G. Allen Johnson

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Actor Morgan Freeman, pictured with musician Charlie Worsham, is bringing “Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience” to several Northern California venues in 2025, beginning with an evening at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall on July 25. Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues ExperienceMorgan Freeman wants to immerse Bay Area music fans in the sounds of his home state of Mississippi.

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Lucy Moran (Kimmy Robertson, left) and Deputy Andy Brennan (Harry Goaz) star in “Twin Peaks: The Return” (2017). Both actors will appear at the Uptown Theatre in Napa on Oct. 17, as part of “Twin Peaks: Conversation With the Stars” tour. Suzanne Tenner/ShowtimeThe celebration of the late David Lynch’s legacy continues as cast members of his hit series “Twin Peaks” tour the country to discuss the groundbreaking TV show with fans. But Bay Area devotees will get an extra treat.

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Christian Bale, left, plays Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis and Nicolas Cage plays Raiders head coach John Madden in David O. Russell's "Madden," which began filming in Atlanta in Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Chuck ZlotnickA supporting actor cast in “Madden,” the biopic of Bay Area football legend John Madden starring Nicolas Cage, has reportedly quit the production over the use of a racial epithet and objections to a nude scene. The unidentified actor was working with director David O.

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Zsa-Zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) and Liesl (Mia Threapleton) survive another plane crash in director Wes Anderson’s "The Phoenician Scheme."Focus Features/Courtesy of TPS Productions/Focu“The Phoenician Scheme” is Wes Anderson’s 12th feature-length movie and each successive film seems more hermetically sealed than the last. Yet something else interesting is happening with his work. As he has creatively sharpened visually, he seems to have emotionally softened.

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Sally Hawkins, right, and Jonah Wren Phillips star in the Australian horror film “Bring Her Back.” Photo: A24There’s a scene in every good film when everything locks in, usually around the half-hour mark, from which the rest of the movie flows. I call it the “now we got a movie” moment, and in the new Australian horror film “Bring Her Back” there’s an especially interesting one. Andy (Billy Barratt), a teenage boy, is having communication problems with his new foster parent, Laura (Sally Hawkins).