The outlook for the 2010 airline industry is unremittingly bleak, but you wouldn't know it from the way that Southwest is acting. The low cost carrier is adding 104 flights to its spring schedule. In the process they're turning the Boston turf war they started with JetBlue and AirTran into a full-blown bloodbath:]]> Omri 2009-10-15T17:33:37-05:00 42.3644450 -71.005280 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/5/102843/571

If you were in Boston over the weekend, you may have thought someone got hijacked on the Charlestown Bridge, but it was actually just Ben Affleck causing all of the commotion. Ben is back in his hometown directing and starring in The Town, about a bank robber being chased by the FBI. The movie, which also features a Gossip Girl (Blake Lively) and a Mad Man (Jon Hamm), has been filming at at various locations, including Fenway Park and Copley Square, around the city for the past month or so.

The latest scene filmed on the Charlestown Bridge involved police vehicles chasing burglars (in creepy habits and masks) and was all filmed from a helicopter above. The scene is sure to look cool in the movie, but it had traffic backed up all weekend as they closed the bridge completely so Ben could get his shot. ]]> cmb 2009-10-05T10:38:09-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/2/81456/6844

Bust out your favorite organic cotton T-shirt as it’s time for the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. Things kick off on October 31 and run through November 1 at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center in Beantown. We know that it’s hard to resist bacon for an entire day, but festival organizers have such a full lineup that you won’t even remember what a pig tastes like.

There will be plenty of exhibitors hawking their vegetarian wares and offering a ton of free samples, so you may want to skip breakfast for this one. Once you’ve discovered your new favorite ingredient, take in a presentation by professional chefs so you can learn how to prepare some new dishes. Maybe they’ll even teach you that you really do enjoy broccoli—you were just making it wrong for all those years. This is the longest running festival of its kind in the country, so you won’t be disappointed. They just want to share a love for delicious plants with you and your friends. ]]> kjb 2009-10-02T11:18:52-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/9/28/95022/6274

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz were up all night Friday, but not for a hot Hollywood party, instead they spent the night in a Bridgewater, MA field. The pair were shooting scenes for Wichita, aka "The Untitled Wichita Project", their new movie which has been filming around Boston for a few weeks. In one scene shot Friday night, just off of Curve Street, a 747 "crashed and exploded" in a a large field. Though it looked and sounded like a real crash, no planes (or humans) were actually injured in the shoot. The plane arrived to the field on Friday already in pieces and the explosion was nothing more than a little Hollywood magic.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the movie focuses on "a lonely woman (Diaz) whose seemingly harmless blind date suddenly turns her life upside-down when a superspy (Cruise) takes her on a violent worldwide journey to protect a powerful battery that holds the key to an infinite power source." So how does this plane crash fit into the this "worldwide journey"? ]]> cmb 2009-09-28T11:30:53-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/9/23/103652/035

Boston is looking more like Hollywood every day. For starters, Ben Affleck is directing Jon Hamm in a movie called The Town at Fenway Park today while Kevin James is wrapping up his latest, The Zookeeper at The Franklin Park Zoo. But the biggest celebrity news in Beantown has to be that there have been sightings of Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz filming the comedy/action flick Wichita in and around Boston for the past week.

Yesterday, Tom and Cameron shot scenes for Wichita at Gaslight in the up-and-coming SoWa district of Boston's South End. Gaslight is a classic neighborhood Parisian brasserie. Their specialties include Duck Confit, Steak Frites, Roasted Salmon Fillet and Rotisserie Chicken, all ranging between $15-$20. For dessert try the Chocolate Beignets, which are small pastries filled with chocolate and dusted with powered sugar, yum! Reservations are suggested and can be made online.

More Cruise/Diaz sightings, after the jump. ]]> cmb 2009-09-23T12:19:21-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/9/15/9531/41951

With megastars like George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey touting their new projects at the Toronto International Film Festival each September, the Boston Film Festival, which kicks off this week, has traditionally been overshadowed. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of BFF which has an impressive line-up of over 30 films and 22 shorts that will be screened between September 18th and 24th. Here's how you can get the most out of the festival this weekend.

What To See:
This year, BFF is honoring Uma Thurman with the Film Excellence Award. Uma's new movie, Motherhood will open the festival on Friday, Sept. 18 at the Landmark Kendall Square Theatre in Cambridge before the official awards ceremony. The independent comedy is about a New York City mom who has no idea what challenges she is about to face while planning her 6-year-old daughter's birthday party. Tickets for the Motherhood screening are still available via Landmark Theatre for a mere $9.75.

Where to stay and eat, after the jump. ]]> cmb 2009-09-15T13:27:47-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/8/21/144857/420

Southwest began flying out of Boston-Logan last Sunday, a move that their CEO once declared would never ever happen. Nonetheless, we weren't particularly surprised: we flagged the expansion back in April when they announced their routes, and again a few weeks ago when AirTran gave them a "welcome to Boston" by announcing free WiFi for Boston flights.

What is much more interesting is what the move means for the LCC niche and the airline industry as a whole, two different markets that are increasingly difficult to untangle.

The Wall Street Journal just published a must-read article on the industry, taking Southwest's expansion as the centerpiece and moving on from there: ]]> Omri 2009-08-24T08:59:39-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/