Last night at the premiere of The Great Buck Howard, we asked director Sean McGinley what it was like working with John Malkovich, who plays the has-been mentalist. Because he seems, well, kind of scary: “You know, the company that financed this film, they came to me about two weeks before we ...

Just because your boyfriend beats you up, doesn’t mean you can’t have a good time, and Rihanna proves that there’s no need to hide in the fucking basement living off the raw meat your asshole husband makes you eat while chained to the fuckin’ radiator because he’s scare...

The Contra Costa Republican Party’s financial situation is even worse than recently reported. The Central Committee’s most recent PUBLIC financial report to the State of California shows a negative balance of $8.97. This after that organization’s PUBLIC Federal report showed unpaid...

For noobs, SXSW Interactive can feel like the first day at a new high school. The five-day event is thick with primordial webs of friendships, rivalries, and social strata which, to the new comer, are as simultaneously palpable and inscrutable as the lunch room hierarchies of yore. Rest assured howe...

Chuck Norris wants to give up.  He doesn't think it's worth fighting anymore, and that we should just get out.  Who's "we" and what does "get out" mean? In this case, "we" is apparently those who hate most or all the rest of America, and "get out" means seceding from the union: When I appe...

I know I've written about the cane. And how I like it. And people know this now. Which may (or may not) be a good thing. Because I ended up getting caned twice (!!) on Sunday. I had an appointment with Bob on Sunday morning. (Stop laughing. I can be places before noon. When I want, or need to.) I ha...

White House social secretary Desirée Rogers has spent most of the first weeks of her job inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but was lured to New York for the School of American Ballet's winter ball by her friend Pamela Joyner, who chaired the event. "I would say right now, you know, most of my ti...

Theme: Curious George Though I did hire out the activities portion to a nearby kids' gymnastics center, I managed to home-make a variety of things to go along with the theme. The party place provided plenty of fun activities led by someone other than me, brightly-colored paper goods, juice for the k...

(Can anyone name that tune, puddings?) On Saturday night, I invited some of my peeps out to my hood for a special little gathering that happens only once a year. "What makes this night different from all other nights?" I asked them. And their answers came back: "Indigestion;" "Epic Bowel Movements;"...

Nadine Kam photos Hayden Panettiere flashes a shaka sign at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel grand opening gala Saturday night. Guests had a date with history when The Royal Hawaiian Hotel celebrated its grand reopening with a fundraising gala Saturday night for The Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Fo...