The two have come to the Cannes Film Festival just months after facing off as the two favorites for best director at the Academy Awards. In February, Lee won the Oscar many expected to go to Spielberg for his Civil War epic "Lincoln."
194 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (April 15, 2012) Tom Winton has written another great novel that kept me riveted, “The Last American Martyr.” His main character, Tom Soles, has written a book, “Enough is Enough,” that excoriates the stock market and Capitalism. Tom Soles writes about
Dennis Sackhoff's Urban Development Group is forging ahead with multifamily projects. On Tuesday, the company applied for a building permit for a three-story, 108-unit apartment development on Southeast Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard.
Four comedies and one drama will debut on CBS this fall. CBS ordered only eight new series for the season, while rivals ABC, NBC and Fox are introducing a total of 41. CBS will end this season with the widest margin of victory in viewers of any network in 24 years and even win among the advertiser-desired demographic of 18-
It has been five years since BridgePort first released Stumptown Tart, and in that time they've changed brewers and much of their line has turned over. I therefore assume that Stumptown Tart is popular enough that they've brought it back for a sixth iteration. Originally, the idea was to create an actual tart fr
ECHOS Communications, a marketing agency based in Sausalito, California with deep roots in the cycling industry and San Francisco-based Chrome Industries, announced this morning that they've launched the Urban Cycling Hall of Fame. The mission of the UCHOF is to "celebrate the culture of urban cycling and showcase the histo
My friend is one of those men trapped in a sexless marriage, in part because 14 years ago he chose to marry his plain highschool sweetheart—the hometown girl, the safe and expected choice—instead of marrying the erotic and trusted friend (me) who would've kept his life interesting. After rekindling our fr
A character in a book I was reading last night “disremembered” something. Which feels distinct from misremembering or forgetting. How much more I like the words olvido, oublie. Obliviate? Too much like bloviate? Anyway: dwelling this morning on memory’s various forms of failure.
This has been a good week for album announcement news. Local jangle-jam-folk-Southern-krautrockers Houndstooth have announced their much-awaited debut album
ABC released a whopping 12 new show trailers yesterday afternoon, and they are all—with the exclusion of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and The Goldbergs—universally TERRRRRRIBLE. If you feel like checking them out for yourself,
It’s time again for Non-Consumer Mish-Mash, where I write a little bit about this and a little bit about that. Chair Addiction Regular readers may have noticed that I have a teensy-weensy touch of a chair obsession. I buy them, I sell them, I fix them up and I gaze lovingly at them. Hello, lover [...]
Fox News radio host Alan Colmes recently got into a bit of a tiff over the air with spokesperson for the American Family Association, and white-haired stallion Bryan Fische
Stevie Wonder played a small, expensive charity gig in Portland Friday. Want to hear what it sounded like?
Sometimes—not every time, mind you, but sometimes—the best way to demonstrate how a piece of art is sexist is by employing an equal amount of sexism in the other direction. The story of Bro-sie
Everywhere we turn these days it seems there are signs that bicycling means business. Whether it's impacts to tourism, property values, sales receipts, or economic and urban development — the case is very strong. Another major component of the "bikes mean business" mantra relates directly to how having a bike-friendly wor
GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I'm the trouble starter, fuckin' instigator. I'm the fear addicted, danger illustrated. I'm a firestarter, terrific firestarter. LET'S GO TO PRESS. It's been a grisly, horrific month in Syria in which
Mike Daisey, hailed by The New York Times as “the master storyteller,” returns to Portland with the world premiere of a new work. In a single night, Daisey takes us on a fantastic journey through the sprawling landscape of journalism right now—how it functions, how it fails us, and how it chooses to tell our stories.
All photos by Nilina Mason-Campbell. Not every band can turn a concert into an impromptu underwear party, but Magic Mouth did just that as headliners of last Frida
I recently got a chance to check out Narrative, a recently opened vintage furniture and home goods stor
The 34-year-old star of "Avatar" and "Star Trek" plays pianist, singer and activist Nina Simone in the forthcoming biopic "Nina."
Another survey, another top ranking, this time from Travel & Leisure.com...Top five were Portland; Denver; Portland, Maine; Seattle; and Kansas City...
For years I've seen the way you saunter into Portland's many establishments waving your big dick credit account around thinking it grants you the key to our city like some fucking playground made JUST FOR YOU solely for the purpose of you "impressing" clients from out of town. Guess what? You're all a bunch of dicks. You
How would you rate Neil Olshey's first year as Trail Blazers general manager? Where do you want to see him improve this roster going forward?
How would you rate Neil Olshey's first year as Trail Blazers general manager? Where do you want to see him improve this roster going forward?
When he went to trial in 2008 on charges of armed robbery and kidnapping, Simpson did not testify — a decision that one of his lawyers said was pushed upon him by another attorney he trusted so completely that he took his bad advice.
Naoko (Tanigawa) Hino at the original Lulu's Vintage store location posing with cute skirts that she created.
The star of Baz Luhrmann's kaleidoscopic screen adaptation, said reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's book again, he came to believe that it was not the tale of tragic romance he had once believed.
Bun Lai, owner of Miya's Sushi in New Haven, is looking forward to the upcoming insect invasion. He is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets.
The French Riviera extravaganza began on a rainy Wednesday, where the prestigious festival was to open with the 3-D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel.
The way she went public with her medical story on her own terms, in her own time -- with a New York Times op-ed piece Tuesday that caught the media fishbowl of Hollywood completely by surprise -- reveals a woman who once seemed out of control to be one of Hollywood's most forceful and compassionate stars, using her fame wit
Google I/O kicks off with a three-hour-long keynote address Wednesday morning. Here’s the live Google I/O 2013 Keynote. Among the rumored announcements are a new Google Maps interface, Bluetooth 4.0 support for the Nexus 4, tracking sensors, new subscription music services and Google Glass apps. According to a blog po
Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned for control. While we can’t give you more control over most of your life, we can give you more control over your widgets. And today, with the new widget visibility tool, you can configure your widgets to be shown or hidden only on certain pages. Widgets are […]
Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned for control. While we can’t give you more control over most of your life, we can give you more control over your widgets. And today, with the new widget visibility tool, you can configure your widgets to be shown or hidden only on certain pages. Widgets are […]
"I'm not someone who approaches art with the desire to be understood," says Devendra Banhart.
Added performances and post-show discussions help to meet audience interest in a stage adaptation of the great Ursula K. Le Guin novel.
Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned for control. While we can’t give you more control over most of your life, we can give you more control over your widgets. And today, with the new widget visibility tool, you can configure your widgets to be shown or hidden only on certain pages. Widgets are […]
Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned for control. While we can’t give you more control over most of your life, we can give you more control over your widgets. And today, with the new widget visibility tool, you can configure your widgets to be shown or hidden only on certain pages. Widgets are […]
Amidst poor earnings and a wrecked marriage, a portfolio manager is feeling the stress. This is a post fr
Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned for control. While we can’t give you more control over most of your life, we can give you more control over your widgets. And today, with the new widget visibility tool, you can configure your widgets to be shown or hidden only on certain pages. Widgets are […]
Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned for control. While we can’t give you more control over most of your life, we can give you more control over your widgets. And today, with the new widget visibility tool, you can configure your widgets to be shown or hidden only on certain pages. Widgets are […]
Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned for control. While we can’t give you more control over most of your life, we can give you more control over your widgets. And today, with the new widget visibility tool, you can configure your widgets to be shown or hidden only on certain pages. Widgets are […]
Another one of my cartoons from back in the day.
The future will see “real-time entertainment” dominate fixed access networks, accounting for two-thirds of total data usage in 2018, driven largely by ubiquitous integration between smart TVs, set-tops, game consoles and streaming services,” according to market researcher Sandvine. “Web Browsing will
There’s nothing particularly historic about this photo but it’s a classic mid-century American scene. If these two kids were standing here today, they’d be in their 60s and standing in the Rose Garden/Memorial Coliseum parking lot. Neither Cherry Street, nor Ross Avenue, just a house away to the right, exi
"If you wanted to create an archetype of the ultimate early 70s, Southern California spiritual cult, you could do no better than the Source Family," says a historian in the opening minutes of the documentary "The Source Family."
Director Philip Cuomo and actress Maureen Porter assembled the project to produce Catherine Trieschmann's play about the transformation of a mother-daughter relationship.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the bookstore, "Fifty Shades of Grey" rears its spiked-leather-hooded, ball-gagged head.
The gathering, scheduled to begin Wednesday morning in San Francisco, provides Google Inc. with an opportunity to flex its technological muscle in front of a sold-out audience of engineers and entrepreneurs.
By Oregon Small Business Association Powell’s Books Powell’s Books recently announced the appointment of Miriam Sontz as CEO. Sontz takes over this position as Emily Powell remains the owner. Sontz is a 28-year employee, most recently serving as chief operating officer. As CEO, she will direct ongoing business o
Jules Stewart says the feud began when Sue Bemi, 61, walked up her driveway April 21 and claimed her dogs were actually wolves. The two exchanged obscenities and Stewart ordered the neighbor off her property. Bemi reportedly yelled out that the wolves "belong in the mountains of Montana" and that she would set the