SF News Beloved <em>Seinfeld</em> Character George Steinbrenner Dies George Constanza's boss, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, died of a heart attack this morning. Although we never saw his face, America grew to love his signature crusty-but-benign voice. A lover of eggplant calzones
SF News Dennis Richmond and His Moustache Sail Off Into the Sunset To say Richmond has been a mainstay would be an understatement. We've lived here for years and we can't really remember a time when Richmond wasn't on TV. We also can't remember a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Even More Thursday Fall TV Premieress We've mentioned before that the only "Law & Order" we watch is "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," and the main reason for that is our imaginary boyfriend Vincent D'Onofrio is on it. So
Arts & Entertainment Jerry Seinfeld Was In Town? Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. Jerry Seinfeld was in town the other day, presumably to promote his upcoming film (why on a cable car, though? Is there an SF
misc Week Around The Ists What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly,
misc Meet The Kinks At issue is the fact that a building that's been abandoned since the early 70's and was usually a source of much controversy whenever somebody sniffed around to develop it could be sold
SF News The Worm? Oh, He is Turning If proved true, none of this is any good. It could lead to civil and in some cases criminal penalties. In the blogging world, there's something called a "Keith Hernandez" moment. This refers
Arts & Entertainment Happy Festivus Whlie tomorrow is technically Festivus, we thought we'd get a head start on the holiday that's the holiday for the rest of us. So here's snippets from the "Seinfeld" episode that started it
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Review and Preview at Berekley Repertory Theatre The best theater experiences happen when you go in not knowing what to expect, and then the show blows you away. If you agree, then stop reading right now
Arts & Entertainment The Philistine Operates in the Park. --Friday was the Opera opening night at the opera house, and I was one of the penguins there, in that March of the Penguins. --I read in the paper there was a report
SF News Your San Francisco Giants Are Looking For a Few Good Men. Hopefully With Power So then, the question becomes what is there to do about it? The trading season is a month away-- trading deadline is July 31st-- but that hasn't stopped Giants fans from wistfully looking
Arts & Entertainment DocFest: <i>Fired!</i> There's no question that getting fired, canned, axed, rif'ed, or booted SUCKS. We were back at one of our favorite SF theaters, the Roxie, for the SF debut of Annabelle Gurwitch's at Docfest
SF News Down Goes Barry, Down Goes Barry It looks like Bud Selig's Barry Bonds voodoo doll is working as last night, before the Giants 2-0 victory over the Brewers, Barry was bonked on the head by a foul ball in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV Tonight Don't get us wrong. We totally dug "The Sopranos," but we must have suffered from some severe, Uncle Junior-level memory loss in the two years since the last season ended. We were...confused,
SF News Can You Hear the Drums, Gerardo? Doing some damage control, Gerardo wrote an editorial in Monday's Chron trying to explain what he meant when he said he didn't think we needed a military. What he wanted to say is
SF News The Raiders Are Kickin' It Old School. Again. Walsh was a long-time assistant with the team, from 1982 to 1994. After being fired along with Shell by the Al-ster in 1994, Walsh was a head coach at Idaho State (where he
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Allen Salkin For the uninitiated, Festivus was the holiday Frank Costanza cooked up in lieu of Christmas and features a Festivus Pole instead of a Christmas Tree. Families get together, stage the "Airing of Grievances"
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: <i>Regretrosexual</i> We've grown to dread all those socio-political treatises that's all about empowerment and "taking something" back, usually involving some member of an "oppressed minority" hitting you over the head with how proud they
SF News The Giants Want You! Doing what hasn't been determinted, but the job does carry with it the title of "Special Assistant." Why, you’ll be just like George Costanza, although we don’t think Sabean will allow
Arts & Entertainment These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty- This Week in DVDs So yeah, there's a bunch of movies out this week, but like last week's This Week in DVDs, the movies aren't really the important thing. Sure, we love Harry Potter, but this is
