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Wellesley goes Hollywood again

Wellesley Weston Chabad employs some “Curb Your Enthusiasm” footage from HBO featuring cranky Larry David to encourage people to attend upcoming High Holiday services.

Separately, actress Ari Graynor from Wellesley is in the new movie “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.”

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Perhaps more intriguing, however, is her upcoming role in a movie set for release next year in which she plays a roller derby player named Eva Destruction.

Wellesleyite siblings behind 2 TV shows

The Townsman reports on Maria and George Mastras, siblings from Wellesley who are writing for TV shows in Hollywood. Maria is writing for AMC’s “Mad Men,” and George for “Breaking Bad.” Their mom Athena shares a few colorful ideas of her own with the Townsman:

“Hollywood’s very cutthroat, and there’s lots of nepotism,” she said. “Maria and Andre [her husband] don’t get the proper credit for their scripts.”
Athena, a nurse, may not be in the writing business, but she has her opinions. “‘Mad Men’ needs more action and ‘Breaking Bad’ is too dark for me,” she said.