Arts & Entertainment Photo: Inside The New 'Real World S.F.' House Juanita More shares with us this image of the new MTV Real World house in San Francisco. You like? While it's just a shot of the entrance, it's a colorful one with a
SF News Sean Sasser, AIDS Activist Who Appeared On 'Real World SF,' Dies Some sad news today. Sean Sasser, the man who appeared on MTV's The Real World: San Francisco as Pedro Zamora's boyfriend, died this month. He was only 44. San Francisco-based comicbook artist Judd
SF News Three KTVU Producers Fired Over Asiana Reporting Debacle KTVU sacked three producers over the on-air reporting mess that named the pilots in the Asiana 214 crash as "Captain Sum Ting Wong," "We To Lo," "Ho Lee Fuk," and "Bang Ding Ow.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Video: Defendant Alleges Yelp Extortion On 'The People's Court' On a recent episode of The People's Court, a defendant sounded off on bad Yelp reviews affecting his business, going so far as to bring up his own experience with the company's alleged
SF News KTVU Has Fake Asiana Pilot Names Clip Pulled (But Not Really) And just like that, it's gone. No wait, it's not. See, in an effort to squelch the fake Asian pilot name scandal, KTVU filed copyright infringement notices with YouTube regarding the now infamous
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Jason Priestly Was In The Mission Filming Canadian Food Show Yesterday Sister Kate star Jason Priestly — we don't have any choice 90210 references since we never really cared for the show; we were Melrose fans — was in town Thursday filming in the city's white-hot
SF News Now Asiana Airlines Wants To Drop KTVU Lawsuit Asiana Airlines has now decided to drop its lawsuit against KTVU for reporting false and racially insensitive names, including "Sum Ting Wong," "Wi Tu Low," and "Ho Lee Fuk." The airline, wanting to
SF News Asiana Suing KTVU Over Pilot-Naming Snafu [Update] Asiana Airlines said today that they will sue Bay Area station KTVU for accidentally broadcasting the now-infamous fake pilot names of flight 214. This comes one week after the airline caused the death
SF News HBO Doc On Fight For Gay Marriage In The Works Billed as "the story of a modern-day American revolution," California's history-making Prop 8 snafu, and its triumphant outcome, will be made into an HBO documentary. NYT has more: The still-untitled documentary will be
Arts & Entertainment Netflix Inks Deal With Dreamworks For New Original Animation Los Gatos-based Netflix announced today that they've just signed a deal with Dreamworks Animation for 300 hours of new original content based on Dreamworks characters. So, you can expect some spinoffs of Shrek,
Arts & Entertainment Important Photo: Bob Saget In Front Of 'Full House' Victorian While en route to a radio show in San Francisco recently, Bob Saget, Tanner family father, stopped by Lower Pacific Heights to pose in front of the original Full House victorian. Saget told
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Cyrus Chef Douglas Keane Tapped for 'Top Chef Masters' Many in the food world have been wondering what was coming next for former Cyrus chef Douglas Keane, who's been lying low since his Michelin two-star restaurant in Healdsburg shuttered last fall due
Arts & Entertainment 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh Appears On 'Judge Judy' Monday On Monday, Jim Harbaugh and his father, Jack, will appear on an episode of Judge Judy During the taping, the noted coach got to hug Judge Judith Sheindlin as well as sit in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former S.F. Chef Russell Jackson To Vie For 'Next Food Network Star' Russell Jackson, who built a fan base for his pioneering underground dinner series SubCulture Dining before opening the shortlived Lafitte on Pier 5, relocated to New York last year and has now landed
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Video: Danny Bowien Makes Thrice-Cooked Bacon On Jimmy Fallon Recent James Beard Award-winner Danny Bowien made an appearance on last night's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and the two made Mission Chinese Food's thrice-cooked bacon while chatting about an Oklahoma
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Glorious Guy Fieri Balloon Art Features Mandals, Love "U gotta dig this balloon art that a fan made for me," beams Guy Fieri over a piece of art he received during an appearance at an Atlanta book store. And dig we
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Guy Fieri Brings Flamboyant Scene Outside S.F. Gay Bar Guy Fieri hate. We're over it. After the New York Times punched down at the bleached-blonde Triple D dude, we felt for him. How could you not? It was mean. And after reading
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Nevius Chimes In On Bacon Bacon Controversy He's a little late to this party, but C.W. Nevius weighs in on the Bacon Bacon controversy, following SNL acknowledging that it is, in fact, quite funny. Nevius, ever quick to point
Arts & Entertainment Jonathan Groff HBO Series About S.F. Gays Gets Picked Up Delightful. It's TV upfronts week, and the highly-anticipated untitled HBO show about homosexuals in their thirties -- thirties!! -- was picked up as a series. Deadline reports: HBO has picked up to series
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Red Carpet The much-anticipated season finale of RuPaul's Drag Race airs tonight, and interpid World of Wonder correspondent Damiana Garcia did some red carpet duties, interviewing all the arriving drag queens including Season 4 winner
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink And Now, Thomas Keller In A Car Rental Commercial This new artisan Avis ad, featuring Thomas Keller, lays it on thick. It's got winding roads, dead fish, music that belongs in a Cymbalta ad, tender mushroom foraging, and more. Keller, a noted
Arts & Entertainment Even In 1968, New Yorkers Thought S.F. Was A Joke Our colleagues back East have unpacked last night's episode of Mad Men, which begins with Don and Megan returning from a Hawaiian vacation in January 1968, after Don stole a G.I.'s
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Behold Taste Catering's Ultimate 'Game of Thrones' Menu As Sunday's much-anticipated season premiere of Game of Thrones approaches, we're embracing all things Westeros (if you don't know what that means, it's probably best for everyone if you stop reading here). Last
Arts & Entertainment Note To Drag Queens: You Really Should Try Out For 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Look, we get it. You're too complicated for television. Cable television, no less. You listen to Bjork b-sides and subscribe to The New Yorker. We hear you, lady. You probably vote progressive, too.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bars, Booze, Bowl: Super Sunday Parties For The Big Game Low- to middle-income folks, perhaps such as yourself, have been priced out of football games. (Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius credits the high price point for the lack of Super Bowl "sizzle" in
