Coming out of the Fall Out Boy/Gym Class Heroes/Plain White T's concert (which we'll cover later) we ran into the Invisible Children's van. Pete Wentz, an avid supporter of the organization that helps Uganda's children, talks about this at all of his concerts. He raises awareness and asks for donations, sells emo-inspired t-shirts, sweatshirts and anything else that 13 year-old fans want. (Kudos to him!) Apparently there is even a van that helps promote......

Sob. Dick Wilson (AKA Mr. Whipple) died today at 91. His message to the world? Simply this, "please, don't squeeze the Charmin." Born Riccardo DiGuglielmo, Wilson changed his name while working as an actor in efforts to avoid typecasting as an Italian-American. Little did he know that he would be typecast as America's favorite, um, cleanup enthusiast. Emigrating to the U.S. from England as wee lad, he went on to star in over 500......

If there's anybody in the city taking more heat than Mike Nolan, it's his quarterback, Alex Smith. Smith stands accused by the Faithful of not very being good. The evidence? Overthrowing Receivers. Underthrowing Receivers. Not seeing open Receivers. The numbers back up the evidence-- he has a preposterously low QB rating (57.2) and completion percentage (48.7). He is also 11-19 as a starting QB. In the games we've watched, Smith looked like the same QB he was when he first started-- skittish and inaccurate-- so much so, the Faithful are muttering that Smith, as a #1 draft pick, has been a bust of Lucy Pinder-like proportions (sort of NSFW-y). ...

Tonight's big premiere is the quirky comedy "Pushing Daisies" which premieres at 8 p.m. on ABC. There are a lot of big names associated with this dramedy, including executive producer Bryan Fuller, whose previous shows include "Wonderfalls" and "Heroes." Director Barry Sonnenfeld also produces, and directed the pilot. Lee Pace stars as a piemaker who can bring the dead back to life if he touches them. Problem is, if he touches them again, they're......

Question: Is the world ready for a German-Jewish black comedy mercilessly satirizing Adolf Hitler? At yesterday night's screening of My Fuhrer (Mein Fuhrer -- Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit uber Adolf Hilter) at the SF Jewish Film Fest, the mood of wicked glee was somewhat sobered by the person that we abruptly realized was security standing in front of the theater. (Nothing happened, though, as far as we know.) The premise of the movie is that......

Here are some of your favorite NBC stars from many, many years ago, singing one of the weaker ditties from Dreamgirls. Who knows? Maybe this will jumpstart cast members from The Office and Heroes to promote their shows with something from Spring Awakening. (And could someone tell us where we can find Marla Gibbs' luscious jacket?)......

SFist Mihi reports in from the SFIAAFF this weekend! The world premiere of Shanghai Kiss played on Saturday night at the Castro Theatre and the house was packed. One of the themes running through the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival last year was about how there weren't enough Asian-American men in movies. Clearly things have not improved since out of the three movies we saw over the weekend, two of them featured the......

Last year we complained that WonderCon was a little lackluster. We couldn't quite put our finger on it. Maybe it was the smaller venue, forcing us into closer proximity with our fellow nerds? Who knows. But we just had higher hopes for this year. Unfortunately, this year was just as lackluster as last year, maybe even more so. And yet, we had a better time. Go figure. None of the big-name panels we attended......

We've been enjoying the back-and-forth over the Great Plastic vs. Paper Debate although we admit to being even more confused than we were before. In fact, we have a feeling that all the confusion over the issue makes more than a few give an "ah screw it" shrug of their shoulders and go with whatever makes it easier to transport their goods. ...

With visions of sugar plum fairies dancing through their heads, the -Ists began to get into that holiday mood. Well, some did....

There's really nothing opening this week, we guess because most of the studios are waiting for next week to bring out the big Christmas/Oscar Bait movies. In fact, this might be the most unspectacular week of movie openings all year. In other words, it's looking like a good time to rent that DVD you've always wanted to. Or play around with On Demand. Or do something totally wacky like read a book. ...

The fall TV season continues to grow with the premiere of two more shows tonight. The first is the return of "The Bachelor" at 9 p.m. on ABC. Yes. They STILL haven't cancelled that piece of crap. Instead they've just decided to move it to Europe--more specifically, Rome. The bachelor this time around is some kind of bonafied prince who happens to live in the United States. Whatever. All we know is there isn't......

A battle is brewing over the putting of Marines commended for heroism in the Iraqi War on billboards throughout the area. The billboards are part of the Marines' "Hometown Heroes" campaign which puts the pictures of local Marines up on the billboards with a mention of what award they have won and why. One of those who will be featured is Cpl. Michael Montemayor of San Jose who braved enemy gunfire and ran into a canal to rescue another injured Marine. This being the Bay Area, however, not all are psyched on the idea. Critics are calling the program a recruiting tool and "propaganda" because in honoring someone for heroism, they are making heroism seem, umm, heroic and thus might get people to join the military to be a hero. Not every anti-war group is against the billboards, however as some are pointing out that it's okay to call someone brave enough to jump into enemy fire a hero and still disagree with the war. ...