Email Author Steven Devadanam

2004 Stories by Steven Devadanam

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published December 30, 2004

  Thursday, December 30 Okay Bob Schneider, we get it. Life is harsh. You get depressed; you get addicted. Shut up already! You got... More >>

• Kidding Around

  published December 30, 2004

  Sure, they were all professional comedians. But somewhere during last season's Last Comic Standing, nearly every single cast member of... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published December 16, 2004

  Thursday, December 16If we at Night & Day knew that you could drink your way to a better society, then by our math, we would've already... More >>

• Hail to the King

  published December 16, 2004

  So far, the life of T. Sean Shannon, a big-shot writing supervisor for Saturday Night Live, has read much like a movie script of... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published December 9, 2004

  Thursday, December 9 Want to get people jealous? Go with green. Make 'em pensive? Break out the blue. But to really get folks horny,... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published December 2, 2004

  Thursday, December 2 Though it's nestled in a strip center off of I-45, the Comedy Showcase, a venue that often takes a backseat to the... More >>

• Hollywood Holiday

  published December 2, 2004

  They're the most insidious of all holiday creations. You can't tiptoe past the counters at Pottery Barn or Wal-Mart without being assaulted by... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published November 25, 2004

  Thursday, November 25 You've unfastened so many buttons that you're legally undressed. The football has gotten boring,... More >>

• Inside the Glide

  published November 25, 2004

  They may be ballers or even shot callers, but truthfully, some professional athletes are just plain dumb, lazy or both. Local hoops Hall of Famer... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published November 18, 2004

  Thursday, November 18 Yep, it's holiday season. Time to pat your fellow man on the back and spread goodwill to... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published November 11, 2004

  Thursday, November 11 Robert Frank's The Americans, a book of photographs from a 1955 road trip, is... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published November 4, 2004

  Thursday, November 4 Truthfully, unless you're a glad-handing, card-hurling businessperson with a frozen smile,... More >>

• Tall Cool One

  published November 4, 2004

  Being on reality TV is much like your first sexual experience: It's your golden opportunity to either shine or -- ahem -- blow it. Comedian... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published October 28, 2004

  Thursday, October 28 Hopefully, you've come out of your funk over the Astros' playoff run. It's time to turn your... More >>

• Dream Catcher

  published October 21, 2004

  See what in Tarnation Caouette has created when the film opens at noon on Friday, October 22. 510 Texas. For information, call... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published October 14, 2004

  Thursday, October 14 David Crump is either a true-to-form Renaissance man or a guy with multiple personalities.... More >>

• Hand Job

  published October 14, 2004

  The Argentine theater troupe El Chonchón is putting on a new version of Romeo and Juliet, Bill Shakespeare's tale about horny teens.... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published October 7, 2004

  Thursday, October 7 Guys: Are you in the doghouse this week? Tell your sweetie you're taking her on a tour of... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published September 30, 2004

  Thursday, September 30 The local masters of puppets, Bobbindoctrin Puppet Theatre, are kicking off their new... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published September 23, 2004

  Thursday, September 23 If you've been living in a cave (or hiding from hurricanes) lately, we've got a news flash... More >>

• Trump Card

  published September 23, 2004

  You know you have ice in your veins when Donald Trump -- whose advice to engaged couples is "Get a prenup" -- calls you a "cold, cold woman." But... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published September 16, 2004

  Thursday, September 16 Leave it to Rice Cinema to present two films that offer up more "huh?" plots than an entire... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published September 9, 2004

  Thursday, September 9 Savvy ladies know that Thursdays are the perfect "screening" date nights. Why blow a precious... More >>

• Bill Kills

  published September 2, 2004

  During a pivotal pregame moment in Oliver Stone's fumbling football flick Any Given Sunday, Bill Bellamy, as star wide receiver... More >>

• The Bends

  published August 19, 2004

  It sounds like a cruel joke to imagine a status lower than a Jew in a concentration camp. Yet that was the fate of homosexuals during Nazi... More >>