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Barack Obama and Me

It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
Mescaline on the Mexican Border

Texas is the only state in the country where peyote is sold legally. Really.
A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita

For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
Little Bitty Burger Barn

"It's okay to be little bitty in the big city" is an apt slogan for this new burger joint, where sliders rule
Ghost Town CFS: Carriage House Cafe

Step back in time — to a spooky old carriage barn with a monster chicken-fried steak

Barack Obama and Me (253)

It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita (21)

For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
Save Lobo: A Siberian Husky Mix is Sentenced to Die (28)

Why? Because he's big and intimidating and because one family complained about him over and over again
Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge? (7)

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"CSI: The Experience"

Exhibit inspired by CBS series puts you behind the evidence
Lisa Landolt and Jo Barrett

Two law-school-grads-turned-chick-lit-authors show us amore might be the death of us yet
Michael Winslow

The man with ten thousand noises comes to Houston
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade

Watch downtown turn into cowpoke heaven
Free First Sundays: Family Flicks

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosts four kid-friendly films

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Labyrinth

What do George Lucas, Jim Henson, Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie have in common?

By Troy Schulze
Published: December 13, 2007

The 1986 film Labyrinth marked the end of an era in fantasy/sci-fi films; it was the last big-name movie made before computer animation became the FX standard. An MTV-obsessed, teenage girl’s reverie, the film sported a dream team productionwise with Monty Python’s Terry Jones as scriptwriter, George Lucas as producer, and Jim Henson as director. A young Jennifer Connelly phones in a deliciously indifferent performance, which, ironically, perfectly captures ‘80s teenage ennui. And of course, David Bowie’s turn as the Goblin King Jareth is the reason we watch — he lords over his puppet realm like a glam-rock Oberon. For all its campiness and blatant ripping off of classics like The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland, Bowie lends the enterprise an endearing authenticity — like a thought bubble popping out from a teenage girl’s head that reads, “I wish goblins would abduct my little brother…and then I meet David Bowie…” Catch a screening of a new 35mm print at 11:55 p.m. today and tomorrow. Landmark River Oaks Theater, 2009 West Gray. For information, call 713-866-8881 or visit www.landmarktheatres.com. $8.25.
Fri., Dec. 14, 11:55 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 15, 11:55 p.m., 2007

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It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator

Texas is the only state in the country where peyote is sold legally. Really.

For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.

"It's okay to be little bitty in the big city" is an apt slogan for this new burger joint, where sliders rule

Step back in time — to a spooky old carriage barn with a monster chicken-fried steak

It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator

For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.

Why? Because he's big and intimidating and because one family complained about him over and over again

All This Useless Beauty

Exhibit inspired by CBS series puts you behind the evidence

Two law-school-grads-turned-chick-lit-authors show us amore might be the death of us yet

The man with ten thousand noises comes to Houston

Watch downtown turn into cowpoke heaven

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosts four kid-friendly films

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