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Beverly Hills (California)

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2012

    Noel Gallagher Claims Rock Stardom Will Go Extinct, Apparently Hasn't Heard of Other Forms of Stardom

    Aw, look: Another one of Oasis' Gallagher brothers uttered a statement that managed to be arrogant, ignorant, and fuddy-duddy all at the same time! This time it was the elder (and usually saner) one, Noel, speaking to the U.K.'s Sunday Express about the impending die-off of that rare and vital spec ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 8, 2012

    Fortune Telling

    Aw, look: Another one of Oasis' Gallagher brothers uttered a statement that managed to be arrogant, ignorant, and fuddy-duddy all at the same time! This time it was the elder (and usually saner) one, Noel, speaking to the U.K.'s Sunday Express about the impending die-off of that rare and vital spec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Peter Thiel Is Nation's 4th Biggest Super PAC Funder

    ​The nonprofit investigative-reporting outfit ProPublica has published a handy guide to the country's top 10 super-PAC funders -- individuals with enough dough on hand to bankroll, to the tune of millions, independent political committees supporting presidential candidates. Such unfettered spendin ... More >>

  • Music

    January 18, 2012

    How Oakland's Wallpaper. Graduated to a Major Label

    ​The nonprofit investigative-reporting outfit ProPublica has published a handy guide to the country's top 10 super-PAC funders -- individuals with enough dough on hand to bankroll, to the tune of millions, independent political committees supporting presidential candidates. Such unfettered spendin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    How Wallpaper. Got a Record Deal, Local Artists Tackle Nick Drake's Pink Moon, and More

    From SF Weekly's latest print music section: ​Wallpaper. Gets a Record Deal: It was around 10 o'clock on a Friday night in December when Ricky Reed walked into a meeting at the Sony Music building in Beverly Hills with no idea what to expect. Less than 36 hours later, Reed -- the creative for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Young Widows Talk Recording in a Funeral Home, and Why Experimentation is Necssary

    Nick ThienemanYoung Widows perform Friday at Thee Parkside​ An unusual recording environment helps add mystique and character to a record. Nine Inch Nails made The Downward Spiral in the Beverly Hills house where the Sharon Tate murders happened. Bon Iver fans have that great visual of Justin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Top Chef Masters: Traci Des Jardins Hosts Her Own Party

    Carina OstWatching Top Chef Masters from Public House.​ SFoodie got word that cheftestant Traci Des Jardins would be having a Top Chef Masters viewing party at her casual dining joint, Public House. It was, of course, open to the public, so we headed down there for a seat at the bar. The sound of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Kinky Internet Photos Land Family Court Psychiatrist in Hot Water

    ​This week's SF Weekly cover story examined the sometimes disastrous child-welfare decisions made by officials in California's family courts. In one of those cases -- and in many others not discussed in the story -- a court-appointed psychological expert helped determine which parent would get chi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Outing of L.A. Times Restaurant Critic a Kind of Rape

    What Ruth Reichl did to keep her identity hidden as critic of the New York Times.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. The restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times is no longer anonymous. In an incident that's caroming around the Twitterverse like the latest from Ruth Bourdain, 16-year L.A. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Harvey Milk's Camera Shop Defiled, and Other Outrages

    WWHD?​There's an emerging pattern in Gayville lately. It's not a new thing -- not new to the gays or the general population either for that matter -- but it's still disconcerting. It's called whorishness.Does everything good have to be sold out, watered down, or compromised? The Human Rights Campa ... 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

    August 3, 2010

    Oliver Stone, Zsa Zsa Gabor on Witness List in Gay Grifter Trial

    Zsa Zsa Gabor in "The Diva Defense"​​Danny Garcia, the 27-year-old alleged San Francisco con man awaiting trial in Palm Springs on murder charges, has produced a defense witness list that reads like a Hollywood A- and B-list.Garcia is representing himself against murder, larceny, and other charg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Get a Newspaper Job, No 'Complexity, Analysis or Narrative' Required

    I CAN HAZ NEWSPAPER JOB​Paging David Simon: The San Diego Union-Tribune is reportedly laying off about 35 journalists from their newsroom, and replacing them with new "Jr. Staff Writers." What will these "Jr. Staff Writers" do? According to the journalismjobs.com posting: "Under supervision, will ... More >>

  • Film

    May 19, 2010

    (100) Days of Summer Movies

    I CAN HAZ NEWSPAPER JOB​Paging David Simon: The San Diego Union-Tribune is reportedly laying off about 35 journalists from their newsroom, and replacing them with new "Jr. Staff Writers." What will these "Jr. Staff Writers" do? According to the journalismjobs.com posting: "Under supervision, will ... More >>

  • Film

    December 23, 2009

    Going Places

    Jason Reitman is the director to watch in the next decade.

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Sprinkles Planning a Cupcake Shop for Union Square in 2010

    daysies/FlickrThe Sprinklesmobile is gone, but a brick-and-mortar shop is planned for S.F.​We're guessing the Sprinklesmobile has made its long, straight trip down Interstate 5 by now, and is all tucked up amid the incandescent warmth of Beverly Hills. The Southern California-based mobile cupc ... More >>

  • Film

    November 25, 2009

    Wes Anderson's comeback: Gen Y's anointed auteur returns

    daysies/FlickrThe Sprinklesmobile is gone, but a brick-and-mortar shop is planned for S.F.​We're guessing the Sprinklesmobile has made its long, straight trip down Interstate 5 by now, and is all tucked up amid the incandescent warmth of Beverly Hills. The Southern California-based mobile cupc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Goapele Debuts New Video, Performs Tonight

    EKAphotographySpotted in the O: Goapele​ Last weekend, I spotted local songstress Goapele lunching at a restaurant during Oakland's Lakefest. "Sssh... don't tell anyone I'm here," she said. "I'm supposed to be in LA." Choosing to lunch at a Lakeshore Ave. eatery rather than a trendy see-and-be-se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Paulette: A New Obsession

    Paulette (437 Hayes) opened last week and provides definitive proof that a French macaroon can be a sensation in the right hands. Sure, the ones at Miette (449 Octavia) around the corner are eminently edible, but Paulette's are a story.

  • Film

    January 21, 2009

    Driver's Eddie

    As Happy-Go-Lucky's angry road instructor, character actor Eddie Marsan enters the fast lane.

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2008

    Exhibit A: Bad Biofuel

    By Meredith Brody On first reading, this bright idea seems heaven-sent for combining two New Year's resolutions: contributing to a greener planet by using less gasoline, and, hey, dropping a few pounds while you're at it. Alas, this Beverly Hills (where else?) liposuction doctor's simple plan - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2008

    SF Only Gets One Slot on Gourmet's Legendary US Restaurants List

    By Meredith Brody On first reading, this bright idea seems heaven-sent for combining two New Year's resolutions: contributing to a greener planet by using less gasoline, and, hey, dropping a few pounds while you're at it. Alas, this Beverly Hills (where else?) liposuction doctor's simple plan - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    Media Analysis: Gay Marriage Looks Good On Us

    By Meredith Brody On first reading, this bright idea seems heaven-sent for combining two New Year's resolutions: contributing to a greener planet by using less gasoline, and, hey, dropping a few pounds while you're at it. Alas, this Beverly Hills (where else?) liposuction doctor's simple plan - ... More >>

  • Music

    June 18, 2008

    Weezer

    Weezer (DGC/Interscope)

  • News

    December 26, 2007

    Hit List

    The top movies of 2007

  • Film

    December 19, 2007

    Savage Love

    Testing the limits of familial bonds, one nursing-home application at a time

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    MySpace To Open SF Office -- Emperor Murdoch Visits System

    Testing the limits of familial bonds, one nursing-home application at a time

  • Film

    July 5, 2006

    Skater Boyz N the Hood

    Teen rebels rule in Larry Clark's Wassup Rockers

  • Music

    November 9, 2005

    If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: Rick Rubin's moxie.

    Teen rebels rule in Larry Clark's Wassup Rockers

  • Dining

    April 13, 2005

    Slices of Heaven

    Enjoying pizza in several locations, including between covers

  • Music

    February 16, 2005

    Pop Goes the World

    Will Schwartz and Hey Willpower want you to think about why you like pop, or, barring that, get your booty bouncin'

  • Film

    November 24, 2004

    Call Him Al

    An epic story turns human -- and fallible -- in Oliver Stone's Alexander

  • Film

    September 8, 2004

    Crooked as They Come

    Criminal swipes its story from a far superior movie

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2004

    Body Manipulation

    Eve Ensler, back again to talk about private stuff we should all be discussing

  • News

    July 16, 2003

    Bickering Bikram

    A copyright dispute pits yoga king Bikram Choudhury against competitors and followers alike

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Sushi-on-Acid Experience Without Actually Having to Be on Acid

    Country Station Sushi Cafe

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Smoked Sturgeon

    East Coast West Delicatessen

  • Film

    March 26, 2003

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    At local indie houses: Anti-Bush docs and, uh, "Sing-Along West Side Story"

  • Culture

    February 12, 2003

    Chicken: A 1-Ho Show

    A boy prostitute and the Beverly Hills ladies who love him

  • Music

    January 15, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Remedial Cinema, Voodoo Organists, studs for hire, and more

  • Music

    November 13, 2002

    Nuggets from the Golden State

    Golden Nuggets and the Kitchen Sink

  • Dining

    February 20, 2002

    Chow for Champions

    A local chef cooks for the U.S. snowboard Olympic team. The team wins gold, silver, and bronze. Any connection?

  • Culture

    January 3, 2001

    The Tired Gun

    Or: Why winning an Oscar sometimes means losing sight of a career

  • Dining

    February 3, 1999

    Oodles of Flavors

    Or: Why winning an Oscar sometimes means losing sight of a career

  • Film

    January 20, 1999

    Second Time Around

    Or: Why winning an Oscar sometimes means losing sight of a career

  • Film

    September 10, 1997

    City of Angles

    How Curtis Hanson brought James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential to the screen

  • Music

    April 23, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    How Curtis Hanson brought James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential to the screen

  • Calendar

    December 25, 1996

    Slap Shots

    How Curtis Hanson brought James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential to the screen

  • Music

    November 22, 1995

    Recordings

    How Curtis Hanson brought James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential to the screen

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