What the Chickadees needed was an earful of inspiration from their coach in the locker room. The middle school basketball team was down 53-0 at halftime.

PGA’s web guide offers database of sustainable vendors.

On the heels of yet another recent film shoot from a major television company, Somerville officials are considering putting together a definitive committee to handle the recent influx of Hollywood-types interested in coming to town.

By Alex Weaver BostonInno November 29, 2012 This week, The Phoenix ran an article about the burgeoning indie film community in Boston, a groundswell of actors, producers, directors and the like rallying around the increasing number of blockbusters filmed on our city’s...

By Peter Keough The Phoenix November 29, 2012 B Line to Hollywood? It's May, and about a mile north of the Boston College stop on the B line, in a three-decker on Turner Street in Brighton, a scene from director Jared Vincenti's film Day of Youth is about to be shot....

A television film crew rolled into Davis Square to shoot the ABC Family TV pilot Terminales starring Italia Ricci. They were not the first–or likely the last–crew to view our City as a good film location

Based on the Mexican drama by Televisa, the one-hour “Terminales” centers on the life of April, a young woman played by Italia Ricci (“Unnatural History,” “Secret Girlfriend”), after she is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Mary Page Keller will play Sara, the widowed mother to April and her teenage sister, Brenna. Keller, whose credits include arcs on the daytime series “Ryan’s Hope” and “Another World,” recently guest starred on “Pretty Little Liars,” “Hart of Dixie,” “Perception” and “Supernatural.” Aaron Kaplan (“GCB,” “Terra Nova”) will serve as executive producer on the Lionsgate/Televisa project. Susanna Fogel and Joni Lefkowitz, who wrote the pilot, also serve as executive producers.

“Clear History” is the second film that has set down roots on the North Shore this summer, following Adam Sandler’s “Grown Ups 2.” Sandler’s film was shot in Lowell, Lynn, Marblehead, Saugus, Swampscott, and Tyngs­borough, and provided a substantial revenue boost to local businesses.

You’ve probably heard the rumor: Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch was a stand-in for actor Kevin James on the Quincy set of the film “Here Comes the Boom.”

The school was clearly on its way out. It had stood since 1922, was breaking down in spots, and was positioned right next to a new state-of-the-art school.

Perfect, actor Kevin James thought.

MASSACHUSETTS FILM OFFICE ANNOUNCES HBO FILMS’ “CLEAR HISTORY,”
STARRING LARRY DAVID, BILL HADER, PHILLIP BAKER HALL, JON HAMM, KATE HUDSON, MICHAEL KEATON, DANNY McBRIDE, EVA MENDES, AMY RYAN, and JB SMOOVE; TO BE SHOT IN MASSACHUSETTS

The Massachusetts Film Office today announced production on the new Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, The Makeover will begin filming in Boston this month.

New England offers a plethora of backdrops for productions looking to shoot in the northeast. And with a tempting bevy of additional perks, like tax credits of up to 25 percent in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and fee-free locations in Maine, New England can accommodate a wide range of productions with budgets running the spectrum.

Selectmen Chairman Laura Burns has been seeking input about the viability of taking steps to attract the movie industry to Hingham.

Editorial Boston Globe July 18, 2012 “Ted,” the hit movie from “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, is not for the faint of heart — anyone who cringes at foul language or un-p.c. humor would best stay away. But for filmgoers looking for an authentic Boston...