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Aftermath: Samantha Ronson at Rich's

She wasn't there. Yeah, I know why you clicked this headline. Lindsay Lohan was not at Rich's last night with her ladyfriend DJ, Samantha Ronson. Sorry, we had to get that out of the way. Last night at Rich's, all manner of celebrity-stalking, Perez-reading, catty-hating denizens were out in brute ... More >>

Sentiment and Sneering

She wasn't there. Yeah, I know why you clicked this headline. Lindsay Lohan was not at Rich's last night with her ladyfriend DJ, Samantha Ronson. Sorry, we had to get that out of the way. Last night at Rich's, all manner of celebrity-stalking, Perez-reading, catty-hating denizens were out in brute ... More >>

Little Women, Big Film

Louisa May Alcott's classic novel makes another classic movie

Independent Heaven

Louisa May Alcott's classic novel makes another classic movie

Original Rockabilly

Louisa May Alcott's classic novel makes another classic movie

That Old Black Magic

After 40 years, The Crucible's melodrama still works its spell

Send in the Clones

An artful director brings flair to the Alien franchise

Rotation

An artful director brings flair to the Alien franchise

Allen's Landing

Woody's clever Celebrity charts the descending pain of fame

Fuzz Busters

Woody's clever Celebrity charts the descending pain of fame

Banned Books in Prison; Best Movies of the 1980s

Booked in Prison

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

You wanted the best — you got the best: Guitar Hero III

Seasons in the Sun

You wanted the best — you got the best: Guitar Hero III

Get Inside. It's Summertime!

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

Drift Wood

Evan Rachel Wood and James Woods get lost amid Pretty Persuasion

Coal Miner Mother of a Mess

In which we call bullshit on J.T. LeRoy's "essay" in the Oxford American's music issue

The Hipster's Guide to Rock and Roll Vendettas

And you thought rappers were the only ones who had beefs

A Thin Line...

Introducing the most hated men in rock (besides Sting)

Simulation Number One

Simone teaches us an important lesson: Movies aren't real, duh

Dirty Deeds

Someone oughta put a Capra in Sandler's ass

Seek and Ye Shall Find

Roman Coppola's CQ discovers sci-fi fun in the Summer of Love

Write and Wrong

Chris McQuarrie won an Oscar for Usual Suspects, to which Hollywood responded, "Big deal"

Schizo

Girl, Interrupted can't distinguish between crazy and normal adolescent turmoil

Warp Factor 10

J.J. Abrams's Star Trek: proof that a franchise can live long and prosper.

ACL 2009 Day One: Kings Of Leon Rage Against The Fame

Photos by Mark C. Austin​Funny thing happened last night. It was the same thing that happened to U2 in 1987 in the wake of The Joshua Tree, and the same thing that killed Kurt Cobain in 1994. Fame has finally overtaken Kings Of Leon, leaving their core boots 'n flannel crowd in the proverbial pop ... More >>

Five Ways To Sex Up Your Thanksgiving

Is there a less sexy holiday than Thanksgiving? Sure, Memorial Day can be a downer, what with all the remembering the heroic dearly departed. And Columbus Day gets into all that stuff about Europeans spreading STDs like a rogue fraternity with a big-time roofie pipeline.But Thanksgiving? Really not ... More >>

Screen on the Green: Reality Bites

Get a double dose of the Houston skyline as you watch this film

Cyrus: Win Free Preview Passes To A Movie Where John C. Reilly Does Not Play A Cop

Face of a cop, apparently​Cyrus is a quirky comedy starring Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei and John C. Reilly.Reilly plays a guy whose romance with Tomei gets complicated by her relationship with Hill, a son who's kind of challenging.Reilly does not play a cop. Actually, he hasn't in a while, but starti ... More >>

The Top 10 Horror-Movie Scores Of All Time

Not on the list...ha-ha!​The art of the instrumental horror-film score is quickly being lost. All too often now, filmmakers are using heavy metal and pop music to soundtrack their films. Hearing Slipknot or HIM during a stabbing scene just doesn't hold the same weight to us as some tubular bel ... More >>

Dance Dance Revulsion

Natalie Portman goes batshit in a tutu in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan.

Lost at the Chateau Marmont

From party girl to Oscar winner, Sofia Coppola's journey to Somewhere.

Last Night: Soul Asylum At House Of Blues

Photos by Jason Wolter​Soul Asylum House of Blues December 30, 2010 '90s alt-rock mainstays Soul Asylum took the House of Blues stage Thursday night, 18 years after their breakthrough release Grave Dancers Union. Front man Dave Pirner is conceivably regarded as one of the era's most colorful ... More >>

Houston Needs An Urban Cowboy Statue, Y'all

​For the past month, you have no doubt been reading about a group in Detroit lobbying for a Robocop statue in their city to commemorate the fictional (we believe) robotic law enforcement titan created by the evil corporate goons of OCP, using deceased Detroit officer James Murphy. Detroit may ... More >>

Danny Elfman's Ten Greatest Soundtracks

​Last Tuesday, Warner Bros. music released a 25th anniversary box set commemorating the orchestral soundtrack work Danny Elfman has done for Tim Burton. Elfman, the former front man for the wonderfully weird art-pop band Oingo Boingo, was first recruited by Burton to score his film Pee Wee's B ... More >>