Now Damon assistant is in spotlight
As jobs go, being a movie star's assistant doesn't sound so bad. And it's even better when the star's a decent guy like Matt Damon. "He's great," says Trinette Faint , the Cambridge-bred actor's personal assistant between '99 and '02. "Matt's very easy going. I was lucky because I didn't work for someone who was a tyrant or crazy." The Emerson grad gallivanted all over Europe, and tended to Damon's every need while he worked on "The Legend of Bagger Vance," "The Bourne Identity," "Ocean's Eleven," and "Gerry." "I was basically in charge of every aspect of his life. I was the liaison between him and his publicist, his agent, and his business manager, and I'd make all of his travel arrangements, and make sure his family knew where he was all the time." Best of all, the job got Faint deeply into photography. "I always had my camera with me, and I started shooting," she says. Some of those shots are now on display in "The Greenroom," an exhibition of Faint's photos at the Holyoke Center Arcade in Harvard Square. As the title of the show suggest s , the 20 pictures include a few snapped when the cameras weren't rolling, including one of Damon in his trailer in Paris, a nice, black-and-white shot of director Steven Soderbergh relaxing on set, and a portrait of singer Sally Taylor at home in Colorado. (Check out TrinetteFaint.com for examples.) Faint, who lives in Southie and works for Harvard Provost Steven Hyman , says the experience with Damon was invaluable. "Naturally, it was a creative environment. It's not every day you get to sit five feet away from an Academy Award-winning director," she says of Soderbergh . "I learned a lot."
VIPs turn out for Pats’ win over Jets
It's playoff time and with a New York team in town you can expect to see Donald Trump. But when The Donald is at The Razor he's all about The Robert. As in the New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft. Trump and his wife, Melania, were on hand to witness the Pats trounce the Jets 37-16 yesterday to advance in the NFL playoffs. Before the game, Kraft was squiring around The Donald, whose TV show "The Apprentice" started its sixth season last night. And Trump, appearing on the WBCN pre game broadcast, was effusive about the Krafts and the Pats as an organization. It was a day of rock at Gillette Stadium, with Aerosmith's Joe Perry on the sidelines (his appearance on the scoreboard brought sustained cheers) and outside the Pats locker room with Pats honcho Jonathan Kraft after the game. Godsmack's Sully Erna was hanging out in auto magnate -- and sometimes rocker -- Ernie Boch Jr.'s box. Making a return to Foxborough for playoff action was Kay Hanley, formerly of Letters to Cleo, who sang the national anthem. The Pats QB's parents, Tom Brady Sr. and his wife, Galynn, were up in the
Saturday night was Hot Stove warm-up
The actual Hot Stove, Cool Music charity fund-raising concert wasn't until last night, but Sox GM Theo Epstein, baseball commentator Peter Gammons, and a slew of notables from the local music scene were at the Paradise Rock Club Saturday night for a scaled-down preview show. Sox pitcher Lenny DiNardo performed, as did Epstein and Gammons, who joined Little Feat at the end of their set for "Dixie Chicken." Spotted Saturday night were developer John Rosenthal, Q Division's Mike Denneen, Sox pitcher Kason Gabbard, and Big Papi's wife, Tiffany Ortiz. Sox pitcher Jonathan Papelbon made a day of it in town, starting earlier at Fenway Park for a Jimmy Fund event, and later heading to the Hot Stove festivities with his wife, Ashley, and brother, Josh , who pitched last season for the Lowell Spinners. . . . James Taylor came through for Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray. The singer-songwriter joined the lineup at a Pittsfield concert Saturday night that is part of the five days of inaugural events. Patrick and his wife, Diane, were on hand to thank Taylor for turning out. . . .
Boston Bruins players were wearing sneakers yesterday at the TD Banknorth Garden as they met with fans for the Boston Bruins Wives' Charity Carnival to benefit the Boston Bruins Foundation and Bridge Over Troubled Waters. Among the B s on hand were P.J. Axelsson, Wayne Primeau, and Philippe Sauve.
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