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Charlie Sheen

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Ross Mirkarimi: The Deck Is Stacked -- Now

    ​Sheriff-in-Limbo Ross Mirkarimi's claim that domestic violence charges against him were the result of a conspiracy marshaled by "forces at work that don't want me to become sheriff" was so spectacularly misguided that it either handed those forces all the ammo they could ever use, or did away wit ... More >>

  • News

    January 18, 2012

    The Oxy King of Marin County: Profile of a Prolific Dealer

    ​Sheriff-in-Limbo Ross Mirkarimi's claim that domestic violence charges against him were the result of a conspiracy marshaled by "forces at work that don't want me to become sheriff" was so spectacularly misguided that it either handed those forces all the ammo they could ever use, or did away wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    "Occupy" and "99 Percent" Shortlisted for Word of the Year

    ​Oxford University Press announced its 2011 Word of the Year on Wednesday. And it is ... drumroll please ... "Squeezed middle." Which brings to mind another word: "Huh?" Probably not the reaction the lexicographers were going for. "Squeezed middle," it turns out, is not what you get after eati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Harold Camping's Rapture Prediction -- Animated

    Bizarre news stories take on a certain cachet these days when they inspire cartoons from Next Media Animation, the offbeat Hong Kong-based company that has produced humorous CGI depictions of the travails of Charlie Sheen and Tiger Woods. The latest figure in the public eye to get NMA's attention is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    S.F. Woman's Airbnb Burglary Dramatized in Weird Taiwanese Animation

    Yesterday we reported on a San Francisco woman's horror story of being burglarized by strangers who rented her apartment through Airbnb, the local start-up that connects hosts with travelers who want to pay to stay at private homes instead of hotels. The news came after Airbnb announced earlier this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    San Francisco Giants to Visit White House, Maybe Resolve Budget Talks

    Just what Washington needs​It's probably a good thing for all involved that the San Francisco Giants will be paying a visit to President Barack Obama next Monday. The Giants deserve their hard-earned recognition as World Series champs, and Washington needs a dose of good sense as negotiations grin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Lindsay Lohan Shills for Pump-and-Dump Stocks on Twitter

    ​To get an idea of just how classy those "sponsored" celebrity tweets can be, take a look at what Lindsay Lohan tweeted last night. "Have you guys seen food and gas prices lately?" she asked. Yes, we have, Lindsay. Have you? Then her tweet took a weird turn, into economic analysis: "U.S. $ will so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Adele Is Coming Back, But Now You Must Choose: Greek Theatre Or Outside Lands?

    "Pick me!"​ Anyone sick of hearing "Britney's back, bitch"? We didn't think so (who can tire of good, old-fashioned alliteration?), but that doesn't mean we should forget that poor, sick Adele has been gone. First, we announced in April that the British R&B superstar would be taking her act t ... More >>

  • Film

    June 8, 2011

    "Submarine": Highly Stylized Brit Teen Dramedy Scores Big

    "Pick me!"​ Anyone sick of hearing "Britney's back, bitch"? We didn't think so (who can tire of good, old-fashioned alliteration?), but that doesn't mean we should forget that poor, sick Adele has been gone. First, we announced in April that the British R&B superstar would be taking her act t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Bryan Stow Update: Billboards Donated to Help Catch Attackers of Comatose Giants Fan

    Looking for Bryan Stow's attackers​A Southern California company has upped the ante in the hunt for Bryan Stow's attackers. Lamar Advertising has donated more than 300 billboards that will be placed throughout the Los Angeles area, with the suspects sketches and the reward offer.Lamar Advertising ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Charlie Sheen Gives $20,000 to Bryan Stow, Beaten Giants Fan (Video)

    Torpedo of cash​Charlie Sheen's roving one-man show hasn't exactly lived up to its comedic expectations. In fact, along the way My Violent Torpedo of Truth has been called a train wreck and a total bomb, and Sheen has even been booed offstage.  But in his stop in San Francisco last weekend, S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Charlie Sheen Show to Benefit Beaten Giants Fan Bryan Stow

    Not so bad afterall ​Those of us who would rather gouge our eyes out with a spoon than listen to another one of Charlie Sheen's epic rants -- onstage at that -- should maybe reconsider shelling out $100 for the weekend event.Sheen's publicist has reportedly said he will donate proceeds from mercha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Lil B Takes On Charlie Sheen, Rap Genius Explains the Complex Meanings

    This week in Lil B: A song extolling the virtues of winning, Charlie Sheen-style. Not the first to come from the rap world by any means (see: Chamillionaire, Soulja Boy, Rico Love, Traphik...), but the most easily digestible, and the most harmonious in terms of recent meme factories. If the video ha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2011

    Is It Real, or Is It Internet?

    This week in Lil B: A song extolling the virtues of winning, Charlie Sheen-style. Not the first to come from the rap world by any means (see: Chamillionaire, Soulja Boy, Rico Love, Traphik...), but the most easily digestible, and the most harmonious in terms of recent meme factories. If the video ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Charlie Sheen Booed and Heckled Off Stage

    Ramblin' man blows it on stage​The very thing that made Charlie Sheen an object of Internet awe is exactly what led him to crash and burn during his live show over the weekend: incoherent ramblings. The former sit-com actor was reportedly booed and heckled off stage in Detroit over the weekend whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Giants Reality TV Show, 'The Franchise,' Coming to Showtime

    In its brief existence as a genre, reality television has jumped the shark so many times, and in so many different ways, that they're scarcely worth mentioning. (Okay, okay: Our personal favorite was "The Littlest Groom," which aired only twice before Fox pulled the plug.) But if ever there was a gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Charlie Sheen to Bring Torpedo Tour to San Francisco in April: Tickets on Sale Saturday

    Carrying on with the crazy talk ​In case you haven't had enough of Charlie Sheen, the famously erratic actor has announced he will stop in San Francisco on April 30 with his new show My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not An Option.Sheen, who was recently fired from the series Two and a Half Me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Taiwanese Company Releases Animation of Teen Jumping Off Golden Gate Bridge (Video)

    Iconic ... for many reasons​Last week, SF Weekly told readers about an audacious high school teen who jumped nearly 200 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge "for kicks." The kid survived, and the story went viral -- so much so that a foreign media company released a video animation with its own spin o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Charlie Sheen's S.F. 'Torpedo of Truth' Show: Top 5 Things Most Likely to Happen

    ​If you're anything like us, Dear Reader, you've been following the messianic rumblings of The Odyssey That Is Charlie Sheen with some interest. Who better than this self-described "High Priest Vatican Assassin Warlock" to lead the ranks of us feeble, workaday souls against the army of fools and t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Charlie Sheen Wants to Be on Food Network?

    Charlie Sheen's Winning Recipes from Charlie Sheen Via funnyordie.com comes "Winning Recipes," featuring Charlie Sheen. "My plan is to make an appearance on every television network," Sheen says here, his pitch to land a slot on Food Network. Frankly, we're waiting to see his pitch to land on A&E, ... More >>

  • News

    March 9, 2011

    Subject Yourself to Rob Schneider -- for a Good Cause

    Charlie Sheen's Winning Recipes from Charlie Sheen Via funnyordie.com comes "Winning Recipes," featuring Charlie Sheen. "My plan is to make an appearance on every television network," Sheen says here, his pitch to land a slot on Food Network. Frankly, we're waiting to see his pitch to land on A&E, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Charlie Sheen Still ranting....On San Francisco's Ustream

    Now he's just showing off​Just when you thought you had heard enough from actor Charlie Sheen and his questionable antics, he brings his new persona live... to San Francisco. After his (fill in the blank)-induced rant led producers of CBS to cancel Sheen's television series Two and a Half Men, She ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Pollo Campero Gets Burned, Charles Chocolates Appears to Melt

    ​The past 72 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. SFoodie thought Fridays were supposed to be about Charlie Sheen-grade fun. But local food news late last week had us longing for Monday already. Inside Scoop got Friday off to a hopeful start, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    The Turkey Sandwich at Chiotras Grocery, One of S.F.'s Best Places for a Tryst

    Alex HochmanChiotras' Turkey Sandwich​San Francisco is full of great spots for a tryst, and there's no lack of places where you can get a quality turkey sandwich. But what if you want both simultaneously? SFoodie humbly suggests Chiotras Grocery. Situated in the middle of a residential block ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Top 5 Songs Charlie Sheen Is Probably Listening To Right Now

    So this was the week that Charlie Sheen went on an extensive media tour to prove to the world that he was a "Vatican Assassin Warlock" -- which, according to our dictionary, means "gigantic mentalist." He has also announced to the world that he's "tired of pretending like [he's] not special." Well, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Charlie Sheen, Verb's 'I Was Banging 7 Gram Rox' Is a Tribute To Your Insanity

    "I will murder you violently."​Now this is what we have the Internet for, people. Yeah, we could share scientific research, form closer bonds with diverse peoples across the world, and even play Scrabble with our cousins in the midwest. But the most fun use of the 'tubes is meme-ification -- music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Brian Wilson Gets His Own Web Site

    Growing beard, growing fame​As we've already stated before there is seemingly no end in sight to the Brian Wilson frenzy that's captivated fans everywhere. Recently, the Giants relief pitcher was featured on the Tonight Show, donning a yachting cap with a pipe in his mouth, where he talked about g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Charlie Sheen Praises Brian Wilson in Unhinged Radio Rant

    'Vatican assasin warlock' Charlie Sheen​We wrote earlier this week about a totally awesome play date that took place at bad-boy actor Charlie Sheen's house with San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson and some other baseball greats.Well, some more information on the bromance between these two cel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Brian Wilson Goes over to Charlie Sheen's House to Play

    ​In the latest of his series of Herculean feats of increasing awesomeness, beloved San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson took himself and his beard on a play date at the Los Angeles digs of actor Charlie Sheen, according to TMZ.Sheen reportedly flew in Wilson from spring training in Arizona on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Best Practices for Eating a Burrito in San Francisco

    ​John Birdsall​ A happy man once said, "The best burrito in the city is the one you are eating." He said it while cradling a ruptured super whose mass had burst through its tinfoil housing and was flowing, lavalike, down his forearms and plopping onto the sidewalk. We caught sight of let ... More >>

  • Film

    September 22, 2010

    "Wall Street 2": Oliver Stone lets the bad guys off easy

    ​John Birdsall​ A happy man once said, "The best burrito in the city is the one you are eating." He said it while cradling a ruptured super whose mass had burst through its tinfoil housing and was flowing, lavalike, down his forearms and plopping onto the sidewalk. We caught sight of let ... More >>

  • Film

    March 26, 2008

    Art House

    ​John Birdsall​ A happy man once said, "The best burrito in the city is the one you are eating." He said it while cradling a ruptured super whose mass had burst through its tinfoil housing and was flowing, lavalike, down his forearms and plopping onto the sidewalk. We caught sight of let ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    September 19, 2007

    Feeling Feverish?

    ​John Birdsall​ A happy man once said, "The best burrito in the city is the one you are eating." He said it while cradling a ruptured super whose mass had burst through its tinfoil housing and was flowing, lavalike, down his forearms and plopping onto the sidewalk. We caught sight of let ... More >>

  • Film

    August 8, 2007

    The Popcorn King

    Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.

  • Home Entertainment

    July 18, 2007

    Cold War Reheated

    Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.

  • Music

    September 15, 2004

    Pop-Punk Confessional

    We've all thought about it, but one man finally went and confessed his love of pop-punk

  • News

    March 5, 2003

    Contending With Life

    Years after Evander Holyfield clocked him, boxer-turned-shoeshine-man Seamus McDonagh struggles to conquer his fears -- and to confront Holyfield

  • News

    August 16, 2000

    Valleyboy.scam

    Kevin Yaeger struck it rich and partied with the prettiest boys in Silicon Valley -- until his lies caught up with him

  • Film

    May 10, 2000

    Reel World

    Tell the Truth and Run; Boogie Nights; Fearless

  • Film

    February 16, 2000

    Black Power

    Tell the Truth and Run; Boogie Nights; Fearless

  • Film

    February 16, 2000

    From Schlubs to Sharks

    Tell the Truth and Run; Boogie Nights; Fearless

  • Film

    December 8, 1999

    Reel World

    Freedom on My Mind and Never Fear

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