Thomas DiBenedetto has left the Roma Board of Directors in an official decision made by the AGM of Trigoria. The 64-year-old was also president of Roma for a period of 11 months and laid the foundation for the international development and re-marketing of the club prior to handing over the presidency to his successor, James Pallotta. DiBenedetto led the negotiations for the acquisition for a majority stake of the Giallorossi by NEEP, a company formed by the Bostonian with his American colleagues Pallotta, Michael Ruane and Richard D’Amore. NEEP Continue reading >>>

Between picking apples, Instagraming foliage, and guzzling pumpkin-spice lattes, it’s perfectly understandable if Halloween preparation may have slipped your mind. Or maybe, like us, you’re just extremely lazy. But extreme laziness and extreme creativity are not mutually exclusive. A genuine Bostonian stays true to where he comes from and his Halloween costume is a moment to show off that Boston knowledge. So flaunt it, Boston. We approve. Need help brainstorming the most Boston costumes? Don’t worry, we have you covered. Tom and Gisele Guys, bust out those Brady jerseys. Continue reading >>>

Immigration has helped to keep the British economic recovery on course, argues John Cridland, the CBI director-generalAs a proud Bostonian, the change in my Lincolnshire home town over the past decade is striking. West Street is now interspersed with vibrant Polski skleps selling an array of Eastern European goods. And while it was unusual to hear so many languages spoken when I was a boy, Slav languages are now being taught in local schools. I understand that immigration has social and cultural impacts that can’t be ignored. But as head of the UK’s biggest business group, I am Continue reading >>>

The Bostonian Society held a presentation for the public Wednesday at the Old Massachusetts State House to showcase the contents of the time capsule recently found in one of the building’s adornments. PHOTO BY EVAN JONES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF The Bostonian Society showcased contents of the recently discovered century-old time capsule Wednesday morning at the Massachusetts Old State House, the location where the time capsule was originally found. The 46 contents were preserved inside the time capsule for 113 years, since 1901, and included letters, plates, cabinet cards, newspapers and Continue reading >>>

In one story from her new book, she allows her inner Bostonian to run wild and cusses out a stranger in the airport. Photo by Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com Most of us like to think Amy Poehler comes off as a perfectly delightful person to interact with. She’s Leslie Knope, for goodness sakes! She literally plays the emotion of Joy in an upcoming Pixar film! But like the rest of us, the Massachusetts native is human and slips sometimes. Poehler addresses a few of her less-ladylike moments in her upcoming book, Yes Please, a highly anticipated memoir that comes chock-full Continue reading >>>

Continue reading below Slate Editor (and Bostonian) Julia Turner will be home for the live taping of Slate’s Culture Gabfest podcast at the Wilbur Theatre on Monday night. She’ll be joined by friends of Slate, including Boston-based former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky. . . . Directors Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo will be in town Thursday to screen their film “Revenge of the Green Dragons” as part of the Boston Asian American Film Festival. . . . Pandora Vanderpump, whose mom, Lisa, stars on “Vanderpump Rules,” was in town to promote the family’s Continue reading >>>

Friday, October 17, 2014, 12:42pm See More! The Warren Group was so excited to learn that Banker Tradesman had been included in the time capsule that staff members went straight to the archives to find the company's own copy of the 1901 paper. See the full issue here! Pages from Banker Tradesman were among the items discovered in the Old State House time capsule from 1901, the Bostonian Society Continue reading >>>

The spread of Ebola has added a scary twist to one of the clichés of our age: that we live in a world of shrinking distances. Boston isn’t one of the five US airports where officials will aim an infrared thermometer gun at anyone coming off a plane from West Africa. But passengers who reached Logan Airport with flu-like symptoms last week were escorted to hospitals by a team in hazmat suits, and our eyes now scan the horizon nervously, wondering about every new arrival.New as it might seem, this anxiety about our hyperconnectivity has a long lineage: In the 17th and Continue reading >>>

By the Gun is a crime drama following Ben Barnes (Dorian Gray) as the young Bostonian Nick Tortano, who while making his way through the ranks of the Italian mafia is forced to question his beliefs and loyalties after entering into a relationship with Leighton Meester’s (The Roommate) Ali Matazano. The film also stars Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs) as the mafia’s kingpin. Directed by James Mottern (Trucker), with a screenplay by first-time writer Emilio Mauro, the film will be released on December 5 in theaters and VOD later this year. This is the first starring role for Barnes Continue reading >>>