Holiday headliners: Chainsmokers, Pauly D, Hess Twins

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 11/17 6:00P By Olivia Vanni / Inside Track

’Tis the season to turn it up with some big names in Boston — at least, that’s what a handful of local clubs have in mind for the holidays. We’ve noticed there are a few festive nightlife events coming up on the calendar, so we’re sharing this...

BSO’s Andris Nelsons is turning 40 and considering his legacy

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 11/15 6:00P By Jed Gottlieb

On Sunday, Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons will turn 40. But tonight and tomorrow, the maestro will conduct Mahler’s “Symphony No. 5” — the program also includes HK Gruber’s “Aerial.” The symphony is a fitting exit to...

Red Sox, science and middle school horrors feature in International Kids Film Festival

Cambridge Day (Arts + Culture) 11/15 11:43A Tom Meek

The sixth annual Boston International Kids Film Festival, kicking off Friday, has five features from “Wally’s Opening Day,” about the Red Sox mascot, to “Science Fair,” a documentary showing at MIT about exactly what you'd expect.

SideTracks: Giuliana and Bill Rancic... and more

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 11/13 6:00P By Olivia Vanni / Inside Track

CHILD’S PLAY: Giuliana and Bill Rancic are taking on Boston this weekend, when the pop-cultured couple will appear as special guests at the Boston Children’s Museum ’s Wonder Ball . The famous E! News anchor and her husband, an entrepreneur known...

SideTracks: Chris Evans, Chelsea Roy ... and more

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 11/12 6:00P By Olivia Vanni / Inside Track

GRIEVING FOR LEE: Captain America was among the many folks who publicly mourned the loss of comic book legend Stan Lee yesterday. Chris Evans , the Boston-raised actor who’s played the Lee-created superhero onscreen, shared his condolences over...

Mark Wahlberg drawn to adoption tale ‘Instant Family’

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 11/11 6:00P By Stephen Schaefer

NEW YORK — For Mark Wahlberg, his feel-good adoption movie “Instant Family” rates as a welcome change of pace. “Just to be able to sit on a couch on a soundstage, talking to people?” Wahlberg, 47, marveled. “Nobody beating the crap out of me? No...

SideTracks: Steve Memmolo, NIC+ZOE... and more

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 11/10 6:00P By Olivia Vanni / Inside Track

SIP AND SEE: Boston-based fashion brand NIC+ZOE ushered a host of stylish VIPs into the M Fine Arts Galerie for an exclusive preview of its latest collection. Among the fashion-forward faces spotted enjoying cocktails and apps while admiring the...

England in New England

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 11/7 6:00P By Olivia Vanni / Inside Track

India Hicks has brought a slice of England to Boston this week, as the famed designer, lifestyle guru and former supermodel hosted a charitable trunk show right at Davio’s Chestnut Hill . While on this side of the Pond, Hicks set up shop at the...

Designer India Hicks brings styles to Chestnut Hill

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 11/7 6:00P By Olivia Vanni / Inside Track

India Hicks has brought a slice of England to Boston this week, as the famed designer, lifestyle guru and former supermodel hosted a charitable trunk show right at Davio’s Chestnut Hill . While on this side of the Pond, Hicks set up shop at the...

SideTracks: Thom Solo, Ty Law... and more

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 11/6 6:00P By Olivia Vanni / Inside Track

THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR DANCING: Local footwear designer Thom Solo recently waltzed through the Peabody Essex Museum in preparation for its upcoming Light & Sound Gala Dance Party this Saturday at 9 p.m. The Boston-based designer will have a...

Bruins baby bash: Players’ wives host shower for military moms-to-be

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 11/5 6:00P By Olivia Vanni / Inside Track

The Boston Bruins ’ other halves banded together, staging a sweet surprise for a group of military moms-to-be. The wives and girlfriends of our hockey players, in partnership with the March of Dimes , managed to throw a super-secret luncheon in...

Mark Wahlberg lending support to repairs on vandalized memorial

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 11/2 6:00P By Associated Press

BOSTON — Actor and Boston native Mark Wahlberg is among those offering his support to efforts to repair a vandalized Vietnam War memorial. The damage to the memorial in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood and the landscaping around it was discovered...

Pedro Martinez can't stop giving back

Boston Herald (Inside Track) 10/29 6:00P By Olivia Vanni / Inside Track

Pedro Martinez is stepping back into the Boston spotlight twice this week, and not just to relish in another Red Sox World Series win. The pitching legend will be pulling double duty on the philanthropic front, making special appearances at a...

World Series 4th-least-watched, averaging 14.1M viewers

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 10/29 6:00P By Associated Press

NEW YORK — Boston's five-game World Series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers averaged 14,125,000 viewers on Fox, down 25 percent from last year and the fourth-lowest ever. The Series featuring a pair of large-market teams averaged an 8.3...

Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon’s rivalry takes a ‘stupid’ turn at the World Series

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 10/28 6:00P By Nardine Saad

LOS ANGELES — Longtime frenemies Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon went to Game 5 of the World Series and all they got were these stupid T-shirts. The rivaling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host and the Oscar winner were among the many famous faces in the stands...