Новости за 04.02.2016

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aging media mogul Sumner Redstone stepped down as executive chairman of Viacom on Thursday and was replaced by CEO Philippe Dauman, a move that immediately disappointed investors. Investment adviser SpringOwl, which holds a stake of undisclosed size in Viacom, had also opposed Dauman's bid for the chairmanship, calling instead for an independent director. Mario Gabelli, whose Gabelli Asset Management Inc. owns 10 percent of Viacom's voting shares, told CNBC on Thursday that Dauman... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With some 70 cameras located from the pylons in the end zone to those isolated on single players, the ability to show plays from a 360-degree perspective and tracking technology that determines how fast and far players run, almost no aspect of the Super Bowl will be out of reach for the CBS crew. The job for producer Lance Barrow and director Mike Arnold will be to make sure that all those bells and whistles added for the biggest television event of the year complement, rather than overshadow the football game. Читать дальше...

Continental Automotive Systems says in documents filed with the U.S. government that moisture can get inside its air bag control computers, causing the power supplies to corrode and fail. The documents, posted Thursday on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website, said Continental will notify automakers, who will recall cars dating as far back as 2006. [...] Honda, Fiat Chrysler, Volkswagen and Mercedes have issued recalls, and some unidentified Mazda and Volvo Truck vehicles are included. Читать дальше...

Hawker Fare Oakland is stopping lunch service… and that’s a good thing. Starting next Friday, Feb. 12, during daytime hours, Michelin-starred chef James Syhabout will be transforming his popular Thai/Laos street food eatery into a production facility and test kitchen for his planned new cookbook. Being co-written by Oakland-based food writer John Birdsall, the book will highlight Syhabout’s mother as a major influence in his life, which made it particularly fitting to utilize the space where she once ran her restaurant. Читать дальше...

There’s still no way to sit in your den and watch football highlights projected on an 18-by-32-foot screen, accompanied by a live symphony orchestra. On Wednesday night, Feb. 3, the San Francisco Symphony jumped feetfirst into the week’s Super Bowl frenzy with a full evening of visuals and music dedicated to the game. There was a pantheon of gridiron greats, each stepping into the frame for a moment of excited acclaim — Walter Payton, Joe Montana, Tom Landry (well, Tom Landry’s hat), and more and more. Читать дальше...

Compared with other Jane Austen movies, it isn’t much, but compared with other zombie apocalypse movies, it’s an intelligent, literate effort. Sending up Austen, making the original world of “Pride and Prejudice” into a joke, would only buy him 10 minutes of laughs. If he wanted more than a skit, he needed a serious rendering of Austen’s world, first as a backdrop to the zombie absurdity (as an ongoing source of humor), and second for its inherent emotional power. [...] he doesn’t cast “Pride... Читать дальше...

For the married couple in “In the Shadow of Women,” youthful promise has given way to middle-aged disappointment, and the romance of the bohemian life has faded after years and years of poverty. For a couple under such pressure, sex — that is, sex with other people, and the passion and drama that go with it — is the most available creative outlet. “In the Shadow of Women” will appeal to a passionate, but limited, audience. Like Godard and Truffaut, he uses an omniscient voice-over narration to tell us what the characters are doing... Читать дальше...

BERKELEY — If Republicans are engaged in a three-sided civil war, Democrats are having a spirited but rather civilized argument over a very large question: Donald Trump has created a new wing of the Republican Party by combining older GOP tendencies — nationalism, nativism, racial backlash — with 21st century worries about American decline and the crushing of working-class incomes. The main question in New Hampshire next week (besides whether Trump can actually win an election) concerns Rubio’s ability to repeat his consolidation trick ... Читать дальше...

Zoo spokeswoman Erica Hansen says a 1-year-old orangutan named Tuah chewed up a cardboard Panthers sign and later kissed a papier-mache Panthers helmet. Hansen says Tuah's older sister gave Broncos fans hope when she entered the enclosure later and put the Broncos helmet on her head.

A Bay Area lawmaker had been trying to change that even before inmates escaped from an Orange County jail Jan. 22, took a cabbie hostage and then took advantage of the plastic-plate system while driving a stolen van to San Francisco. The case may reignite efforts to get rid of the advertising plates, which take a big bite out of toll-taking on bridges and in express lanes, in favor of temporary tags bearing an identification number. [...] the law stalled on the Senate floor over several issues... Читать дальше...

Rendering of the Kona Coffee Purveyors forthcoming flagship cafe. Lucky, Hawaii. In the very near future, the residents of Honolulu will be able to enjoy their very own B. Patisserie kouign-amanns fresh out of the oven. Related Links Mina Test Kitchen's next incarnation will be Indian Michael Mina to close Bourbon Steak in Union Square According to chef-owner Belinda Leong, she and Michel Suas have signed a deal with Kona Coffee Purveyors that will bring their delectable wares to the Hawaiian islands. Читать дальше...

BART officials knew Wednesday would be busy as many tourists were flying in for the Super Bowl its days of pregame festivities, but whether the numbers continue to tick up is difficult to predict. The top BART ridership day came when 568,061 people rode the rails mostly to attend the San Francisco Giants second World Series Victory Parade on Oct. 31, 2012, which was also Halloween. The second highest ridership day came on June 19, 2015, when the Warriors had their championship victory parade in Oakland. Читать дальше...

A federal jury in East Texas has ordered Apple to pay $625.6 million after finding that Apple services like FaceTime and iMessage infringed on technology patents held by Nevada patent-holding company VirnetX. VirnetX is a company that buys technology patents and aims to make money from licensing fees and lawsuits.

[...] the Mannix here is not really Mannix but a jumping-off point for a fun and sloppy Coen brothers lampoon that compresses real characters, reimagines others, and brings together some of the period’s many styles and currents. When we first meet him, his studio is funneling lots of money into its latest biblical epic, “Hail, Caesar!” — a sort of combination of the real-life films “Ben-Hur” and “The Robe.” The Coens give us scenes from the film within the film, which capture both the magnificence and absurdity of filmmaking at this time. Читать дальше...

The Manhattan Mercury (http://bit.ly/1nPeG5u ) reports that the mason found the note in a tobacco can he encountered in December while restoring and replacing stones at Kansas State University's East Memorial Stadium in Manhattan, nearly 60 miles west of Topeka. A Facebook post from the Kansas State Historical Preservation Office says the five authors dated the note Feb. 2, 1928, and wrote that they hope the letter is found someday in the future, perhaps after they've died. University archivist... Читать дальше...

If you've been jolted by a low-flying helicopter lately, it's because the National Nuclear Security Administration testing background radiation levels in the Bay Area.

Worth seeing at the movies, Feb. 5 Rated R. 95 minutes. Maggie Smith stars as a comically cranky, somewhat unhinged elderly woman who lives in a van outside the London home of playwright Alan Bennett (Alex Jennings) for 15 years. Rated PG-13. 103 minutes. Oscar Nominated Shorts 2016: Note that a separate program (not reviewed) of Oscar-nominated live-action shorts is also being released. The Revenant: A man (Leonardo DiCaprio) is severely wounded in a bear attack and abandoned by his colleagues in the American Northwest of 1820.

Photo By Photo: Anna RothKoi Palace opening an outpost at SFO. Daly City’s Koi Palace will soon be expanding its dim sum empire by opening an outpost at San Francisco International Airport. Perfect for busy travelers passing through, Koi Palace owner Willy Ng says that the 800-square-foot quick-service restaurant will be located in the Terminal 3 food court. As far as food, expect a more compact version of the popular dim sum restaurant’s menu, including dumplings, noodle dishes and roasted meats. Читать дальше...

The four movies and TV shows are: “A Trip to Unicorn Island,” which shows the journey of Lilly Singh on her global tour covering 26 cities; a movie about “unlikely friendships” and dance called “Dance Camp”; a comedy called “Lazer Team” about “four small-town losers” who try to save the world, and “Scare PewDiePie,” which is about YouTube star PewDiePie going through “terrifying situations inspired by his favorite video games,” YouTube Red said. Analysts have said if YouTube is successful in getting its large viewing audience to pay... Читать дальше...

Northern Ireland is selling its Cold War-era nuclear bunker, an underground installation with room for 235 beds that sellers imagine could be transformed into a tourist attraction or blast-proof storage facility. Northern Ireland's leaders have decided they can survive without the bunker, which was built in the 1980s to protect key government and legal figures from a Russian nuclear strike.

Northern Ireland is selling its Cold War-era nuclear bunker, an underground installation with room for 235 beds that sellers imagine could be transformed into a tourist attraction or blast-proof storage facility. Northern Ireland's leaders have decided they can survive without the bunker, which was built in the 1980s to protect key government and legal figures from a Russian nuclear strike.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The executive director of the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society is on leave over accusations by online activists that she paid a breeder $1,000 for a purebred collie puppy rather than adopt a rescue dog from the shelter. Animal activists who signed an online petition contend Joy Braunstein should be fired. Anthony Pardo, a member of the animal shelter's board, said Braunstein is on paid leave "to get her out of the limelight while we try to figure out what's happened and formulate... Читать дальше...

Be a Friend of Photography and take images such as these, get details here. Photo By Frederic Larson/SFGate PhtographerWhere is Dwight Clark Fur Coat?What ever happened Dwight Clark’s fur coat from the 1982 Super Bowl parade?It was a week after The Catch, and the 49ers were headed to Pontiac, Mich., to make history. In a Joe Namath move, Clark either purchased, borrowed or was gifted a beige and white fur coat. I can’t tell what it was made of, but my first guess is Pegasus fur. (Second guess: Luck... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Vermont State Police have arrested a 54-year-old man in connection with taking a cat from a home. The family says they chased Frady out of their basement after finding him watching TV, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

The body of Finnish national Rami Kajala, 42, was found Saturday near the bridge by crews searching the area for signs of him and a 30-year-old Ventura woman who also went missing. Investigators were only able to put together the chain of events after they recovered a helmet camera from Kajala days after the incident. The video shows Connell and Kajala at the Highway 1 bridge on what appeared to be Jan. 20, Thornburg said. BASE jumping refers to the acronym for parachuting from buildings, antennas, spans and earth such cliffs. Читать дальше...