Arts & Entertainment Photo: Daytona 500 Winner Matt Kenseth Visits Fisherman's Wharf The majority of San Francisco doesn't care much for car racing, we can safely assume. It's more geared toward a different type of audience. More or less. But that didn't stop Daytona 500
Arts & Entertainment James Franco Loves Fellow Palo Alto H.S. Alum Jeremy Lin GO LIN.GO PALY! @JLin7 say.ly/Oqj1txM— James Franco (@JamesFrancoTV) February 24, 2012 Noted actor and infamous Academy Awards cohost James Franco sent some Twitter love to fellow Palo Alto High School
Arts & Entertainment Behold: Bill Murray Golfing In A Camouflage Ghillie Suit 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
Arts & Entertainment Girls Perform Whitney Houston Cover 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
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tonight Addendum: Dueling Manhattans At Jardinière 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 they will feature Frommer’s Travel Guides editors. David Lytle (whose
SF News MC Hammer Stands Against SOPA While the Internet blacked itself out to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act today, a group of local Internet luminaries gathered at City Hall to protest the bill and it's PIPA Senate bill
Arts & Entertainment Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Elliott Gould, Eddie Izzard & More at SF Sketchfest 2012 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
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Film Critics Circle Fails To Honor Melissa McCarthy 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)
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink MasterChef Casting In S.F. This Weekend 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.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fried Chicken 'The New Cupcake,' Declares Questlove 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—
Arts & Entertainment Director Ken Russell Dies 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
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Anthony Bourdain On San Francisco: 'Dirty And Nasty And Wonderful' 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
SF News Dick Cheney Speaks at Noon Today at Palace Hotel 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
Arts & Entertainment Martha Stewart Vexes Mission Cycling Sect 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
SF News Photo: Brian Wilson Wears LSU Football Uniform, Plays Trumpet For your viewing please, here's a photo snapped today of Giants closer Brian Wilson sporting a Louisiana State University football uniform and wielding a large instrument. He's also holding a trumpet. SF Giants
Arts & Entertainment Jay Barmann Guest Bartends at Jardiniere on Tuesday 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? The Grub Street editor (and fellow SFister!) is just
Arts & Entertainment Jonathan Nolan Is Awesomely Paranoid About Facebook 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
Arts & Entertainment Brian Wilson, Biz Stone, MC Hammer Claim Ed Lee is '2 Legit 2 Quit' [Video] 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
Arts & Entertainment Johnny Depp Gets Mad Over Boom Mike Question The Daily Clog posted a brilliant review of a recent appearance by wounded sparrow Johnny Depp at Wheeler Hall. The cloudy actor was in Berkeley for a screening of The Rum Diaries, Depp's
SF News Creepy Rupert Murdoch In S.F. On Friday Media rascal and likely criminal Rupert Murdoch will be in town on Friday, kicking it at the Palace Hotel (2 New Montgomery) while "addressing the National Summit on Education Reform at the invitation
Arts & Entertainment S.F. Artist Creates Snoop Dogg Portrait Out of Joints, Buds San Francisco-based mosaic artist Jason Mecier has gained some critical attention for clever, timely portraits of celebrities like this one of Taylor Lautner made out of Red Vines; and this one of Rosie
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Meet Christopher Kimball, October 20 Oh boy, do we have a bushel of questions for America's Test Kitchen host Christopher Kimball. Like: who do you like better, Bridget Lancaster or Julia Collin-Davison? (We cannot decide!) What's the deal
SF News Steve Jobs Backlash Begins And just like that, the death and surrounding melee of noted Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has sparked a minor backlash. As we mentioned earlier, several people took umbrage with the fact that a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Melissa McCarthy's Ranch Dressing Taste Tester Granted, if you're above the coveted 18-to-25 age bracket, and used to another season of not-ready-for-primetime players, you're almost required to claim that you've fallen out of favor with Saturday Night Live. However,
Arts & Entertainment 'I Want to Come Back in My Next Life as Darren Criss,' Says Jane Lynch Jane Lynch was the guest of honor at Fall Free for All, the season-opening celebration for Cal Performances, this past Sunday. While speaking to a (rapt) audience, Lynch said, "If I could choose
