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Haley Bennett stars as Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, the woman who invented Champagne as we know it, in “Widow Clicquot.” Photo: Vertical More movies should be like “Widow Clicquot” — smart, ...
“The Four Seasons” was a 1981 film about growing old together, not only with one’s spouse but also alongside one’s dearest friends. Yet, while the new Netflix adaptation brings together a new cast of ...
Fans who want to enjoy Outside Lands 2024 without the fog can once again livestream the San Francisco festival from home, thanks to a partnership with Amazon and Twitch. The three-day outdoor concert, ...
“Jeopardy!” winner Hannah Wilson talks about nerves, the reaction from young LGBTQ viewers and receiving a special message from former champion Amy Schneider.
A scene from San Francisco’s Tenderloin shows the severity of street life in the new 2021 documentary “Lead Me Home,” depicting homelessness in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Seattle. Photo: Netflix ...
Carlos Santana. Photo: Jason Fochtman Carlos Santana is recovering after collapsing onstage during a concert in Michigan on Tuesday, July 5. The Grammy-winning guitarist and longtime Bay Area resident ...
The marketing of “Wicked” has been so obnoxious for so long — since stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were everywhere at the Summer Olympics — that you wondered if the movie could possibly live up ...
More than 200 former Great Dickens Christmas Fair participants are organizing a boycott, saying it has not done enough to address concerns from people of color.
A new art installation that baffled and delighted visitors to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for a few days has been removed by city officials. The sculpture, which depicted the extinct Xerces blue ...
Mal Sharpe in his barber chair at home with his collection of jazz records. Photo: Tim Maloney / The Chronicle Mal Sharpe, an inventive radio comic, pitchman and jazz man best known for his genius and ...
Alice Kahn Photo: Steve Ringman Alice Kahn has kept plenty of artifacts from her writing days, but admits she doesn’t know where most of them are anymore. Fan mail, including letters from readers ...
The In-N-Out hamburger chain is sizzling mad after San Francisco shut down its indoor dining for refusing to check customers’ vaccination status. Photo: Adam Lau / Associated Press When San ...