Local firm gets a movie makeover

Kate Hudson on the set during the first day of shooting of "Bachelor No. 2." (erik jacobs for the boston globe)

Kate Hudson reported for work yesterday to film the first scenes for "Bachelor No. 2" at the Seaport offices of the mega-law firm Foley Hoag. Hudson and costar Jason Biggs play lawyers in the Howie Deutch-directed film that also stars Arlington native Dane Cook. Crews from the comedy took over the waterfront headquarters to transform a conference room into Hudson's swanky office and a nearby associate's office into Biggs's digs. The film's design crews tapped Foley Hoag staff -- Mark Young, Jeff Scalzi, and Meghan Magner -- to help make the settings more authentic. "We helped with some small touches," Magner told us yesterday. But Foley Hoag's brush with Hollywood is short lived. "By [this] morning it will be scrubbed clean," Magner said. "You'll never know they were here." . . . And "The Women" starring Meg Ryan, Debra Messing, Annette Bening, and Jada Pinkett-Smith also started filming in downtown Boston yesterday. "We are ecstatic to be able to film our story in Boston," director Diane English said in a statement. "The city has it all."

"Entourage" star Adrian Grenier and his band the Honey Brothers will headline the after-party for Sox pitching ace Josh Beckett's inaugural celebrity bowling event to benefit his recently created foundation. Money raised through the Sept. 13 Beckett Bowl at Rain Nightlife in Malden will benefit Children's Hospital Boston. With this event, Beckett carries on the charity bowling tradition started by former Sox shortstop-turned-LA Dodger Nomar Garciaparra, who raised more than $1 million for local charities.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was at Mario Russo's Newbury Street salon the other day with his wife, Cecilia, made a return trip to the Back Bay over the weekend. The vacationing head of state took some family and friends out to lunch on Saturday at Abe & Louie's on Boylston Street, where he ordered a cheeseburger. Before getting into his waiting car, Sarkozy stopped to pose for a photograph with Dan Bratoi, one of the three waiters who served Sarkozy's family and staff.

He rocked

What started off as a scam ended up as one of the best concerts Haverhill's ever seen. Former "American Idol" finalist Elliott Yamin performed on Saturday night at Winnekenni Castle as part of Haverhill Rocks! But Yamin's appearance wasn't always a guarantee. An agent claiming he had connections to the singer duped the event's organizers into believing he could get Yamin to attend the concert, but it turned out they couldn't afford his normal fee, according to the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune. When Yamin heard about the mishap, the popular singer "cut his regular fee" and performed at the show, the newspaper reported.

Tommy Lee out for a spin

"Bachelor No. 2" actor Jason Biggs and Sox pitcher Josh Beckett were both at Mansion Boston when bad boy rocker Tommy Lee was in the DJ booth hosting a dance session late Friday night. Although the Motley Crue drummer set up an electronic drum machine, he stuck mostly to spinning tunes and goading people to take to the dance floor.

For the fourth year in a row, Ted Kennedy and his boat, "Weatherly," won the Nantucket Charity Classic 12-meter Regatta. The senator noted that it was a bit of a family affair; helping him out as his crew were his wife, Vicki, and son Ted Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Kiki. The competition, which supports the Nantucket Community Sailing program, takes place over two days. Kennedy sealed his victory on Friday night.

Longtime Martha's Vineyard summer resident Walter Cronkite may be delaying getting hitched to his girlfriend, Joanna Simon , because his four children are concerned about his estate, the New York Post's Page Six column reported yesterday. The 90-year-old retired news anchor, who met Simon -- sister of singer Carly and photographer Peter -- on the island, has been under pressure from his children to delay a wedding until legal issues can be resolved. However, the Big Apple tabloid quotes Cronkite's rep as saying that's bunk. "That is not true as far as I know. They're not getting married and that's a decision he and she made and has nothing to do with the children."

Arriving at last night's tribute to the late Boston singer Brad Delp, Aerosmith's Joey Kramer told us he's working out the details on writing "Little Boy Burning," his autobiography "of sorts" for publisher Harper One. The book will cover the days of drug-fueled rock 'n' roll and afterward. Blues singer Johnny A seemed up for the event, but Godsmack's Sully Erna said he was exhausted, having just flown in from Winnipeg.

Globe correspondent Steve Morse contributed. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253.