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The time for summer fun is upon us, and there’s no shortage of Bay Area happenings to add to your calendar! World’s Largest Dinosaurs: opens May 26, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco. The California Academy of Sciences presents an awe-inducing exhibit on the largest land animals to ever walk the planet. Some of these huge-o-saurus creatures were up to 140 feet long, ate unbelievable amounts of trees and plants and weighed up to 90 tons. $28.75 to $42.50. bit.ly/CASdinosaurs Bottle Rock: May 26-28, Napa Valley Expo,…

David Hasselhoff reveals the moment he was most ‘starstruck’ ( Photo Credit – Bang Showbiz ) David Hasselhoff was “most starstruck” when he met Sammy Davis Jr. The 70-year-old actor crossed paths with dancing legend Sammy – who died in 1990 at the age of 64 following a battle with cancer – when he was a young star of soap opera ‘The Young and the Restless’ in the 1970s and revealed how the showbiz veteran gave him a warning about a career in entertainment. David Hasselhoff told UsWeekly: “The moment I was the most…

This artist’s concept is based on Hubble Space Telescope images of gas-and-dust disks around the young star TW Hydrae. Hubble Space Telescope photos show shadows sweeping across the disks encircling the system. The interpretation is these shadows are from slightly inclined inner disks that block starlight from reaching the outer disk, and therefore are casting a shadow. The disks are slightly inclined to each other due to the gravitational pull of unseen planets warping the disk structure. Credit: NASA, AURA/STScI for…

Peckham, a district of south-east London formerly associated with substandard housing, tabloid reports of criminality and overpolicing, has been in the throes of a remarkable transformation over the last decade. Not only has it witnessed gentrification but, as seen in the recent film Rye Lane and in Caleb Azumah Nelson’s novel Small Worlds, it is increasingly a site of inspiration for creative artists.Small Worlds, the follow-up to Nelson’s multi-award-winning debut Open Water, focuses on Stephen, a teenage…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeLisa Niemi, the surviving wife of the late Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze, has reminisced about the “unlikely start” to their love story.The pair were married from 1975 until his death at the age of 57 in 2009, 22 months after he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer.Now, 13 years after the actor’s death, Niemi has teamed up with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network to…

Looking for local ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and get your fiesta on? Look no further! From mariachi and margaritas to dance parties, parades, and festivals, here’s all the ways you can celebrate this festive holiday from any corner of the Bay! Cinco de Mayo at Priest Ranch Napa Valley: 2 to 5 p.m. May 5, 6490 Washington St., Yountville. Come out to Priest ranch for tacos, wine, and a mariachi band to kick off the weekends’ festivities. Executive chef Dan Solomon will be serving up delicious street tacos and other…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeKevin Bacon has gone viral with a video he made in protest of the drag bans in the US.Since the beginning of this year, dozens of bills have been filed in states across America, targeting drag performances.Tennessee was the first to pass its bill into law last month, barring “adult cabaret performances” on public property or in places where they might be within view of children.The…

Justin Bieber Marked His Attendance At Coachella 2023 With His Wife Hailey Bieber Amid His Battle With Facial Paralysis ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Pop star Justin Bieber made it to Coachella 2023 not as a headliner but as a part of the audience to have a great time at the ongoing music festival. The 29-year-old landed at the renowned festival with his model wife Hailey Bieber. Videos and photos of the two enjoying the stage performances surfaced over the weekend leaving the fans excited. Justin Bieber was spotted…

It’s been over a year since Peacemaker series launched on HBO Max with John Cena reprising his role as the titular hero. Continuing the character’s story after the events of The Suicide Squad, the TV show was a hit with fans and critics, in particular that phenomenal opening credits dance sequence. With James Gunn assuming his role as co-head of DC Studios, it’ll likely be awhile before the promised second season arrives. In any event, based on the plethora of merchandise a clear demand for the character. To that end,…

Alan Braxe, co-writer, guitar, productionI have three distinct memories of hearing this song. Right after we finished the track, we listened to it in the studio on a boombox. The sound was really poor. The second time, I was in a club in Paris. It was really loud and the reaction from the crowd was: “What is this?” I thought we’d overdone the production, but within a minute everyone was dancing. Then I heard the song in a supermarket, through tiny speakers, and by that point everyone knew it.The techno and house scenes in…