Despite the buzz, as reported by Scoop!, that their fledgling relationship was cooling off, Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon appeared to be going strong when Web site TMZ spotted them driving down the 101 Freeway in L.A. in Jake’s car. The couple was said to be "laughing it up" and looked very much together. Jail-bound Paris shops away blues
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Beginning this week, Pasquale Iannetti Art Galleries in San Francisco hosts a rare show and sale of 24 graphic works by famed surrealist René Magritte, who began printmaking only eight years before he died in 1967.
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Last week, while thousands were lining up in San Francisco’s Civic Center to see Conan O’Brien, others waited in the rain outside a Fillmore district mansion to catch an all-drag stage production of "The Golden Girls."The show, which stars a host of San Francisco drag queens, continues through May 19 in the historic home at 814 Grove St.
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Sha Sha Higby, a butoh- and noh-inspired performance artist known for her spectacular costumes, appears in "The Glass Jungle." The performance is an exotic sculptural-costume and puppetry dance about memory and timelessness. Performances are at 8 p.m. today at the Community School of Music and Arts, Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View, and at 8 p.m. Thursday through May 12 at Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco. Tickets are $10 to $22. Call (415) 868-2409 or visit www.shashahigby.com
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"Six Feet Under" grad Peter Krause digs himself into another grave situation in his latest role. In "Civic Duty," which opened Friday, Krause plays a seemingly "model American" — until a Muslim neighbor (Khaled Abol Naga) moves in next door. The housewarming gift Krause delivers to his new neighbor: paranoia.
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With less than a week to go before Thursday’s finale of the 50th annual San Francisco International Film Festival, your chances "to see it all" are quickly diminishing, so here are some recommendations — and one cautionary note.
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"Spider-Man 3," opening today, may be one of the most hotly anticipated arrivals of the season, but it’s got plenty of company. Here are just a few of the potential remedies for your summertime blues.MAY 1128 Weeks LaterThere is no answer for some kinds of infection. So we were warned in "28 Days Later," Danny Boyle’s chilling tale of ravenous zombies on the rampage in London. "28 Weeks Later" returns to the scene of the slaughter — minus Boyle and star Cillian Murphy — just as the deadly rage virus restores anarchy in the U.K. Rated R.
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Suspense, surprises, ambiguity, complexity, depth — "Blackbird" has it all. The American Conservatory Theater’s West Coast premiere of David Harrower’s 2005 play Wednesday night presented a two-person, 80-minute work of more substance AND entertainment than three hours spent with hordes of singing cats or of dancing trains on roller skates.The Olivier Award-winner from London, via a successful Broadway run, blew into American Conservatory in Loretta Greco’s direction, with Steven Culp and Jessi Campbell grabbing attention from the first puzzling sentence fragments:"Shock."
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A generic movie with a remarkable story to tell, "The Flying Scotsman" profiles Graeme Obree, the working-class individualist who, with a homemade bike and a head full of demons, broke world cycling records in the 1990s. The film makes for a passable underdog tale but an inadequate character study as its hero races to glory, yet sinks into gloom.
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Former "Melrose Place" co-stars Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner insist they’re just old friends. Yet they were cuddling at an April 24 charity golf tournament, reports People. A source told the magazine, "They were playful and very much together." A friend of Jack counters, "There’s definitely no change in their relationship." Stay tuned.Mel B says she’ll take Eddie to courtEx-Spice Girl Melanie Brown insists Eddie Murphy is the father of her baby daughter — and she’s taking him to court to prove it.
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