Total number of people pictured in this week's Swells society column: 65. Total number of people pictured whom we recognize: 9 (including George Shultz, Dianne Feinstein's husband, and Spike Lee). Minority count: 6 (9.2%). Getty v. Traina: 2-2. Gavin holds down the fort for both points scored by Team Getty. Years between visits with Queen Elizabeth for Charlotte Maillard Shultz: 24. "She absolutely radiates like a queen," Ms. Maillard Shultz raves to Swells. Percentage of......

The always-reliable and smartly-snapping Drew Altizer stopped by the SF Film Society's red carpet awards ceremony on Saturday and passes along these views of the scene! Award recipients this year included: Robin Williams and Spike Lee (both of whom were eye-catchingly dressed and whose pictures are after the jump), and George Lucas, who's pictured above with Ron Howard and John Lasseter from Pixar. Thanks, Drew! Extra bonus: if you go through Drew's pictures on......

It's been forty-nine years of great cinema for the SF International Film Festival (SFIFF), and starting April 26 through May 10 2007, it'll be fifty! To celebrate their gold anniversary, the SFIFF is not only presenting the always-dazzling film festival itself, but hosting a huge array of events as well: from tributes to Spike Lee (and a screening of When The Levees Broke), and awards to locals George Lucas and Robin Williams, an address about......

Thursday night is turning into one crowded night of television. There are at least two shows on every hour that we want to watch, and in some cases three. That dual tuner TiVo is looking less like a luxury and more like a necessity. Alas, there is one show on Thursday night we have decided to pass on, and that is CBS's much-hyped "Shark," starring James Woods. Now, we're not passing on the show......

Last week, SFist proved we aren't afraid to dig into the scarier side of San Francisco--at least when it's on TV. And this week is no different! First off, Spike Lee's Sucker-Free City is finally hitting the air. This drama that follows the violent, intertwining lives of three San Francisco gang members from vastly different neighborhoods was originally intended to be a series, but Showtime balked and Lee was forced to limit his vision......