Looking Renewed, Xfinity Commercial, SF Ballet, Napoli

Movies/TV - Fruitvale Station winds Best First Feature at the Spirit Awards

Hollywood bids to lure filmmakers back to Tinseltown - Communities here are trying their own incentives to keep film productions. San Francisco offers a film rebate. Los Angeles doesn’t charge location fees on city-owned properties and tries to expedite permits.

Amazing! We would like one for our office, who made it? RT @jclee1230: this is pretty much everything... pic.twitter.com/MAWeARKGcQ
— SF Film Commission (@Film_SF) February 28, 2014

HBO Renews Dramedy ‘Looking’ for Season 2

'Looking' Renewed for Second Season at HBO -- The comedy, which stars Jonathan Groff, has also upped Lauren Weedman, Raul Castillo and Russell Tovey to series regulars for its sophomore season.

Jonathan Groff Stays Put On HBO! Looking Gets Renewed & Lea Michele Is Headed Its Way?!



HBO renews 'Looking' for second season - LA Times



Shot at Stonestown Galleria in January.

2015 Ford Mustang stars in 'Need for Speed' ad prior to movie premiere



'Breaking Bad' Aaron Paul New 'Need for Speed' Movie Trailer, Release Date and Spoilers [STREAM ONLINE]

‘Ant-Man’ begins filming in Atlanta this spring, could be headed to San Francisco too

Could Evangeline Lilly Be Playing Spider-Woman In ‘Ant-Man’?
Ant-Man Director Edgar Wright Blog Implies Hank Pym Was Ant-Man Once
Could ‘Ant-Man’ Be Marvel’s First Superhero Movie Miss?

A Film Lover's Tour of San Francisco

HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Poster: Mike Judge Gives Jobs to His New Crew of Tech Nerds

Theater - S.F. Ballet review: Corps, solos soar in 3 revivals
Practical Magic: San Francisco Ballet's Beyond-Charming Cinderella

'Napoli!' review: Genuine WWII artifact, for better, worse

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Added to SHN's 2014-15 Season

Endangered Species - In Athens, the Last Man Painting

THE LAST MAN PAINTING CINEMA SIGNS IN EUROPE

Jim Lange, the original host of “The Dating Game, died on Tuesday a his home in Mill Valley, Calif.

Only in San Francisco - Bush Man No. 2 of Fisherman's Wharf, Gregory Jacobs, Dies -- This Time For Real

SF Ballet, SHN, Need for Speed, Looking, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Google

Call to Action: State Leaders Must Reclaim Film & Television Production Jobs & Keep California Competitive - Sign the Filmworks Petition
Theater - Val Caniparoli's "Tears": A World Premiere at San Francisco Ballet


Val Caniparoli - S.F. Ballet's 'Tears' one of many creations

'Matilda,' 'Kinky Boots' 'Motown' coming to San Francisco

Movies/TV - Need For Speed Movie Provides Quick Look At The Men Of The Film


All-new Ford Mustang will feel the ‘Need for Speed’
Need for Speed movie: The stunts are real
Aaron Paul calls ‘Need for Speed’ movie cast perfect in new featurette

The Fun of Having a Single Parent NBC Rolls Out ‘About a Boy’ and ‘Growing Up Fisher’

New Godzilla Poster Stomps All Over San Francisco

The Diary of a Teenage Girl filming on the streets of San Francisco

Conventions Speakers boycotting security conference to protest collaboration with NSA

There goes the Neighborhood Dept. -  Google To Take Over Space In The Mission - Does this mean The Soccer Cafe and Donuts and Chinese Food will get an upgrade?


Google to house startups in San Francisco's Mission district

Only in San Francisco  - San Francisco ranked most expensive city for yuppies

Smart Cookie: Girl Scout Sets Up Shop Outside Marijuana Dispensary - You don’t need a MBA to know that the key to sales is to know your demographic. That’s why Girl Scout Danielle Lei should earn a merit badge in business for setting up shop outside of a medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco. Lei sold 117 boxes of Dulce de Leches and Tagalong Girl Scout cookies during a two-hour stint outside The Green Cross pharmacy over Presidents Day weekend.

Go West, Young Bank Bro - Wall Street has ceased to be the career destination of choice for a certain kind of status seeker. Guess where that person wants to work now.

ADG Awards 2014 Opening Film, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Looking, Tears

ADG Awards 2014 Opening Film from Dave Blass on Vimeo.

Movies/TV - "HER," "GRAVITY" and "THE GREAT GATSBY" Win at 18th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards

The Diary of a Teenage Girl: Where They're Filming
The Diary of a Teenage Girl: A Day of Filming - "...10:26 a.m.: One, lone man is working on a door frame for the back door to Hamburger Haven. This film crew is obviously not a bunch of early risers… 12:30 p.m.: Classic cars start to arrive… 5:29 p.m.: The classic cars leave, which is weird because they didn't film them at all..."

Desperate Times Call for Her - Cate Blanchett Has Front-Runner Oscar Status - Video interview



Looking Season 1: Episode #5 Preview (HBO)

'LOOKING' BACK: EPISODE 4, 'LOOKING FOR $220/HOUR'
'Looking' Episode Four: That's It For Folsom?
Honey Mahogany Shantays Onto “Looking,” Releases “Shoulda Known Better”: WATCH

HBO Teases Mike Judge Comedy ‘Silicon Valley’ (VIDEO) - Mostly shot in LA with a brief stop in Palo Alto - HBO Shoot Shuts Down Palo Alto's University Ave.


Shirley Temple Black, Hollywood’s Biggest Little Star, Dies at 85

Theater - SF Ballet Program 2 - Tears, From Foreign Lands, Borderlands

National tour for 'Matilda the Musical' takes it to LA, San Francisco ...

American Conservatory Theater's 2014 Season Gala to Honor Three Founding Fathers, 5/18

Tony Winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner Take Old Hats to the American Conservatory Theater

Marco Barricelli, Seana McKenna: ACT's perfect pairing


NOBODY SAID THAT THEN! - POSTED BY HENDRIK HERTZBERG - Are there no production designers for language? There ought to be.

Only in San Francisco - San Franciscans Wait Two Hours in the Rain For Day-Old New York Bagels