For Daryl Hall and millions of others, living with Lyme disease is serious business. But the mood was lighthearted as the pop singer, minus partner John Oates, blasted through his hits at a benefit for the Bay Area Lyme Foundation at a gorgeous Portola Valley estate. About 300 people attended the fun and lavish dinner bash Sunday at the home of Laird and Sherry Cagan. Sherry Cagan, one of several founders of the foundation, also has Lyme disease. Read More

In a good example of life imitating art, no one wants to pay for Melissa Joan Hart’s movie “Darci’s Walk of Shame.” The ‘90s teen-sitcom star took to crowdfunding site Kickstarter to try to raise $2 million to make the film in which she would star. But the effort was abandoned after only 315 people donated a total of about $51,000, according to The Huffington Post. Cue descending trombone sound byte. Read More

O.J. Simpson appeared in court Wednesday to make a case for overturning his armed robbery and kidnapping convictions. Too bad Johnny Cochrane is dead, because Simpson is blaming his imprisonment on his old defense attorney, Yale Galanter. Read More

Sometimes, in transforming tragic events into art, a terrible beauty emerges. Such is the case in the National Theatre of Scotland’s much-acclaimed touring production of Gregory Burke’s 2006 play, “Black Watch.” The Drill Court at the Armory provides enough space, and a suitably bleak atmosphere, for such a dramatic, and at times downright thrilling, spectacle. In 2004, a regiment of the Black Watch — a branch of the Scottish military with a centuries-old history — was sent to the so-called Triangle of Death in Iraq to replace American forces departing for Fallujah. Read More