Ashley Judd

Jamie Lee Curtis Speaks at Drug Council Fundraiser, Michael Myers Nowhere to Be Seen

It was nice to hear Jamie Lee Curtis talk about something other than yogurt that helps you poop, for a change. The Curtis who gave a speech Thursday at a fundraising luncheon for the Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houstonwasn't the smiley Activia-fairy who magically appears whenever a woman somewhere ... More >>

The Wait Is Finally Over!!: Way-Too-Early Odds On March Madness 2014 Are Out

As is the case in almost everything in 2013, the shelf life for enjoyment of the 2013 NCAA men's championship game (a thrilling 82-76 Louisville win over Michigan) was a total of about five minutes before we started looking ahead to 2013-2014. Almost immediately after the game was over, already odd ... More >>

Google Glass: Are Companies Serious with Digital Glasses?

Who remembers the computer on a watch? No, not the iWatch, which Apple is marketing that will probably bomb, but the terrible little Texas Instruments or IBM computer in a wristwatch that was popular with nerds, geeks, dorks and all the doughy math freaks of the 80s. Not ringing a bell? That's beca ... More >>

Killer Joe

Finger-lickin' wrong

Pop Rocks: You're Not Fooling Anyone, Downton Abbey

A quick survey of my friends' status updates on Facebook Sunday night confirmed what I'd suspected for weeks: 200% of them were watching something called Downton Abbey. Season 2 just debuted on Masterpiece Classic on PBS, you see, and people responded with an enthusiasm usually reserved for when s ... More >>

Pop Rocks: I'm On To You, Downton Abbey

A quick survey of my friends' status updates on Facebook Sunday night confirmed what I'd suspected for weeks: 200 percent of them were watching something called Downton Abbey. Season 2 just debuted on Masterpiece Classic on PBS you see, and people responded with an enthusiasm usually reserved for ... More >>

Ask a Rapper: The 10 Best Posts of 2011

The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place - lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good - so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. Lik ... More >>

Double Jeopardy and Roger Clemens: More Than Just a Bad Ashley Judd Movie

Double Jeopardy: Not just a bad Ashley Judd movie.​The Roger Clemens perjury trial finally started last week. Then just as soon as it got started, it was over as an angry judge called a mistrial because of prosecutorial stupidity. There's been a lot of discussion on whether these hearings sh ... More >>

Is Ashley Judd Really Sorry For What She Said About Rap?

The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place - lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good - so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email introducingliston@gmail.com ... More >>

Bun B Panel Debates Rappers' Social Responsibilities

RizohTuesday's panel (l-r): Tre9, Malice, Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, Trae Tha Truth, Bun B​There was a time when everyone either wanted to be hip-hop or sleep with her. Hip-hop, in her nascent days, was akin to that hot chick everyone wanted to take to the dance. But now that hip-hop is old and ... More >>

And in the End: 20 Final Thoughts on the Final Four

John RoyalLeAnn all dressed up for a white wedding.​In an attempt to wipe that awful excuse for a basketball game on Monday night from my head, I thought I would purge a few things still running through from my mind about the whole Final Four weekend. So... 1. I like attractive women. And ... More >>

Khaled M. Leverages Hip-Hop To Raise Consciousness For Libya

​Perhaps Chicago-based, Kentucky-raised rapper Khaled M. should've made a hip-hop anthem for his home state's Wildcats as they made a run for the Final Four. Like Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow" for the Pittsburgh Steelers, a "Blue and White" remix could have caught fire. Ashley Judd might ha ... More >>

Final Four: A Non-Expert Guide on Who to Root For

Everything you need to know, almost​Houston, you must get wrapped up in the Final Four, simply because it's here. If, like us, your love of basketball evaporated away awhile back, that means you need to get caught up on the teams playing so you can sound like an expert at your viewing party. ... More >>

Dear Ms. Judd, Welcome to Houston

Dear Ashley, welcome to Houston. I'll be in the press section, come find me.​Dear Ms. Ashley Judd: I want to take this opportunity to welcome you to my hometown of Houston, Texas. Now I know you've visited our fine place before, especially several years ago when you were here with your race ... More >>

NCAA Sweet 16: So, How Are Your Brackets Looking?

There's still a chance I sit courtside next to Ashley Judd at the Final Four​As we prepare for the Sweet 16, here are some of the things we learned from the first weekend of games of the NCAA Tournament. 1. Maybe Seth Greenberg's supporters should have been bitching about too many schools fr ... More >>

Looking Back at This Weekend's Houston College Classic

John RoyalRice's Michael Ratterree slides across the plate to score a run yesterday against Baylor​The 11th Houston College Classic was played at Minute Maid Park this weekend, and though it's only March, it's probably safe to say that the best baseball to be played in Minute Maid Park this se ... More >>

Ten Movies You Won't Get Into at Sundance

​The Sundance Film Festival kicks off this week in Park City, Utah. The venerable fest enters its 33rd year with many once again questioning the organizers' commitment to independent film. Recent incarnations have debuted underground fare from art houses like Fox Searchlight and Sony Pictures ... More >>

Angry Birds: One Man's Torrid Affair with an iPhone App

Oh, how we danced, Angry Birds. Oh, how we danced.​I like to think I'm a pretty good guy. I work hard. I try to treat my friends well. I try to educate myself and grow as a human being. But, I have plenty of faults. I'm more than happy to admit that because it helps me to grow when I realize w ... More >>

All I Want For Christmas Is A Football Coach

​Dear Santa Claus:I haven't asked much from you in the past few years. So since I've tried to be a good person, I'm hoping that you'll do me a solid and fulfill my wishes this Christmas. Especially since I'm not asking for Ashley Judd, like in the past, but since I'm asking for something that w ... More >>

The College Football Review, With a Little More Ashley Judd

College Football Preview, Ashley Judd Edition

Rocket, the Movie

New Year's Resolutions

John Royal's Top Twenty Sports Moments of 2007, Part Two

Over the Weekend: Shopping, Stripping, Watching and Wishing

The College Football Review, Week 14: The BCS System Blows

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Get Inside. It's Summertime!

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

We've Got a Man-crush on Hunter Pence

It Had to Happen Sooner or Later

One Shy of the Record

Bug

Break out the citronella candle: This creepy thriller gets under the skin

Just One of Those Biopics

The songs are immortal, even if Porter pic isn't

Time and Again

Once more, Denzel's a good cop caught in a bad situation

Queen of Pain

Julie Taymor and Salma Hayek paint a spectacular portrait of Frida Kahlo

Nemesisters

Sisters battle neuroses and each other in a film that's Lovely if not quite Amazing

Mama's Ya-Ya's

Divine Secrets delves into mother-daughter issues with a Southern twist

Enough Already

Dance-hall diva J. Lo does a Schwarzenegger flick for the ladies

Reel Guilty

The military thriller High Crimes sets a new low for Ashley Judd

Call of the Mild

Despite its animal instincts, Someone Like You is nothing but a lap kitten

Okie Glamour

Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman as poor white folk? It's best not to question the attraction of Where the Heart Is.

Little Big Man

Lightweight Simon's no Meany, but he can make you cry

Negative Seven

Kiss the Girls is so bad it's scary

Black, White and a Few Shades of Gray

A Time to Kill does John Grisham proud

Independent Heaven

Smoking Out a Story