The publicity tour for the local movie “The Way, Way Back” continues up and down the East Coast. Stars Jim Rash, Toni Collette, Liam James, and Nat Faxon screened the dramedy in East Hampton, N.Y., over the weekend. Rash, who wrote and directed the film with Faxon, tweeted on Sunday that he was already back in Marshfield visiting the Green Harbor neighborhood where much of the film was shot. He also tweeted a picture of himself in the Globe. Let’s see if he does it again. . . . In other local movie news, Denzel Washington’s “The Equalizer” was expected in Swampscott on Monday, and Robert Downey Jr., who’s in Boston filming “The Judge,” was seen dining over the weekend at Scampo at The Liberty Hotel.

The Nantucket Film Festival hosted its All-Star Comedy Roundtable on Sunday with funny guys Seth Meyers, Ben Stiller, Mike Myers, and Michael Ian Black, who served as moderator. If you weren’t able to get to the island to see it, the movie network Epix will broadcast the event this fall. The film festival has also announced the winners of its Showtime Tony Cox awards for new screenwriters. Destin Daniel Cretton, who wrote and directed “Short Term 12,” featuring Brie Larson, was awarded Best Screenwriting in a Feature Film, while Goran Dukic, of “What Do We Have In Our Pockets?,” won the Best Screenwriting in a Short Film prize.

Singer-turned-fashion-mogul Jessica Simpson gave birth to her second child on Sunday. She and her Needham-bred fiance Eric Johnson named their son Ace Knute, according to a Simpson rep who spoke to the press. The couple already has a 14-month-old daughter, Maxwell. We have no idea where the name Knute comes from, but considering Johnson played in the NFL (and for Yale), it’s possible that he was inspired by legendary Notre Dame player and coach Knute Rockne.

Celtics top draft pick, Kelly Olynyk, spent part of his nation’s Canada Day (Monday) in the Mildred Avenue Teen Center’s tech lab, which was renovated by the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation. He was joined at one of the computers by 13-year-old Malik O’Neal, of Mattapan.

Bobby Brown represented Boston at the BET Awards on Sunday night. Brown walked the red carpet with his wife, Alicia Etheridge; the couple just celebrated their first anniversary.) Brown’s New Edition bandmates Ralph Tresvant, Ricky Bell, Ronnie Devoe, and Michael Bivins were also out in Los Angeles to perform as part of the BET Experience, which was a weekend of concerts and events to celebrate the awards. The Roxbury-bred group performed at the Staples Center with R. Kelly and former Jackson 5 members Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Marlon Jackson, and Jermaine Jackson.

A day after it was reported that the Boston-based Sandra Bullock-Melissa McCarthy comedy “The Heat” earned $40 million at the box office, Showtime reported that the premiere of its drama “Ray Donovan,” which follows a Southie family in Los Angeles, set a ratings record for the network. The first episode of the show, which stars Liev Schreiber as a Southie guy who cleans up problems for the rich and famous, was watched by 1.35 million people, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That means it beat the 2011 premiere of the network’s popular drama “Homeland.” . . . Meanwhile, Paul Feig has told Yahoo Movies that a sequel for “The Heat” is already being written.

Actress-singer Selena Gomez was the big name at 103.3 AMP Radio’s first birthday celebration at City Hall Plaza on Sunday. Gomez, who was recently spotted with Justin Bieber-esque singer Austin Mahone at Disneyland, was on a concert lineup that included Jason Derulo and Boston’s own Sammy Adams. Mahone will be in Boston soon when he opens for Gomez’s pal Taylor Swift at Gillette Stadium.

Chef Barbara Lynch, who recently announced that she’s writing a memoir, was at the New England Aquarium on Friday night to celebrate the building’s big renovation. During “The Wrap Party,” which was followed by the late-night “Reef Madness After Party,” she hung out with Aquarium CEO Bud Ris in front of a newly-renovated giant ocean tank.

The Nantucket Film Festival brought stars to the island all weekend, from Glenn Close, who was there to present “Silver Linings Playbook” writer-director David O. Russell with the 2013 Screenwriters Tribute Award, to director-writer-actress Lake Bell, whose movie “In a World . . .” earned her Nantucket’s New Voices in Screenwriting prize. Bell, whose movie follows a woman trying to make it in the predominately male voiceover business, hung out during the weekend festivities with “Girls” star Allison Williams. Close, meanwhile, mingled at the Dreamland Theatre with winner of Nantucket’s 2013 Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling Award, Barbara Kopple, whose latest project, “Running From Crazy,” is about Mariel Hemingway and her family’s history of mental illness.

Kim Deal may have left The Pixies earlier this month, but the band isn’t showing signs of slowing down any time soon. The legendary Boston group known for tunes like “Where Is My Mind” and “Here Comes Your Man” released “Bagboy” on Friday, its first new song since 2004’s “Bam Thwok.” The single was written in a Cambridge Starbucks and later recorded in Wales, according to a press release from the band’s singer and guitarist, Black Francis. “The lyrics, coincidentally, were composed at a Starbucks Coffee in Harvard Square in Cambridge, about a hundred feet from where, 25 years ago, I composed some of the lyrics to an old Pixies song called ‘Break My Body.’ Twenty-five years later, some Starbucks in Harvard Square . . . I thought that was kind of interesting. The music for the song has been around for a few years.”

Fans reported a sighting of Robert Downey Jr. at Cartier on Newbury Street on Saturday. We can’t confirm, but it would make sense; he’s in town with Robert Duvall to film “The Judge.” ... Ramona Rizzo of “Mob Wives” and Jerod Mayo of the Patriots were at Strega Waterfront, separately, over the weekend. ... Blue Jay José Bautista spent some of his Friday night at Empire Asian Restaurant & Lounge with friends. Sox player Mike Napoli and Blue Jays Adam Lind and Mark DeRosa were spotted at Red Lantern on Saturday

Former Lexington High School student and famous comedian Eugene Mirman brought his Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival from New York to the Boston area over the weekend. Friends who performed during events included Bobcat Goldthwait, H. Jon Benjamin, and “The Daily Show”’s Kristen Schaal, all of whom performed as part of the “Pretty Good Friends” show at the Wilbur Theatre on Friday night. The festival was set to close out on Sunday night with “Wesley Stace’s Cabinet of Wonders,” a show at the Sinclair featuring writers, comedians, and musicians such as Wesley Stace, Tanya Donelly, Steve Almond, and Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz.

Ben Affleck was in Georgia last week to scout locations for an upcoming film. The Brunswick News reports that Affleck checked out Glynn County scenery with Scott McQuade, executive director of the Golden Isles Convention and Visitors Bureau. McQuade didn’t disclose the movie’s name, but as far as we know Affleck’s still in pre-production for the Boston story “Live by Night” by local author Dennis Lehane. Part of Lehane’s book takes place in Tampa, so a Georgia trip would make sense.

Todd English confirmed Friday he has closed his Charlestown restaurant Olives, and plans to reopen it elsewhere in greater Boston. The announcement came amid rampant speculation about the celebrity chef’s signature eatery, which reopened last year after a fire badly damaged the kitchen. In recent days, passersby noticed the windows at Olives had been covered with brown paper, the sign was removed, and a note posted on the door saying: “The premises is closed until further notice.” “Charlestown is and will always have a special place in my heart. It is with sadness that I will be leaving this neighborhood. We have been here since 1989 and so many wonderful memories are tied to this place,” English said in a statement....

Glendora Putnam was honored the other day at YWCA Boston’s annual Academy of Women Achievers Luncheon at the Westin Copley Place. Something of a civil rights trailblazer, Putnam served as assistant AG for civil rights in Massachusetts and also chairwoman of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. She later served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in D.C. At the same event, Rosalin Acosta, Fay Donohue, Sheila Marcelo, Diane Patrick, and Alison Quirk were all inducted into the YWCA’s Academy of Women Achievers.

Boston Medical Center and Open HeARTS this week hosted a benefit fashion show featuring six designers and a stylist who created looks for a crowd of catwalkers that included professional models, local VIPs, Boston Medical Center staff, and a dozen BMC patients. Among those hitting the runway at the State Room were Mix 104.1’s Kennedy Elsey, Janet Wu of Channel 7, and Miss Massachusetts 2013 Taylor Kinzler. Participating designers included Julie Kontos, Candice Wu, June Monteiro, Stephanie Raymond, Avni Trivendi, and Kinda Touma.

During a visit to Fenway this week, a few dozen kids from the Joslin Diabetes Center got to work out with their favorite players. Sox outfielder Daniel Nava, catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, pitcher Felix Doubront, and strength and conditioning coach Pat Santora put the children through their paces as they talked up the benefits of exercise and healthy eating for kids with diabetes.

You probably read about Bill Simmons’s draft-night diss of Doc Rivers. The ESPN commentator – and diehard Celtics fan – criticized the former C’s coach, saying he “quit” on the team by taking a job with the Los Angeles Clippers. In response, Doc said, “I would like to call him an idiot, but I’m too classy for that.” What you may not have read was the reaction of Rivers’s 25-year-old son Jeremiah, who took to Twitter to defend his dad. “You know nothing about winning, about sacrifice, and being a champion. You sit behind a desk and pick on people,” tweeted Jeremiah, who plays for the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League. “You are a Internet bully.

Earlier this year, Tom Scholz lost his defamation lawsuit against the Boston Herald and its Inside Track writers Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa. Now the leader of the rock band Boston has been ordered by Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances A. McIntyre to pay the Herald $132,163.89 to cover its costs related to transcribing depositions, filing fees, and stenography services. The original lawsuit centered on the question of what caused Boston singer Brad Delp to commit suicide in 2007. Scholz sued the newspaper, claiming the Herald articles suggested he was to blame for the singer’s decision to kill himself. McIntyre ruled in March that the Herald could not be held liable for defaming Scholz because it is impossible to know what caused Delp to kill himself.

Meanwhile, rumors have been swirling that Les Zygomates and its sister restaurant Sorriso are being sold by owner Ian Just, who also runs the newly-opened Society on High. Of course, the chatter has raised questions about the fate of both spots. But Les Zygomates manager Samir Agchariou tells us no changes are on (the immediate) horizon for either restaurant. There’s been no “formal” news about a sale, he said, but acknowledged there have been talks. For now, the bottom line for fans of both Leather District mainstays is that neither restaurant is closing. “We’re not going anywhere,” Agchariou tells us.

Actor Michael Beach, who hails from Roxbury, was back in Boston on Thursday night to accept the Independent Spirit Award from the Roxbury International Film Festival. Beach, who’s been on TV shows such as “Third Watch” and “Sons of Anarchy,” and in indie films such as “Things Never Said,” visited the Museum of Fine Arts to screen “Said” with his co-star and fellow Massachusetts native Elimu Nelson, who’s now on “House of Lies.” The film festival continues through Sunday.

A Mansfield man who badly injured his hand while building sets in 2011 for the Adam Sandler film, “That’s My Boy,” has filed a lawsuit against Happy Madison Inc., Sandler’s production company, as well as Sony, Columbia Pictures and Black and Decker. Richard Houpert is seeking $1 million in damages as a result of an accident that resulted in the partial amputation of fingers on his right hand. In the suit filed this week in US District Court in Boston, Houpert says he was working on a “defective and dangerous” 3-horsepower Delta unisaw table saw when his right hand was drawn into the saw, causing serious injuries.

Judith Hill, a former contestant on “The Voice” and a subject in the documentary “20 Feet From Stardom,” performed during opening-night festivities of the Nantucket Film Festival on Wednesday. Hill, Merry Clayton, Sheryl Crow, and a list of famous backup singers are featured in the film, which screened after the opening-day feature, “Monsters University.” Big names will continue visit the island for festival events. Ophira Eisenberg, of NPR’s “Ask Me Another,” will host Friday night’s “Late Night Storytelling” party; director Will Slocombe will appear at Saturday’s screening of his film “Pasadena,” (which was produced by Boston company Burn later Productions); and Mike Myers and Bedford, N.H.’s own Seth Meyers will join Ben Stiller for the festival’s Fifth Annual All-Star Comedy Roundtable on Sunday afternoon.

Amid a sea of bow ties and salmon pants, the Ad Club celebrated its 100th anniversary with a gala honoring four greats in the marketing/communications game. Inducted into the Ad Club Hall of Fame were Mullen CEO Joe Grimaldi, Fran Kelly, vice chairman of Arnold Worldwide, Hill Holliday chairman Mike Sheehan, and Micho Spring of Weber Shandwick New England.

Georgetown University graduates Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Neman, and Nathaniel Ru were in town on Wednesday night to celebrate the new Boston location of their farm-to-table chain Sweetgreen. The company, which is all about health, local foods, and sustainability, opened their first eatery in Washington D.C. in 2007. Their Hub location is on Boylston Street in the former Ritz Camera space. Guests at the party, which featured music and lots of snacks, included Lena Andrade of Quincy, Shakira MacLyons of Boston, and Nicole Eckhardt of Norwood. The Sweetgreen company hosts a music festival in the D.C. area every spring; this year’s acts included Kendrick Lamar, Gary Clark Jr., and Boston-born band Passion Pit.

One Direction heartthrob Harry Styles posted a photo of himself on Instagram after his Wednesday-night show at the Comcast Center and explained to fans, “Went swimming yesterday before the show in Boston. In a lake, in Boston.” We don’t know what lake he’s referring to, but wherever it is, it’s now magic. Styles and the guys have a show at Jones Beach in New York on Friday night.

Showtime premiered its new series “Ray Donovan” in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. The drama, which is getting high praise from critics (see the Globe’s review in Friday’s paper), stars Liev Schreiber as a former Southie guy in Hollywood who makes problems disappear for the rich and famous. Schreiber told Variety that his wife, Naomi Watts, helped him with the local accent. “She ran lines with me and she would do a Boston accent out of empathy,” he told the publication. “She’s English and Australian, she’s got enough on her hands without a Boston accent.” Schreiber’s character spends episodes dealing with his troubled family, a crew of South Boston characters, including his father, Mickey Donovan, who’s played by Jon Voight.

Before he threw out the first pitch at Fenway the other night, new BSO music director Andris Nelsons got a little instruction from none other than Pedro Martinez. The former Sox ace showed the baton twirler how to grip the ball. But it didn’t work. The Latvian conductor uncorked one way over the catcher’s head.

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce celebrated its Ten Outstanding Young Leaders at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel on Tuesday night. This year’s honorees included Neel Shah, founder of Costs of Care, which aims to deflate medical bills; Erika Ebbel Angle, of Science From Scientists, which promotes science and technology to young people; John Harthorne, of MassChallenge, which helps startups; Saskia Epstein, CEO of Room to Grow, which helps babies survive their first years; Mike Harney of the Play Ball! Foundation, which brings sports to Boston middle school students; and state Senator Linda Dorcena Forry. . . .

Actor Ben Barnes, best known as Prince Caspian in “The Chronicles of Narnia” films, is on the cover of Fault magazine to promote “God Only Knows,” the gangster film he shot around Boston and Rhode Island last winter with Stoughton actor-dancer Kenny Wormald, Harvey Keitel, and Leighton Meester. Barnes, who shot the thriller “Locked In” in Boston in 2009, said of his latest project, “This was maybe my favorite role I’ve played. I have rarely been afforded the opportunity to play the tough guy so it was very rewarding. I watched a lot of Pacino movies and [gangster] movies during shooting. . . . It helped that most of the other character were played by real-life Boston tough guys, rappers, footballers, ex-cons, etc.”

It took Neil Diamond an hour to write “Sweet Caroline” but four months to finish “I Am . . . I Said.”

“Every song is different,” the singer told us Wednesday. “When it’s finished, it’s finished and you know it’s finished.”

Well, Diamond’s new song, the one inspired by the actions of the first responders to the Boston Marathon bombings, is now finished and will be released July 2 on iTunes and Amazon MP3. Titled “Freedom Song (They’ll Never Take Us Down),” the song, which Diamond said took six weeks to write and record, will be performed live for the first time on “A Capitol Fourth,” airing July Fourth on PBS. All proceeds from the song will be shared by The One Fund and the Wounded Warrior Project.

It always seems to be a baking hot day when Tedy Bruschi hits the field for his annual youth football minicamp at Gillette Stadium. And Tuesday was no exception. The camp, sponsored by Bruschi’s buddies at SBLI, lets 54 kids learn what it’s like to be a member of the Patriots, including gearing up in the locker room, getting a game plan together, an introduction over the PA system, and drills with Bruschi and some of his Pats pals.

Violent Femmes frontman Gordon Gano joined in the fun at a benefit for the Jamaica Plain Music Fest the other night, sitting in (on violin) with the JP-based roots combo Tallahassee during its set at Tres Gatos. (We’re told Gano’s sister lives in JP.) Highlights included a cover of Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up” and a version of the Violent Femmes classic “Blister in the Sun” that had everyone in the place singing along. The JP Music Fest takes place Sept. 7.

Oscar winner Denzel Washington filmed a sporty scene for his local movie “The Equalizer” on Monday. He’s been filming at the old Lowe’s in Haverhill (which we assume they’re calling “Home Mart” based on Denzel’s shirt in this picture) and in Charlestown. On Tuesday, he filmed more scenes in Chelsea. We’re still waiting for a sighting of actress Chloe Moretz, of “30 Rock,” “Let Me In,” and “Hugo,” who will star opposite Washington in the film, which is about a retired intelligence officer who helps a prostitute. There’s also a Wahlberg in the film — according to the Internet Movie Database, Robert Wahlberg (Mark and Donnie’s brother) plays a detective in the movie. Robert was also in the local films “Gone Baby Gone,” “The Departed,” and “Mystic River.”

The Revere Hotel hosted final auditions for the 2013-14 Celtics Dancers. The team pulled in some VIP judges for the tryouts, including Iris Carlomusto and Giovanni Feroce of Alex and Ani, and Jenny Johnson, of “TV Diner.” The trio helped Boston Celtics Dance Team Director Marina Ortega narrow a pack of hopefuls to 20.

A shout-out to Burlington Players, whose production of “Radium Girls” won the award for best production at the American Association of Community Theater’s Festival. The community theater group made it to nationals by winning two regional rounds and then beat the 11 other finalists for the title. The show’s cast and crew received seven other nominations, including featured actress (Jennifer Shea), featured actor (Craig Howard) and director (Celia Couture). Bravo.

The Bruins’ spectacular collapse in the waning seconds of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals is prompting some to compare the excruciating loss to previous epic fails by local teams, including the 1986 and 2003 Red Sox. Pitcher Pedro Martinez, who was on the Sox squad whose season was suddenly and brutally ended by Aaron Boone in 2003, understands the fans’ frustration but he recommends they relax. “I would tell the fans, first of all, not to take their jerseys off,” Martinez told us Tuesday. “We ended up the worst way you could end a season in 2003, and in 2004 we rewarded them with the best World Series in the whole history of the game.

Backstreet Boys Nick Carter and Howie Dorough were in Boston on Tuesday to promote the boy band’s new album, “In A World Like This.” During a pit stop at Mix 104.1, they were quizzed by morning host Kennedy Elsey about Nick’s brother Aaron Carter’s claim that he got into a fight in Boston over the weekend with New Kids on the Block fans who jumped him because he was in NKOTB territory. Aaron Carter told TMZ about the alleged fight and posted photos of himself with bruises and scratches on Instagram. At the radio station, Nick Carter told Kennedy, of his brother’s claim, “It’s just strange because honestly I literally talk to all the New Kids all the time.”

With temperatures topping 90 degrees for most of the day, it was too sultry to worry about sticks and pucks, right? Wrong. There was no place Hub hockey fans would rather have been Monday night than at TD Garden for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals. Win and play a decisive Game 7 in Chicago Wednesday, or lose and put that giant foam finger and black-and-gold Seguin jersey back in the closet.

Of course, heat waves can be good for business — if your business involves serving frosty beverages to thirsty Bruins fans waiting for Rene Rancourt to do his thing. And there was no shortage of them Monday. Never terribly civilized places before a B’s playoff game, the sports bars surrounding the Garden were . . .

Locally made movies had some big premieres over the weekend. After showing her Hub comedy “The Heat” at AMC Loews Boston Common last week, Sandra Bullock was in New York City for a Ziegfeld Theatre premiere with her costars Melissa McCarthy and Boston’s own Joey McIntyre, who plays McCarthy’s brother in the film. On the West Coast, local guy Nat Faxon and his collaborator, Jim Rash (the two won an Oscar for the screenplay for “The Descendants”), premiered their South Shore-based film, “The Way, Way Back,” as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival. They were joined by Marshfield’s Steve Carell, who helped get the film made close to home, and his costars Toni Collette, AnnaSophia Robb, and young actor Liam James. The film stars James as a teen who escapes his family by getting a job at a water park, which happens to be Water Wizz in East Wareham.

Actor and LGBT activist Omar Sharif Jr., grandson of veteran actor Omar Sharif, was the special guest at Get Konnected!, the networking event hosted by Colette Phillips...VP Joe Biden caught up with an old buddy during his brief trip to Boston over the weekend. After meeting with the International Association of Iron Workers Local 7 on Colony Avenue, Biden and his friend, Plaza Limousine owner Michael Gay, got together for a bite. Along with a phalanx of Secret Service, the two chowed on hot dogs, cheeseburgers, and crab meat rolls at Sullivan’s on Castle Island. Gay used to drive the former Delaware senator when he was campaigning for president…

Despite our issues with Chicago at the moment, Boston names traveled to the Windy City over the weekend to participate in the Midwest edition of Theo Epstein and Peter Gammons’s Hot Stove Cool Music benefit. Kay Hanley, of Letters to Cleo fame, and Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey repped Red Sox fans at the Friday-night celebration of baseball and music, which raised almost $200,000 for Epstein’s Foundation to Be Named Later and the One Fund. Other performers included the Wellfleet act the Parkington Sisters, Scott Lucas from Local H, Jimmy Chamberlin of the Smashing Pumpkins, and comedian and actor Joel Murray (Bill Murray’s brother/Freddy Rumsen on “Mad Men”) who served as the night’s emcee.

Yasemin and Soren Gabrielsen, both of Cambridge, were among the locals who visited the Institute of Contemporary Art for a pop-up oyster bar party with treats from Island Creek Oysters. The event, which is running on Fridays through August, is called ICO at the ICA.

Lake Sunapee’s Steven Tyler hung out with Stevie Wonder at the Hollywood Bowl Opening Night Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Tyler and his Aerosmith partner Joe Perry were inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame during the event, as were former Boston resident John Legend and Patti Austin. Our local Aerosmith guys were introduced to the crowd by actor Peter Fonda.

Aaron Carter, the onetime teenybopper most famous for being the brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, claims he was beaten up by a group of New Kids on the Block fans while in Boston over the weekend. The 25-year-old towheaded singer posted pictures of himself on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram sporting a black eye and bruised hand. He told TMZ he was leaving dinner with a friend Saturday when a man approached him in a parking lot and yelled: “I heard you’re doing a show here tomorrow. This is the town of the New Kids.” Carter said three more guys then jumped out of a Chevy Malibu and started hitting him.

Musician Richard Marx spent some of his weekend tweeting about his ’80s hair, which was wild, but not a mullet, he says. Marx explained, “Don’t get me wrong. My hair in ’88-89 was a tragedy for the ages. But it was BIG party in the front and BIG party in the back.” To a fan who pointed out that Marx is featured on Boston.com’s gallery of ’80s musicians with mullets, the “Endless Summer Nights” singer responded, “Someone at Boston.com got paid to be full of crap.” We swear it wasn’t us.

TV writer and producer David E. Kelley — who was born in Maine, spent many years in Massachusetts, and set his hit shows “The Practice,” “Boston Legal,” “Boston Public,” and “Ally McBeal” in Boston — attended Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals dressed to root for the wrong team. He was accompanied by his wife, actress Michelle Pfeiffer, who was also in the wrong attire, as far as we’re concerned. Kelley did explain his Chicago fandom to NHL.com. “Well, my brother [Mark Kelley] is the head of [Blackhawks] amateur scouting,” he said. “So, it’s in the blood.”

“Extra” host Mario Lopez was the celebrity guest at the Run & Ride at CambridgeSide Galleria on Sunday. He joined local kids who ran and rode their bikes around the shopping center in a duathlon, which resembles a triathlon minus the swimming. Lopez — who with Miss Cambridge Carrie Sunde handed out medals at the end of the event — also hosted Saturday festivities at Boston nightclub Venu and dined at Grill 23 with local club king Jeff London over the weekend.

Brittany Chambers, Shawna Costello, Sarah Loschiavo, Victoria Stavropoulos, and Jodi Hogan were among the dozens of women who attended Boston Celtics Dance Team tryouts at Suffolk University on Saturday. Auditions were already held in Los Angeles and New York. The team will hold final callbacks in front of Dance Team director Marina Ortega later this week.

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, here, and just wrapped “American Hustle,” a ’70s-style crime drama with an A-list cast that includes Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence. “I just feel comfortable here,” says Russell, who was in town Friday to receive an award from McLean Hospital. (His last movie, “Silver Linings Playbook,” starred Bradley Cooper as a character struggling with mental health issues.) There are many reasons Russell enjoys working in Boston, and local casting director Angela Peri is one of them. “I love her. I can get whatever I need,” he says.