For most folks, New Year’s resolutions are simple — plans to lose weight, find a better job, etc. But for Shana Morrison, the Mill Valley-based daughter of legendary Celtic crooner Van Morrison, the process runs deeper. Thanks to an eye-opening ’06, her vow for ’07, she says, "is to definitely, definitely not try to join the machine." A metaphor, she explains, for steering clear of the major-label music industry.
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If Britney Spears resolved to stay scandal-free in 2007, she’s already blown it. Minutes into the new year, the hard-partying pop tart reportedly collapsed and had to be carried out of a nightclub.At Las Vegas hotspot Pure to host a New Year’s Eve fete, Britney, clad in a black sequined dress, seemed upbeat and, er, conscious as she led the crowd in two midnight countdowns: inside the club’s VIP section, then up on the outdoor terrace.
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Nothing really big, certainly not in the King Tut class of blockbusters, but new shows do come with the new year. Some promising exhibits are at, or coming, to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Asian Art Museum and elsewhere. For example:
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Julia Roberts is pregnant againJulia Roberts has a new reason to flash her famous megawatt grin. The Oscar-winning actress confirmed to "People" via her rep Friday that she expects to deliver her third child with cameraman husband Danny Moder this summer. The couple’s twins, Phinnaeus and Hazel, are just over 2 years old.
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In three short years, a show that’s advertised as "celebrating China’s 5,000-year history" spread around the world. New Tang Dynasty TV developed "Myths and Legends" only in 2004, but this year, there will be 60 performances of it in 26 cities across Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. More than 100,000 people are expected to attend, potentially including as many as 9,000 in San Francisco, where the show is being presented in the War Memorial Opera House from Friday through Sunday.
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Avoid ‘The Covenant,’ glorious ‘Sparkle’The list of DVD new releases for next week is weak — but it does feature one of the most hyped movies of the year (at least on the Internet) and a movie that tries to resurrect "The Craft," but with guys. SNAKES ON A PLANEThe pop culture juggernaut "Snakes on a Plane" was virtually everywhere over the summer. With its obvious title, you hardly needed to know what you were getting into. But the real question remains: Does it live up to the hype? Yes and no.
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I woke up this overcast morning to a ripping wind. Winter is upon us and that means port. There are different styles of port including wood-aged tawny, vintage, late-bottled vintage and young ruby ports, among others. Taking into account that most of you are going to have above-average credit card bills in a few weeks, I’m going to focus on the increasingly popular late-bottled vintage ports that offer a bit of vintage port character but at a less dear price tag.
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Little ballerinas dream. Adult ballerinas do. Alison Mauzé, tall, effortlessly chic, an Ivory Snow girl with finishing-school polish, is a beautiful, grown-up ballerina who makes a difference. Chairwoman of the San Francisco Ballet’s Auxiliary’s Where Dreams Come Alive Nutcracker Luncheon, she’s raising funds for, and awareness of, Helgi Thomasson’s magnificent staging of the Tchaikovsky classic, running through Sunday.
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Edward Norton has been called the greatest actor of his generation, and though he has little use for such superlatives, his intense performances and admitted preference for unconventional roles — "fun, and by that I mean challenging," he calls them — lend the hyperbolic label some weight.
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10. Jessica Simpson: America’s "Newlyweds" sweetheart just could not hit her stride as a new divorcee in 2006. While ex Nick Lachey flourished with a hit album and new love Vanessa Minnillo, Jessica’s album flopped and a series of high-profile flings fizzled. Then came her mortifying flubbed Dolly Parton tribute, which was just edited out of the Kennedy Center Honors broadcast. Let’s hope Jess regains her perky mojo in ’07.
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