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Dine With Filmmakers Coppola and Lucas for Charity; China Mulls Happy/Sadface Icons for Health Inspections

• There’s a private dinner up for auction on eBay that would put you at a table with George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, John Lasseter of Pixar, Philip Kauffman, and Chris Columbus, all in the name of benefiting cancer research. The current bid stands at $8,550. [CBS]

• SFGate blogger Beth Spotswood pens a cautionary tale about what happens if you blow off an OpenTable reservation: They break up with you. [SFGate]

• The new episode of Check, Please! Bay Area airs tonight, featuring citizen reviews of Ristorante Ideale, Spork, and some place in Danville. [Bay Area Bites]

• New research suggests a daily glass of red wine does not stave off aging, after all. Make up your minds, scientists! [NPR]

• Since letter grades in restaurant windows might be too subtle for some diners, China is considering posting happy and sad faces to let consumers know whether an eatery is safe. [Squid Ink/LA Weekly]

• The U.S. Armed Forces is investigating whether fish oil for soldiers might a way to reduce suicides. New Agey, much? [USAT]

• Obese people now outnumber the hungry globally, creating a “double-edged scandal” for nutrition worldwide. [AFP]

Dine With Filmmakers Coppola and Lucas for Charity; China Mulls Happy/Sadface