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If you enjoy Formula 1 racing and wish you had a bar of like-minded people to watch it with, Boston now has a solution for you as the F1 Arcade is open for business Located on the Boston Seaport, this new location offers up a bar and restaurant experience with pub foods, as well as[...]

People going to FAN Expo Boston yesterday were treated to a strange sight at the Black Flag Comics/Infinite Black Publishing booth The banners were up, but the tables were bare – with just some suckers (lollipops) for people to take A comic convention booth for an online store not selling anything? There were signs of[...]

The extra set of staples were part of the manufacturing process of attaching the acetate cover, and not considered a defect." However, collectors on their board seem not happy with that response as it didn't address the fact that it was the store rather than the publisher who made the alteration. Black Flag also confirmed they[...]

First off, this will mention the Red Sox a lot and a generational love for Boston Second, I will be mentioning someone very close to me, Declan, my trans dad or "VagDad" as he would say, who introduced me to the team and how there can be a deep love for connecting to your family[...]

To commemorate would have been Leonard Nimoy's 90th birthday, the Museum of Science located in the actor's hometown of Boston unveiled plans for a statue with his signature Star Trek Vulcan salute of "Live Long and Prosper" The 20-foot memorial is his illuminated hand palm-side with the ring and middle fingers separate, according to ABC-affiliate[...]

The City of Boston plans to honor the late Star Trek actor declaring March 26 as Leonard Nimoy Day, a proclamation from the outgoing Mayor Martin J Walsh, according to the Boston Globe Nimoy, who played Mr Spock for the better part of five decades until his passing in 2015 from The Original Series, The[...]

So we've got some bad news for Boston citizens, good news for Boston citizens, and pretty much status quo for "Star Wars" fans looking forward to the Ewan McGregor-starring Star Wars: Kenobi (w/t?) So remember how the series was supposed to film in Boston beginning January 4? Well, it looks like it's still happening- but[...]

While we'll have a better idea in a few weeks if the news that Disney+'s upcoming Ewan McGregor-starring Obi-Wan series Star Wars: Kenobi is filming in Boston is true, it appears there's already an opening credits scene filmed And the best part? The fine folks behind CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert have it exclusively-[...]

Now thanks to some reporting from WBZ TV, Boston's CBS affiliate In the clip below, we learn that a posting by the Film & Television Industry Alliance on productionlist.com lists "Star Wars: Kenobi" (we're liking the title) will be filming in Boston starting January 4, 2021 No further information was listed, and there is also[...]

The mayor of Boston is pulling one most last-ditch effort to get Sony to be at PAX East as he asks the company to reconsider pulling from the event According to WCVB, Mayor Marty Walsh has sent a letter to Kenichiro Yoshida, Sony's President and CEO, asking them to return to the convention next week[...]

This year's convention will take place in Boston at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from February 27th until March 1st. We've teamed up with Penny Arcade to give away some four-day passes to the event To be clear, these are single-passes that will get you in all four days, not four single-day passes And you[...]

Showtime is taking viewers back to the mean streets of 1990's on June 16, when series creator/executive producer Chuck MacLean (Boston Strangler) and showrunner/executive producer/writer Tom Fontana (Homicide: Life on the Street) debut their new crime drama series City on a Hill Produced by Showtime with a pilot directed by Michael Cuesta and written by MacLean, the series teams Kevin[...]

Showtime is set to take us back to the mean streets of 1990's Boston next month, when series creator/executive producer Chuck MacLean (Boston Strangler) and showrunner/executive producer/writer Tom Fontana (Homicide: Life on the Street) debut their new crime drama series City on a Hill Produced by Showtime with a pilot directed by Michael Cuesta and[...]

Credit:: Eric Ogden/Showtime Kevin Bacon (The Following, I Love Dick) and Showtime are heading back to the brutal streets of early '90s Boston in City On A Hill, a 12-episode crime drama series co-starring Underground's Aldis Hodge Written by Chuck MacLean (Boston Strangler) from an original idea by Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting); and directed by[...]

Editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com With the rash of school shootings that the country has been dealing with, it's a relief to be able to tell the story of how a potential one was stopped… by New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman. The NYTimes is reporting that Edelman was on vacation in Texas when he received[...]

Having transitioned from radio to television over the course of his 40 years on the air, the Boston stalwart was best known for playing the iconic Bozo the Clown from 1959-1970. The Boston University grad passed away on Tuesday at his Boston home due to complications stemming from his long battle with heart disease Avruch is[...]

Fox's untitled drama will spotlight private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro: "…who, armed with their wits, street knowledge and undeniable chemistry, right the wrongs that the law can't in a working-class Boston borough of Dorchester." Directed by Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting) in his directorial debut, the 2007 film starred Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan as[...]

Boston sports teams have had quite a bot of success these last 17 years or so The Patriots have won 5 Super bowls and played in 8, the Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 2011, and most of all, the Red Sox finally won the World Series in 2004 after 87 years without winning one[...]

Here's big question. Are you worried... or jealous that you didn't think of this Baby Groot cosplay yourself?  

I'm in an uber in cosplay on the way to #BostonComicCon and the driver has said NOTHING I'm almost impressed — Jenna (@jennasaays) August 12, 2016 It's Boston Comic Con! Which means… cosplay! Here's a few examples that have been shared, of people at the show, and people on the way… And my weekend is complete!!!! 😃😃😩😩🙌🙌🔥🔥 #carriekelley[...]

That may be the case with for humans but as far as the chemistry between Boston and the Boston Comic Con, it's anything but. To be fair, the show should really be called "Artist Con", the big names and special guests almost entirely artists (rather than writers) The biggest names of the weekend, some of the[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool announced that in September DC would give all the original New 52 titles an issue 0, telling year one, with regular numbering coming back in October. And at Boston Comic Con, on the DC panel, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Jamal Igle, Cliff Chiang and Francis Manapul basically confirmed it Although it's not[...]

From the Anime Boston Con last weekend And I quote. So Friday afternoon outside the dealers room my friend Logan (Rorschach) proposed to her boyfriend Kyle (Deadpool). He said yes, in case you were wondering :p Can't wait to see the wedding invite. From the Anime Boston Con last weekend And I quote. So Friday afternoon outside[...]

But which one should you have on your T-shirt? Why not both? Courtesy of the Star Wars Record Store, a line of T-shirt logos… and feel free to match the following names to the following shirt designs… Boston, Korn, Metallica, The Ramones, Run DMC, Public Enemy, Black Flag, Wu-Tang Clan, The Doors, Sex Pistols, Def Leppard,[...]