The film set at La Méditerranée on College Avenue Friday night. Photo: Ted Friedman The 2900 block of College Avenue in Berkeley’s Elmwood neighborhood was transformed into a mid-1980s scene on Friday night, as director Danny Boyle filmed a scene for a new Steve Jobs biopic at La Méditerranée. Period cars from the 1980s were parked […]
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New Steve Jobs movie starring Michael Fassbender, Seth Rogen, Kate Winslet, shooting in Berkeley
Seth Rogan is to play the part of Steve Wozniak in a new film about Steve Jobs and Apple that will be on location in Berkeley on Friday and Saturday. Photo: Boris Rezsov A new movie about Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender (as Jobs), Seth Rogen (as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak), Kate Winslet and Katherine […]
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Berkeley’s Jonathan Mann sings duet with iPhone’s Siri
Berkeleyan Jonathan Mann writes a song a day. It’s what he does — has done since January 2009, in fact — and he reached his 1,365th song yesterday. His latest effort is a whimsical birthday duet with the iPhone’s virtual assistant Siri. (It’s the second time he has “partnered” with Siri to make a music video– […]
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A Berkeley blogger, a cocktail (or 2) and a wee-hours email exchange with Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Ryan Tate (left) may be feeling a little bashful about aspects of the “feisty” email exchange he had with Steve Jobs on Friday night and Saturday morning. But it’s unlikely he regrets it. For Tate, a Berkeley-based writer for tech gossip site Valleywag (part of the Gawker blogging empire) the cocktail-fueled online conversation constitutes a real coup. The […]
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Steve Jobs, Chekhov and Afghanistan
Artistic Director Tony Taccone today announced the 2010-11 season for the Berkeley Rep, which includes plays about Steve Jobs and Afghanistan, Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters, world premieres from Daniel Handler (better known as Lemony Snicket) and Rinne Groff, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined by Lynn Nottage, and a new play by Taccone written for Berkeley […]