Musician James Blunt is dating supermodel Petra Nemcova, but new reports have linked him to Lindsay Lohan. Web site X17 reports catching the starlet and the "Beautiful" singer hitting an L.A. hotel at 3 a.m. while Britain’s News of the World claims they were spotted out clubbing — then retiring back to LiLo’s Beverly Hills house.Smith autopsy shows accidental overdoseThe mystery surrounding the sudden death of Anna Nicole Smith has finally been solved.
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Paintings by Mitch Jones and sculptures by Jud Bergeron are on view at the Andrea Schwartz Gallery. Jones’ "Docutone Series" paintings layer words and images from book pages with painted linear elements that echo text lines. Bergeron’s bronzes explore narrative pictorial story-telling and the subject of murder. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. The gallery is at525 Second St., San Francisco. Call (415) 495-2090 or visit www.asgallery.com.
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Today: Recent work by Nancy Switzer is on view in the gallery show "Objects of Distinction." WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.WHERE: Jenkins Johnson Gallery, 464 Sutter St., San FranciscoPRICE: Admission is freeINFO: Call (415) 677-0770 or visit www.jenkinsjohnsongallery.comWEDNESDAYJulio Cesar Morales
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It may not be the first destination that comes to mind when San Franciscans go on weekend jaunts, but if all goes according to plan, it soon will be.Last Saturday, an event hosted monthly in The City’s South Beach and South of Market neighborhoods highlighted the area’s recent emerging art scene.
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Museum directors seldom morph into rock stars, but San Francisco has had two who have truly rocked. Harry S. Parker III, recently retired director of the Fine Arts Museums, oversaw the building of the $200 million de Young Museum and the extensive reconstruction of the Palace of the Legion of Honor.
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‘Blonde and Blonder" stars Pam Anderson and Denise Richards just got a bombshell dropped on them: They’re being sued by photographers who claim that Denise assaulted them during the film shoot.In November, as you may recall, Denise got angry at a couple of shutterbugs for snapping pix of her and Pam at Vancouver, Canada’s River Rock Casino Resort. The lawsuit claims that the hot-tempered hottie "launched into a verbal tirade and a physical assault" on the two men "which lasted over 20 minutes" — and allegedly included quite a few unprintable names.
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Opera Academy of California presents "Gems of Russian Opera," a special arts event featuring a master class and performance led by Yefim Maizel, the internationally renowned stage director from the Metropolitan Opera, and conductor Alexander Katsman, alumnus of the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program.
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Franz Liszt (1811–1886) has done much more than give his illustrious name to my music school in Budapest. Along with Paganini, he was a rock star in his time (virtuoso pianist vs. the "Devil’s Violinist"), created tabloid headlines wherever he went, crossing over from classical music to pop-hero ("Lisztomania"), wrote some fabulous piano pieces and (still little-known) oratorios and turned to religion after a lifetime of easy conquests. Yes, Liszt was quite a guy, but for the last century or so, he hasn’t been getting proper respect.
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"I have wonderful memories of the White House," Jan Katten muses. "I started going there when I was 10." And so begins a visit with one of San Francisco’s most charming, cultured, delightful ladies, with bone-deep beauty and refined breeding that transcends time and is as au courant as fresh rainwater. Her voice is crème brûlée, smooth, sophisticated, distinct, with the cadence that speaks of boarding schools and a good education. When she smiles, she reflects the radiance of her persona on a beam of sunlight.
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Who would have thought that after the documentary "March of the Penguins," these little birds would be fashionable enough to get their own full length-animated film? This one, though, isn’t about a life-and-death struggle in the horrible cold, but about how much they just love dancing and singing. "Happy Feet" is far-fetched when it comes to its story line, but it is an animated joint, and a decent one, with voice talent including Elijah Wood, Robin Williams and Brittany Murphy.
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