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Rick Perry Steps Up His War With California (Now That The Guv Is Jerry Brown, Not Arnold Schwarzenegger)

Apparently happy with the headlines he got for a $24,000 radio-ad buy urging California businesses to come to Texas, Texas Governor Rick Perry is stepping up his game. He tweeted the above message, warning Californians (and tipping off reporters) that there's more merriment in store.

Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 6 Hidden Bars

Actually, for our purposes, the term "hidden" might be a bit incorrect, at least technically. Perhaps more appropriate would be "undiscovered" or, better still, "underappreciated." Either way, Houston has A TON of great bars that are not immediately known. Here are the best six, ranging from East Do ... More >>

Top 10 Celebrity Music-Video Cameos

​Ratt, "Round and Round" Thursday night, Ratt hits up Warehouse Live with what passes for their original line-up. At their peak, the band was a gritty and decadent alternative to bands like Poison, skewing closer to Motley Crue in terms of excess and drug abuse. ​The band managed to ... More >>

SUMMER GUIDE: (100) Days of Summer Movies

Enjoy the great indoors!

Down on the Farm

The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights.

Year in Film: Grounded

Up in the Air director Jason Reitman has a good sense of where he's from and where he's headed.

The Tug of War

Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a pitched battle over the soul of the GOP. They are also running for governor.

Crypticon Countdown: Michael Berryman On Star Trek, Motley Crue And Brandon Lee

Photo courtesy Crypticon​There's no mistaking horror-movie stalwart Michael Berryman. The actor suffers from a rare condition called hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, which is characterized by few or no sweat glands and lack of hair or fingernails. However, Berryman's distinctive appearance has ... More >>

Summer of Salvation

The Terminator is back. Plus lots of other movies we can't wait to see this season.

Apocalypse Whatever: Tropic Thunder

Ben Stiller's Hollywood send-up lacks firepower

Kyoto Protocol: Chill Out

Skeptical environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg questions the Kyoto Protocol's effectiveness

The Art Guys, "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

The Art Guys share 25 years of "drawings, proposals, failed schemes and pipe dreams"

Master Pancake Theater presents Conan the Barbarian

Former member of Mr. Sinus returns to send up the Governator’s epic fantasy

Ferret Love

They poop, they steal, they smell, they (sometimes) bite. They are adored.

Christian Bale

What won't the best actor of his generation do for a role? Not much.

Black Book

Back home in Holland, Paul Verhoeven uses his basic instincts to craft a slick Holocaust thriller

SXSW

At South by Southwest, there's a lot of light shown in the dark

Not Neighborly

If Barbra's Wedding were a sitcom, it just might work

Getting Schooled

A legendary debate teacher has a lesson plan to knock off Congressman John Culberson

Kinky's Got His Mojo Workin'

A Texas wild man enlists his Appalachian counterpart in his crusade

Scoundrel Time

Alex Gibney expertly captures the lies and fall of Enron

The Smartest Film at Sundance

Alex Gibney tells the story of Enron's rise and fall -- and you won't need an economics degree to understand it

Owed to Billy Joe

Today all the best poets are singers. That's why a singer should be Texas's next poet laureate.

Songs Of Freedom

Perhaps the candidates running in the 2004 election could use some help selecting their campaign music

Ronald Reagan's Army

In your heart, you know the Yuppie Prick$ are right

Lowbrow, Meet Eyebrow

Between The Rock and a hard place, The Rundown isn't so bad

Business Versus Pleasure

Lil' Troy keeps on ballin', on CD and video, at least

Drag King

Actor-comic Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved

Run to Ground

Inmate Terry Banks broke out of jail in Missouri, prison guard Lynette Barnett by his side. They disappeared for seven weeks - until the law caught up with them in a Victoria County, Texas, trailer park.

Heavy Mettle

There's nothing delicate to be found in Old Heidelberg's deliciously Teutonic soul

Mission: Irrelevant

Sure, you can upgrade a TV series to the big screen -- but why bother?

Beat the Heat!

1996 Summer Guide

Choice Chan

Streep in the Wild

Move aside Sly and Arnold, Meryl's gone muscular

Gallic Glories

Celebrity Photographer, Photographer Celebrity

Talking with Annie Leibovitz about the manufacture of cultural identity and the American dream