Gwyneth Paltrow

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

"The Avengers": Superheroes Need Rescue From Predictability

Coldplay Is Here in S.F.: Shots From the Band's Tour Around the City

The members of Coldplay have been Twit Pic-ing their way around San Francisco since last Sunday, according to the band's Twitter. They're playing at the HP Pavilion tonight and tomorrow night, and last we checked on Ticketmaster, tickets aren't sold out yet. But if you really want to have an encou ... More >>

The 84th Academy Awards: a Timeline

​ People plan parties around this stuff, so we assume you probably watched too. But just in case you didn't, here's a timeline of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. They make it this long just to mess with us all, in case you didn't know...

The Grammys: A Timeline of Madness and Misery

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards happened yesterday. Which we're sure you know already. If you missed it, however, you may have missed some of the weirdest details. So here, for your convenience, is a timeline of events. Get comfortable, 'cause this thing was a three-and-a-half-hour carnival of absurdi ... More >>

Best Practices for Cleansing Yourself Like Gwyneth Paltrow Would Want You To

​Looking to drop a dress size but not looking to eat healthfully and exercise? Girl, I've got your back. I possess the secret to getting you back into a pair of skinny jeans (from the kid's department!), without anyone accusing you of Anorexia. The answer? Cleansing! It's spiritually-sanction ... More >>

"Contagion": Steven Soderbergh's Frighteningly Smart Pandemic Thriller

Glee to Get Its Own Music Awards Show; Suicide Rate Likely to Increase

Yesterday, Perez Hilton announced (in his usual fawning, sycophantic way) that this year -- on May 31, to be precise -- there will be a Glee music awards show. We now officially feel like the cast of that show is so damn ubiquitous, its members might as well be breaking into our homes at night and ... More >>

Fair Trade Isn't Really Fair to Coffee Growers, Bon Appetit Justifies Gwyneth Cover

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Fair Trade Is Not Always Fair. The coffee blog Sprudge sent me to this disturbing story in Canada's National Post: A decade-long study of Nicaraguan coffee farmers by University o ... More >>

Peepsmania, Aging Actresses, and the Horror of Flax Seeds

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. The Return of Peepsmania. Dyed Easter eggs, chocolate bunnies, sweetened egg breads -- they've all been eclipsed by America's ultimate holiday food, the Peep. The Washington Post ... More >>

Eating Well at Denny's, Eating Pasta in S.F., Parsing Gwyneth's Cookbook

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Healthful chain meals take off. I've scoffed off the "healthy" options on the menus of chain restaurants as the dietetics equivalent of greenwashing. But USA Today just reported t ... More >>

Remembering Biggie, Who Died 14 Years Ago Today

Happier times for the whole country​Christopher Wallace, better known to posterity as the Notorious B.I.G., died fourteen years ago today in Los Angeles. (Obligatory S.F. cameo: a few days before, he did a radio interview here on WiLD 107 where he said he'd hired a security detail because he feare ... More >>

The Grammys Are Coming. Here's a Drinking Game to Get You Through Them

​Yes, the Grammys are nothing more than a promo summit for what remains of our broken conglomerate record labels of yore. Columbia, EMI, Warner Bros., Capitol, Atlantic, Interscope, et al. like to believe they still hold some influence over the masses, and as long as we can sit here comfortably an ... More >>

Top Six Most Inappropriate Uses of a Song on TV, Ever

​Having heard the news that Lou Reed reportedly refused to let Susan Boyle perform "Perfect Day" on America's Got Talent last week (resulting in her apparently fleeing the country in floods of tears; Reed says legal issues were to blame), we couldn't help but start thinking about the variety of so ... More >>

"Iron Man 2" will lead to 3, but that doesn't mean it's good

Coi's Daniel Patterson Referees a Cookbook Smackdown. Guess Who the Loser Is?

Look hard -- see the ginormous "L" on his forehead?​Food52, a new food networking Web site from ex-New York Times food editor Amanda Hesser, has plans to publish a cookbook of its contributor's recipes. In the meantime, it's hosting a curious Tournament of Cookbooks. Bracketed just like a spor ... More >>

Two Lovers

Shiksa vs. Jew

But nobody wins in James Gray's ridiculous Two Lovers.

Disabled Folk Protest "Tropic Thunder" at the Metreon

Presenting the only Cannes awards that really matter: Ours.

Mighty Avenger

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

Skinny Is the New Fat

Simon Pegg may not have the ideal physique to play hefty, but he's a good fit for Run Fat Boy Run.

A Guide to Recognizing Your Shrinks

Coming of age and coming out in the Me Decade

Proof Positive

Paltrow anchors the screen version of the prizewinning play

Hipster San Diego

It's not all surf and silicone in America's Finest City

Days of Future Passed

Sky Captain zooms back to a tomorrow that never was

Models in the Marina

S.F. hits the big time?

Love and Death

Christine Jeffs and Gwyneth Paltrow imbue Sylvia Plath with new life -- and death

Zoom Lens

For a relatively small film festival, Mill Valley's got a surprisingly high profile

1-2-3-Sing!

Instant Broadway with BATS

Listen Up

The guilty pleasure of audio books

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

When He Was Cruel

Neil LaBute tries

to be nice but

comes off very savage

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Dispossession

LaBute deprives viewers the passion of Byatt's book

Four Best Places to Get Your Asana in Shape

Royal's Screwups

Wes Anderson's film is like its characters: flawed genius

Emma Goes to France

Amelie serves up a daring, moving take on Jane Austen's best-loved heroine.

Reel World

A new leader at the Bay Area Video Coalition

Cumming Up

Is he a writer, director, actor or...sex symbol? Um, yes--and more

Bad Girls Finish First

The Goddess Perlman and O.

The Tired Gun

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

"Look! I Made This!"

Robert Altman wants your attention, if not your affection

Night & Day

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Side Dish

Eight Isn't Enough

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

As We Like It

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World