Tom Cruise, Sacha Baron Cohen Confirmed
Tom Cruise and Sacha Baron Cohen are coming to town, and Roger Durling reveals his top 10 picks for those who only have the time to see 10 films during the festival.
Recent Stories
Why the N-P Doesn’t Talk
You probably missed the editorial in today’s N-P that explained why the paper’s management has repeatedly avoided talking to “certain media trying to exploit the transitional period at the newspaper.” It’s clearly a response to yesterday’s article in the New York Times. Here’s why it raises more questions than answers and why the SB Media Blog is now hosting a Be-a-Reporter contest to tell the story from the News-Press‘ perspective.
Telegraph Winter Ale
When the beer fairy drops off a bottle of Telegraph Winter Ale on the author’s desk, he’s pretty sure it’ll be just another overspiced holiday brew. But upon further investigation, he finds the ale to be one of the best of its sort, and can’t wait for more.
Saigon In and Out
In the planetary battle of international cuisine, Vietnam’s traditional noodle soup pho definitely sits at the royal table. Here’s where you go in Santa Barbara to get your pho fix.
Barney Breaks $25 Million News
Santa Barbara’s media mess once again made headlines at the New York Times, which enables Barney Brantingham to do a little digging of his own and issue his report on his midweek “On the Beat” column. He reveals that Wendy McCaw is now seeking $25 million from former editor Jerry Roberts. We’ve posted links to both articles inside.
Win Tix to The Animation Show
We’ve got free tickets to give away to The Animation Show, the animated short film extravaganza that comes to Santa Barbara’s Arlington Theatre next Tuesday, January 16. So come inside, answer our easy questions, and win free tickets.
Las Brisas
The former home of Hibachi on Milpas is a quaint, colorful place for some of the best Mexican food in town.
AJR Says No to McCaw
In a sternly yet clear December 27, 2006 letter to Stanton L. Stein, the attorney hired by News-Press owner Wendy McCaw (pictured) to sue newspapers and magazines (including The Santa Barbara Independent), the American Journalism Review‘s attorney flatly refused to run a retraction of the article on the News-Press meltdown written by Susan Paterno.
News-Press NLRB Hearing Ends
Even less people came for the second day of the National Labor Relations Board hearing about News-Press management’s objections to the newsroom’s unionization vote.
Drawing Conclusions
The Animation Show Returns to Santa Barbara
Even in this quickly evolving age of computer graphic feature films, animated shorts remain ahead of the curve. Unbound by feature-length costs and timelines, animators can use the latest technology. Plus, their creativity is less restrained by convention, and therefore freer to be artistic and open to wide interpretation. And, most importantly, these shorts are able to delve into taboo-even tasteless-topics, and find poignancy and stay light-hearted because of their cartoon-esque nature.
