Entertainment
8 best things I ate at Disney Festival of Holidays
Review: Disneyland chefs come up with another stellar menu lineup of food mashups and fantastic flavors for this year’s food festival.
Review: Corsair Virtuoso Max has elegant aesthetics and sound but falls short elsewhere
Although the Corsair Virtuoso Max has the basics right, the iCue software and other areas need work
Horoscopes Nov. 17, 2024: Danny DeVito, this year is about enjoying life, not enduring it
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Rachel McAdams, 46; Dylan Walsh, 61; Danny DeVito, 80; Martin Scorsese, 82. Happy Birthday: Plan to have some fun this year. Dont hold yourself back or put too much onus on things that dont matter. This year is about enjoying life, not enduring it. Use your imagination, be creative and []
Word Game: Nov. 17, 2024
TODAYS WORD MINATORY MINATORY: MIN-uh-tor-ee: Having a menacing quality. Average mark 51 words Time limit 60 minutes Can you find 60 or more words in MINATORY? TODAYS WORD MINATORY: main manor many mart martin matron mayor minor mint minty moan moat moray morn myna inro into intro iota iron irony nary noir nori []
11 new books out this month: Fiction, nonfiction and more
And first, a closer look at NYRB editorial director Edwin Frank's new 'Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel.'
Review: In ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,’ witty banter hides an uneasy ride
Jocelyn Bioh's 'Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,' a sharp comedy about the lives of African immigrants, gets West Coast premiere at Berkeley Rep.
Holiday movies 2024: From Dylan to ‘Lion King’ to ‘Wicked’
Hollywood is unwrapping a bevy of intriguing new films, including a 'Gladiator' sequel, 'Nosferatu' and Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan.
Eva Longoria has already fled Trump’s ‘scary’ America
'I'm privileged. I can escape and go elsewhere,' says the actor and pro-Harris activist who has already left California and splits her time between Spain and Mexico.
Quincy Jones’ cause of death revealed
The music icon was laid to rest in a private ceremony earlier this week and a larger memorial is being planned.
Linkin Park to perform first Northern California concerts in over a decade
Here's how to get tickets to see the Linkin Park concert tour at SAP Center in San Jose, Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
How Olivia Munn and John Mulaney’s romance resembles ‘Knocked Up’
Like the plot of a certain 2007 movie, Munn admits in a new interview that she and Mulaney didn't know each other very well before she became pregnant.
Column: Hollywood is so lost it can’t even satirize itself. It’s time to rewatch HBO’s ‘The Comeback’ instead
HBO’s superhero movie satire “The Franchise” has no new ideas and it’s not even funny. Ironically, the 20-year-old Hollywood satire called “The Comeback” feels more timely.
At Lands End in San Francisco, a 78-year-old landmark is still bending light using ancient technology
This ancient piece of technology is still a unique attraction to those who pay their $3 admission - the price has gone unchanged for decades - and enjoy an unusual view of the beach.
The sensational Sensorio light display in Paso Robles adds new exhibits
... and the newest illuminations have Burning Man ties.
Universal Studios Hollywood decks the halls for Grinchmas
Universal celebrates the winter holiday season Nov. 29 through Jan. 6.
Horoscopes Nov. 10, 2024: Miranda Lambert, design and define how you want to live
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Miranda Lambert, 41; Ellen Pompeo, 55; Tracy Morgan, 56; Michael Jai White, 57. Happy Birthday: Design and define how you want to live, and put your plans in motion. Refrain from letting anyone play with your vision. Construct a lifestyle that allows you to follow your heart and dreams and []
Bridge: Nov. 10, 2024
“Sorry, we’re clothed.” – a sign on the door of a strip club taking a day off. In an end play, declarer gives a defender the lead when any lead helps declarer. The presence of a trump suit, especially when declarer has extra trumps, adds a dimension to end plays, but declarer must eliminate a []
Word Game: Nov. 10, 2024
TODAYS WORD FRACTURE FRACTURE: FRAK-cher: To break. Average mark 44 words Time limit 60 minutes Can you find 56 or more words in FRACTURE? TODAYS WORD FRACTURE: face facet fact facture farce fare fate faucet fear feat feta fret race racer raft rafter rare rate rater react rear recur recut refract acre acute []