Oh, Britney, Britney, Britney. We don’t even know where to start.In the course of a few days, Britney checked in and out of rehab, flew to Florida, and sheared her hair — leaving many fans wondering if she’d lost her head.Yep, the newly bald pop diva shaved her own head Friday night at an L.A. salon — after a hairdresser reportedly tried to dissuade her. She then hit a tattoo parlor for some new body art.
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Everything about the Chinese New Year is intriguing and fun, even if you don’t happen to get a red envelope. Take something as basic and simple as asking what year is being celebrated beginning Feb. 18, when the lunar calendar indicated the arrival of another Year of the Pig. Our 2007 may be 4645 or 4705 in the Chinese calendar, but in fact it’s impossible to say that either those numbers or any other is correct. (Unlike the Jewish year of 5767, which is fairly reliable.)
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"Babel," the Oscar-nominated film by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, weaves together four stories connected by a single handgun. The film is not just a lesson on violence, but also in the sometimes tragic consequences of human actions. The international, all-star cast features Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and the brilliant Rinko Kikuchi and Adriana Barraza. Compelling, expansive, thoughtful and well-acted, the movie is extraordinary, and it’s not surprising that it’s nominated for multiple Academy Awards.
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Dark-haired, attractive and petite, Delia Ehrlich, with her chic, short, swept-back hair, welcomes me to her home and wastes no time in ensuring I have something to drink. Her welcome is more than words. It’s action. Her warmth is more than posture. It’s real.
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Presidents Day weekend marks the occasion for the annual Classic Car Show presented by the San Francisco Bay Area Model A Club. The show is indoors on Pier 45 (at the foot of Taylor Street) at Fisherman’s Wharf, continuing from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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Calling singer, songwriter, keyboardist and producer George Duke simply a jazz artist doesn’t begin to scratch the surface. His latest album, "In a Mellow Tone," is proof. The CD includes everything from jazz standards and pop to R&B, including a remake of "Sweet Baby," his 1981 hit ballad with Stanley Clarke.
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Stuart Chase, 31, of San Francisco’s Sugar Lounge, has been bartending at the sumptuously sweet Sugar Lounge in Hayes Valley for four months and has been in the biz since he was 17 years old. Sugar Lounge earns rightful edge over the competition with its sweet selection of flavored sugars that garnish the rims of most of its martini glasses. Balancing out all that sweetness is a very nice assortment of savory Asian edibles that made us less apt to need to rush out to dinner, meaning we could kick backon one of its swank couches and act like a kid in a candy shop.
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In the distinguished 40-year history of the American Conservatory Theater, there have been many splendid productions, but Shakespeare and Ibsen somehow always fared poorly. Unsatisfactory, yes, but seldom as misguided as at Wednesday night’s opening performance of "Hedda Gabler."
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One lives in Kentucky, the other in Denver, but at the celluloid moment, Josh Hutcherson and AnnaSophia Robb are living the Hollywood dream. In town recently to talk about Disney and Walden Media's fantasy-rich "Bridge to Terabithia," the film's talented young stars happily delve into a myriad issues, from being teenage actors in Tinseltown-he's 14, she's 13-to the movie's emotional undertones. "It's just such a great story," the floppy-haired Hutcherson admits.
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The laughs begin immediately in the Encore Theatre Company/Z Plays production of "American $uicide," as its two main characters repeatedly wake each other up out of a sound sleep, prompting startled screeches, to pour out their frustrations. Sam’s chronically unemployed; Mary’s an exhausted waitress. The laughs keep coming as Sam gets increasingly agitated and locks himself in the bathroom, prompting Mary to conclude that he’s suicidal and run to the next-door neighbor — Albert, an amateur porn videographer — for help.
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