NOW SHOWING ON THE WEB; INTERNET FILMS CHANGING THE WAYS MOVIES ARE MADE, SEEN
When Madonna gets behind the wheel again, she won’t have to worry about ruffling the finer sensibilities of MTV and VH1. Unlike her “What It Feels Like for a Girl” video her wild ride in a Camaro was banned to one-time, late-night showings this time the singer will be tooling…
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“Love Story” actor is battling leukemia Ryan O’Neal, who turned 60 last month, has been diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia, but it’s not life-threatening. “He has chronic leukemia, it is treatable and he is very doing very well,” spokeswoman Dede Binder told Reuters on Wednesday. About 7,000 cases of this…
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Van Halen’s site confirms cancer buzz Guitarist Eddie Van Halen, co-founder of the rock band that bears his name, confirmed he has cancer on his official Web site but did not specify the condition. The 44-year-old rocker apologized for his earlier silence, calling it “a very unique and private matter…
FORTUNE’S SON Public joys and private sorrows mark a year in the life of Pulitzer Prize-winner
A year ago, Michael Chabon was just another lyrical genius, writing critically acclaimed works such as the one that inspired the film “Wonder Boys.” All that changed on April 16 when the Berkeley author affirmed his place in literary history by snagging the Pulitzer Prize for his near-epic, “The Amazing…
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Prince plans to jam after local concert Hysteria! Chaos! Prince! The singer is planning to have a lot of stamina with back-to-back concerts this weekend. Tickets for his After Concert Jam at The Fillmore will go on sale at noon today. The jam takes place tonight (technically 2 a.m. Sunday),…
LIFE WITHOUT TELEVISION?; RESIDENTS SPECULATE ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITH THEIR TIME, SANS TUBE
WHAT IS that noise? Well, it might be silence. Or birds chirping. Or an April breeze whistling. Or a child laughing. It just could be the sounds of life that you’ve been drowning out with the noise from your television. National TV-Turnoff Week, today through Friday, encourages people to relinquish…
15TH ANNUAL WONDERCON 2001; A POP CULTURE POW! WOW A WHOLE LOT OF COMIC RELIEF HITS OAKLAND WITH THE WONDERCON 2001 CONVENTION
Episode 15. The story continues Friday springs onto an unsuspecting metropolis of Oakland. Allergy sufferers commiserate. Sun-worshippers dream of April breezes on tawny sands. But, what are these strange throngs gathering noontime at the Oakland Convention Center at 1001 Broadway? They await, a stone’s throw from gussied-up Victorians and crammed…
GOING, GOING . . . DOT-GONE; EXHIBIT’S OBSOLETE BIZ CARDS AND AERON CHAIRS MARK THE WANE OF A REVOLUTION
One industry’s pathos is the art world’s revenge although revenge isn’t quite what motivates a mixed-media installation with the witty title “dot-gone.” Created by fAMOUS three former Berkeley roommates the exhibit examines the dregs of the dot-com revolution through the manufactured hopes, inspired greed, media excess, toiling humanity and ethereal…
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Elton John loses suit against managers Maybe Elton John should have gone into criminal celebrity court; he might have fared as well as star brethren Eminem and P. Diddy. After near-bankruptcy, which threatened his multiple homes, cars and annual $200,000 flower allowance, the singer sued his money managers. London’s High…