Busy weekend on the Vineyard

Christy Scott Cashman just shot a scene for "The Women," in which she plays a member of Annette Bening's magazine staff. Now the Boston actress is on to her next project, loaning her yacht to the nonprofit Felix Organization and to Mark Wahlberg's charity. Several months back, the nonprofits picked this Saturday for their annual Martha's Vineyard fund-raiser. Turns out former Universal Studios CEO Frank Biondi also selected the date to host Senator Hillary Clinton as her presidential campaign hits the island. "So that no one has to choose, I'm hosting a pre-event on Friday to benefit the charities," Cashman told us. Word is that Walhberg's trying to get to the island for Saturday's event, which will go on as planned, and the Friday cocktail party. . . . Speaking of "The Women," crews filmed at an apartment on Tremont Street and at the Ritz-Carlton hotel yesterday, giving most of the actresses a break. But not Eva Mendes, who filmed scenes in Grove Hall with Debi Mazar and Ana Gasteyer on Monday. Mendes was slated to return to the Tremont Street set late last night for more filming.

Hard to believe, but the Harvard Business Review had never enlisted a novelist to write one of its famous case studies. Until now. Cambridge writer Joseph Finder, whose latest corporate thriller is called "Power Play," has just written a case study that's been posted online at Hbr.org. (Allowing readers to weigh in with commentary is just one of the venerable publication's new twists. There's also an audio dramatization of the case online.) "The readership is unbelievable," said Finder, who jumped at the chance to write for HBR. "It's read by every top executive in the country and the world. . . . Who wouldn't want to reach those people?" The case study, by the way, is about a newly appointed female CEO who's trying to understand the hostility of her all-male executive team. "It's Mamet-like stuff about macho guys," said Finder.

As the scene played out at the Daily Catch yesterday, "Bachelor No. 2" actor Jason Biggs is clearly falling more and more for Kate Hudson. Not that it's much of a stretch acting-wise. The Howie Deutch-directed movie shot scenes yesterday in which the two on-screen lawyers have a lunch date, the producers told us. About 40 local actors were hired to fill the tables at the waterfront eatery, which seemed to fool some of the lunch regulars from the Seaport District.

AJ McLean and Brian Littrell -- two of the four remaining Backstreet Boys -- stopped by morning guy John Lander's studios at Mix 98.5 yesterday to talk about the band's latest single, "Inconsolable," which is just starting to get airplay. McLean and Littrell were joined by Nick Carter and Howie Dorough on the as-yet-untitled reunion CD, due out this fall. The fifth Backstreet Boy, Kevin Richardson, isn't part of the project.

Does Justin Timberlake still have a thing for Cameron Diaz? In Touch Weekly reports that JT made fun of John Mayer -- with whom Diaz has been spending some quality time -- while at Boston's Sports Club/LA. The mag says the song-and-dance man was working out with a friend when Mayer's tune "Waiting on the World to Change" came on. "Justin started rolling his eyes and then mimicked (Mayer's) voice while his pal laughed hysterically. After a minute, Justin stopped, saying, 'I really shouldn't. I'm such a [expletive]!' " Timberlake's latest flame is former Tufts student Jessica Biel.

We'll see Lenny Clarke on tonight's episode of Denis Leary's "Rescue Me," but Clarke's absence from recent charity events has left some wondering where he's been. "I've been missing, but for a good reason," Clarke told us yesterday. "I'm out in LA working for David E. Kelley. It doesn't get much better than that." The Vineyard-based comic expects to be in Los Angeles for the next few weeks to complete the pilot for "Life on Mars," a remake of a BBC show by "The West Wing" director Thomas Schlamme and Kelley, a Belmont native. "It's like shooting a movie," said Clarke, who starred in the nowcanceled "The Winner" with Weymouth's Rob Corddry. Clarke stars opposite Jason O'Mara, Colm Meany, and Rachelle LeFevre in the drama about a car accident that sends a detective back to the 1970s.

Legendary New Jersey high school basketball coach Bob Hurley Sr. will be at Reebok's Canton headquarters tomorrow, and we're told he's bringing his team with him. Over the past 30 years, Hurley, whose son Bobby was a star at Duke, has turned tiny St. Anthony High School into a basketball powerhouse, winning more than 20 state titles. (So compelling is Hurley's story that Walden Media's making a movie based on Adrian Wojnarowski's book, "The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season With Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty.") Tomorrow, Hurley will be running a clinic for coaches from across the country.

Rob Mariano lost his temper in San Diego the other day, punching some poor sap in the face. Judging from a YouTube clip of the altercation, "Boston Rob" blew his stack after being heckled during an audition for his latest reality show "Tontine." (A few weeks back, the "Survivor" stud auditioned contestants in Boston without incident.) Before slugging the guy, Amber Brkich's husband warned the heckler to walk away. When he didn't, Mariano made like a contestant on "The Contender."

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