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