A Bostonian chases his dream

For Cesar Doza, winning ESPN's new Spanish language version of ''Dream Job" really would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ''Yes. Actually. One hundred percent. This would be my dream job," said the 25-year-old from the North End. Doza left Boston on Thursday and was the first person in line waiting outside ESPN's Manhattan studios at 4 a.m. yesterday. By afternoon Doza had been called for a second round of auditions and things were looking good for landing his ultimate job: to be a ''SportsCenter" reporter at the World Cup in June in Germany. ''It doesn't get any bigger," Doza said of the importance of the World Cup to soccer fans. ''It would be a dream come true just to go to the World Cup, but to be inside . . . with the players . . . getting the news. It's bigger than anything." The finalist from each city will be announced on May 7.

Belichicks buy more land on Nantucket

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and his wife, Debby, bought an undeveloped piece of land on Pitman Road on Nantucket for $4.6 million. The Belichicks' new property, which is just shy of a half acre, was purchased from Elizabeth L. and Duncan V. Phillips. The Belichicks own other property on the island and spent summers there for years before he took over the helm of the Pats.

Smith on Streep

All Brad Pitt or Paris Hilton have to do to get their mugs in a magazine these days is pump gas. Wasn't like that when Lois Smith got started; back then, publicists had to work to get press for their celebrity clients. A founder of the powerful public-relations agency PMK, Smith has repped real stars, A-listers like Robert Redford; Robert Altman, with whom she's worked since ''M*A*S*H"; Martin Scorsese; and Meryl Streep. Tomorrow, Smith talks about Streep as part of the Coolidge Corner Theatre's celebration of the Oscar-winning actress. ''I am totally unprepared for this," Smith admitted. ''Meryl's just a terrific lady and one of the funniest women I know." Enjoying semi-retirement on Plum Island, Smith picks her spots these days -- she is flacking for Altman's new film, ''A Prairie Home Companion" -- and boasts about her daughter Brooke Smith. ''She's got a part in 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Heist,' and she'll be in the new Neil LaBute play," said Mom. (Brooke was the dame in the dungeon in ''The Silence of the Lambs.") One thing Smith won't do is blow her own horn. ''Press agents shouldn't be seen or heard," she said.

On Thursday night, teens from the Chelsea Boys & Girls Club got their first glimpse of a mural they created after it was installed on the East Wing of the Museum of Fine Arts. The Chelsea mural takes its place alongside four others done by the Dorchester, Charlestown, Roxbury, and South Boston Boys & Girls Clubs.

Collins returns, Ogden leaves

The dulcet-toned folkie Judy Collins got her start in the '60s singing at Club Passim, one of the country's original coffeehouses. Last night, she returned to Harvard Square to headline Passim Center's 48th Anniversary Concert at Sanders Theatre, joined by rising folk singer-songwriters Lori McKenna and Mark Erelli.

Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky stopped by NECN's studios to talk with Chet Curtis for a piece that airs Monday. Pesky on this year's team: ''I like what I see. . . . You're going to see great things." Pesky predicts Coco Crisp will be a bigger fan favorite than Johnny Damon. Also at NECN, biz show anchor Shannon Ogden was feted by his colleagues yesterday. Ogden's heading south to WFLT, the NBC affiliate in Jacksonville, Fla., where he'll be the primary evening anchor. . . . Someone is taking Mitt Romney seriously as a presidential contender. Talking to Senator John McCain the other morning, syndicated talk show host Don Imus, who's supporting the Arizona Republican for president in '08, said, ''What are we going to do about Mitt Romney? He really wants to be president. We can't have that." The I-Man reminded McCain that Mitt's a Mormon, then added: ''Maybe he has another wife or two." McCain chuckled nervously but didn't take the bait.

Catherine Foster of the Globe staff contributed. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253.