Almost two years ago, an action movie fan who at that point went by the moniker "SFist Eve" gave a rave review to a little indie-noir film called The Prodigy and subsequently managed to drink herself into a stupor with the director and the movie's star, garnering herself some friends for life. Well, SFist Eve, who now goes by the name "San Francisco Chronicle Blogging and Interactive Editor," passes along the word that The......

Good thing we were too slow to post the news yesterday that Microsoft was thinking about buying Yahoo -- because when we woke up today, we found out that the deal is now supposedly off again. As of yesterday, people were abuzz that Microsoft had reopened merger talks with Yahoo over the past few months in the wake of the Google-DoubleClick purchase and the news that Google is now the number one website on the......

Okay, so we've covered the people who aren't running against Gavin Newsom for mayor in 2007, and we've covered the people who are. Who next but the undeclareds? Here's your list of the people that are being openly speculated about for a run (and thank you, Jackson, for reminding us to cover this!) Carole Migden: Well, this is a complicated story. You may need to draw diagrams. So Carole Migden is currently the state senator......

So if you're a nerd, then you were probably snickering over the blatant lack of understanding and glaring innaccuracies in Sunday's 60 Minutes web-themed episode. Snicker, glurck, hehehehe. Kottke called local search guru John Batelle out -- the sweet image from Geekly Obsessions here may or may not represent Ben Affleck's bling in the Google parking lot -- and A Whole Lotta Nothing provides the video evidence. We totally feel that John is right......

Nothing the like Jesus' birthday around the corner to get juries in the hangin' mood, apparently. We understand that getting home to your family for the holidays after a long sequestration would be a priority, but they could decide just as quickly to let them rot in a cell, tortured by their guilt (and fellow inmates). We sure think that any extended stay in San Quentin or Pelican Bay would probably be worse than......

Annoyingly, Christmas seems to come earlier every year -- an egregious example of this being that new flick with Ben Affleck and Tony Soprano. However, we'd like to spread the word about an impending holiday tragedy that, with some local support, can be averted, or at least minimized. Comic Relief, the renowned, award-winning "comic bookstore" in Berkeley, is being evicted from its current location, where it has been for almost 18 years. The timing is......

SFist is the first to admit that we've had a hand in a lot of crappy press releases, but there's something about Godiva's ‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner’ Celebrity Charity Auction that really sticks in our craw....