Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV On "America's Got Talent" a local dance troupe called Hot Pink Feathers failed to impress the judges with their Carnaval-inspired gyrations. See the YouTube clip above for a sample. Santa Cruz dancer Shauna
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV There were a lot of locals in the world of reality TV this week! "America's Got Talent" included an audition from an East Bay music teacher named Michael Strelo-Smith. He had an OK
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV This time around, she showed up right away, dissing John, the exotic scientist dancer who was cast adrift last episode. Not much happened during the first 20 minutes or so, which just gave
Arts & Entertainment Indiefest Hole/Head: <i>Simon Says</i> Simon Says premiered at the Another Hole in the Head horrorfest on Friday June 1st at a midnight showing. Well, an 11:45 p.m. showing. Whatever, it was late for old fogeys
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV This Weekend Of course we can't talk about TV this weekend without talking about the show, well, everyone is talking about. Apparently, the series finale of "The Sopranos" is such big news, it warrants a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV Tonight Of course, we've never understood the tremendous popularity of NASCAR racing, so we'll admit we aren't the demographic for this, but even if we DID enjoy watching cars driving around in circles for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV Tonight The winner of last season's "American Inventor" isn't exactly rocking the very foundation of American living, (for the record, the winning invention was some kind of child's car seat), but perhaps this season
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV Tonight First off, if you haven't read The Road by Cormac McCarthy yet, drop everything and do it. It's a fast read. It's also one of the most amazing books we've ever encountered--don't let
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV Tonight We're not sure if "Creature Comforts," CBS's American version of the British series, will fall into the crap category or not, but its association with the Aardman Animations gives us hope. We're also
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV Like "Pirate Master" for instance! This show screams executive pitch: "It's 'Survivor' meets Pirates of the Caribbean!" But being that we're only (semi) fans of one of those (the one without Johnny Depp)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: RiffTrax Live We say almost only because the movie they did, which they kept secret until the night of the show, was the Sylvester Stallone arm-wrestling epic and all the comedic riffing in the world
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV It was time for the girls to meet Andy's family, which included his parents, his grandparents, and his sister. Because what's better than meeting your boyfriend's parents for the first time, but meeting
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Green TV Two "green TV" programs are set to air in the coming weeks, and both focus on making your home more "sustainable." Tonight at 8 p.m., YourTV20 (yes, it's YOURS) airs an episode
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Michael J. Nelson of RiffTrax and MST3K RiffTrax is Mike Nelson's clever venture which allows him (and frequent contributors Murphy and Corbett) to make fun of more current films (and TV shows) without having to deal with annoying copyright issues.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV We've got two weeks to catch up with here. You might remember that Andy picked both local gals (Tessa and Bevin) which meant he'd be going home to meet their families. Let's see
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV Long story short, we were on vacation last week and didn't have time to get to "The Bachelor." We'll give you a (possible!) double dose next Monday. Post Tribal Council, and Boo created
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco World News - Tonight! In other local TV news items that have managed to make their way into our In Box, this Saturday, NBC 11 is airing a documentary called "Dreams to Dust: Americans Interned," which follows
Arts & Entertainment Conan the Triumphant Conan O'Brien's week in San Francisco came to a close today with his final taping at the Orpheum Theater, and the line to get in reached from the front of the theater, all
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <em>The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music</em> We're not unique in becoming slightly obsessed with The Anthology, and this film, which combines talking head interviews with live performances from a series of tribute concerts, is proof of that. And yet,
Arts & Entertainment Conan the Conquerer Did you get your tickets? We are speaking, of course, about free tickets to "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" which will be taping a week of shows at the Orpheum Theater starting on
Arts & Entertainment Conan O'Brien Coming to San Francisco, Hopes For Appearance By Horny Manatee Rise What kind of San Francisco-centric guests would you like to see on the show, aside from the obvious Gavin and Jen pairing? When Letterman came to town way back in 1996 we were
Arts & Entertainment Con Us Once, Shame On You... 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 offered us anything
Arts & Entertainment Oh, the WonderCon of It All Can you hear that? That distant sound? As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced? Holy nerd alert, Batman! WonderCon is coming! Yes, this Friday, Saturday, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Ask Me, Don't Tell Me Boing Boing tips us off to this awesome short 1961 film about juvenile delinquency, and how gangs can help curb the trend towards teenage lawlessness. And by "gangs" we mean "clubs," as that's
