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Elizabeth Taylor

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    The End of the Road: Digital Mourning in 2012

    At the Houston Press office, I am usually the first person who finds out when a celebrity or musician dies, usually from a wire or, these days, the fine folks at TMZ. Hell, sometimes even when I am away from my desk I have to be the bearer of bad tidings, like when Adam Yauch passed on a few weeks a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2012

    Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking

    At the Houston Press office, I am usually the first person who finds out when a celebrity or musician dies, usually from a wire or, these days, the fine folks at TMZ. Hell, sometimes even when I am away from my desk I have to be the bearer of bad tidings, like when Adam Yauch passed on a few weeks a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 1, 2012

    Ann Arbor Film Festival

    At the Houston Press office, I am usually the first person who finds out when a celebrity or musician dies, usually from a wire or, these days, the fine folks at TMZ. Hell, sometimes even when I am away from my desk I have to be the bearer of bad tidings, like when Adam Yauch passed on a few weeks a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    12 Celebrity Chinese Zodiac Signs Explain All

    This week the Chinese community parties hard to celebrate its Lunar New Year. The Chinese New Year is spread out over a 15-day period and the Houston version is jam packed with traditional merriment. Two thousand twelve marks the year of the Dragon, which is said to be one of the most fortunate yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Pop Rocks: Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian -- Can the Celebrity Marriage Be Saved?

    Sometimes the jokes just write themselves. Russell Brand stands to land $20 million or more from his divorce from wife Katy Perry, reports said Monday. The British actor and comedian told New York magazine last year that he and Perry did not sign a prenuptial agreement. And since the two were marr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Pop Rocks: Is No Celebrity Marriage Sacred?

    Sometimes the jokes just write themselves. Russell Brand stands to land $20 million or more from his divorce from wife Katy Perry, reports said Monday. The British actor and comedian told New York magazine last year that he and Perry did not sign a prenuptial agreement. And since the two were marr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Pop Rocks: Why the Long Face? Eight Famous Horses We'd Like to Eat

    Were you thinking horse meat was going to stay off the menu in American restaurants indefinitely? Neigh: Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a five-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Pop Rocks: The "Mane" Course -- Eight Famous Horses We'd Like To Eat

    Were you thinking horse meat was going to stay off the menu in American restaurants indefinitely? Neigh: Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    World AIDS Day: Artists Who Have Contributed to the Cause

    ​Today is World AIDS Day. The theme this year is "Getting to Zero," focusing on zero AIDS related deaths. In hopes of achieving this goal, there has been many a celebrity to endorse AIDS awareness and various charities around the world. Quite a few musicians have used their celebrity status ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Pop Rocks: Totally Serious Career Advice for Lindsay Lohan

    And starring as "Vampira"...​Hey, haven't heard much about Lindsay Lohan recently, maybe she's finally on the right...oh: Lindsay Lohan will be headed back to court -- yet again. During a hearing in Los Angeles Wednesday, Judge Stephanie Sautner ordered the actress' probation revoked, and ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    The 11 Sexiest, Coolest-Looking Cold War Jets

    The F-106: The delta wing in all its glory​Jet aircraft, particularly the fighters, represent a Freudian's play date. Long, slender, blisteringly fast, spewing bullets out the tip and, until recently, powered as much by testosterone as by kerosene (the main ingredient in jet fuel -- what a dis ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Inmates Diss Web Dating

    The F-106: The delta wing in all its glory​Jet aircraft, particularly the fighters, represent a Freudian's play date. Long, slender, blisteringly fast, spewing bullets out the tip and, until recently, powered as much by testosterone as by kerosene (the main ingredient in jet fuel -- what a dis ... More >>

  • News

    March 31, 2011

    Metro Etiquette

    Five rules that should be added to light rail.

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Pop Rocks: Bill Shatner And Liz Taylor -- The Throwdown

    Two classic thespians at the top of their game.​This week saw two milestones in the entertainment world. The first was the 80th birthday, on Tuesday, of Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner. The second was the unsurprising yet still depressing death yesterday of one of Hollywood's last true ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 18, 2010

    Capsule Stage Reviews: 9 to 5, The Good Body, The Little Dog Laughed, To Cross the Face of the Moon

    Two classic thespians at the top of their game.​This week saw two milestones in the entertainment world. The first was the 80th birthday, on Tuesday, of Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner. The second was the unsurprising yet still depressing death yesterday of one of Hollywood's last true ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Saturday Night: Danzig At Warehouse Live

    Photos by Craig Hlavaty​Danzig Warehouse Live October 30, 2010 For some reason over the past few years, Glenn Danzig keeps reminding us of Randy "The Ram" from The Wrestler. He's this hulking, aging entertainer who may be slowing down and have a strained relationship with his family and fans, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Local Spotlight: Wood Duck Farm

    ​WHAT: Gorgeously fresh local produce from a guy who's had more careers than Liz Taylor's had husbands. Yes, Van Weldon has had a rather unorthodox career path. He's gone from tractor salesman to oil purveyor to stockbroker to energy trader to farmer. If that last one sounds odd, keep in mind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Texas Traveler: Day 2 Of Exploring West Texas

    Photos by Brittanie Shey​Ed. Note: Read about Day 1 of our West Texas travels here. Hotel hunting in Del Rio doesn't turn out as I expected. Our guidebook recommends Amistad Lodge, a place built in the 1960s right on the water of Lake Amistad, with porches that face the lake. It's a bit north of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    Continental Airlines, Like Foreigner, Wants To Know What Love Is

    Eminem and Kim Mathers could do it. So could Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. Richard Burton and Liz Taylor elevated it to an art form. Of course, we're talking about revolving-door couples; putting cyanide in each other's wine one minute, dancing to "Endless Love" the next. Rinse, wash, repeat.And as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Real Deal Q: Barbacoa de Borrego

    This is some awesome barbecued lamb. It's the result of a fairly complicated process--a hybrid of braising and smoking. But I figure this is the season for a challenging barbecue recipe, what with the Rodeo BBQ Championship coming up and all. I figure Houston barbecue enthusiasts are ready to show ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 11, 2008

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, A Murder of Crows, Onegin, Pal Joey, Unbeatable: A Bold New Musical

    This is some awesome barbecued lamb. It's the result of a fairly complicated process--a hybrid of braising and smoking. But I figure this is the season for a challenging barbecue recipe, what with the Rodeo BBQ Championship coming up and all. I figure Houston barbecue enthusiasts are ready to show ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 21, 2008

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Maggie the Cat heats up the night in Tennessee Williams’s classic Southern tale

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2007

    Cover Story: The Heimlich Maneuver, Drowning and Potsie

    Maggie the Cat heats up the night in Tennessee Williams’s classic Southern tale

  • Home Entertainment

    July 12, 2007

    Our top DVD picks scheduled for release on July 12

    Maggie the Cat heats up the night in Tennessee Williams’s classic Southern tale

  • Film

    June 14, 2007

    Crazy Love

    Rosy portrait of abuser-victim "love" is some kind of crazy

  • Home Entertainment

    December 7, 2006

    Our top DVD picks for the week of December 7

    Rosy portrait of abuser-victim "love" is some kind of crazy

  • Film

    March 30, 2006

    Palfrey Sum

    Age trumps beauty when Dame Plowright visits the Claremont

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2006

    Bling It On

    Age trumps beauty when Dame Plowright visits the Claremont

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    Bloody Biking

    The MS 150 is a war zone, one activist claims

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Road Trip

    The MS 150 is a war zone, one activist claims

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    Cry of the Wolves

    These rescued animals needed protection -- from their own sanctuary

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2003

    Go West

    Manifest your destiny in Marfa

  • Dining

    June 29, 2000

    The Mother Flavor

    With its fresh masa and mole straight from Puebla, La Bamba Meat Market gets in touch with its ancestral tastes

  • Film

    April 6, 2000

    The World (Fest) Is Not Enough

    In its 33rd year -- or is it the 22nd? the Houston International Film Festival still barely registers with the people it's suppose to serve

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Boots and Hoots

    Rocky Carroll crafts footwear for presidents and popes -- but not the Houston Rodeo

  • Dining

    May 14, 1998

    Rao Now

    A new owner drags the River Oaks Grill into the '90s -- or at least the late '70s

  • Calendar

    November 6, 1997

    Press Picks

    A new owner drags the River Oaks Grill into the '90s -- or at least the late '70s

  • Calendar

    June 19, 1997

    Press Picks

    A new owner drags the River Oaks Grill into the '90s -- or at least the late '70s

  • News

    May 29, 1997

    Lost in the Cause

    In the early 1960s, Eldrewey Stearns was a powerful force for integration in a segregated society. Then he forgot his way, and history forgot him. Until, that is, he met writer Thomas R. Cole.

  • Calendar

    March 27, 1997

    Press Picks

    In the early 1960s, Eldrewey Stearns was a powerful force for integration in a segregated society. Then he forgot his way, and history forgot him. Until, that is, he met writer Thomas R. Cole.

  • Culture

    March 13, 1997

    The Song of Jackie O

    What becomes a legend most? HGO's Opera Studio tries to find out.

  • Calendar

    January 30, 1997

    Press Picks

    What becomes a legend most? HGO's Opera Studio tries to find out.

  • Film

    April 11, 1996

    World of Film

    Smaller, and with shorts, WorldFest/Houston cranks up its projectors

  • News

    March 7, 1996

    The Insider

    Smaller, and with shorts, WorldFest/Houston cranks up its projectors

  • Film

    December 7, 1995

    Family Matters

    Smaller, and with shorts, WorldFest/Houston cranks up its projectors

  • Calendar

    August 3, 1995

    Press Picks

    Smaller, and with shorts, WorldFest/Houston cranks up its projectors

  • News

    March 30, 1995

    Old Boys at Play

    Gay society steps out at the Houston Club

  • Calendar

    June 16, 1994

    Press Picks

    Gay society steps out at the Houston Club

  • Calendar

    March 17, 1994

    Press Picks

    Gay society steps out at the Houston Club

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