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Top 10 Sexiest Cars of the Houston Auto Show (with Photos)

Concept cars are what auto shows are all about. With their nuclear hybrid propulsion systems, bamboo radio control knobs, and intergalactic navigation displays, concept cars give us a chance to look into the unlikely future of the automobile. Weren't we supposed to have flying cars by now? This yea ... More >>

Texans-Patriots: PLAYOFF BATTLE-DRINK Bingo Drinking Game Card, "Schaub's Revenge"

As all of you Battle-Drinkers know, the Battle-Drink Bingo Drinking Game board this season has consisted of several potential in-game events tied to (obviously) the Texans and whoever their opponent is that particular week. The pattern on the board can best be described as "organized randomness," wi ... More >>

True Blood: God, Gotye, and Why Neither Matters

Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under. He's lost none of his touch when it comes to his current HBO series, True Blood -- which happens to be set in the Louisiana swamps, not terribly far from Houston. So, the vampires have decided that they are going to try and rule ... More >>

Five Other Reality Shows We Wish Clay Aiken Would Guest On

ClayMates, start your engines! Your hero and American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken just joined the cast of the next cycle of Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice set to premiere on February 12 on NBC. This cycle, filmed a few months back, is sure to have some proverbial fireworks, with the opinionated ... More >>

Night of the Living Dead

A former funeral home anchors Houston's next nightlife nexus.

St. Ides & Hip-Hop: Would Today's Rappers Endorse Malt Liquor?

​The early '90s was a time when some of the best hip-hop music ever was being made, and the beverage of choice was malt liquor. Before rappers glorified Cristal, Ciroc and even their own branded alcohol, there were many hip-hop-inspired malt liquor ads. St. Ides in particular enlisted several ... More >>

NBA's Marcus Camby Arrested For Weed In Pearland

Portland PDPulled over in his Porsche​Many NBA watchers wonder how the hell Marcus Camby can keep playing at the ancient age of 37. We may have our answer. And as with so many things, it's weed. Camby was arrested earlier this week in Pearland for marijuana possession, reports the Pearland J ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 1: Cunninghame West of Valentino Restaurant Remembers When He Was Homeless, But Had a Porsche

Photo Courtesy of Michelle LeBlancCunninghame West, Executive Chef at Valentino Restaurant​Earlier this year at the Italian Expo, Cunninghame West, Executive Chef at Valentino Restaurant in the Hotel Derek, won the fan vote for most entertaining. Alongside Owner and Executive Chef Luciano Pel ... More >>

Dad? I Let A Friend Drive Your Porsche Boxster And It Erupted Into Flames

An as-yet-unburned-to-a-crisp Boxster​Conversations no 19-year-old kid wants to have: Kid: Uh, Dad? Dad: Yes, buddy? Kid: You know your Porsche? Dad: The Boxster? Love that thing to death. LOVE IT. That's why I never let anyone else drive it. Kid: Yeah, well, umm..... And things can only ... More >>

Kanye, 0. Rice, 1: Study Finds Prospective Wifeys Not Gold Diggers

Porsche.comExtra seating for harem, not family.​If you're a rich single man who owns a Porsche, chances are the dude in the pickup beside you is going to find a spouse sooner than you do. Don't blame the car. It's probably just you. So found a study released today by Rice University, UT-San ... More >>

Hell Is the Harris County Admin Building

Hope, abandoned​An Icelandic saga as written by Franz Kafka. That is the best way we can describe what happens when you attempt to register and transfer title to a car given to you as a gift by your dad who lives out of state. Through what is now four trips to the Harris County Administration ... More >>

Rich Man's Recession

The Company Men takes pity on the emasculated executive.

December 9, 2013 Headline: Hunter Pence Signs With Pirates For 7 Years, $168M

Rich people making baseball decisions​Most major league baseball owners are billionaires or, at the very least, incredibly wealthy leaders of investor groups. And I'm pretty sure you have to be smart to become a billionaire (although I am admittedly very smart, and I regularly get excited whe ... More >>

Todd Buchanan: Jumping At The Bit to Coach UH Women's Hoops

He just cannot wait​Meet new Houston Cougars' women's basketball coach Todd Buchanan. He's an excitable guy. He talks fast, in run-on sentences. He goes off on tangents, but always returns to the point of the question. He's got a tight handshake, and he calls you by your first name.He's the kid in ... More >>

Rick Perry On Cribs: And This Is Where The Magic Is Made

Go to the 35-second mark to hear what Nick Saban thinks of Rick Perry's decorating ideas. Finally, the Texas Democratic Party has weighed in on the single biggest issue of the day: Rick Perry's decorating and entertaining lifestyle. The Associated Press reported that Perry has spent more than $60 ... More >>

Teflon Man

Now playing in River Oaks, Gary Ross has stayed one step ahead of trouble and judgments across the country.

Game Time: Texans Playoff Rooting Manifesto 3.0..."Jim Caldwell Sucks" Edition

​There will be no need for 2,000 words to explain the various permutations of things that need to happen this week for the Texans to make the 2009 NFL Playoffs. Thanks to the various dominoes falling yesterday, heading into Week 17, the following scenario needs to play out:-- Texans beat the Patri ... More >>

The Cowboy Way

Rebels Honky Tonk thrives on Houston's least country block.

A $2 Million Car, A Pelican And A Lagoon

A Bugatti Veyron, sans pelican​Here is a sentence with so many strange and wonderful parts in it that it's best just to let it speak for itself:A Lufkin man drove his $2 million Bugatti sportscar into a Galveston-area lagoon after being distracted by a pelican.First, who spends $2 million on a car ... More >>

And Your 2009 Art Car Winners Are.........

Photo by Bryan PlocekThe 2009 Art Car parade featured terrific weather (C'mon, everyone likes it hot), a big crowd and lots of fun. In other words, it was your typical Art Car parade. Here's some video of it.And here is the (long) list of winners........Mayor's Cup -- Grand Trophy & $1,500 ... More >>

Kickin' the Tires

Pixar's latest is no lemon, but it does have that used-Cars smell

Kicking French Ass

District B13 puts American action movies to shame

Money for Nothing

Hopeful beggars shake their virtual cups online

Redneck Renaissance

Gretchen Wilson’s return to town makes us wonder, What’s really behind all these songs about Wal-Mart, cheap beer and NASCAR?

Cabbieville

Inside George Bush Intercontinental Airport lies a city populated by drivers who sleep all night in their cabs to keep their place in line

About a Man

In Good Company is wonderfully funny, a bit sad and unmistakably real

Helping Out a Roomie

City contracts for a pal turn into rent money for Mark Ellis

Torque Out

Motorcycle sound and fury signify nothing -- but do kinda rock

Up In Smoke

Enron used political ties to rid itself of regulators. But in the end, its supposed free-market trailblazing only burned investors.

A Snooze Runs Through It

Redford's Bagger Vance substitutes pretty for powerful

Invisible Id

Insipid Hollow Man uses science to explore the outer edges of puerile male aggression

Going, Going, Gone

Someone take the wheel, 'cause the filmmakers don't know where they're headed

Solid Delivery

Costner scores by striking out the schmaltz

Class Action

A true case offers testimony to the talents of Travolta and Duvall

Negative Seven

Kiss the Girls is so bad it's scary

Jack's Big Payback

How an arrogant, overbearing landlord fought City Hall -- and won

Man Overboard

The Year of Living Anxiously

Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?

The Trial of Joe Russo

An intimate look at how -- and why -- Houston's high flyer of the '80s was taken apart in court

Too Pharr-out?

The GOP tried to peddle a story about Ann Richards' own "Willie Horton," but the state's press corps wasn't buying