By PETER HARTLAUB, San Francisco Chronicle
A tribute to second-act musicians
The latest Juliette Lewis album came out Sept. 1. Scarlett Johansson's second record comes out this week. Lindsay Lohan appears to be on a musical hiatus, but there's bad news, as well: San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito has reportedly been spending time in the studio ...
Profile: Ang Lee lightens up with 'Taking Woodstock'
"Taking Woodstock" is set entirely in upstate New York. But the genesis for Ang Lee's latest film took place in the San Francisco Bay Area, in the green room at KRON-TV.
Profile: Q-and-A with director Judd Apatow
Writer-director Judd Apatow has been going city to city to talk about "Funny People," his third movie as a director after "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up."
Life's lessons, by the book
Sure, your parents did a great job. But what percentage of life lessons did the average young teen in the 1970s learn from them, compared with the Judy Blume books? Fifty-fifty? Seventy-thirty?
Dude, scared of waxing? Chill out, 'guywaxing' is in
They come in looking uncomfortable, and a little embarrassed. The ones who have seen "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" have fear in their eyes. It's not unusual for a new customer to awkwardly announce that he's not gay.
Film: Best and worst from the 'Terminator' movies
It's not often that a studio can put out a movie and two sequels and not have at least one be a worthless rip-off.
"Spider-Man 3"? Worthless rip-off. "Alien3"? Worthless rip-off. "X-Men 3: The Last Stand"? Worth renting for the scene where they destroy the Golden Gate Bridge, but otherwise ...
Kirk and Spock are the tip of the bromance iceberg
"I have been and always shall be your friend."
Spock couldn't just come right out and tell Capt. Kirk that he loved him. It wasn't in his green blood. But the above line, from the Vulcan's death scene in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," proved what we always knew to be true: Spock and Kirk are the best examples of guy love in the universe.
Profile: Touching base with Zachary Quinto, the new Spock
Zachary Quinto was the first star of the new "Star Trek" movie to get cast -- he plays Spock as a young Starfleet officer. We spoke with him by phone.
Q: Was it an advantage having Leonard Nimoy on set?
Film: Best and worst of 'Star Trek'
Best "Trek" movie villain
Khan (Ricardo Montalban, "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan")
Film: Boldly going for new film doesn't irk Trekker
I try to avoid telling my Trekker friends that I enjoy the "Star Trek" movies more than the television shows. It's like arguing with a Rolling Stones fan that your "Tumbling Dice" cell-phone ring tone is better than their vinyl copy of "Exile on Main Street."
