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  Get Close ... with Designer Michael Bastian

  25 August, 2012 | Get | Renata Certo-Ware

  Michael Bastian has been based in NYC since the mid-’80s, but he has a soft spot for New England — his college stomping grounds. After earning his business degree at Babson, he took the first job that…

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  Get Close ... with Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton

  23 July, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  Boston’s claims to American history aren’t limited to midnight rides and tea parties. We’re the city that birthed the best-selling American rock band of all time: Aerosmith. (However, the “Bad Boys fr…

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  Get Close ... with Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson

  09 July, 2012 | Get | Renata Certo-Ware

  Matt Nathanson has been in the music business for two decades, cranking out soulful folk-rock tunes like “Come On Get Higher,” often used to set the tone on shows like Scrubs and One Tree Hill. (We’re…

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  Get Close ... with Aubrey O’Day

  29 June, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  Boston sports fans know what it’s like to come this close to a title, only to have it snatched away. So does singer — and devout Boston Celtics fan — Aubrey O’Day. O’Day, who rose to fame as Diddy’s p…

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  Get Close with ... with DJ/Producer Eric Prydz

  15 June, 2012 | Get | Miles Howard

  Back in 2004, a little-known Swedish DJ/producer named Eric Prydz took a vocal sample from a Steve Winwood song (“Valerie”), laid down some fat beats, and released a floorboard-busting single: “Call o…

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  Get Close with ... with Crooked Arrows star Brandon Routh

  01 June, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  Boston is a big sports town, though local passion for lacrosse hasn’t reached a Fenway-level fever pitch. But we’ll still line up for Crooked Arrows, a locally filmed lacrosse movie starring Superman …

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  Get Close ... with Avicii

  20 May, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  The Bruins may be off the ice, but this summer TD Garden (100 Legends Way, Boston, 617.624.1050) will welcome an act who knows how to score a hat trick. Swedish-born house star Avicii marks three majo…

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  Get Close... with Jason Mraz

  03 May, 2012 | Renata Certo-Ware

  Next month, Jason Mraz kicks off a world tour to support his latest album, Love is a Four Letter Word. But earlier this week, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter was in Boston to perform at MIX…

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  Get Close with ... Karmin

  03 May, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  Thank you, YouTube. Somewhere between the funny cat videos and “Shit [insert adjective here] People Say” clips, you introduced us to something that has actually managed to maintain our attention — nam…

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  Get Close...with model and actress Amber Valletta

  30 April, 2012 | Scott Kearnan

  Model and actress Amber Valletta was scheduled to swing by Harvard in April to participate in “Health Is Beauty: Defining Ourselves,” the Harris Center at Mass General Hospital’s 15th-annual forum on …

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  Get Close... with Franca Sozzani, editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia

  24 April, 2012 | Renata Certo-Ware

  Franca Sozzani, editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, is highly opinionated. And at times, she’s controversial: Sozzani was the mastermind behind Vogue Curvy (a plus-size section of the Vogue Italia websit…

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  Get Close ... with Doutzen Kroes

  22 April, 2012 | Get | Renata Certo-Ware

  Doutzen Kroes has been ranked the world’s fifth-highest-paid supermodel, but this Victoria’s Secret Angel understands that success in the fashion industry can come at a cost. In April, she joined medi…

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  Get Close with ... Smash star Jaime Cepero

  09 April, 2012 | Get | Adam Tokarz

  NBC’s new Monday-night drama, Smash, is a behind-the-scenes peek at the blood, sweat, and backstabbing involved in the making of a Marilyn Monroe–inspired musical. And East Bridgewater native Jaime Ce…

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  Get Close with ... Viggo Mortensen

  23 March, 2012 | Get | Melissa Pocek

  Viggo Mortensen has played a shaggy-haired king, a paraplegic gangster, a father living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and a tattooedRussian who stars in one of the most badass nude fight scenes in …

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  Get Close with ... Jordan Knight

  09 March, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  It’s been a while since his Teen Beat pinup days, but Jordan Knight still elicits decibel-defying squeals from female fans. At least, that was the case when we caught up with the surprisingly still-sw…

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  Get Close with ... Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys

  24 February, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  The Dropkick Murphys’ St. Patrick’s Day North American Tour has become an annual tradition. Unfortunately for fans of Boston’s beloved Celtic-punk band, so are the sellouts. And by this point, you’re…

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  Get Close ... with David Krejci

  13 February, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  Photo: BRIAN BABINEAU Boston sports fans have mastered the art of patience. Considering that we waited 86 years for a World Series win, the 39 years that the Bruins went between Stanley Cups seemed to…

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  Get Close with ... Steve Aoki

  30 January, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  Photo: DOVE SHORE In 2011, electronic music reigned supreme, infiltrating the mainstream via acts like LMFAO. Cali-based DJ, producer, fashion designer, and Dim Mak Records founder Steve Aoki was alr…

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  Get Close with ... Colin Quinn

  16 January, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  During his Saturday Night Live days, Colin Quinn easily distilled a week of headlines into a single "Weekend Update" skit. And at 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 29, he'll hit the Wilbur Theatre (246 Tremon…

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  Get Close with ... Joey McIntyre

  26 December, 2011 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  He lives with his wife and kids in LA, but Joey McIntyre remains one beloved Boston boy. At 38, the Jamaica Plain-raised musician makes grown women swoon like the teenage girls who worshipped his post…

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