The Sopranos

Don't Stop Believing: David Chase Achieves His Dreams

"Just 45 Minutes From Broadway": Who Loves an Actor?

'Don't Stop Believing' Finally Giants' Anthem (VIDEO)

We believe! We believe! ​After being catapulted back into relevance by The Sopranos' finale, Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" was soon adopted by the Los Angeles Dodgers as a late-inning rally song. Hilariously, it turns out Journey singer Steve Perry is a Giants fan -- and he hated this. "I reall ... More >>

Rap Albums You Probably Don't Know But Should, Part I

Illmatic isn't Nas' only good album, despite what you may have heard​Since many recent Next Big Things in rap have proven disappointing -- see Wale, Asher Roth and B.o.B. -- it might be time to consider the possibility that hip-hop tastemakers don't know what to look for in the first place. T ... More >>

"Treme": New HBO series from "The Wire" creators

Illmatic isn't Nas' only good album, despite what you may have heard​Since many recent Next Big Things in rap have proven disappointing -- see Wale, Asher Roth and B.o.B. -- it might be time to consider the possibility that hip-hop tastemakers don't know what to look for in the first place. T ... More >>

Last Night: Jason Segel, Fred Willard, Rachel Dratch, More at Sketchfest

Jason Segel: They loved you, man​Celebrity Autobiography w/ Rachel Dratch, Laura Kightlinger, Laraine Newman, Steve Schirripa, Jason Segel, Fred Willard, Dayle Reyfel and Eugene Pack SF Sketchfest Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 Cobb's Comedy Club Better than: Reading Suzanne Somers' poetry alone. One ... More >>

McFAIL: Eight Case Studies of McDonald's Gone Horribly Wrong

Lushie Peach/Flickr​McDonald's thrives on sameness ― essential when serving approximately 47 million customers daily. Ideally, items get served in the same amount of time and with the same quality and cashier friendliness at every location, a sort of Stepfordian vision of perfection. The last th ... More >>

Jay Farrar, Ben Gibbard, and a bad actress pay tribute to Kerouac’s Big Sur

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Rappers with low self-esteem: Bragging about going broke

Lushie Peach/Flickr​McDonald's thrives on sameness ― essential when serving approximately 47 million customers daily. Ideally, items get served in the same amount of time and with the same quality and cashier friendliness at every location, a sort of Stepfordian vision of perfection. The last th ... More >>

Bringing Home the Bacon

Lushie Peach/Flickr​McDonald's thrives on sameness ― essential when serving approximately 47 million customers daily. Ideally, items get served in the same amount of time and with the same quality and cashier friendliness at every location, a sort of Stepfordian vision of perfection. The last th ... More >>

American Gangster: Unrated Extended Edition Among This Week's DVD Releases

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Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

Lushie Peach/Flickr​McDonald's thrives on sameness ― essential when serving approximately 47 million customers daily. Ideally, items get served in the same amount of time and with the same quality and cashier friendliness at every location, a sort of Stepfordian vision of perfection. The last th ... More >>

Newsom [Hearts] Jew: An SF Weekly Analysis

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Celebrity Justice

In Steve Buscemi's latest, the journalist-star sit-down is an interview between vampires

I'd Like to Thank the Ground Beef

Television awards make us hungry for an S.F. burger and Maine lobster

Our top DVD picks for the week of November 7:

Television awards make us hungry for an S.F. burger and Maine lobster

Detective Comics

Showbiz noir investigates TV Superman's real-life tragedy

Whodunnit High

Showbiz noir investigates TV Superman's real-life tragedy

Get Out of Jail Free

In the process of taking down the city's baddest gangsters, prosecutors and cops set some very scary people free.

No Kidding

Flawed but funny, Eric Coble's play is brighter in idea than execution

Horse Race

Palio d'Asti to win, place, and show

Misery Train

Beautifully moody, Lonesome Jim is just what you'd expect from Steve Buscemi

The Reel Truth

Hollywood claims the sky is falling. To which we say, Puh-lease.

Yo Soy Centroamericano

Why vote Kerry? Exhibit No. 1: George W. Bush has shamelessly hired the dangerous figures behind the Iran-Contra Affair into senior diplomatic posts.

The Way We Eat Now

From tapas to takeout: an odyssey through the new grazing

Shops and Gifts

From tapas to takeout: an odyssey through the new grazing

The Bleeding Edge

A decade ago, Vertigo started a revolution by making comics for adults

Vanity Fare

Ray Liotta wants to know why he loses roles to...Owen Wilson?

Table for Whom?

La Table

Richter's Scale

Andy Richter deserves to control the universe, if only Fox would let him

The Emperor Strikes Out

Ian Holm's kinder, gentler Napoleon is forced to discover life after defeat

Persistent Visions

This season's cinema demands attention

TV or Not TV?

That's no longer the question for visionary Stephen J. Cannell, who now lives the novel life

Emmy or Not to Emmy?

That's been the long, hard decision for TV academy chairman Bryce Zabel

Gangster Crap

Made, a wannabe mob comedy, won't be furthering anyone's career

Blow Up the Box

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

STUFF: Dawn of the Dead

Sci Fi's brilliant good vs. evil is a corpse in search of a burial

Geek Love

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

The Mobster and the Shrink

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