ABC's drama The Bachelor is looking for a few good-looking men. Well, one. They need a new bachelor to pretend he's looking for love and lifetime companionship. Might that be you? "We are very open to all ethnicities," producer Holly Golden explained to SFist. You should also be "handsome and eligible." To the press release! more ›

Erstwhile California Governor, former Mr. Universe and estranged father Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn't made much progress in the eight months since he announced he would be putting pen to paper to write his autobiography, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story. This morning, Arnold took a break from the word mines to ask his nearly 1.5 million Facebook friends for inspiration. more ›

Bravo unveiled a new batch of must-see shows for the fall season. One in particular, Silicon Valley, produced by Randi Zuckerberg, Mark's sister, will take place here in the Bay Area. (Regarding the new series, she told NBC Bay Area, "I'm a strong believer in innovation and entrepreneurship and hope that through this series other people will be inspired to build the next break out companies and technologies.") And like all Bravo shows, Silicon Valley promises to feature a cast of characters that are dynamic, wealthy, unapologetic, insufferable and, with varying degrees of success, camera-ready. more ›

At the risk of ruining the start of the work week, we have some worrisome casting news: Ashton Kutcher, star of That ’70s Show and Two and a Half Men, will play Steve Jobs in an upcoming indie flick. The movie, tentatively titled Jobs, will be directed by Joshua Michael Stern and written by Matt Whiteley. It will center around Jobs's life "from his relatively wayward youth to his involvement in the creation of Apple," notes NYT. more ›

Saturday Night Live recently hired a new female comic, Kate McKinnon, known for her work with Upright Citizens Brigade and the Big Gay Sketch Show. The latter hints at the fact that, yes, McKinnon is gay, which effectively makes her SNL's first openly lesbian featured player. (Terry Sweeney, who appeared in the disastrous 1985-86 season, was the show's first openly gay guy.) She makes her debut this Saturday when Sofia Vergara hosts. more ›

One of the foremost poets and thinkers of the 20th century, Adrienne Rich, has died, SF Chronicle book editor John McMurtrie reports via Twitter. In addition to winning loads of awards for her work, she was also an anti-war, civil right, and feminist activist. more ›

It's your favorite catcher's birthday today, Buster Posey, who turns a mere 25! In addition to trending on Twitter this morning, he's also an Aries who has to watch The Bachelor so his girlfriend will watch History Channel's Swamp People with him. What on earth are we talking about? These fun facts about Posey care of SFGiantsPhotos: more ›

Hundreds gathered in San Francisco's Castro district on Friday to perform Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" in remembrance of the deceased singer. (Which is to say, people performed a flash mob.) This dance came on the heels of a report released from the LA County Coroner confirming that Houston died from accidental drowning, adding that "heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factors to Whitney's demise." more ›

Spare $35,800? Or need a date? Because there are few things we love more than this scene from Waiting to Exhale. And this SFist editor would like to personally thank Angela Bassett for bringing it into our world, into our simple life. See, Bassett will join President Barack Obama and actress turned celebrity chef Gwyneth Paltrow on May 9 for a special presidential fundraiser at an undisclosed San Francisco home. Which house? No idea. But it's sure to be an opulent one, we can only assume. And tickets will run at $35,800 per person. (Hey, it beats a BBQ with Toby Keith, Patricia Heaton, and Mitt Romney.) more ›

Noted actor and infamous Academy Awards cohost James Franco sent some Twitter love to fellow Palo Alto High School alum Jeremy Lin today. And, boy, does he need it. Regarding Lin's performance Thursday night, Gothamist's Tom Boorstein says, "Jeremy Lin looked nothing like the sensation that had revived the Knicks and made every team and college that passed on him rue the day it did. Lin scored eight points (on 1-of-11 shooting) with eight turnovers in the Knicks' 102-88 loss in Miami." more ›

The fashion reports from Pebble Beach keep rolling in. First it was San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain stepping out in argyle with the Giants broadcast team and now we have 2012 Bill Murray channeling 1980 Bill Murray and hitting the links in what appears to be an Army-issue camouflage ghillie suit for the AT&T National Pro-Am on Saturday. So far no incidents of exploding fairways have been reported. more ›

In honor of Whitney Houston, San Francisco-based band Girls performed their rendition of "I Will Always Love You," Houston's famous cover originally written and performed by Dolly Parton. The duo performed it at Singapore's Laneway Festival hours after Houston passed away on Saturday at the Beverly Hilton. more ›

Jardinière, Hayes Valley's white-hot spot for perfect food and all-around exquisiteness, is having another one of their local guest bartender series tonight featuring Frommer’s Travel Guides editors. David Lytle (whose photos regularly appear on SFist) will be serving up the rye based The Rytle while newly relocated SF resident Stephen Bassman will mix the bourbon based Manhattan Transfer. Each Manhattans will sell for $9.00 with all proceeds going to Family Builders, a local organization that works to place foster children in permanent loving homes. (Proceeds going to a worthwhile cause? Hippies.) more ›

So, yeah, we want to go to every single SF Sketchfest show. Why? Oh, we'll tell you why: Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, Rachel Dratch, Michael Ian Black, Eddie Izzard, Elliott Gould and Sally Kellerman (!), The Dark Crystal's 30th anniversary celebration more ›

The just-announced San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards weren't as egregious and self-conscious as in years past. But not by much. The gaggle of local film aesthetes selected Terrence Malik's (overwhelming and divine) Tree of Life as the best picture of the year. Next to Lars Von Trier's Melancholia, it was our second favorite longwinded yet powerful and powerfully pretty movie this year about life's brevity and fragility. Malick also nabbed as Best Director. more ›

Are you a talented (or camera-friendly) home cook? Producers of FOX's MasterChef, a cooking reality show that insults amateur chefs, will be in San Francisco on Saturday to cast for the third season. You must bring with you one prepared dish to be served to the food judges. According to the show's site, "You will be given a few minutes to plate your dish at the given casting location, but there will not be a kitchen to cook or warm it up so come prepared!" more ›

What's this? Another declaration of a looming 'it' food on the horizon? Count us in like Flynn. We love to eat what's white-hot (and, at times, what's hot and white), so we're tickled—tickled!—that the next overpriced food thingamajig to clutter up our social media, favorite food sites, and arteries will be... fried chicken. Roots drummer Questlove proclaimed so during a recent interview with Ad Week, saying: more ›

Before he sold his soul to Beelzebub by appearing in the UK's Celebrity Big Brother in the UK, noted director Ken Russell had made some of the most visually jarring yet controversial films of the 1970s. His death was announced Monday. He was 84. more ›

For all of the machismo and swagger, we cannot stay mad at Anthony Bourdain. Who can, really? (Oh, Tony B., your love for San Francisco -- like your sinewy frame, olive-hued skin, and alto-kissed voice -- is infectious!) This summer, Bourdain was in San Francisco to film his new show, The Layover. And he finally got what Baghdad by the Bay is all about, and then some. more ›

Former Vice President Dick Cheney will appear in San Francisco today to speak at the fourth annual CLSA AsiaUSA Forum at The Palace Hotel. The event, according to Politico, "involves more than 200 CEOS and CFOs huddling with 500 institutional investors from 14 countries for more than 1,300 hours of presentations, workshops and private meetings." Cheney is slated to speak at around noon-ish. more ›

Mission Mission brings word that Martha Stewart, one of the most critical yet underrated philosophers in these our modern times, fell prey to San Francisco's sensitive cycling community over the weekend. It seems that, while shopping at Paxton Gate's Curiosities For Kids on tony Valencia Street, the (wrongfully!) convicted inside trader/domestic thinker parked her presumably gorgeous vehicle in the bike lane for a scant, very necessary five minutes. more ›

Critically acclaimed bon vivant Jay Barmann will be mixing drinks behind the bar at Jardiniere tomorrow, November 1 from 6-8pm. Join him, won't you? more ›

Jonathan Nolan, who wrote the short story "Memento Mori" (which later his brother, Christopher, turned into Memento) and helped pen The Prestige and The Dark Knight, has created some of the greatest cinematic works over the last few years using paranoia as a key theme. It should come as no surprise, then, that the envy-inducing writer has some major concerns with social media and Facebook -- brilliantly paranoid concerns, we might add. more ›

Here's Ashkon (of the Giants World Series/Don't Stop Believing forced-meme fame) doing MC Hammer's "2 Legit 2 Quit" with Hammer himself, Twitter co-founder/Ed Lee spammer Biz Stone and Giants Closer/Taco Bell spokesman Brian Wilson. All are endorsing controversial mayoral candidate Ed Lee. (SFist, if you recall, was the first to break the news that Wilson was also shilling for Lee.) more ›