The other Brady cover boy

Holding on tight to his magnificent mom Bridget Moynahan, Tom Brady's tiny tot graces the cover of the new issue of OK! magazine. In what are likely to be the first of many photos of the pigskin progeny, young John Edward Thomas Moynahan is the spitting image of his old man, and the handsome little dude with the downy hair and dimple in his chin looks happy and healthy. We're told Brady's actress ex was paid in excess of $100,000 for the photo shoot, and donated all of the dough to children's charities, including the Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance and the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation. (According to the mag, Moynahan has friends whose kids are afflicted by the diseases.) Although the cover story is headlined "Life Without Daddy," Brady was present for the baby's birth five weeks ago and has said he's determined to be a doting dad. Friends tell the mag that Moynahan, who dated the Pats QB for three years before he took up with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, is all about her baby these days. "The pain of dealing with the fallout of their failed romance has been overtaken with the joy of motherhood," says someone close to the actress. "Right now, her baby boy is the main man in her life. . . . They are so bonded. She can't wait to get home, so she only goes out for short periods." Moynahan, who celebrated her 37th birthday last week, has a development deal with ABC, but is in no hurry to get back to work. "Bridget likes to be a hands-on mom," a friend tells OK! "She won't be racing to get back to work."

As it should be, "Gone Baby Gone" is being taken very seriously by film folks. SAGIndie will screen Ben Affleck's directorial debut next week as part of its AFI Directors Series Screenings in LA. The film, which Affleck (inset) screened this week for a handful of Boston tastemakers, would seem a perfect fit for the series, which showcases movies that reflect diversity in casting and "the demographic realities of American society." Nothing if not gritty, "Gone Baby Gone" relies heavily on local actors while exposing South Boston's soft, largely white underbelly. (Particularly powerful is Amy Ryan, who isn't local but who plays a drug-addled Dorchester mom to perfection.) Of his decision to direct, Affleck said he was tired of being a chew toy for the tabloids and wanted to spend some time on the other side of the camera.

Screenwriter Tony Gilroy - the scribe behind all the "Bourne" films - returned to Boston yesterday to screen his directorial debut, "Michael Clayton," which stars George Clooney. The former Boston University student found a very receptive audience at the AMC Loews Boston Common last night. The gathering was hosted by Boston real estate developer-turned-movie producer Steve Samuels (inset), who funded Gilroy's rookie outing. The son of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Frank D. Gilroy still has a number of friends in the area from the days after he dropped out of BU to become a rock star, singing and playing guitar with the Night Visitors. Gilroy reminisced about his free time during his five years in Boston, most of which he spent in movie theaters like the long-lamented Cambridge art house the Orson Welles. "I must have seen 200 movies a year going there, and the Harvard Square Theater when it was a repertory house," Gilroy told the Globe. "Go see the double feature there and another one somewhere else nearby for a three-movie day. And there was that funny little second-floor room near Central Square. The Off the Wall? Yeah, that was it. One night some comedian showed up and started doing stand-up. It was Jay Leno."

James Gaines, the former editor of Time, Life, and People magazines, stopped at the New England Historic Genealogical Society on Newbury Street the other day to sign copies of his new book "For Liberty and Glory: Washington and Lafayette and Their Revolutions." An expat, Gaines lives with his wife and kids in Paris now.

It's not your typical honor roll, with bronze busts and plaques. Instead, the New England Design Hall of Fame inducted its inaugural class last night by planting birch trees outside the Boston Design Center. Among those feted were famed architect Graham Gund, interior design duo Lee Bierly and Christopher Drake, and interior designer Celeste Cooper, best known for her restaurant and residential work. Each year, the Design Center will plant trees to recognize individuals whose "careers have made a significant impact on design in New England."

The first lady of the New England Patriots, Myra Kraft, was at the Greater Boston Food Bank yesterday filling boxes for local food pantries. The Pats foundation recently donated $500,000 to the Roxbury food distribution center. Other Pats gals on hand were Lindsey Campopiano, fiancee of Pats offensive tackle Nick Kaczur; Tamika Yates, wife of guard Billy Yates; Hallie Swearingen, kicker Stephen Gostkowski's fiancee; and Lori Connolly, wife of offensive lineman Dan Connolly. . . . And over at the State Room, Red Sox wives Dawn Timlin and Shonda Schilling hosted the third annual "Boston Say It With Flowers" event. They expected to raise $250,000 for ALS research and local patient service programs.

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