Three masked men at large after Martha’s Vineyard bank robbery

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VINEYARD HAVEN — Employees at the Rockland Trust branch in this island village were still opening the bank Thursday morning when three men wearing rubber masks and brandishing handguns barged in and demanded cash, police said, triggering a manhunt across the island of Martha’s Vineyard and on Cape Cod. Yet after a chaotic day that […]

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‘Spirited’ was filmed entirely in Mass. Here are all the Boston-area locations.

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It may feel early, but a new film starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds is about to jump-start a season of holiday streaming. “Spirited” is a musical modern take on “A Christmas Carol,” and it was shot entirely in Massachusetts from July through October 2021. The film follows the Ghost of Christmas Present (Ferrell) on […]

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Chris Evans is People magazine’s 2022 Sexiest Man Alive. His mom thinks it’s about time.

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The universe has spoken, and Boston has reason to be proud. The city’s own Chris Evans was crowned People magazine’s 2022 Sexiest Man Alive, the publication announced early Tuesday — in a much lower stakes contest on the morning of Election Day.(Given the actor’s devotion to politics, the date may be fitting.) “My mom will be so happy,” the […]

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Multimedia: Best TV Show Bracket

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Over the course of two weeks, Globe readers helped TV critic Matthew Gilbert decide what show is best in an NCAA-style March Madness bracket competition. After 486,000 votes, Norman Lear’s “All in the Family” was crowned the champion of television. (I know, I was surprised too.) This was a really interesting experiment for our team […]

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Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen announce divorce after 13 years of marriage

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Former New England Patriots star Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen said Friday they had finalized a divorce, ending a 13-year marriage that achieved peak celebrity with its global backdrop of high fashion and professional sports. “We arrived at this decision amicably and with gratitude for the time we spent together,” Brady wrote on Instagram. […]

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Multimedia: An illustrated guide to people seen on the T

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The Orange Line is back online, and people around Boston are resuming their regularly scheduled commutes. And by extension — headaches. Navigating the T takes a certain type of tenacity. It’s loud. It’s crowded. Sometimes it’s delayed. Here and there, it sparks. But many commuters can probably agree that it’s the other riders of the […]

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Plane towing a banner reading ‘Vineyard Hypocrites’ circles Martha’s Vineyard

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A small plane towing a banner that read “Vineyard Hypocrites!” circled Martha’s Vineyard Monday morning for at least an hour, angering residents who turned out in droves after the unexpected arrival last week of two planes carrying nearly 50 migrants sent by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The migrants were housed and fed at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edgartown […]

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Two planes land, and an island springs to help

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EDGARTOWN — On Wednesday morning, Lisa Belcastro woke up at 4 a.m. to go fishing. After a long day on the water, Belcastro, who runs a homeless shelter on the island, got a call: Two charter planes had just arrived at Martha’s Vineyard airport carrying nearly 50 migrants. Belcastro’s day was about to get a […]

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