Notes on a Scandal

This movie with Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett is a hothouse psychodrama, full of outrageous and florid sentiments that are made semipalatable by the quality of the craftsmanship involved.

"...been valuable to everyone involved with Notes on a Scandal, although in all likelihood it would have prevented the..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Claudio Reyna Steps Down as Austin FC Sporting Director Amid USMNT Scandal

Josh Wolff, Sean Rubio assume interim duties

"...Claudio Reyna, the architect of Austin FC’s roster since..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

With a Possible Update to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Former Council Members Recall Local Scandal

How a misunderstanding changed Austin politics

"...government (only one currently holds elected office), but the scandal left its mark on City Hall – adding fuel..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Democrats and Republicans Disagree on Cause of Sex Trafficking Scandal

Twisted priorities at DFPS-contracted Bastrop facility

"...Ranch, the Bastrop facility at the center of the scandal, which failed to ring alarm bells at several agencies..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

The Verde Report: Claudio Reyna’s Future With Austin FC Uncertain After Ugly USMNT Scandal

Let’s hold our noses and review the madness

"...struck studs up last week by an ugly, rotten scandal the likes of which used to make my grandmama..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

School for Scandal

In Scandals of Classic Hollywood, UT grad Anne Helen Petersen analyzes the machinery of celebrity gossip

"...When a celebrity scandal comes down the pike these days, it's usually something..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Davis Shines While Linking TEF Scandal to Abbott in Debate

Davis takes off the gloves in second, final guv debate

"...the attack, took Abbott to task over the TEF scandal, and in doing so, displayed her ability to emerge..."

Oct. 1, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

'9.79*' Revisits '88 HGH Scandal

Johnson comes off likable, Lewis a bit of a jerk

"...a doc focusing on one of the biggest sports scandals of all time, but if you were born after..."

Oct. 9, 2012 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Family Connections Nonprofit to Close Doors Amid Scandal

Former executive director wanted on criminal charges

"...also resigned, although she is not implicated in the scandal...."

April 12, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Austin at Large: Steve Adler, Scandal Machine

The ex-mayor not only can afford, but has earned, the right to swat away pesky flies

Jan. 13, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

A World-Class Scandal Snowballs on Paxton

And let's not forget 2015's felony securities-fraud charges

"...who, as A.G. before Paxton, managed to avoid major scandals and internal rebellions – and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council: Child Care “Scandal” Highlights City’s Own Failures

CMs also mull fate of APL’s Recycled Reads

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Schools of Scandal

Rep. Rose hopes reforms to state schools go deeper than a name change

May 20, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Buried in Scandal

SCI and the Money Trail

March 26, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Scandalous Summer Soul Playlist

Scandal Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas explains

"...a video playlist inspired by the hit television series Scandal...."

June 17, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Welcome to Tomstown

In the burgeoning Tomstown scandal, you can't tell the players or the plot without a program

"...of what's shaping up to be Texas' biggest political scandal since the Sharpstown affair of the early 1970s. As..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Quiz Show

"...Nonetheless, Quiz Show posits that the television game show scandal of the late 1950s kindled a disillusionment in America..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Boys of St. Vincent

"...and Brian Dodd. Loosely based on the Mount Cashel scandal of a few years back, this two-part Canadian television..."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City Zero

"...Russian film is an absurdist comedy about a rock'n'roll scandal, mistaken identity and life lived in the shadows of..."

Dec. 6, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Front Runner

Jason Reitman revisits a long-ago time when a sex scandal could ruin a candidate's shot at the presidency

"...this story from an earlier time. The unproven sex scandal that brought down Gary Hart looks like a mere..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Account of the informant who brought down Nixon's administration

"...The Watergate scandal that, as the overly explanatory title of this biopic..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rampart

Woody Harrelson reunites with the director of The Messenger to create this portrait of a very dirty cop.

"...riots, and the decade closed out with the Rampart scandal, in which several dozen police officers from the Rampart..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Barbecue and Good Ol' Boys

A promotions scandal suggests the good ol' boy network is alive and well at DPS.

"...The cheating scandal that is now festering at DPS headquarters in Austin..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

City Hall

"...his re-election campaign, finds his office embroiled in the scandal resulting from the death of a six-year-old African-American boy..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sharpstown vs. Tomstown

Will "Tomstown" be as big as Sharpstown?

"...rest of us, "Sharpstown" refers to a Texas political scandal more than 30 years ago whose fallout included a..."

March 5, 2004 News Column by Michael King

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

"...Charlotte, N.C. She stood by her man through his scandal over the affair with Jessica Hahn and his imprisonment..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Maria by Callas

The genius soprano's contentious career in her own words

"...Maria Callas (1923-1977) aims to rectify the world-acclaimed soprano’s scandal-ridden reputation. Long identified in the popular imagination as a..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Gets Its VW Payout

It took some doing, but Austin will see $16 million from Volkswagen AG's emissions control scandal fallout

"...except when the vehicles were being tested, the resulting scandal cost the German automaker about $15 billion, some of..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Backstabbing for Beginners

Diplomacy and corruption mix in true-life drama.

"...International intrigue set against the background of the kickback scandal surrounding the U.N.'s Oil-for-Food Program. Based on former U.N...."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Annette Bening soars in the last days of starlet Gloria Grahame

"...the Beautiful) whose star dimmed as she aged and scandal tainted her career. That voice turns breathier yet, nearly..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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