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Jon Stewart on Merida Makeover
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Made-Over Merida From 'Brave' Not Dead Yet
Update Friday: Disney issued a new statement on the Merida controversy: "The artwork used on Merida’s official social media sites has always been the imagery from the movie. We routinely use different art styles with our characters and this rendition … Continue reading
Audience at Oakland's Internet Cat Video Festival Agrees That Cats Are Awesome
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by Aaron Mendelson Thousands of cat lovers attended Oakland’s first-ever Internet Cat Video Festival on Saturday, crowding into four blocked-off streets in the Uptown area. The all-day event celebrated everything feline, with cat adoptions, cat art, a cat photo booth, … Continue reading
Watch the Trailer for 'Fruitvale Station' Film About Oscar Grant
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The trailer has been released for "Fruitvale Station," the film about the last day in the life of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, who was shot to death by BART police in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, 2009. The … Continue reading
The Train-Hopping 'Polaroid Kidd' Settles in Oakland, Publishes Book of Life on the Rails
Mike Brodie has earned the nickname "Polaroid Kidd" by winning prestigious photography awards for his pictures documenting the lives of freight train hoppers across the United States. Now, while also working as a car mechanic in Oakland, he has just … Continue reading
San Francisco Film Festival Trains Filmmakers to Become Entrepreneurs
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By Cy Musiker Traditional distributors aren't offering much to filmmakers these days, slashing the amount they offer for the right to show a movie in North America. But during this 56th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival, a new program … Continue reading
Guitarist Jeff Hanneman of Slayer Dies at 49; Born in Oakland
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of Slayer whose career was irrevocably changed after a spider bite, has died. He was 49. Slayer spokeswoman Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald said Hanneman died Thursday morning of liver failure at a Los … Continue reading
Art Deco Ball: A Tomboy’s Adventure in the Lifestyle of the 1930s
By Lauren Benichou There is a first time for everything. There was the first time I ever Rollerbladed, the first time I stepped onto an airplane and the first time I covered a 1930s ball. This weekend I attended the … Continue reading
News Pix: Berkeley Post Office to be Sold, Solar Plane Debut, Richmond Celebrates Healthy Living
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Jose Fernandez, 6, left, and Samantha Tovar, 6, hula-hoop prior to the start of the fifth annual Richmond Tales Fest: An Afternoon of Family Literacy and Healthy Living. (Tyler Orsburn/Richmond Confidential) On April 22, the U.S. Postal Service confirmed it … Continue reading
Photo Gallery: In Oakland Artists' Enclave, Residents Ponder Life With New Neighbors
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By Kyung Jin Lee, Deborah Svoboda and Dan Brekke When he was in China earlier this month, Gov. Jerry Brown announced something that was very important to a handful of residents on a fairly obscure stretch of Oakland's waterfront. The … Continue reading
