Updates
Latest Headlines in Detail
Jasons Segal and Statham close out April as summer (movie season) looms
Pixel Vision
Apr 27Summer is here! Well, almost. And by "summer" I mean "summer movie season," which kicks off May 4 with the arrival of Marvel's The Avengers. No fools when it comes to making a buck (or hundreds of millions of bucks), Hollywood crams in a few last small... »
Group Protests Facebook's All Male Board
NBC Bay Area Local
Apr 25About 58 percent of Facebook's more than 900 million users are women, according to a Pew Internet and American Life Project study. Then why are there no women on its board? That is the question one advocacy group is asking and it is urging that the Men... »
Hundreds march on Wells Fargo in Occupy protest
KTVU Oakland, San Francisco
Apr 24Hundreds of protesters who say they were planning to disrupt Wells Fargo's annual shareholder meeting Wednesday gathered outside the meeting site in downtown San Francisco that morning. The shareholders’ meeting was scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at the ... »
Stefanie Penn Spear: Framing Judi Bari
HuffPost San Francisco
Apr 12In a time of tremendous disregard for the environment, the new documentary Who Bombed Judi Bari? shows how activists can take on the powers that be and win, though at a great cost. »
You're gonna need to upsize that popcorn
Pixel Vision
Apr 11Paprika Steen plays a star teetering on the brink in "Applause." photo courtesy www.applausemovie.com Guess how many movies are opening in the Bay Area Fri/13? Sixteen. Sixteen, y'all. That might be an all-time Ultimate Grand Supreme record. So in this... »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Nicki Richesin: At Home on the Range With Elizabeth Gilbert
HuffPost San Francisco
Apr 26Elizabeth Gilbert never knew her great-grandmother. While unpacking boxes of old books, she rediscovered her cookbook At Home on the Range first published in 1947 and met her for the first time through her witty and warm writing. »
Hitler’s Mein Kampf may return to Bavarian schools – Interesting News!
San Francisco Luxury Living
Apr 25Copies of Adolf Hitler’s book ”Mein Kampf” (My Struggle) are pictured at the media preview of ”Hilter und die Deutsche Volksgemeinschaft und Verbrechen” (Hitler and ... »
E! Reports: “Star Trek Newbie Talks Sequel: “I’m Loving it!”" – Todays Entertainment News
San Francisco Luxury Living
Apr 24Interesting item at E! Online. Here’s an excerpt: Paramount Picture, Getty Images Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana aren’t the only ones loving the long hours filming the ... »
Chocolate Mousse Methodology, Day Five
Dessert First
Apr 24Before I finish off my mousse experiment, I want to remind all you faithful readers that this Saturday is the big Food Blogger Bake Sale! We have had a location change since my first announcement: the bake sale will be this Saturday, April 28, at Omniv... »
Registration open for Project Read-Menlo Park tutor training in May
Inmenlo
Apr 24Registration is underway for Project Read-Menlo Park’s May Tutor Training, designed to show volunteers how they can help eager local residents learn to read better and attain their personal, educational and vocational goals. The tutor training session ... »