Affleck treated for migraine

Ben Affleck, who is in town directing "Gone, Baby, Gone," was treated for a migraine at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge yesterday and later released. Affleck publicist Ken Sunshine said the hospitalization was "nothing serious," and the star could be back on the set as soon as today. For now, Sunshine said, the Cambridge-bred actor is recuperating at the house he and wife Jennifer Garner are renting near Harvard Square. Based on Dennis Lehane’s book of the same name, "Gone, Baby, Gone" is Affleck’s directorial debut. (He also cowrote the script.) Filming of the detective story set in Dorchester began last week, but the cast and crew had the holiday off yesterday. The movie stars Ben’s brother Casey, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman. Boston-based film producer Laura Bernieri, who attended a fund-raiser in Mississippi with Freeman over the weekend, said the A-list Oscar-winner confirmed he’ll be filming in Boston for a week in July. Freeman "said he’s looking forward to coming to Boston," said Bernieri, who was in Clarksdale, Miss., for an event hosted by the Rock River Foundation, an organization cofounded by Freeman that supports education programs in the Magnolia State.

Scott is familiar with his fans

Actor Tom Everett Scott plays a game of ``guess the demographics" when someone says they recognize him. "I'm kind of embarrassed when people start to guess. My wife is like, 'You're going to have to get over it.' . . . I play along," said Scott, an East Bridgewater native who still has family in the area. "If someone knows all three of my names and actually gets one of my movies right, I know they are a fan. But I don't get noticed all that often. I seem `familiar' to a lot of people." Scott's going to get more exposure with the new TNT drama ``Saved" in which he portrays a paramedic. ``I have played some nice guys . . . and so this character's a bit of a change," said Scott of Wyatt Cole, the series lead. ``But he's not a bad guy, he's just a flawed person. I don't know where he's going to go. I don't know what he's going to do next." ``Saved," which also features Omari Hardwick, Michael McMillian, and Tracy Vilar, gained notoriety because the June 12 premiere episode is being sponsored by two companies so that it won't have commercial breaks. Calling the sponsorship issue ``distracting stuff," Scott said he hopes the show isn't lost in the storm. ``It's a really traditional story. It's not something you'd see on a traditional network, though. I hope people give it a chance."

Romney pushes fitness campaign

Governor Mitt Romney was joined by Celtics player Al Jefferson and Millis High School student Steve Lambert in filming a public service announcement for the Governor's Committee on Physical Fitness & Sports' ``Every Body Move" campaign. It's part of an ongoing initiative by the committee to increase awareness about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle by participating in physical fitness and sports programs.

Boston businessman and philanthropist David Mugar and Emergency Medical Services Superintendent Dianne Cavaleri were the first recipients of the Stephen M. Lawlor Award for Collaborative Practice at the Boston Emergency Services 14th annual awards event. Named for Lawlor, who died last year, the award will be given annually to one uniformed member of the EMS staff and another person who has supported emergency services.

Both of the city's glossy publications come out with new editions this week. Boston Common has landed Medford native Maria Menounos for its cover. Among the tidbits Menounos discloses is that when she comes home, she stays at the AmeriSuites in Medford and that she and her brother went with their parents to work as nightclub janitors. ``The Channel, Necco Place, Choices, Narcissus -- I think they're all gone." And Boston magazine's ``Summer Escapes" issue features an interview with leveraged buyout guy James Mitchell, who is known as much for the chichi parties he throws as for his business dealings. . . . Staind's lead singer Aaron Lewis was sporting a Red Sox cap as the band performed two songs to kick off the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. The Massachusetts-based rockers also kicked off the NASCAR Nextel Cup season in Daytona earlier this year. . . . Pro golfer Brad Faxon of Rhode Island took in the Red Sox game at Fenway Sunday with his family. (Faxon, a well-documented Sox fan, also was spotted at the park earlier last week.) . . . Mayor Tom Menino stopped by Game On! for lunch over the weekend.

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