O.J. Simpson

The Selling of Schwarzenegger, 2013

Arnold returns - but do we still need him?

5 Better Places to Hide If You're Stalking Lady Gaga

Most likely you were at home with your family on Thanksgiving, watching the game and stuffing your face. But if you were a completely psychotic "Little Monster," you might have preferred to spend that time with 35 others camped out in the garage of Lady Gaga's mansion. Yes, boys and girls, some 35 ... More >>

Houston Sports Stories That Need Their Own ESPN #30For30 Episodes

Red-Blooded American Man's newest obsession -- behind Kate Upton -- has to be ESPN's 30 For 30 series. The sports documentary series takes on notable and not-so-notable events in sports history and gives them the 360-degree treatment. Since 30 For 30 debuted in late 2009, the directors have tackle ... More >>

It Was 20 Years Ago Today

Marcia Clark: Guilt by Degrees

Pop Rocks: Season of the Witches -- 10 Shows That Keeping Up with the Kardashians Outlasted

Over half a decade of quality programming.​In the course of writing Pop Rocks, I'm often exposed to information so horrific, so atrocious, so...repugnant it defies human comprehension. I first stumbled upon this particular tidbit several months ago, but only now has my sanity recovered from t ... More >>

Behold, The Ridiculous LeBron James Tattoo (and 5 Other Ridiculous Tattoos Of Celeb Faces)

Who would ever regret this?​I've never understood the whole "tattoo" thing. From the time I was a kid when a tattoo (or set of tattoos) pretty much meant you were either a) a social outcast, b) in some sort of fratenrity, or c) in the service), the concept of drilling yourself with a painful ... More >>

Pop Rocks: By the Dumb's Early Light

Apu chose an alternate path to citizenship​There's a scene in The American President -- Aaron Sorkin's pre-West Wing exercise in wishful liberalism -- when President Shepherd (Michael Douglas) describes America as "advanced citizenship." It's a nice thought, especially in the fantastical conte ... More >>

The Year In Battlefight: 25 Thoughts On This Year's Houston Texans

At least the Texans cheerleaders are worth watching​For some reason, there were many people out there who thought the Houston Texans were going to be a good team this year. Playoff good.I didn't read anything about Gary Kubiak getting a brain implant during the off-season, so I could never u ... More >>

LeBron James -- Society Hates You, I Love Society

LeBron: The power is waning​Mankind, I have to say that I was just about to give up on you. I'm a very patient person, but with every kid running around in a Ben Roethlisberger jersey or every nimrod that decides to turn right on Hamilton at the Texas Street intersection next to Minute Maid Park ... More >>

Game Time: YouTube Rewind -- "Ram It", By The 1986 LA Rams (The Godfather Of Awful Team Videos)

Try to forget. Just try​The year is 2010, and our society has advanced in so many ways. In a scant 20 years, we've gone from the ability to even own a cell phone being a luxury to being able to do everything from watch television, stream music, play games, and download porn on those very phones. ... More >>

Houston's 10 Best Sports Moments*

*And the 5 most heartbreaking...

Game Time: Yeah, My Bracket Blows, But At Least I'm Not This Guy

​Sometimes I forget that the cushy little sports world I live in is not the end-all and be-all. For the better part of the last two weeks, it has felt like everything was crashing down around me as housewives and receptionists everywhere had outpicked me on their March Madness brackets using such ... More >>

Bernardo Cubría Is Counting The Minutes Until Tonight's Premiere Of Down, Boy

​New York actor and former Houstonian Bernardo Cubría is starting to get a little nervous right about now -- he's just hours away from the staged reading of his play Down, Boy by Wordsmyth Theater Company. At the first reading, earlier this year, he was, ah, anxious. "It's like watching your ... More >>

Halloween Countdown: How Best To Go For The `90s-Nostalgia Look

Halloween is coming, and that means many, many costuming mistakes will be made by normally sane adults. To help stop this scourge, each Thursday we will be offering tips and analysis of what to avoid, or possibly what to do. Check out past entries here and here. If VH1 has taught us nothing else, it ... More >>

All Falls Down: Kanye West's Six - Well, Seven Now - Douchiest Moments

​If you're aware of Kanye West's - whom Pollstar is reporting stops at Toyota Center with Lady GaGa January 22; good luck selling tickets for that one now, kiddo - past behavior at all, then you're probably surprised this article isn't longer. His habit of blurting out inappropriate, nonsensical n ... More >>

Phil Spector Sentenced To 19 Years In Prison

Phil Spector, preeminent music producer and architect of the famed "Wall of Sound" made popular by such artists as The Ronettes, The Righteous Brothers and John Lennon, was sentenced to 19 years in a California jail this past Friday for his alleged part in the death of ladyfriend Lana Clarkson in ea ... More >>

NASA At 50: Five Bad Astronaut Movies

The Osteen Trial: The Greatest Upset Ever (Didn't Happen)

"Mexican Madonna" at South Beach Tonight

Steroids and Roger Clemens: The Game Is Afoot

Trick Play

NFL greats shake off the rust in All-Pro Football.

Crazy Love

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

Shooter

Who better to save America than an armed Mark Wahlberg? Seriously

Gridiron Gang

Heavily padded football movie hits all the familiar notes

GWAR Heroes Electro Grrl

Flying filth will never go out of style with these guys around

Shining Star

Chefs Rule!

If you can't stand the sight of lopped-off digits and the smell of your own flesh burning, get out of the kitchen

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Frank Theater

Jerry's World -- and Joe Frank's radio show -- come to life

Laying Siege

The tycoon's gift shop sparks a turf war in Montrose

The Fate of Yates

Plus: Leaf Them Alone, Thais to Houston, Culture Stock

Finale to the Feud

A murder case acquittal caps a long-running conflict between two tough brothers

The Malcolm X Files

Spike Lee's scathing satire of network television goes out with a bang

End the Innocence

Don Henley -- Stereolab

News Hostage

He's Around Here Somewhere

Imprints of the Eras

Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

Poster Points

Sly Evil

The name of the film may be Othello, but Iago's the star

Sweet Revenge?

Eye for an Eye wants to appeal to the vigilante within us

Letters

The Future of Rock and Roll

We've seen it in a crystal ball and the pictures aren't pretty

Greed on Trial

Did Teresa Rodriguez and her well-heeled investors deserve one another?

The Year of Living Anxiously

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

Press Picks

The Sound of Muzak

Jason's Lyric puts cliched words to an inept tune

Letters

Breathtaking Boudin

Norris defines the Southern art of upscale down-home cooking