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Susan Sarandon plays a woman who questions her life’s purpose after her husband dies in “The Meddler.” (Courtesy Jaimie Trueblood/Sony Pictures Classics)
Life’s a series of adventures for Susan Sarandon
By BY Joshua Rotter

From fighting for reproductive freedom, transgender people’s rights and marijuana legalization on the campaign trail with presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders,…

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Candy Clark, pictured with David Bowie in “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” appears at a tribute to the late, great artist at the Castro Theatre on Saturday.  (Courtesy photo)
Candy Clark pays tribute to ultimate man who...
By BY Joshua Rotter

David Bowie’s androgynous, bisexual space rocker character Ziggy Stardust put it all out there in the early 1970s. But actress…

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Andy Cohen, left, and Anderson Cooper are bringing their no-holds-barred talk show to the Bay Area. (Courtesy photo)
Up close and personal with Andy Cohen, Anderson...
By BY Joshua Rotter

When Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper were set up on a blind date 20 years ago, it didn’t take long…

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San Francisco native Margaret Cho brings her “PsyCHO Tour” to the Castro. (Courtesy Mary Taylor)
The serious side of Margaret Cho
By BY Joshua Rotter

Comedian Margaret Cho doesn’t find anything funny about police brutality, violence against women — whether perpetrated by Bill Cosby or…

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Salman Rushdie appears in a City Arts & Lectures presentation to promote his new book. (Courtesy Beowulf Sheehan)
Salman Rushdie imagines surprising outcome from conflict
By BY Joshua Rotter

Salman Rushdie’s latest novel “Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights” chronicles the epic struggle between reason and the supernatural….

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Zac Efron stars as an up-and-coming DJ  in "We Are Your Friends." (Warner Bros. Entertainment)
Zac Efron gets the beat in ‘We Are...
By BY Joshua Rotter

Zac Efron is no mixmaster, but he does skillfully portray one in “We Are Your Friends.” Yet pretend virtuosity didn’t…

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Lee Grant is receiving honors at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival this weekend.  (Courtesy photo)
Lee Grant won’t stop making waves
By BY Joshua Rotter

Lee Grant always has stood up for the disenfranchised, whether sitting before the House Un-American Activities Committee during the McCarthy…

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