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Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

By: Associated Press 05/21/13 7:02 PM
Xbox One
Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price. Read More

May 20: Carla Morrison at the Independent and other San Francisco events

By: Staff report 05/19/13 5:37 PM
Carla Morrison
San Francisco events for May 20, 2013. Read More

Scorsese's 'Hugo' leads Oscars with 11 nominations

By: CHRISTY LEMIRE 01/23/12 11:35 PM
Jennifer Lawrence,Tom Sherak
Martin Scorsese's Paris adventure "Hugo" leads the Academy Awards with 11 nominations, among them best picture and the latest director slot for the Oscar-winning filmmaker. Read More

Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Calif.

By: NEKESA MUMBI MOODY 01/20/12 9:35 AM
Etta James' performance of the enduring classic "At Last" was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her passionate yet measured vocals as she sang tenderly about a love finally realized after a long and patient wait. Read More

Globes: Comedy vies with drama this awards season

By: DAVID GERMAIN 01/15/12 8:02 AM
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais, who is prone to ruffle feathers with sharp wisecracks aimed at celebrities, made an early arrival Sunday on the Golden Globes red carpet, along with such stars as George Clooney, Melissa McCarthy and the dog from "The Artist." Clooney came with nominations for two movies — "The Descendants" and "The Ides of March" — but told E! television: "I don't think I'll win four, so I suspect I'll be the big loser tonight." Read More

'Melancholia' picked best film by nat'l film group

By: The Associated Press 01/07/12 7:27 PM
Lars von Trier's drama "Melancholia" has been selected by the National Society of Film Critics as the best picture of 2011. Star Kirsten Dunst was picked by the society's 58 members as best actress for her portrayal of the main character in the film that ponders the end of the world. The society is comprised of prominent movie critics from around the country. It announced its picks Saturday in New York City. Read More

World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year

By: VERENA DOBNIK 12/30/11 7:05 PM
With glittering fireworks and star-studded celebrations from New Zealand to Times Square, the world eagerly welcomed a new year and hoped for a better future Saturday, saying goodbye to a year of hurricanes, tsunamis and economic turmoil that many would rather forget. Read More

Serious drama on tap for ’12 in San Francisco theater buffs

By: Chad Jones 12/28/11 5:36 PM
Let’s call 2012 the year of the play. Of course there will be musicals, but there are some serious — and possibly seriously good — plays heading our way in the next few months. Maybe things will lighten up in summer, but as winter turns to spring, we’ll be reveling in a state of play. Read More

Here's our celebrity predictions for 2012

By: Kitty Raymond 12/28/11 5:31 PM
We don’t have a crystal ball or anything, but we do chronicle these celebs’ lives from day to day; hence, we have some hunches about what might happen to them in the coming year. Read More

What to look for at NKorea funeral for Kim Jong Il

By: JEAN H. LEE 12/27/11 2:06 AM
Wailing and sobbing, mourners beat their chests and dropped to their knees as North Korean President Kim Il Sung's hearse crawled through the streets of Pyongyang in 1994, draped with a red flag and bedecked with white magnolias. Read More
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