The Graveyard Book, Steve Jobs, HBO, Silicon Valley

SF Show Biz News

• Ron Howard may take over adapting Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, because life is sad and cruel  
• Sorry Henry Selick, Ron Howard Is Now In Talks To Direct Neil Gaiman's 'The Graveyard Book' 
• Ron Howard Might Direct ‘The Graveyard Book’
• The Graveyard Book Gets Resurrected As A Live Action Film, Ron Howard In Talks To Direct
• Steve Jobs biopic debuts at Sundance
• Steve Wozniak: Steve Jobs movie clip ‘totally wrong’
• HBO Orders Jay & Mark Duplass Comedy Pilot ‘Togetherness’
• Duplass Brothers' Togetherness Gets A Pilot At HBO
• Steven Bochco 'Killing'-style drama pilot ordered at TNT
• TNT Wants a Show Reminiscent of The Killing
• HBO comedy “Silicon Valley” is a lot better than Bravo reality show “Silicon Valley”
• HBO creating Silicon Valley show that's meant to be funny
• Knife Fight Is as Good as Cable News!
• Knife Fight - links to reviews
• Knife Fight - IMDB page
• Movie recounts Oscar Grant's final day
• San Francisco Ballet review: Tantalizing
• Van Patten's soaring S.F. Ballet career
• Bay Area films get shot at Sundance
• The Prague Post - Movie review: The Master

-Thanks to Demarest for finding the Ron Howard and Fight Club stories

Union News

• California unions grow, bucking U.S. trend

The Competition

• Visual effects expertise in hot demand - B.C. film, TV industry thriving

Only in San Francisco - “This other time, Attikol had the streets of San Francisco rearranged just so this lady's favorite show The Streets of San Francisco would be more accurate.” ― Rob Reger, The Lost Days

• Google, Audi Join Forces for a Pleasant Ride Through San Francisco - video

On The Road Movie plus Wavy Gravy and Janis

SF Show Biz News

• Murder Mystery From Steven Bochco Picked Up To Pilot At TNT
• STAGE TUBE: Randi Zuckerberg Makes Cameo in ANYTHING GOES Tour!
• San Francisco: Artistic addition to Hyde Street (Video)
• Katie May and 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl'
• On the Road: Film’s out of step with Kerouac’s Beat
• Lovers of Lowell's Beat author give 'On The Road' mixed reviews
• Here Are The Latest Photos From The Steve Jobs Movie
• iBeatYouToIt – Steve Jobs biopic is out
• George Gund III, SF Film Society head, dies
• San Francisco Film Critic Mick LaSalle on His Call For Less Violence in Films
• Academy Ignored: the films the Oscars missed

1960's Edition

"I haven't smelled anything like that ever since," - Wavy Gravy

• Wavy Gravy's 'Hippy Icon, Flower Geezer'
• The Marsh Berkeley Presents Wavy Gravy In HIPPY ICON, FLOWER GEEZER AND TEMPLE OF ACCUMULATED ERROR

"They laughed me out of class, out of town, out of the state" - Janis Joplin

• Janis Joplin: The Queen Of Rock
• Janis Joplin at 70
• Video, home of Janis Joplin in Port Arthur, Texas
• Janis Joplin Would Roar: Rock star's house in the Haight converted into drug rehab center
• LookingforJanis' photostream

Only in San Francisco - "True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance." - Abigail Van Buren 

• Video: 'Dear Abby' Columnist Pauline Phillips On How She Started With SF Chronicle

Woody Allen's New Movie Called Blue Jasmine

SF Show Biz News

• Woody Allen Names His New Movie ‘Blue Jasmine’
• Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” Lands Distribution Deal
• ...Jeannette Etheredge, owner of the Tosca, wears two Rolexes on her wrist, prompting a patron to ask, “You have them on San Francisco and New York time?” “Nah, ” she replied. “San Francisco and Los Angeles and” – glancing at her wrist – “Los Angeles is 30 minutes behind!” -  Herb Caen September 25, 1986
• Tosca Cafe gets new owners
• Memories and anecdotes through time from Tosca Cafe
• San Francisco approves New Mission Theater renovation
• Quentin Tarantino Calls the Castro His "Dream Movie Theater"
• 'Anything Goes' review: Get going
• On the Road a personal journey for director
• TV critics press tour: HBO preps “Silicon Valley” comedy
• “THE MASTER” IN FRANCE
• Biggest Oscar Snubs 2013: What Happened to The Master and Kathryn Bigelow?
• A group of Local 800 and Local 16 members worked on an intro to Beyonce's Super Bowl Half-Time Show last week: Destiny's Child To Reunite at Super Bowl, Beyonce To Debut Song: Report
• Beyonce and Pepsi Invite Fans to Join Her Super Bowl Performance
• 'SanFranLand' Web series in production
• Authentic Entertainment And IGN Launch Geek Love - A New Reality Web-Series Airing Exclusively On IGN's Start YouTube Channel IGN is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices across North America, Europe and Australia.

Computer stuff

• Homeland Security warns to disable Java amid zero-day flaw
• How do I disable Java in my web browser?

Speaking of viruses

• California less hard-hit in flu outbreaks - Find a Flu Shot in your neighborhood - enter your Zip Code on the Lung Association's page.

Only in San Francisco - "They were always at the very height of sometimes ridiculous fashion," - Evelyn Adler whose father sold the Brown Twins shoes at the Emporium.

• Vivian A. Brown, distinguished twin, dies
• 'Here’s to Vivian!' Famous San Francisco twin sister who together paraded around in matching outfits dies, age 85
• Report: Vivian Brown, former Kalamazoo resident turned iconic Good Luck Twin for San Francisco, dies at 85
• The Brown Twins through the years from the Kalamazoo Gazette Archives

Anything Goes

SF Show Biz News

'Anything Goes' at Golden Gate Theatre

Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas Leads The San Francisco Symphony,
San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Soloists And Actors In An All-New Multi-Media Production Of Scandinavian Classic Peer Gyn

LET'S SING A SHOWTUNE Opens 1/18 at San Francisco's Alcove Theatre

Barry Jenkins' films get financial boost

Ellison’s daughter makes a career in movies, starring Daddy Warbucks

Dancers above, orchestra below make San Francisco Ballet work

American Conservatory Theater Announces Two 'Bike to the Theater' Nights

Stark Insider TV: ‘The Lion King’ Backstage

STAGE TUBE: Happy New Year from THE LION KING National Tour Cast

Army Base Evictions Could Cost Oakland 1,000 Job

Three Reasons Why The Master Won't Dominate The Oscars

'The Master' May Win Oscar Hearts Yet: The Atlantic Wire's Golden Tally

Oscar Campaign for “The Master” Sends out Scientology Parody Magazine

A Director Continues His Quest

I'm with these guys - Lincoln gets best picture. Who wins? Who gets snubbed? The Globe handicaps the Oscars 

Marin Film Creator George Lucas Engaged

Thought for today, interview with Michael Haneke, director of Amour, in the SF Chronicle:

Q: You made a movie in Hollywood only once, in 2007. It was a shot-by-shot remake of your 1997 film "Funny Games." What was that experience like?

A: I was very happy with what the actors gave but less happy with shooting conditions. In Austria, I was able to shoot the film comfortably in six weeks. In the United States, with huge crews and inflated means of production, even eight weeks wasn't enough.

Q: Can you imagine making another film in Hollywood?

A: Never in my life.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Michael-Haneke-steers-clear-of-Hollywood-4165827.php#ixzz2HDPlo2yO

Only in San Francisco - “I didn’t even want to touch it; I was scared,” Boone said. “But if they name it after me, I will give it a big hug.”

• Alex Boone has a strange request for the San Francisco Zoo
• In other animal news: S.F.’s only river otter at Sutro Baths

Nutcracker

SF Show Biz News

• When 'Nutcracker' is over, S.F. Ballet offers much to hear
• Film Critic David Thomson on How 'Star Wars' Embraces SF Ethos
• New Year’s Eve Events in San Francisco Ring in 2013 with fireworks, galas, performances, and more
• New Year's Eve
• San Francisco Year In Review: The Twelve Biggest News Stories Of 2012 (PHOTOS)
• 2012: Digital projection has some upside

Only in San Francisco - "We're anti-Santa here," said Toronado bartender Stephen C

• Bad Santas spread, drink holiday cheer
• San Francisco Is More Naughty Than Nice, Study Says

Oscars

SF Show Biz News

• Top 10 in theater 2012
• ‘The Lion King’ transports and transfixes in SF
• Video of Jay Kotcher receiving the Opera Medal
• OSCARS Q&A: Paul Thomas Anderson
• Oscar 2013 Nomination Predictions: No Clear Front-runner As 'Argo', 'Silver Linings Playbook', 'The Master' Pick Up Key Victories; 'Zero Dark Thirty' Losing Steam
• The San Francisco Film Critics Circle names "The Master" best picture of 2012 (Photos)
• 'The Other Barrio': New Mission-Based Film May Be San Francisco's Next Great Noir
• Paramount looks for unreleased film stolen in SF
• City and Morning View continue to move forward with studio plans

Only in San Francisco - "I am 100 percent sure this was a UFO…" Enrique Barrios

• Weird Lights in the Sky Appear Once Again Over San Francisco

HBO Orders SF Pilot

SF Show Biz News

• HBO Orders Comedy Pilot About Group of Gay Friends
• HBO Greenlights New Pilot Surrounding Gay Friends In San Francisco
• S.F. Opera announces season to mark 80th year at War Memorial
• S.F. Ballet Reigns With Nutcracker
• A Play That Will Change Your Life, at the SHN Curran
• Kristen Stewart's new film 'On the Road' premieres in NYC
• Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund Talk ON THE ROAD
• Kristen Stewart Not Gunning for ‘On the Road’ Oscar? Guess Again
• The Master' May Win Oscar Hearts Yet: The Atlantic Wire's Golden Tally
• LA Film Critics Give “The Master” an Oscar Jolt, As Well as “Amour” Actress

Only in San Francisco - Discoveries: 'Golden Girls' upholds S.F.'s drag-staging tradition - We are part of the community here and to think that we’re banning drag queens is obnoxious and ridiculous. -Michael Poma