Ballet Opening, Major Barbara, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Looking, TV Killer

Theater - Scene Last Night: San Francisco Ballet Opening Night
Ups, downs in S.F. Ballet 81st season gala show
S.F. Ballet's opening gala - fashion drama, design splendor
S.F. Ballet review: Strong opening performance

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ACT’s ‘Major Barbara’ showcases George Bernard Shaw
Review: 'Major Barbara' at ACT shows George Bernard Shaw at his most biting
Sacramento Live: 'Major Barbara,' Shaw masterpiece shines in The City

Movies/TV - Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgard Shooting '70s-Era Movie in S.F.

First full episode of Looking on YouTube

Where the Boys from Looking Went in Episode One -San Francisco Travel - Each week, we'll break down previous episode to give you an itinerary of where Patrick, Augustin, Dom and the rest of the crew went in the city. Here are the places they went to in Episode 1.

Seeing and Looking: An Extra's True Tale of Sex, Love, and Premium Cable

#LookingLocations coming soon! @LookingHBO: #JonathanGroff at Billy Goat Hill by @jakestangel http://t.co/03vOHTbEs1 pic.twitter.com/E1nNXTHYkJ
— SF Film Commission (@Film_SF) January 21, 2014

'Girls' and 'Looking' Will Move to Saturday to Avoid the Super Bowl


Looking Season 1: Episode 2 - Preview

In Capturing San Francisco, "Looking" And "Tales Of The City" Share Common Ground - Buzzfeed -  "What I found was that so much of what makes Tales of the City an intrinsically San Francisco story is the same as what captured my attention on Looking. Beyond the facial hair and MUNI use, Looking is thematically linked to the San Francisco of Tales of the City, though they’re set almost 40 years apart. The city has changed in innumerable ways, both for better and worse, but so many of its affectations and concerns remain the same across decades. These are the areas where Looking and Tales of the City converge."

Amazon Working On Potential TV Killer: Report

Not Only in San Francisco - San Francisco Is Only The Fourth Most Godless Place In The Country, Study Finds

Looking Premiere, Silicon Valley, Ant-Man, Opera Expands Season, Major Barbara

Movies/TV - BOYS’ TOWN The quiet provocations of “Looking”; “Episodes.” - Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker
TV Review: ‘Looking’ Has Appeal Beyond Gay Viewers - SF Chronicle
'Looking' cast's love affair with S.F. Peter Hartlaub, SF Chronicle - Inside the theater, HBO president of programming Michael Lombardo got the crowd on his side early, recounting conversations with other Hollywood executives, who said HBO would have problems with San Francisco crews and the logistics of shooting in the city. "Let me tell you, that is bulls--," Lombardo said to the cheering crowd. "It's one of the finest crews that's worked on any HBO show anywhere."

HBO miniseries 'Looking' seizes on changing times, attitudes - David Wiegand, SF Chronicle

Frankie J. Alvarez talks ‘Looking’ at the gay experience through a new lens
With its new dramedy, HBO looks to do for gay men in San Francisco what "Girls" and "Sex and the City" did for women in NYC.
LOOKING PREVIEW: THE SHOW THAT FINALLY GETS SF
My Big, Gay Night at the 'Looking' Premiere
Jonathan Groff on HBO’s ‘Looking’ and ‘The Normal Heart’
HBO's Looking Premiere at the Castro Theater

HBO’s ‘Looking’ Building on Social for Premiere

.@CleveJones1 on @LookingHBO: "There was not a single frame, word, glance or action that felt wrong or fake." pic.twitter.com/aWKkCr36tx
— SF Film Commission (@Film_SF) January 17, 2014

'Looking' Stars Tell You Exactly What You're In For With HBO's Latest Dramedy
TV Weekend: HBO’s Looking - Time
Review: HBO's 'Looking' an authentic glimpse inside lives of gay men - LA Times - And in fact, "Looking" probably owes more to "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" than it does "Queer as Folk."
HBO’s ‘Looking’: The world may change, but the heartache remains - Washington Post - Actually, the more I think about it, the show’s real standout is San Francisco itself. “Looking” is not concerned with portraying the city as a techie utopia of sustainable lifestyles and locavore groceries. Instead, those things are seen as a demographic burden to bear, right along with being gay and young and old and whatever else, right along with the drudgeries of making the rent and catching the bus. For all its focus on sex, “Looking” is best when it’s about the city.



Oscar nominations 2014: Movies filmed in California barely register
HBO's 'Silicon Valley' will take irreverent look at tech community
An Anxious Sally Hawkins, Onstage and in Auditions
‘Diary of a Teenage Girl’, starring Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgard, begins filming in San Francisco

Best Actress winner thanks crew of #BlueJasmine in her acceptance speech; it does indeed take a village!! #SAGAwards
— Young Hollywood (@younghollywood) January 19, 2014

‘Ant-Man’: Michael Douglas to star as Hank Pym in Marvel movie

'Ant-Man' Eyes Michael Pena, Rashida Jones For Roles
‘Ant-Man’ Story & Character Details: Young Hank Pym In The ’60s?
Michael Douglas wants to surprise audiences with Marvel's 'Ant-Man'

525,600* Reasons Why 'Rent' Coming To Netflix Is The Best Thing Ever




Theater - S.F. Opera expands season, including 5.5-hour epic
S.F. Opera 2015-16 season healthy, wealthy and wise
San Francisco Opera: 'Back to Full Strength'
Photos from San Francisco Opera’s 2014-15 season

Tanya Powell has phenomenal plan for S.F. Ballet
Review: 'Major Barbara' at ACT shows George Bernard Shaw at his most biting
'Major Barbara' review: Compelling battle of morals
Winter Dance Guide

Only in San Francisco - 10 terrible songs about San Francisco (and 10 good ones)- SFGate.com

Film Commission, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Todd Fjelsted, Looking, Fruitvale Station, The Real World, El Farolito

Movies/TV - City seeks donors to lure more filmmakers  "...Robbins and others are promoting the idea of Friends of the Film Commission - an effort to get donors to contribute to the fund that the city uses to cover some expenses for film crews." -  C.W.Nevius - SFGate.com

Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgard on ‘Diary of a Teenage Girl’ - Variety

Golden Globes 2014: Cate Blanchett wins best actress in a movie drama

Entertainment Industry In California Suffering As Film Producers, Politicians Seek Incentives

Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2014, Big Cities: #10. San Francisco - MovieMaker - The Art and Business of Making Movies


Looking Season 1: Character Spot (HBO)

TCA: HBO’s ‘Looking’ Not “Just A Show For Gay People,” Says EP

Looking Again at That Mars-Venus Thing - ‘Girls’ Returns and ‘Looking’ Will Debut on HBO - New York Times Review

A Talk with Production Designer Todd Fjelsted of HBO’S “Looking”: Exclusive Early Inspirations and Design Sketches Posted On Monday, January 6, 2014 By Accidental Bear.

 

CELEBRITY NEWS An Exclusive Peek at 'Looking' with O-T Fagbenle

First Gay Press Review of Looking - Looking: Why HBO's new gay comedy is must-watch telly - Gay Times Magazine

Left, Picture of the guys in the same location we used for the Reese Witherspoon movie "Just Like Heaven"

EXCITING: @michaelb4jordan & Ryan Coogler made @Forbes' 30 Under 30 list: http://t.co/tDogf7r63t pic.twitter.com/Uy9LGkBsPr
— Fruitvale Station (@fruitvalemovie) January 6, 2014

Looking Back At "The Real World: San Francisco," The Show That Changed The World

Theater - Opera HD Casts in January

Only in San Francisco - San Francisco May Be First Major City to Ban Plastic Water Bottles . “Before 1990, there really was no bottled-water industry,” Catherine Rauschuber, a legislative aide to Chiu, says, “and we all managed to stay hydrated.” 

THE MOST LIFE-CHANGING BURRITO IN AMERICA IS...El Farolito Taqueria

This Place Looks Familiar - New York Times Review of Tosca Cafe

Woodside Resident Neil Young goes back to Carnegie Hall - Familiar Yet Distant, With Songs and an Edge

Meanwhile local resident Brad Bird returns to Canada to finish his movie

Returning to finish shooting TOMORROWLAND. No better note to leave the Bay Area on than a win. Go NINERS.
— Brad Bird (@BradBirdA113) January 6, 2014

Lisa Devlin Memorial

Lisa's nephew Micheal, wife Nancy, sons Mathew and William invite you to remember Lisa. Bring your best memories and stories to share. Everyone is welcome please spread the word. 1:00 PM Saturday January 25th 901 Jackling Dr, Hillsborough, CA 94010

Saul Zaentz, Looking, Film Rebate Program, Cate Blanchett, Louis C. K., Haskell Wexler, Ballet, Opera, Weird Animals

Movies/TV - Legendary Producer Saul Zaentz Dies at 92 
He won Oscars for producing three best picture winners -- "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest," "Amadeus" and "The English Patient" -- after a great career with Fantasy Records and feuds with John Fogerty. - Hollywood Reporter

Entrepreneur won three best picture Oscars - Variety

Lord of the Rings and Cuckoo's Nest Producer Saul Zaentz Dies Won three Best Picture Academy Awards.

Audrey Hepburn presenting producers Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas the Oscar® for Best Picture for "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" at the 48th Academy Awards® in 1976. Introduced by Gene Kelly.

It's true what they say: good things come in threes. @sfmta_muni @munidiaries @LookingHBO pic.twitter.com/ib8Iu79dFo
— SF Film Commission (@Film_SF) December 31, 2013

“Scene In San Francisco”: Film Rebate Program Is Bringing In Big Returns

Data re San Francisco film rebate program: http://sfcontroller.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=4981 … Production is up, and so are the $ productions are spending locally.

San Francisco’s Film Rebate Program Attracting Both TV And Movie Production

HBO Had The Most Pirated Show Of 2013 – Here's Why It's Thrilled

Producers Guild Nominations: ‘Wolf of Wall Street,’ ‘Blue Jasmine’ Make the Cut

'Blue Jasmine,' 'Nebraska' gain Writers Guild bids

Five reasons why Cate Blanchett has Best Actress Oscar in the (designer) bag

Cate Blanchett's Oscar prospects rising

Cate Blanchett gets SAG best actress nomination for Blue Jasmine

Oscar-Worthy: Sally Hawkins Gets Another Go-Round with Woody Allen

How Louis C. K. watches movies - Comedians in Cars getting Coffee

Haskell Wexler made a Documentary about long hours in the film business WHO NEEDS SLEEP?

WHO NEEDS SLEEP? from IMAGO - CINEMATOGRAPHERS on Vimeo.

Joseph Birdsong: Remember when I tricked Russell Tovey into hating on my state

Theater - Bulgari Hosts San Francisco Ballet Opening Night Gala Launch Party

S.F. Opera Exported to Europe, Heard on Radio Here

Affordable Care Act - Jan. 1 marks a new day for U.S. health care

Only in San Francisco - "All the blue-footed boobies we saw were young birds," Tietz said. "If there was not enough food in their wintering grounds to sustain all the birds, the adults would hold tight and force out the younger birds to search out food farther afield." - Jim Tietz, the Farallon Islands program biologist for Point Blue Conservation Science, formerly the Point Reyes Bird Observatory.
Weird animals drawn to California in 2013