Melissa McCarthy falls in love with Boston during filming

By Stephen Schaefer Boston Herald June 25, 2013 NEW YORK — Boston made a fan out of Melissa McCarthy after the actress filmed “The Heat” in the Hub. “That was my first time there and I absolutely love Boston. I’m from outside Chicago and it was that same warm,...

Boston feels Hollywood ‘Heat’

By: Sara Gaynes Boston Herald June 23, 2013 The old Boston Herald building on Harrison Avenue gets the Hollywood treatment this week, courtesy of “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig. The director of the Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy buddy-cop flick “The Heat” was...

David O. Russell loves filming around Boston

The Names Blog Boston.com June 23, 2013 Given a choice between shooting a movie in Boston or an anonymous back lot, David O. Russell says the decision is simple: He’ll pick the Hub. Russell filmed “The Fighter,” his Oscar-nominated biopic of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward,...