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B16 The Boston Globe TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2011 Names Mark Shanahan Meredith Goldstein Strout named new Mass. Film Office boss The Massachusetts Office of Travel Tourism announced yesterday that Lisa Strout, a Lexington native and former director of the film division in New Mexico's Economic Development Department, has been chosen to take over the Massachusetts Film Office. Strout (inset), who stepped down from her position in New Mexico at the end of 2010 after serving for seven years, will start her job here on June 15. Films made in New Mexico during Strout's tenure include "No Country for Old Men," "3:10 to Yuma," and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." She also helped bring the comic book movie "The Avengers" to the state last month. Reached by phone in Santa Fe yesterday, Strout said that she's pleased to return to Massachusetts.

She grew up here, attended Berklee College of Music, and started her career with local projects including the 1984 James Ivory movie "The Bostonians" before moving to New York, Los Angeles, and eventually New Mexico "I think that Massachusetts has a really smart program and has done Dropkicks at Fenway? We've been hoping for some time that Pearl Jam would play at Fenway Park. After all, Eddie Vedder is buddies with Sox GM Theo Epstein. Well, chatting with our colleague Sarah Rodman about his June 1 6 show at the Wang Theatre, Vedder made it sound at least possible that PJ will someday play at the ballpark. "I suppose it's very important that Theo is running a baseball team and not worrying about when we get to play," said Vedder. "But he's got my number." In the meantime, we hear FOX BROADCASTING Joe Andruzzi has some fun with Ethan Bairos, 6, a cancer patient, yesterday I Andruzzi and friends tee it up to beat STEVE HAINES FORTHE BOSTON GLOBE at the Tournament Players Club.

cancer Former Patriot Joe Andruzzi hosted his third annual Joe Andruzzi and Friends Golf Tournament at the Tournament Players Club in Norton yesterday. He was joined for the day of fund-raising for the Joe Andruzzi Foundation by his wife, Jen; former Bruin Bob Sweeney; WAAF's Greg Hill, Mix 104. l's Karson Tager; Patriots conditioning coach Harold Nash; former Patriots Matt Chatham, Christian Fauria, Pete Brock, Jim Bowman, Harold Shaw, Jermaine Wiggins, and Jon Williams; and present Pats Sebastian Vollmer, Jermaine Cunningham, Tully Banta-Cain, Rob Gronkowski, Rob Ninkovich, Logan Mankins, and Dan Koppen. Andruzzi's foundation helps cancer patients and their families, and contributes to pediatric brain cancer research. exceptionally well," she said, adding that long before our tax incentive for films was established, we were already the "center of nonfiction production" thanks to WGBH.

Strout said she understands that many states have questioned the benefits of local film production, "and they should," but she says she's confident that Massachusetts is the right place for the industry. "It's poised for that kind of return on investment." Strout told us that her favorite Mass. movie in recent years is "The Town." She also loves Sidney Lumet's 'The Verdict." The Massachusetts Office of Travel Tourism has been searching for a Film Office boss for months. Hill Holliday entertainment exec John Dukakis was appointed to lead a search in December. Meanwhile, the former director of the Massachusetts Film Office, Nick Paleologos, filed suit in Suffolk Superior Court earlier this year contending that Governor Deval Patrick's economic development secretary should not have let him go as part of a reorganization in 2010.

His case is pending. another Fenway show may be announced soon. (New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys are playing there June 11.) Word is Ken Casey and the Dropkick Murphys, who rocked the House of Blues during St. Patrick's week, may take their joyful racket across Lans-downe Street and onto the center field sod at Fenway. No word yet on the date.

You'll recall that Bruce Springsteen joined the Boston-based Irish rockers for three tunes at their March 18 show at HOB. Kramer in Springfield Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer played himself on the season finale of "The Simpsons" Qeft) on Sunday night. In the episode, called "The Ned-liest Catch," Kramer (inset) came out as one of the many fictional past lovers of Bart's teacher, Edna Krab-appel. Kramer says wistfully, of his relationship with Edna, "we made love in so many elevators." Good one, right? Kramer is giving away three signed and framed script covers from the episode atjoeykramer.com. BILL BRETT FORTHE BOSTON GLOBE 'IVTv hnvs on 't 1m nw that Dubus's Townie' to big screen? "House of Sand and Fog" author Andre Dubus III floated to fans at a recent signing that his latest book, the Haverhill memoir "Townie," is in the process being optioned for film.

At the ballpark and around town We're told Bill Murray slipped into Fenway Park over the weekend to catch his beloved Cubs play the Sox. The actor is working on director Wes Anderson's "Moon-rise Kingdom," which is being shot in Rhode Island Also at the ballpark over the weekend were Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, in town to give the commencement address at Boston College. He wore a BC sweatshirt to the game Before flying to Cleveland, Sox TV team Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy grabbed a bite at LTK Bar and Kitchen at Logan, eating clam chowder and lobster rolls. Former CBS anchor Katie Couric, who gave the commencement speech at Boston University, also stopped in for chowder before her flight We're not sure if Sox star Adrian Gonzalez is superstitious, but he and his wife have feasted on sushi at Haru several times during his hot streak at the plate. Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice had lunch yesterday at Miel at the Intercontinental Boston sensation Mario made an appearance Saturday night at Venu.

He hung out with 6one7 Productions' VIP host Jeff London Jen Trynin (above) with a Magnus electric chord organ. Below (from left): Ed Valauskas, Ran Sofer, and Sofer's daughter Echo Kirke-Sofer. Making music, finding bargains Honorary degrees Yale University gave honorary degrees yesterday to peace envoy George Mitchell, film director Martin Scorsese, and writer Joan Did-ion At the Ivy League university's 3 10th commencement exercises, Yale President Richard Levin called Mitchell a model US senator who played a key role in the successful peace talks in Northern Ireland. Mitchell served in the Senate as a Democrat from Maine from 1980 to Conaway critical Jeff Conaway is in critical condition, his manager said yesterday. The actor has been hospitalized since May 1 1, when he was found unconscious from what manager Phil Brock said was a drug overdose that may have involved pain pills.

Conaway, 60, who starred in TV's "Taxi" and the movie musical "Grease," has pneumonia and sepsis, a potentially deadly blood poisoning caused by a bacterial infection. To aid his recovery, Conaway was in a medically induced coma, Brock said. (AP) Songwriter suicide The New York medical examiner's office has ruled that the death of an Oscar-winning songwriter awaiting trial on rape charges was suicide. The cause of death for Joseph Brooks, who wrote "You Light Up My Life," was asphyxiation. Brooks was discovered in his apartment Sunday by a friend.

(AP) Th PHOTOS BY ERIK JACOBS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE pnlain to th prrv am tV. In costume More than 300 guests attended the 80th birthday party for car czar and philanthropist Don Rodman over the weekend. The bash at the Seaport Hotel was a costume party for charity and a celebration of the 20th year of the Rodman Ride for Kids, which has raised millions for at-risk children. Pictured with Rodman (right) are It was a musician's paradise at Division in Somerville on Saturday. The recording studio which held a yard sale in tandem with Porchfest, a day of music shows on local porches sold off old equipment, instruments, and memorabilia, including the speaker Ed Valauskas bought years ago for his band the Gravel Pit incredible, looks terrible," he said of the piece), and a Magnus electric chord organ that got some attention from singer-songwriter Jen Trynin.

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