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Thania Garcia Rimas Entertainment CEO Noah Assad, his star client Bad Bunny, and Rimas exec Jonathan Miranda have jointly launched a sports management agency with a starting roster comprised of Major League Baseball players. “We are thrilled to break into a new industry with the launch of Rimas Sports. In the music world we accomplished success by knowing how to develop talent, helping our clients reach their vision by catering to their unique needs,” said Assad in a statement. “This new venture is an expansion of that mission as we aim to bring greater representation to the Latin community in the world of sports.” Miranda will serve as president of the newly-created Rimas Sports which offers services like agent management and public relations, performance and skills training, financial guidance, concierge, and logistics. As for the talent, it’s an All-Star affair with Iván “Pudge” Rodríguez, a 14-time All-Star winner and an American League MVP honoree (1999), tapped as an ambassador.

Just For You Café, a cozy brunch spot in the city’s Dogpatch neighborhood — the blueprint for the Belcher family’s burger joint on the Fox series — shuttered after 43 years on Monday.Pandemic-incurred debt, rising inflation rates and building issues led to its closer, owner Reid Hannula told SFGATE. “The long and short of it is that we really haven’t been making money since COVID, and it’s just been kind of a battle,” he told the outlet. “I used a disaster loan to float us, personal money to float us … I love the restaurant, but it hadn’t been able to pay me for the last two years.”In the long-running series, which debuted in 2011 and is now in its 13th season, Bob Belcher runs his dream restaurant, Bob’s Burgers, with his wife, Linda, and children Tina, Gene and Louise.

Gwynedd on Tuesday. The couple had decided to get married in the US quite spontaneously after Klaire flew to a conference in San Francisco then on to an event in New York where Lynz, 28, who is a bar manager, joined her. Read more: Shrek 5 on the way after 13 years with original cast returning, studio executive saysKlaire, Lynz, and their best man Kayley Roberts had been preparing for the open air ceremony in Central Park last weekend.

Sara Foster, daughter of legendary musician David Foster, disavowed "liberal politicians" as details emerged about the death of tech entrepreneur Bob Lee. Lee, the 43-year-old founder of Cash App, was fatally stabbed at around 2:30 a.m.Tuesday in the Rincon Hill area of San Francisco. Authorities have not identified a suspect in the attack.

New details are coming in about the tragic stabbing death of Cash App co-founder Bob Lee. As we reported on Wednesday, the 43-ye

The founder of the mobile payment service Cash App was fatally stabbed on a San Francisco street yesterday, his family confirmed today.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Bob Lee, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor and executive who created Cash App, died Tuesday after he was fatally stabbed in San Francisco, according to reports. He was 43. Lee was formerly CTO of Jack Dorsey’s payments company Square (which is now called Block) and most recently was the chief product officer at cryptocurrency company MobileCoin, which he joined in late 2021. The San Francisco Police Department said in an announcement that it responded to a report of a stabbing near the 300 block of Main Street on April 4 at about 2:35 a.m. SFPD did not identify the victim. NBC Bay Area and other outlets subsequently reported that the victim of the stabbing was Lee.

A well-known tech executive was stabbed to death in San Francisco on Tuesday. Bob Lee, who was one

Cash App founder Bob Lee has been killed.

Famed drag performer Heklina has died.

A show parodying cult 1981 movie Mommy Dearest in Manchester this week has been cancelled following the tragic death of co-star and legendary San Francisco drag queen Heklina.

J. Kim Murphy Stefan Grygelko, a pillar of the San Francisco drag community who performed under the persona Heklina, was found dead Monday in London. Heklina was 54. Heklina was discovered by Peaches Christ (fellow drag performer Joshua Grannell) on Monday morning. The pair had been touring with their stage production “Mommie Queerest,” a parody of the 1981 cult feature “Mommie Dearest,” which was slated for a two-week run at the Soho Theatre. No official cause of death has been released. “I am shocked and horrified to bring this news to you. I am living in a real-life nightmare so forgive me if I don’t have all the answers just now. This morning, in London, England I went to collect my dear friend Heklina, who is costarring with me in a Mommie Queerest show here, and found her dead,” Peaches Christ wrote in a statement on social media. “Heklina is not just my best friend, but a beloved icon of our community. I am a mess.”

Thania Garcia The body of San Francisco radio host Jeffrey Vandergrift was found at Pier 39 on Wednesday, nearly one month after he went missing. He was 55. The San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed his death to Variety in a statement, while Vandergrift’s radio station confirmed the loss on Thursday in a statement posted to their website and social media. “With a heavy heart, we must confirm that the body found near Pier 39 on Wednesday afternoon has been identified as our dear friend, family member & colleague, JV,” the statement reads. “We are devastated to know now that JV is gone. Please keep his wife Natasha, his family, and close friends in your thoughts and prayers.”

Jeffrey Vandergrift, a longtime and beloved San Francisco radio host and disc jockey known as DJ JV, has been confirmed dead after going missing last month.

Drake and 21 Savage have expanded their 2023 North American tour – see all the details below.The run of shows, dubbed ‘It’s All A Blur’, is due to kick off in New Orleans this June in support of the two rappers’ recent collaborative album ‘Her Loss’. Drake previously teased the stint during a SiriusXM concert at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City.Tickets go on general sale at noon local time today (March 17) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.Further gigs have now been added in Houston, Dallas, Miami, Detroit, Montreal, Washington, DC, Seattle, Vancouver, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Las Vegas.

Prince Harry spoke about the things that inspire him on a daily basis! On Wednesday, the Duke of Sussex joined  BetterUp CEO Alexi Robichaux for a live Q&A at the 2023 BetterUp Uplift Summit in San Francisco, California.During the portion of the program, Harry, 38, was asked what gets him up in the morning and drives his purpose in life.«For me, personally, I get so much out of helping other people,» Harry, who is Chief Impact Officer of the organization, said. «To be in the service of others is what drives me, what gets me out of bed every day. Then you have kids.» A post shared by BetterUp (@betterup)Harry shares children Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1, with his wife, Meghan Markle. Throughout the Q&A, Harry also shared the importance of the work he does alongside his wife with their Archewell Foundation, his Invictus Games and as a board member at BetterUp.

It’s transfer time for Phil Dunster, who has played AFC Richmond’s star striker Jamie Tartt on the Emmy-winning comedy drama Ted Lasso for three seasons. The actor is joining Gugu Mbatha-Raw on Season 2 of her psychological thriller Surface, Breaking Baz can reveal.

Earlier this month, The CW proudly trumpeted how the 2023 LIV Golf League season will air in 100% of markets across the U.S. The 14-event schedule kicks off Friday at the El Camaleón Mayakoba Golf Course in Mexico, with the CW app streaming coverage on Fridays and linear CW broadcast picking up on Saturdays and Sundays.

William Earl A new music venue is coming to Los Angeles courtesy of Teragram and Moroccan Lounge owner Michael Swier, in partnership with Another Planet Entertainment (APE). The Bellwether, billed as a multi-genre live music and nightlife destination, will be located at 333 S. Boylston St. and is scheduled to open this spring. Swier’s credits include co-founding Bowery Presents, and operating venerable downtown New York City venues Mercury Lounge and Bowery Ballroom, and founding The Bowery Presents. Another Planet is a well-respected independent promoter which co-produces the annual Outside Lands and Life Is Beautiful music festival, and operates such venues as the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, the Fox Theater in Oakland, Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys, the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and The Independent in San Francisco, Oxbow RiverStage in Downtown Napa and more.

With the Avengers: Endgame now history for a few years, and its place in the boxoffice realm currently challenged more by Avatars than any one Marvel character, the MCU, under orders from Marvel Chief Kevin Feige is now entering Phase 5, and using the third cinematic incarnation of Ant-Man and the full-blooded emergence of multi-villain Kang The Conqueror to carry it forward in what is essentially a stand-alone transition movie. As such Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania is a mixed bag, still containing the lighter comedy of the 2015 original and 2018 followup, both set in San Francisco, but now taking us deep into a subatomic universe where the familial characters will experience both good and evil forces, some wacky new creatures that look like they are straight out of a Star Wars bar, and a mission to save this dizzying community of colorful beings who are being terroized by another comic book legend now embodied by the imposing and talented Jonathan Majors, clearly aiming to be the next major player in the MCU.

Well this is something: All of the CW affiliates have agreed to air the 2023 LIV Golf League season. The network made it official today by announcing the first official full season of the Saudi-backed golf will air on 100% of the CW affiliates, as well as Nexstar owned and operated stations in key markets including Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Tampa and Hartford.

Very good news for Bruce Springsteen fans. Springsteen and his E Street Band have added 18 cities to their U.S. leg of the tour, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, and MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The news comes as a relief to fans upset over the initial schedule that excluded any West Coast dates.

The Lemon Twigs have announced their fourth studio album ‘Everything Harmony’ and shared a new single called ‘Any Time Of Day’ – listen below.The Long Island duo – comprising brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario – are due to release the 13-track follow-up to 2020’s ‘Songs For The General Public’ on May 5 via Captured Tracks (pre-order/pre-save here).Featuring last month’s ‘Corner Of My Eye’, the forthcoming record was written, recorded, produced and engineered entirely by the band between Manhattan, Brooklyn and San Francisco’s Hyde Street Studios.According to a press release, ‘Everything Harmony’ “swings between moments of depression and isolation and episodes of dizzying euphoria”, and was inspired by the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, Arthur Russell and Moondog.Latest single ‘Any Time Of Day’ arrives with an official video directed by Ambar Navarro, who said the clip was “heavily inspired by ’60s television live performances and focusing on the minimal set pieces, referencing The Carpenters, Tom Petty, and especially The Monkees‘ TV Show and absurd/surreal comedy of that era”.Tune in here:As for the song itself, The Lemon Twigs explained: “We were hired to write material and act in an interactive TV show about an imaginary ’70s brother band. We wrote a bunch of KISS type songs for the soundtrack plus this one.“This one wasn’t quite right for the show, so we held it back.

Instagram post showing him in a neck brace with bruises and dried blood all over his face, Barry Miles wrote that he was jumped by two unknown men after leaving Powerhouse, a popular LGBTQ bar on Folsom Street in the city’s SoMa neighborhood.Miles wrote that his wallet was stolen, and that he suffered a heart attack during the assault due to high cholesterol, requiring doctors to put in two stents.“My face hit the sidewalk,” he wrote. “Also a front tooth was knocked out, and a small fracture in my neck.

It all goes down the DMs! Sydney Warner (née Hightower) immediately caught Fred Warner’s eye after her early elimination from The Bachelor. 

Noah Cowan, former co-director of the Toronto Film Festival and executive director of SFFILM in San Francisco, died Wednesday of cancer in Los Angeles, Deadline has confirmed. He was 55.

A suspect has been arrested following two shootings near San Francisco at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm which killed seven people yesterday. San Mateo County Board of Supervisors president Dave Pine confirmed police have now taken 67-year-old Zhao Chunli in connection with the shooting in Half Moon Bay.

Never “Mr. Irrelevant” to her! Brock Purdy has had girlfriend Jenna Brandt by his side on his unexpected journey in the NFL.

Emilia Jones earned a lot of attention as the star of 2021’s big Sundance winner and eventual Best Picture Oscar winner CODA, and the praise should be continuing this year as she not only stars in Cat People, but also Fairyland, which had its world premiere in Park City today.

EXCLUSIVE: The Men of West Hollywood are looking to go global.

A San Francisco shop owner is the subject of online outrage after he was seen nonchalantly hosing down person experiencing homelessness out in the cold.

MGM+, formerly Epix, unveiled its programming lineup and development slate that includes a new John Wells drama based on a Stephen L. Carter novel, a period drama about Harlem crime boss Stephanie St. Clair, based on an MGM movie, and a docuseries about the disco era.

Elon Musk wants to move a shareholder class action lawsuit from San Francisco to West Texas, claiming a lack of unbiased jurors in the Bay Area.

J.J. Watt, a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and likely first-ballot Hall of Famer, said today that he will retire after the 2022 season. The defensive end made the announcement in a tweet, saying, “My heart is filled with nothing but love and gratitude. It’s been an absolute honor and a pleasure.” See the post below.

David DePape, accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi at their San Francisco home in October, told police that he also planned to target a list of other public figures, including actor Tom Hanks, Hunter Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Tom Brady was so pissed about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers getting blown out in NorCal this weekend that he didn’t even shower before leaving the stadium!