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Tila Takes Credit for Gay Marriage
Tila Tequila: Thank Me for Gay Marriage Ruling
If you ask Tila Tequila, she’s the reason gay marriages are now legal in California. “I definitely think (my show) has helped the movement,” Tequila told US Weekly. “Before it came out, everyone was still a little apprehensive about (same sex relationships). Then they realized, ‘Wow, everyone is […] -
Kaba Wows Kelly’s
Red Mango and ‘Hyphen’ Partner for Benefit
Yul Kwon and Mark Young hosted a charity event benefiting the victims of the China earthquake on June 7 at the South of Mission restaurant Circolo. The entertainment power duo and their Red Mango business partner Richard Choo sported red gear from their Palo Alto-based probiotic frozen -
Buy the Cheerleader, Save the World: Win a Date with Hayden Panettiere on eBay
While Hayden Panettiere whines on and on about how everybody is all up in her biz in the gossip rags, she continues to sell herself — literally. You can go whale watching off the Channel Islands with the Heroes star, for the right price. The eBay auction will benefit The Whaleman Foundation, which sounds more […]
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Sharon Stone: Chinese Deserved the Earthquake
Who better than Miss Nice, Sharon Stone, herself to assert that the 7.8 earthquake that devastated China, leaving over 88,000 people dead or missing, was karma biting back? “I am not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans, because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else. So I have […]
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One at a Time
GLAAD Stars Never in Same Room
The likely reason why Filipino American actor Alec Mapa and Korean American actor Rex Lee never share the GLAAD Awards red carpet? They’re practically doppelgangers. Both Mapa, who plays Suzuki St. Pierre on Ugly Betty, and Lee are petite, have a jolly mien, round cheeks and huge grins — -
Only in SF!
ARTIST REFLECTS ON THE BIG 7-0
Chinese American artist Flo Oy Wong started her creative career at the young age of 40, following her occupation as a teacher. Wong turns 70 this year, and a retrospective at the Soma Arts Cultural Center, 864 Brannan St. in San Francisco, features a multimedia installation for her disabled […] -
William Hung: Head of the Class
Kimora Claims Full Custody
Kimora Lee Simmons wants custody of her two daughters, Ming and Aoki, with Russell Simmons. But first, she’ll have to prove that parenting can be done without swilling a full daily cocktail of “fabulosity” or, as they call it in other places, vodka. In other news, Russell Simmons certainly has a […] -
Yune Never Know
Rick Yune Dropped From ‘Street Fighter’
After weeks of rumors that Snow Falling on Cedars’ Rick Yune would be playing Gen in the upcoming Street Fighter movie, it’s been debunked. A blogger keeping tabs on the production revealed that Gen will actually be played by someone else from video game movie history: Robin Shou, who -
Yul Kwon Engaged
Yul Kwon Puts Pressure On for ‘I Do’
When Yul Kwon won Survivor: Cook Islands in 2006, he became the newest 30-something money purse to peruse the San Francisco nightclubs, from Suede to Whisper and Element parties at the grand Westin St. Francis ballroom.
Although friends were wary of cosmopolitan gold diggers, Kwon stayed level-headed and […] -
Supermodel: Spitting Mad
Jeff Ma Fails to Boycott ‘21’
San Francisco resident Jeff Ma, an MIT graduate and the inspiration for the recently opened film 21, addressed the audience at a screening at the Balboa Theater on April 6. Of course, the most obvious question of the evening was: -
Urkel is Back!
Funnyman’s Filipino Wife Splits
Robin Williams once joked that when “you marry a Philippine woman … they like you in the Philippines” — which may explain why Williams still has a career despite his disastrous move into serious movies like Patch Adams, What Dreams May Come and 24 Hour Photo. He might not be so […] -
Edison’s Losing Face
Master Face Reader: Edison’s Failure Destined
“Edison Chen has deep lines under his eyes that cut across his cheekbones — this means that he has one great failure in his life,” said Joey Yap, Malaysia’s feng shui master extraordinaire and founder of the Mastery Academy of
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