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Daily Podcast: What Constitutes a Cult Classic? Movies From Black Creators, Spider-Man 3 Title, and More4h ago ( February 24, 2021 at 5:30 PM ) On the February 24, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall , weekend editor Brad Oman , and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including the title for Spider-Man 3, David Fincher’s next movie, some Disney+ release dates, and a couple of cool Netflix projects. We also answer a couple of mailbag questions.
Opening Banter : There seems to be a problem with iTunes...Tags: Movies, California, Disney, San Francisco, Netflix, Miami, Stephen Chow, Michael Fassbender, Spike Lee, Steve McQueen, Cthulhu, David Fincher, Craig, Chris, Kong, Brad 84 people like this. Like S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Reports 10.4% Annual Home Price Gain To End 202013h ago ( February 24, 2021 at 8:00 AM ) New York, NY – Feb. 23, 2021 (PRNewswire) S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) today releases the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for December 2020 show that home prices continue to increase across the U.S. More than 27 years of history are available for the data series, and can be accessed in full by going to https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/.
Please note that transaction records for October 2020 and No...Tags: Real Estate, New York, News, Minneapolis, Washington, Nsa, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Radio, United States, Portland, San Diego, Dallas, Miami 120 people like this. Like Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and Beat icon, dead at 101February 23, 2021 at 2:40 PM By Janie Har and Hillel Italie | Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Poet, publisher and bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement, has died. He was 101.
Books by Lawrence Ferlinghetti are on displayed in 2019 at City Lights Books in San Francisco.
Ferlinghetti died at his San Francisco home Monday, his son Lorenzo Ferlinghetti told The Associated Press Tuesday. The cause was lung disease.
His father died “in his own room,” holding the hands of his son...Tags: Books, Business, Celebrities, News, Interview, California News, America, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, Obituaries, Obituary, Associated Press, Bay Area, Martin Scorsese, Coney Island 87 people like this. Like 5 Best Alternatives to the Flip Video CameraFebruary 23, 2021 at 2:55 PM The Flip video camera, launched in 2007, introduced a practical, portable video recorder. It was slim enough to slide into a pocket. Had a flip out USB connector so you didn’t have to worry about finding cables. And best of all it had a built in LCD screen so you actually knew what you were filming (this was a novelty in 2007).
It pre-dated the current iteration of action cameras we know of today, introducing video recording well before GoPro. It also led to a new category of tiny camcorders ...Tags: Amazon, Movies, San Francisco, Cisco, Sony, Cinematography, Garmin, Cisco Systems, Zeiss, OM, Flip, Osmo Action, Sony Bloggie Touch, Akaso Brave 118 people like this. Like Fourth-quarter home prices saw record growth: FHFAFebruary 23, 2021 at 10:17 AM During the fourth quarter of 2020, U.S. home prices surged 10.8 percent on an annual basis and 3.8 percent on a quarterly basis, marking growth records for both metrics.Tags: Utah, Montana, San Francisco, Radio, Idaho, Connecticut, Arizona, Freddie Mac, Boise, Redwood City, San Mateo, FHFA, Fannie Mae, Markets & Economy, Home Prices, Lynn Fisher 34 people like this. Like Intense Demand and Low Mortgage Rates Drive Home Values to Record HighsFebruary 23, 2021 at 9:00 AM – Home values continue to rise at a historic monthly pace, growing 1.1% from December to January
– Zillow economists predict 7 million home sales this year, nearly 25% more than in 2020
– Phoenix is booming, recording the highest annual growth in both home values (17.1%) and typical rent (8.4%) among the nation’s largest metros
– Home values rose 9.1% from a year ago, the fastest pace of annual appreciation since 2006
Seattle, WA – February 19, 2021 (PRNewswire) Extreme demand driven...Tags: Real Estate, New York, News, Sacramento, San Francisco, Indianapolis, Chicago, Austin, Radio, United States, Washington Dc, Portland, San Diego, San Jose, Salt Lake City, Houston 127 people like this. Like Housing Market Stayed Hot in January as Home Prices Rose 14% and Sales Surged 20%February 23, 2021 at 8:00 AM Supply couldn’t keep up with demand as new listings of homes for sale fell 6% from a year earlier and the number of homes on the market was down 24% to an all-time low
Seattle, WA – Feb. 19, 2021 (PRNewswire) (NASDAQ: RDFN) — The national median home-sale price rose 14% year over year to $330,500 in January, according to a new report from Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. This marks an annual gain just shy of the largest increase seen since 2013, which was...Tags: Real Estate, News, New York City, San Francisco, Radio, Canada, United States, Camden, Salt Lake City, Detroit, Denver, Redfin, Seattle Wa, San Jose CA, Bridgeport, ALLENTOWN Pa 55 people like this. Like Housing Affordability For Black California Households is Half That of Whites, Illustrating Persistent Wide Homeownership Gap and Wealth Disparities, C.A.R. ReportsFebruary 19, 2021 at 8:30 AM – Less than one in five Black California households could afford to purchase the $659,380 statewide median-priced home in 2020, compared to two in five white California households who could afford to purchase the same median-priced home.
– At an affordability index of 20 percent, the affordability gap was similarly wide for Latinx households.
– A minimum annual income of $122,800 was needed to make monthly payments of $3,070, including principal, interest, and taxes on a 30-year fixed-rate...Tags: News, California, Fresno, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Car, Radio, United States, San Diego, Orange County, Santa Clara, San Bernardino, Calif, Riverside, San Mateo 34 people like this. Like When Google suddenly abandoned plans to create video games, over 150 staffers were reportedly blindsided by layoffsFebruary 17, 2021 at 10:56 AM Google vice president and general manager Phil Harrison speaks during a Google keynote address announcing a new video game streaming service named Stadia at the 2019 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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After less than two years, Google suddenly closed its video game studios in early February.
Over 150 employees in Google's Stadia Games & Entertainment group were laid off in the closure.
Just days prior, VP Phil Harrison reportedly reassured the team of Google's ongoing com...Tags: Google, Gaming, Layoffs, Video Games, Entertainment, San Francisco, Trends, Game Development, Reuters, Kotaku, Harrison, Phil Harrison, Stadia, Ben Gilbert, Tech Insider, Jade Raymond 122 people like this. Like 56% of Redfin Home Offers Faced Competition in January, the Ninth-Straight Month More Than Half of Redfin Offers Faced Bidding WarsFebruary 16, 2021 at 9:00 AM Pricey homes are most likely to see bidding wars, with more than 65% of homes priced between $800,000 and $1 million facing competition in January, the highest share of any price bucket
Seattle, WA – Feb. 12, 2021 (PRNewswire) (NASDAQ: RDFN) — Nationwide, 55.9% of Redfin offers for homes faced bidding wars in January, up from a revised rate of 52.5% in December, according to a new report from Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. It marks the ninth consecutive...Tags: Real Estate, News, Sacramento, San Francisco, Atlanta, Radio, Canada, United States, Wheeler, Portland, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Denver, Redfin, Bay Area 26 people like this. Like Arlington-born Sharon Rudahl on A Graphic Biography of Paul RobesonFebruary 10, 2021 at 11:03 PM Sharon Rudahl on Ballad of an American – A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson 291; Dec 16, 2020 New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpKyumxnIjg The 291st meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 at 7pm ET. Intro: Ben Katchor Veteran graphic storyteller Sharon Rudahl discusses her che...Tags: Comics, Hollywood, New York City, San Francisco, Google Earth, Paul Robeson, Martin Luther King, East Village, Arlington, Arlington Virginia, Harvey Pekar, Cooper Union, Mike Rhode, Emma Goldman, Ben Katchor, Yiddishkeit SXSW 2021 Unveils Full Feature Film Line-Up, All Available for Online ViewingFebruary 10, 2021 at 5:00 PM This year’s South by Southwest Film Festival is going virtual. The SXSW 2021 film festival has unveiled its full line-up, including documentaries on Selma Blair and Demi Lovato, and films like Here Before directed by Stacey Gregg and Kelley Kali’s I’m Fine (Thanks For Asking) competing in the Narrative Feature section. The selection will be available online for viewing to everyone.
The full SXSW 2021 line-up has been announced for the 28th edition of the Austin, Texas-based film festiva. Thi...Tags: Film Festivals, SXSW, SXSW 2021 122 people like this. Like $1M home searches hit record high in January: RedfinFebruary 10, 2021 at 12:47 PM Homes priced over $1 million made up 10.8 percent of all saved searches on Redfin.com in January, up from 8.5 percent the previous year.Tags: California, Boston, New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Radio, Luxury, San Diego, Agent, San Jose, Oakland, Seattle, Zillow, Nassau County, Redfin, Honolulu 43 people like this. Like Austin, Atlanta & Tampa Are Attracting Homebuyers From More Expensive Cities, Contributing to a Housing Supply CrunchFebruary 9, 2021 at 8:00 AM 28% of Redfin.com users looked to move to another metro area in 2020, up from 25.5% in 2019, driving double-digit inventory shortages in popular destinations
Seattle, WA – Feb. 4, 2021 (PRNewswire) (NASDAQ: RDFN) — Nationwide, 27.8% of Redfin.com users looked to move to another metro area in 2020, according to a new report from Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. That’s up from 25.5% in 2019, a 9% year-over-year increase. The increase is driven by people lea...Tags: Florida, Real Estate, New York, News, California, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, Austin, Radio, Canada, United States, Dallas, San Jose 92 people like this. Like Home Equity Improves In Most Areas Of Nation During Fourth Quarter Of 2020 As Market Continues To Avoid Pandemic FalloutFebruary 9, 2021 at 9:00 AM Equity-Rich Properties Now Outnumber Those Seriously Underwater by Six-to-One Ratio; Portion of U.S. Homes Considered Equity-Rich Reaches 30 Percent; Seriously Underwater Properties Down to 5 Percent
Irvine, CA – Feb. 4, 2021 (PRNewswire) ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its fourth-quarter 2020 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that 17.8 million residential properties in the United States were considered equity-rich, meani...Tags: Utah, Real Estate, News, Mississippi, California, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Milwaukee, Alabama, San Francisco, West Virginia, Radio, West, United States 34 people like this. Like Real estate photographers robbed in broad daylight in San FranciscoFebruary 8, 2021 at 11:56 AM The couple was driving from a photo shoot when someone smashed the window of their car and stole $7,000 worth of camera equipment. The driver of a Tesla caught it on video.Tags: Twitter, Technology, Lifestyle, San Francisco, Radio, Markets & Economy, News Brief, ABC7 30 people like this. Like How Midwest Cities are Busting the Urban Exodus MythFebruary 5, 2021 at 8:00 AM Though home values in some expensive coastal cities are softening, lower-priced urban centers are booming as people everywhere seek affordability and reprioritize amid new opportunity brought by remote work
– Homes are selling faster in the suburbs, but home value growth, sales volume and Zillow web traffic in urban areas has kept pace with or exceeded suburban areas.
– The hottest urban housing markets are in the affordable Midwest, where homes are typically less expensive near city cente...Tags: Real Estate, New York, News, San Francisco, Urban, Indianapolis, Radio, Washington Dc, Zillow, Baltimore, Columbus, Denver, Jacksonville, San Fransisco, Louisville, Trulia 105 people like this. Like Buyers on Notice: Act Quickly and Be Prepared to Pay Up, According to Realtor.com® January Housing ReportFebruary 5, 2021 at 9:00 AM — 2021 kicks off with record low inventory and rising home prices, foreshadowing a competitive home-buying season
— Number of homes for sale hit a new low down nearly 43% compared to last year; active listings fall below 600,000 for the first time since 2012
— New listings declined more than 23% year-over-year
— The median listing price increased 15.4% over last year to $346,000
— The typical home sold in 76 days, 10 days faster than a year ago
Santa Clara, CA – Feb. 4, 2021 (PRNe...Tags: Real Estate, News, Minneapolis, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Radio, Homes, San Diego, Miami, San Jose, Rochester, Birmingham, News Corp, Denver, Midwest 21 people like this. Like Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Sets Mid-Season 2 Return DateFebruary 4, 2021 at 2:42 PM Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist sets mid-season 2 return date
Ahead of its upcoming mid-season finale next Tuesday, NBC has announced that the second half of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Season 2 is scheduled to return after a six-week break on March 28 and will be back to its former Sunday timeslot. This announcement comes after the series had earned its first Golden Globe nomination with titular star Jane Levy nominated for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
RELATED: 2021 G...Tags: TV, Movies, Nbc, Abc, Stephen King, San Francisco, Levy, TV News, Paul Feig, Hulu, Maggie, Mandy Moore, Mitch, Zoey, Simon, Howard 85 people like this. Like ‘Try Harder!’ Review: The Odds Are Stacked Against Gifted Teens as They Apply for College [Sundance 2021]January 30, 2021 at 5:00 PM Lowell High School in San Francisco is the top public school in the city. Every student is practically a genius and will do everything they can in order to be accepted to schools like Stanford, Harvard, Brown, MIT, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and more. While it might seem like just a first world problem for these teens to worry about what upscale, prestigious university they’re trying to attend, the documentary Try Harder! from director Debbie Lum paints a universal portrait of the challenges facing tod...Tags: Movies, Documentary, Stanford, San Francisco, Movie Reviews, Batman, Pbs, UC Berkeley, Sundance, Ian, Lowell, Shea, Sophia, GPA, Rachael, Lowell High School 73 people like this. Like U.S. Home Seller Profits Soar In 2020 As Prices Set New Records In Spite Of Coronavirus PandemicJanuary 28, 2021 at 7:53 AM Profits on Home Sales Increase in Nine of Every 10 Housing Markets in 2020; National Median Home Price Up 13 Percent From Last Year to $266,250; Homeowners Now Staying In Their Homes More Than Eight Years Before Selling
Irvine, CA – Jan. 28, 2021 (PRNewswire) ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its Year-End 2020 U.S. Home Sales Report, which shows that home sellers nationwide in 2020 realized a home-price gain of $68,843 on the typical sale,...Tags: Utah, Real Estate, News, Mississippi, Maryland, Montana, Boston, San Francisco, ROI, Chicago, Radio, West, United States, Idaho, Maine, Connecticut 62 people like this. Like Exclusive Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez Teaser, Poster & StillsJanuary 27, 2021 at 2:22 PM BEGIN SLIDESHOW
Exclusive Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez teaser, poster & stills
Ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival next month, ComingSoon.net has received the exclusive first teaser, poster and stills for the documentary Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez, which explores the life of the titular underground cartoon artist. The teaser can be viewed in the player below and the poster and stills in the gallery beneath it!
RELATED: More than Mi...Tags: New York, Movies, Trailer, San Francisco, Spain, Mission District, Exclusive, Charles Mingus, Rodriguez, Miyagi, Ishmael Reed, Ed Piskor, ComingSoon, Movie News, Susie Bright, Andi Zeisler 117 people like this. Like S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Shows Annual Home Price Gains Climbed To 9.5% In NovemberJanuary 27, 2021 at 8:00 AM New York, NY – Jan. 26, 2021 (PRNewswire) S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for November 2020 show that home prices continue to increase across the U.S. More than 27 years of history are available for these data series, and can be accessed in full by going to https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/.
Please note that transaction records for September 2020 for Wayne Co...Tags: Real Estate, New York, News, Minneapolis, Washington, Nsa, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Radio, United States, Portland, San Diego, Dallas, Miami 8 people like this. Like 2020 U.S. Housing Market Gains Were Biggest in 15 YearsJanuary 26, 2021 at 8:00 AM Zillow expects bigger growth in 2021 as sustained demand pushes home values higher
– The full U.S. housing stock gained about $2.5 trillion in value last year, including $2.2 trillion from appreciation of existing homes and $274 billion from new construction.
– That $2.5 trillion gain is more than in any year since 2005 in what was a remarkably strong year for housing, and 2021 is likely to be stronger.
– More than a fifth of the total housing value in the U.S. and almost half of the 10...Tags: Utah, Real Estate, New York, News, Minneapolis, Colorado, California, Washington, Boston, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Indianapolis, Chicago, Radio, Wyoming 32 people like this. Like New to Stream: OVID’s February 2021 Movie LineupJanuary 25, 2021 at 11:44 AM New to Stream: OVID’s February 2021 Movie Lineup
OVID.tv, the curated streaming destination for documentaries and art-house films, has announced its February streaming lineup! OVID exclusives next month include Rogier Kappers’ Emmy nominated documentary Lomax the Songhunter, two films by Romanian director Radu Jude titled I Do Not Care if We Go Down in History as Barbarians and Aferim!, as well as Tsai Ming-liang’s Rebels of the Neon God, The Hole, and much more. You can learn more about thes...Tags: Amazon, Europe, Japan, New York, Hollywood, Movies, France, Nazis, Iraq, Berlin, Nigeria, Africa, US, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, America 108 people like this. Like End-to-end operators are the next generation of consumer businessJanuary 22, 2021 at 4:20 PM Roger Lee
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A24 has announced that director Lee Isaac Chung’s upcoming drama film Minari will finally be getting a digital release, following its scheduled theatrical release on February 12, 2021. Starring Steven Yeun, Han Yeri, and Youn Yuh-Jung, Minari will arrive on VOD on Friday, February 26, 2021. This announcement also came with the release of a new featurette promo which you can check out below, featuring the cast as they explained wha...Tags: Movies, San Francisco, Arkansas, Streaming, Brad Pitt, A24, Christina, Steven Yeun, ComingSoon, Movie News, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Yeun, Lee Isaac Chung, Minari, Ozarks Minari 134 people like this. Like Rent prices continue to decline along the coasts: Realtor.comJanuary 21, 2021 at 2:44 PM Some of the nation's largest markets, including New York City and San Francisco, experienced double-digit rent declines as renters head toward the suburbs.Tags: New York City, Uncategorized, San Francisco, Radio, Markets & Economy, Select, Realtor.com, Rental Affordability, Annual Rent Growth, Short Term Rental Affordability 5 people like this. Like Gene Martinez, influential and ‘beloved’ Compass agent, dies at 60January 20, 2021 at 6:55 PM Martinez joined Compass while the company was still young, and went on to lead and help launch operations in multiple parts of the U.S.Tags: Health, Florida, California, New York City, San Francisco, Radio, Miami, Agent, Compass, Donald Trump, Karlie Kloss, Industry News, Martinez, Miami Beach, Corcoran, Select 13 people like this. Like Home Prices Rose 13% in December, Sales Up 16%January 18, 2021 at 8:00 AM Pending-sales growth of 35% far outpaced that of new listings, up 14%
Seattle, WA – Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — (NASDAQ: RDFN) — The national median home-sale price rose 13% year over year to $334,300 in December, according to a new report from Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. Homebuying demand barely slowed during what is typically one of the slowest months of the year. Closed home sales were up 16% from a year earlier and pending sales were up 35%, whi...Tags: Real Estate, News, San Francisco, Chicago, Radio, Canada, United States, Miami, San Jose, Salt Lake City, Redfin, Seattle Wa, Bridgeport, Allentown, Oxnard, Real Estate News 133 people like this. Like |
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