Troubled star of one of our (well, you editor's) favorite movies, Apt Pupil, died today. According to the godly folks over at TMZ: more ›

The Dhaliwal brothers, they seem like a couple of nasty little rapscallions. Ruffians, we'll go so far as to say. Why? Because after last week's Christmastime big-cat attack - a mauling that took the life of their "friend," Carlos Sousa Jr. - it seems that at the two brothers "had slingshots on them at the time" - well, at least according to "sources" at the New York Post. (Seriously, aside from aspiring serial killers, who does this? Who goes to a zoo to aggressively taunt the animals? This behavior goes well above and beyond the reliable boys-will-be-boys excuse.) more ›

After travelling to Austin to see about 30 great bands in three days at SXSW, next week we don't even have to leave town for a phenomenal music festival. Monday brings the start of Noise Pop 2006, San Francisco's annual indie rock smorgasbord. All-festival passes and several shows are already sold out, but SFist will be bringing you coverage so not to worry. more ›

While we at SFist have been known to stalk around movie sets, yesterday we were actually invited by our friend to the set of the Darwin Awards, which was filming at a bar in Alameda. Directed by Finn Taylor and starring Winona Ryder and Joseph Fiennes, the movie has a multi-layered plot about a hemophobic police officer and a comely insurance adjuster. (Do they fall in love? We're not tellin'!) From what we understand, part of the film's Bay area connection involves something about Beat poets and the City Lights Bookstore. more ›

Shoplifting, Courtney-Love-drug-sharing, indie-rock cradle robber Winona Ryder went all Lebowski in Hayward's Holiday Bowl last week as she and Joseph Fiennes filmed scenes for their upcoming movie, The Darwin Awards. There's no bowling in the movie (they shot some scenes in the Holiday Bowl's restaurant, which will be a Minnesota restaurant and a Nevada bar), but Noni and Joseph bowled a few frames in lane 35 afterwards. This is Petaluma gal Winona's second Bay Area bowling gig. Let's hope she bowled better this time -- she only scored a 55 the time before. more ›