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  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    R.I.P. Dick Clark: America's Oldest Teenager Goes to Rock 'n' Roll Heaven

    If you were a teenager in the 1950s, you hated TV. Your parents watched TV. Anything your parents liked, you despised. Springsteen's song "57 Channels (And Nothing On)" talked about the video wasteland in 1992, but in 1956, even in a big city like New York, there were fewer than 10 channels on the a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Jordan Powers Dumps Teacher, Lover, James Hooker, After His Arrest

    It seems 18-year-old Jordan Powers has decided her former teacher/boyfriend has no class after all.  As the LA Times points out today, Powers dumped 41-year-old James Hooker after he was arrested last week on suspicion of sexually assaulting a minor over a decade ago. Powers tells the press tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    ABC Announces New Singing Competition; World Sighs

    ​The last few weeks, we've been DVRing the shit out of the second season of The Voice to ensure we wouldn't miss a second. There is something thoroughly riveting about that show -- partly because of the concept (waiting to see if the judges will turn their chairs around for the contestants) is tot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    60 Minutes Expected to Air Investigation of Pelosi Stock Investments

    Nancy Pelosi​Indications from the Beltway media world are that 60 Minutes is preparing to air a segment exploring legislative actions House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi oversaw that might have benefited her husband's stock investments.According to multiple news reports, 60 Minutes reporter Steve K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    The Danes Start Taxing Fatty Foods

    ​Denmark, which is basically San Francisco's idealized version of itself except with too many white people, has become the first country in the world to tax high-fat foods. According to ABC News, the new tax works out to $2.90 per kilogram on all foods with more than 2.3 percent saturated fat -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    The Bachelor To Be Filmed in San Francisco All Week

    ​It looks as if Ben Flajnik didn't have to leave his heart in San Francisco after all.Normally ABC's hit reality TV show The Bachelor is filmed in and around Los Angeles, until the lead narrows his pickings down to just several suitors. Then he and the remaining women take off on a whirlwind trip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Is There Too Much Food Media?

    The Chew stars some famous chefs and, OMG, What Not to Wear's Clinton Kelly!​Two food-themed television networks. Chef-branded food magazines. Food apps. A new food-themed lifestyle show on ABC called The Chew. Is it all getting too much?Earlier this week, Adweek asked that very question, del ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Ben Flajnik Confirmed As The Bachelor #Booya

    A glutton ...​ABC confirmed Tuesday via press release that San Francisco winemaker Ben Flajnik will go where 15 other men have gone before: Simultaneously dating 25 women to find "The One." Meaning he is definitely out of the mayor's race.We reported last week that Flajnik had canceled a wine app ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Angry Talk Radio Station KSFO Will Text You News and Ads for Gold

    ​Updated at 3:00 p.m: Someone purporting to be KSFO has responded to this piece with this thoughtful Tweet: ​ Original Post: One terrible truth of life is that on occasion talk-radio listeners wander out of earshot and languish momentarily without anyone telling them what they should b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Medical Marijuana: Dad Says It Saved Two-Year-Old Son with Cancer

    Cash Hyde​There are many ways to look at the story of two-year-old brain-tumor survivor Cash Michael Hyde, whose father, Michael, secretly slipped him medical marijuana oil in his feeding tube during chemotherapy last fall. You could assume that the plant is an effective drug. Chemotherapy left ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Prop. 8 Trial: The Live Blog

    The big day has arrived...​Check back often for frequent updatesMonday, 12:05 a.m.: This is it, folks: the big day for Prop. 8 at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Lawyers for both sides get just two hours to make their cases this morning, and we're going to be on the scene to report about how it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    The Gay Gratitude List

    Oh happy day...​The Week in GayIn recognition of the Thanksgiving holiday and the importance of the acknowledgment that things aren't all that bad (or maybe they are and we need to stop and smell the roses) I offer a list of events and persons worthy of gratitude.For example: Skating with the Star ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    The Week In Event Names: Basic Cable TV Guide Edition

    First Blood plays Saturday at the Oakland Metro Operahouse.​ NBC: The Poison Control Center. Drama. CBS: Great American Taxi. Game show. Fox: Terrible Things. News.ABC: City (Comma) State. Sitcom. ABC Family: OK Sweetheart. Sitcom. Cartoon Network: The Supervillains. Cartoon. Disney Channel: Sydn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Treasure Island Stage Partially Fails, Injuring Workers

    Christopher VictorioThe Flaming Lips at Treasure Island 2009​Workers setting up for the Treasure Island Music Festival suffered minor injuries this afternoon after the roof of a stage partially collapsed.The workers jumped off about five feet the stage, injuring their ankles, according to Allen Sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Republicans' Love/Hate Relationship With the Gays

    Is pink the GOP's color after all? ​The Week in GayRepublicans are much more entertaining than Democrats, don't you think? They make the most outlandish and flamboyant statements without a hint of irony about the incredible insincerity of their positions. Democrats usually just bite their lips wai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    The Seven Worst Fictional TV and Movie Raps

    For a period extending roughly from the mid-1980s and throughout the '90s, producers of TV and film for youth audiences decided that rap was way cool and that the way to inject a level of street cred into any project was to have some characters rap about something. Anything, really. Filmmakers are s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Apple's Latest Hot Mess: Prominent iPad Users' Personal Info Exposed

    A window to your soul​Think Facebook's got privacy problems? Just wait till you get a load of the latest scandal at Apple, which has apparently allowed some very prominent users of its iPad device -- think White House prominent -- to have their personal information exposed in an AT&T security ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Uppity Fag Reviews the Week in Gay

    A look back at the queer week that was in the Bay Area and beyond. She just wants to go to the prom, is that so wrong?​The searing heat of gay indignation is shining directly on Jackson, Miss., where Constance McMillen has become a pariah for asking permission to wear a tuxedo and bring a he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Letter to the Media: Stop Coddling Tea-Party Crazies

    But not to stop tea-partiers' batshit lunacy​Those who pick up their news exclusively from such esteemed outlets as The Economist magazine, the Web site Politico, or ABC television could be forgiven these days for having a charitable view of the new American political force known as the Tea Party ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2010

    Weed Takes Root

    Marijuana's steady creep toward legalization nationwide

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2009

    The 10 Creepiest Reality TV Shows of the Decade

    As 2009 comes to a close, it's important to remember it all - lest we forget. While other outlets sift through the best and brightest moments of the decade, we here at the SF Weekly would like to pay homage to the most bizarre phenomenon of our time, reality television (as we might have some experie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Marijuana Legalization TV Ads to Hit Airwaves Starting Today

    At a time when the governor and legislature have all but exchanged small arms fire over Arnold Schwarzenegger's insistence on a "no new taxes budget," a group of Californians today will begin airing ads pleading for the right to pay more taxes. Of course, a number of stations, including at least a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Chronic City: Seeds of Change -- Marijuana Going Mainstream

    Two major new polls underscored a fact many of us already know: When it comes to marijuana, the political ground is shifting underneath our feet - and the change is picking up momentum as it goes.

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Are McCain Backers Flagging Stories on Digg?

    Two major new polls underscored a fact many of us already know: When it comes to marijuana, the political ground is shifting underneath our feet - and the change is picking up momentum as it goes.

  • Music

    June 18, 2008

    George Michael refuses to play the polite pop star

    Two major new polls underscored a fact many of us already know: When it comes to marijuana, the political ground is shifting underneath our feet - and the change is picking up momentum as it goes.

  • Calendar

    March 12, 2008

    Cho Girl

    Two major new polls underscored a fact many of us already know: When it comes to marijuana, the political ground is shifting underneath our feet - and the change is picking up momentum as it goes.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2007

    Crowd Wisdom and the Future of Newsgathering in ABC7's "Futures Market"

    Two major new polls underscored a fact many of us already know: When it comes to marijuana, the political ground is shifting underneath our feet - and the change is picking up momentum as it goes.

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2007

    FEATURE Follow-Up: More Info for Gender Variant Children and Their Parents

    Two major new polls underscored a fact many of us already know: When it comes to marijuana, the political ground is shifting underneath our feet - and the change is picking up momentum as it goes.

  • Home Entertainment

    November 1, 2006

    Impossibly Passable

    Two major new polls underscored a fact many of us already know: When it comes to marijuana, the political ground is shifting underneath our feet - and the change is picking up momentum as it goes.

  • Home Entertainment

    September 21, 2005

    New releases available this week

    Two major new polls underscored a fact many of us already know: When it comes to marijuana, the political ground is shifting underneath our feet - and the change is picking up momentum as it goes.

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2003

    En Garde

    Smuin Ballet tackles the legend of Zorro

  • News

    March 26, 2003

    Prewar Snack

    As war drew near, consumption of junk food at the Snaxpo convention soared

  • Culture

    March 5, 2003

    That '60s Show

    Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols

  • Culture

    December 24, 2002

    Fear Factor

    But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

  • Dining

    November 14, 2001

    Chef's Choice

    Women think Auberge du Soleil's cook is a pretty tasty morsel

  • Culture

    March 7, 2001

    Good Cop, Bad Cop

    Denis Leary is on The Job, but can ABC find him an audience?

  • Culture

    February 7, 2001

    Back to the Future

    Robert Wise finishes Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- 22 years later

  • News

    January 24, 2001

    Inner Demons

    They're S.F.'s new pro football team. They've got second-rate players, an untested product, and a concept with a history of failure. But that's OK -- they have a great marketing plan.

  • Culture

    December 27, 2000

    Blow Up the Box

    TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched...and watched

  • Culture

    April 26, 2000

    Geek Love

    The men behind this season's best shows -- and biggest failures -- blame it all on Regis

  • Film

    November 3, 1999

    The Men Who Did Too Little

    The men behind this season's best shows -- and biggest failures -- blame it all on Regis

  • Film

    January 13, 1999

    Reel World

    The men behind this season's best shows -- and biggest failures -- blame it all on Regis

  • News

    January 21, 1998

    Buffy the Empire Slayer

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

  • Calendar

    September 3, 1997

    Savage Love

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

  • Calendar

    August 20, 1997

    Unspun

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

  • Calendar

    July 30, 1997

    Unspun

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

  • Calendar

    July 9, 1997

    Night+Day

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

  • Calendar

    August 9, 1995

    Slap Shots

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

  • News

    April 26, 1995

    Dog Bites

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

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