Join or Die,” a new documentary that examines the link between clubs and civic engagement. Plus, a blast from the past brings 1982 ticket pri...

‘Pommel horse guy’ Stephen Nedoroscik impresses ‘Dancing with the Stars’ judges with Superman-inspired number - The Boston Globe

“Out of the Olympics, everyone said I was the Clark Kent,” Nedorosick said before his performance. “I was sitting there meditating, I took my glasses off, killed it, came home with Bronze, and people started calling me Superman. I would have never been here if it weren’t for that meme, so I’m really excited.”Nedoroscik and his partner Rylee Arnold performed the dance to John Williams’s classic theme from 1978′s “Superman.” They scored 22 out of 30 points, bringing their cumulative total from the...

‘This is your festival’: CineFest Latino Boston returns for its second year - The Boston Globe

CineFest is returning for its second full festival Wednesday through Sunday. The lineup includes work by filmmakers from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador, Colombia, Uruguay, and the United States. The opening night film is Alessandra Lacorazza’s “In the Summers,” which won the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for US Drama. It will screen at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, followed by a Q&A with Lacorazza.

Harvard’s student mariachi ensemble to perform at the White House on Tuesday - The Boston Globe

“When we performed, it truly felt like home,” Balcazar explained. The senior neuroscience major said the group felt “really welcomed” by their East Boston audience. “I hate to say it this way, but it was wholesome in the sense that mariachi, in and of itself, is all about the community, and it’s all about bringing people together,” he explained.Last fall, Diamante Balcazar spent his 21st birthday differently than the average college student — he was in front of an audience.Mariachi Véritas de Ha...

Look who can dance! Worcester’s Stephen Nedoroscik, aka ‘pommel horse guy,’ wows on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ - The Boston Globe

His pommel horse skills earned Nedoroscik the Bronze medal in Paris this summer as part of Team USA. The athlete, an electrical engineer, went viral for his Clark Kent-esque glasses, and self-proclaimed “nerdy”-ness — including a talent for the Rubix cube, which DWTS payed homage to with a Rubix cube-themed backdrop during his routine.Nedoroscik, who originally hails from Worcester, and partner, Rylee Arnold, performed a high-energy jive to Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” that impressed the judges....
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