Новости за 20.06.2017

‘America’s Got Talent': Gospel Choir Earns Standing Ovation From Judges (Exclusive Video) A vocal group blows away the judges during Tuesday’s episode of “America’s Got Talent,” as seen in an exclusive sneak peek. The footage from the NBC variety series introduces Danell Daymon & Greater Works, a contemporary gospel choir that puts on elaborate performances, complete with plenty of clapping and tambourines.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson to Reteam in New Movie for Focus Features Since 1997’s “The Boxer,” he has appeared in only six movies. The star reportedly refused to stand from his wheelchair filming the 1989 drama “My Left Foot,” did not bathe for the duration of  “The Crucible” shoot, spent long periods isolated in a small cell for “In The Name of the Father” and caught pneumonia for Martin Scorsese’s period film “Gangs of New York.”

Trump said Tuesday that it was a "total disgrace" what happened to Warmbier, but doctors and the administration haven't offered an explanation for the student's condition preceding his death. The Trump administration is considering banning travel by U.S. citizens to North Korea, officials said Tuesday, as outrage grew over the death of American student Otto Warmbier and President Donald Trump declared it a "total disgrace." Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has the authority to cut off travel to North Korea with the stroke of the pen... Читать дальше...

For decades, Leoncavallo’s searing one-act tragedy “Pagliacci” has traditionally been packaged with Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana,” a work of considerably less imagination and subtlety. In San Jose, the Lyric Theatre has made the madcap decision to yoke “Pagliacci” with Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Trial by Jury.” [...] Festival Opera, the estimable Walnut Creek company, is staging the piece in tandem with Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s dark morality tale “The Seven Deadly Sins.”

After sold-out performances in winter, 5-year-old quirky pop duo the Skivvies — also known as Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley — return to the American Conservatory Theater’s Strand Theater this weekend with a Pride-themed set list and, more important, Pride-themed underwear. Titles range from “All About That Bass” to “Video Killed the Radio Star” to original pieces and medleys, and the two are joined by special guest Matt Doyle, of “War Horse” and “The Book of Mormon” fame. ACT’s Strand Theater... Читать дальше...

New mac and cheese restaurant opening in the Marina

In riffing on it in “An Octoroon,” an off-Broadway hit now in a West Coast premiere at Berkeley Rep, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins writes that “no one cares about him anymore.” In college theater classes, the script is trotted out as an example of the way 19th century melodramas gave white audiences a relatively safe way to feel and then release their racial anxieties — while also committing the subversive act of getting them to sympathize with a protagonist who’s one-eighth black. With “An Octoroon,” which is directed by Eric Ting... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber is enabling passengers to tip its U.S. drivers with a tap on its ride-hailing app for the first time, part of a push to recast itself as a company with a conscience and a heart. Besides the built-in tipping option announced Tuesday, Uber is giving drivers an opportunity to make more money in other ways too. The attempt to smooth over its sometimes testy relationship with drivers is part of a broader effort to reverse damage done to Uber's reputation by revelations of sexual harassment in its offices... Читать дальше...

A car leaped the median on University Avenue, crashing into 85 Degrees Bakery Café, following a collision shortly after 10 a.m. this morning in downtown Berkeley. 

The 20th Street Block Party, a free Noise Pop-booked daytime fest taking place annually in the Mission District, has announced its music lineup for the 2017 event on August 19, 2017.

The disappointing Giants, in their most disappionting stretch of one of their most disappointing seasons, demoted reliever Derek Law to Triple-A Sacramento a day after he gave up four runs without retiring a batter. Crick, 24, the 49th overall draft choice in 2011, was converted to a reliever after struggling as a starter and had a 2.76 ERA and six saves in 24 outings at Sacramento. Law has given up 12 earned runs in his last 8 2/3 innings to balloon his ERA to 5.40 ERA.

Former NFL offensive lineman Ryan O'Callaghan has publicly came out as gay in an Outsports interview published on Tuesday. He is the first male major pro athlete to do so in three years.

The top of her blond wig nearly scraped the ceiling, and her handbag could’ve rested on my shoulders. Cruzin d’Loo is one-half of the creative and producing team of the Drag Experience, a quarterly theatrical spoof of a famous musical — done nearly all in drag. The Drag Experience has sold out every single show that d’Loo and her co-creator Sugah Betes have produced since opening night of their version of “Hamilton” last fall. [...] it worked for two shows of “Moulin Rouge” until PianoFight, the... Читать дальше...

Grounded in her book title’s four elements, Nosrat’s concepts and recipes are accompanied by scores of playful, eye-opening illustrations by Wendy MacNaughton that will keep any reader engrossed, wanting to learning more. Nosrat and MacNaughton will lead a presentation for aspiring chefs — with free beverages and snacks — at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com.

Bay Area political events: refugees, environmental action Political events Refugees event: A briefing, Helping Refugees Today: What We Need to Know, What We Need to Do, by immigration and refugee resettlement professionals. Environmental action: A conversation on what actions to take against President Trump’s environmental agenda, hosted by the Sierra Club. Coal film: A free screening of “From the Ashes,” a National Geographic documentary about coal, followed by a discussion on the environment and climate. Читать дальше...

Warriors announce summer league schedule Before joining their teammates for training camp in September, several Warriors players will get game experience at the Las Vegas Summer League. Patrick McCaw, Kevon Looney and Damian Jones will be on the Golden State squad that will play in Las Vegas next month. Here is the schedule for the Warriors’ three preliminary games: Opponent Cleveland Cavaliers Minnesota Timberwolves After those preliminary games, the tournament will be seeded in a tournament... Читать дальше...

WACO, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman who police said packed a loaded pistol in her vagina has been sentenced to probation after she pleaded guilty to drug possession. Waco police say that when Castaneda was arrested in 2015, she told officers on her way to McLennan County Jail that she was packing a loaded handgun in her birth canal.

Many California residents from Redding to San Francisco to Death Valley have been taking to the social media site to express their disgust with the high temperatures.

(AP) — Un cementerio en Massachusetts vinculado con los juicios por brujería en Salem en el siglo XVII va a ser remozado a un costo de 600.000 dólares, se informó el martes. El Salem News (http://bit.ly/2swx9as ) reportó que el Charter Street Burial Ground, conocido también como The Burying Point, recibirá nuevos senderos, jardines, iluminación y cercas a partir de finales del año.

There will be about a five-degree drop in temperatures throughout the Bay Area on Tuesday from highs on Monday that included 104 degrees in Livermore and 101 degrees in Los Gatos, said Matt Mehle, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. In Walnut Creek, where temperatures flirted with triple-digits on Monday, 2,587 Pacific Gas and Electric customers are still facing power outages, according to the utility company. The heat relief Tuesday will be short lived and people are advised to... Читать дальше...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission wants all Belgians, and the world at large, to know: your famous fries are safe. A regional Belgian minister had alarmed the nation with warnings that — sacrilege! — the EU would force fries to be blanched before they hit the fat to remove a cancer-causing element as much as possible. When EU plans were made public four years ago to ban the refillable olive oil jugs from restaurant tables and only allow non-refillable bottles, it was the proverbial drop that... Читать дальше...

If you're already nostalgic for last week's Warriors parade, this will give you a nice trip down memory lane.

The Chronicle's newest four-star restaurant is opening for lunch. 

Mattel está lanzando 15 nuevos estilos del muñeco, como nuevos colores de piel, tipos de cuerpo y cortes de cabello. Ken no ha cambiado mucho desde que salió a la venta hace 56 años como el novio de Barbie.

A former New Mexico state senator is asserting his innocence in response a new list of criminal charges related to campaign finance activities. A grand jury has charged a former New Mexico state senator with perjury, fraud and embezzlement in connection with campaign finance activities and disclosure reports. Griego already is awaiting trial on allegations that he used his position as a senator to profit from the 2014 sale of a state-owned building in downtown Santa Fe by pushing the transaction... Читать дальше...