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Harvard, CU-Boulder Design Downtown Houston of Your Dreams, Possibly

That up above, the dreamy rendering of the area that used to house the downtown Post Office? It's "Bayou Commons," which is "strategically designed to be downtown Houston's first residential district celebrating cultural diversity and urban lifestyle." But don't go looking for it yet.

Texas Invaded By SoCal Pimps

Kojuan Miles may not be playing football for a while.​Maybe it's the meltdown of the California economy. Maybe they heard about Rick Perry's alleged Texas miracle. Whatever the reason, the Lone Star State appears to be undergoing a plague of transplanted pimps from Southern California. Must ju ... More >>

Amtrak's Terrible Sunset Limited May Become A Daily

Improvements on the way?​Amtrak has a new plan out on how to improve service on the Sunset Limited, the long-distance passenger train that comes through Houston on its way between Los Angeles and New Orleans. Any plan would likely improve service, since the Limited is notorious for long, long ... More >>

All About Meeeeee!

DiverseWorks showcases the video of self-absorption.

It's Britney, Bitches!

Her career has already withstood more train wrecks than Amtrak, and now it looks like Britney Spears is on the upswing one more time. Spears' new single "Womanizer," the lead single from her Circus album (dropping today), which she performed today on Good Morning America (above), is a recent B ... More >>

Rex "Wrecks" Bell Is Just Playing

The Galveston singer-songwriter spent a lot of years on the periphery of music greatness and right in the middle of its excesses

Last Night: Scott Miller at the Mucky Duck

My Neighbor Totoro

Rice screens the only film to warm hearts and pop eyes at both Troma and Disney

It's a Gas

Pump pains constrain some musicians and inspire others

Confessions of a DJ Spinoff Judge

Primates and train wrecks and dancers with bling...

The Fix Is In

UTMB is under fire in Dallas for its jail health care. So why is Houston ready to install it here?

Playbill

When He Was Cruel

Neil LaBute tries to be nice but comes off very savage

The War Within

Mark Aguirre is an aggressive Houston cop who won civilian support by fighting crime. But the abrasive captain could lose his biggest battle: the one raging over him in HPD itself.

Flat Lyne

Yo, Adrian! Unfaithful is damn near unwatchable!

The Goode Son

Houston's First Family of Barbecue has anointed an heir apparent to its expanding empire. And his name is Levi.

News Hostage

He's Around Here Somewhere

News of the Weird

Roots Rasslin'

At Tugboat Taylor's gym, would-be wrestlers are taught the eternal verities: It's more fun to be a heel, but heels always lose.

Little Big Crony

Bob Lanier's buddy Billy Burge wants to play the power game the way it was played in the old days. . . . . . But the rules have changed.

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