SF News Jonas Brothers Make SurpriOMGJ*(Y( h8o2 hi90t023!@#R@34mk,!!! Theater seats were dampened by stunned teens over at the gay-hating Cinemark theater at the Westfield Mall in San Francisco on Sunday night. Why? Well, alleged virgins and heterosexuals the Jonas Brothers made
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Tonight's Noise Pop Happy Hour boasts Music for Animals, Aim Low Kid, and Audio Out Send. If you haven't checked out any Noise Pop shows, be sure to check out the festival's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Film du Jour: You’re Doing It All Wrong - How to Remove Meat From a Crab Being that it’s officially Dungeness Crab Week in San Francisco -- oh, yeah, did you know it was officially Dungeness Crab Week in San Francisco? Because it is -- check out Brian
SF News Your Official California State Worker Layoff Notice "In the face of a $42 billion budget shortfall, and still no budget, measures are needed to preserve the State’s cash." And with that begins the official layoff letter sent out to
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop 2009 Noise Pop 2009 is just around the corner. A few highlights: Anthony & the Johnsons, Goblin Cock, Monument to Masses, A.C. Newman, No Age, Clues, Ryan Auffenberg, Ex-Boyfriends, and Martha Wainwright (Not-Judy's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: XO Edition "Museum of Broken Relationships" Popular Croatian art exhibit featuring love-stained artifacts from anonymous folks who failed at love. The exhibit showcases objects of heartbreak such as teddy bears and photos, but also bizarre
Arts & Entertainment The Art of 'Coraline' at Cartoon Art Museum Have you seen Coraline yet? We hear it's phenomenal. (As anything combing in the talents of Dakota Fanning and Terri Hatcher should be, really.) And if you liked the art featured in the
misc Film du Jour: Bollywood's 'Vaaranam Aayiram' The kids over at The Daily Clog bring to our attention this festive Bollywood film, Vaaranam Aayiram (2008), that was shot in Berkeley, the Cal campus, and San Francisco. While the English dubbing
SF News Rought Times Hit Noted VFX Production Company Based in San Francisco and Los Angeles, The Orphanage went from a small visual effects company in a matter of 10 years with over 160 artists creating effects for more than two dozen
misc 1981 KRON Report on Electronic Journalism Scott Beale over at Laughing Squid came across this gem. It's a 1981 KRON report on the Internet and newspapers. How will this newfangled technology change the publishing industry? SF Examiner's David Cole
misc Photo du Jour 325 Photo by Whole Wheat Toast A (German?) film being shot at Broadway and Taylor. Anyone know its title?
SF News SFist Tonight FILM: Depression and suicide has never been more amusing ("French fries, French dressing, French bread.") than in Savage Steve Holland's Better Off Dead (1985). The '80s teen comedy / ski competition screens as part
SF News <i>Milk</i> Nabs 8 Oscar Nominations Gus Van Sant's Milk, the biopic about slain San Francisco supervisor and gay activist Harvey Milk, was nominated for eight Oscars this morning. In addition to a Best Picture nomination, Dustin Lance Black
Arts & Entertainment Sketchfest Giveaway: Win Tix to "A Salute to Bud Cort with a screening of <em>Harold and Maude</em>" Write a haiku with the words "Harold" and "Maude," and be eligible to win a pair of tickets to a special onstage conversation with Bud Cort and a screening of Harold and Maude
SF News <i>Milk</i> + Love on 12/20 What a smashing idea. Courage Campaign, an organizing network that connects 300,000+ grassroots and "netroots" activists to push for progressive change in California to get Prop 8 overturned, is getting people to
misc Film du Jour: "Prop 8 - The Musical" See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die Prop 8 bit starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, Margaret Cho, Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph, and more. Oh, and it's good. Real good.
SF News <i>Milk</i> Cracks Top Ten Hey, Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic Milk, which is pulling in phenomenal reviews and audience reaction, somehow managed to crack the top ten this with only a fistful of theaters screening the
SF News Could <i>Milk</i> Have Helped Defeat Prop 8? A new theory is percolating about Gus Van Sant's , the biopic about slain SF City Supervisor and gay rights activist Harvey Milk, and Prop. 8, the same-sex marriage ban. It's this: Could an
misc Film du Jour: The Most Horrible Day on Earth The Slog, where we came across this jarring piece of performance art, likens the clip above in which six nubile tweens discover that David Archuleta did not win this year's American Idol to
SF News Cinemark's CEO Donated 9,999 Bucks to Yes on 8 Alan Stock, CEO of Cinemark Theaters, donated $9,999 to anti-gay Prop. 8. According to AmericaBlog, it's "time to avoid this cinema like the plague." But what say you? Cinemark operates 2700 screens
Arts & Entertainment International Latino Film Festival: <i>Cachao: Uno Más</i> Now that the election is over, let's get back to what's really important in life: Film festivals and hosted-bar opening night parties. Tomorrow night, you see, the International Latino Film Festival will mark
Arts & Entertainment Calling all Spanish-speaking actresses You know how many of you kindly helped SFist_Matt shoot a video for the No on Prop. 8 effort? Thanks for helping out, guys! And by guys, we mean just that. No
misc Film du Jour: Albino Alligator Arrives at California Academy of Science Did you climb up on your chair? We did. The above footage was taken today at the CAS, which opens at the end of September. Here's just a taste of what they'll have
