Today: Agent Orange, one of the first bands to pioneer what would become known as the skate-punk or skatecore scene, performs. WHEN: 8 p.m.WHERE: Red Devil Lounge, 1695 Polk St., San FranciscoPRICE: Tickets are $12 to $15INFO: Call (415) 839-8619 or visit www.reddevillounge.comTHURSDAYAnti-FlagAnti-Flag, the political punk band from Pittsburgh, performs.WHEN: 7 p.m.WHERE: Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., San Francisco Read More

Looks like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have kissed and made up. As Scoop! reported last week, the scowling newlyweds were not speaking to each other at a recent outing. But at Cruise’s son Connor’s basketball game Saturday, a source told Star, "They were looking much happier — laughing and joking with one another." We can all sleep now.Five quick takes- Actress-singer Vanessa Williams received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday.- Angelina Jolie will visit the U.S. embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, to apply for son Pax’s visa today. Read More

Not many up-and-coming actresses can boast that their debut role was in a blockbuster movie and with an A-list Hollywood actor. But Cassandra Freeman can. The 23-year-old from West Palm Beach, Fla., received her first big break playing Denzel Washington’s girlfriend in Spike Lee’s crime thriller "Inside Man." For her second big film role, she appears with Chris Rock in the new dramedy "I Think I Love My Wife." Read More

If you see Dores Andre’s name on top of the San Francisco corps de ballet, that’s only because the list is in alphabetical order. But if you saw the Spanish dancer in a prominent solo role (usually performed by a principal dancer or soloist) Saturday afternoon, you’d consider her on top of the War Memorial hit parade, even if her name started with a Z.Christopher Wheeldon’s "Carousel (A Dance)" is among the extraordinary set of four pieces that constitutes the San Francisco Ballet’s fifth offering of the season, as entertaining and satisfying a program as anyone could wish for. Read More