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Kill the Messenger

Jeremy Renner stars in this crusading-journalist story that recounts the downfall of real-life San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb.

by Marc Savlov

Pride

In this inspirational true story, striking Welsh miners and the local LGBT community find common bonds.

by William Goss

The Luv Doc: A Back Door Man

Dear Luv Doc, I moved in with my girlfriend a long time ago, after selling my place. I park on the side of the house but have to go around to the front to let myself in. This was okay until I learned that her two previous boyfriends were given keys to the back door…

by The Luv Doc

The Long Shots

Although most people would not willingly hire a carpenter who had never constructed so much as a bookshelf, it is a curious principle of American populist politics that any citizen can run a government. So it is with Austin’s mayoral campaign; in addition to Steve Adler, Sheryl Cole, and Mike Martinez – two incumbent City…

by Michael King

ACL Aftershows

Thursday 10/9 Parker Millsap, Possessed by Paul James, Lamberts Jimmy Cliff, Paolo Nutini (outside) / Robert Ellis (inside), Stubb’s Friday 10/10 Benjamin Booker, Barfield, the Tyrant, Blank Range (SOLD OUT), Continental Club Chvrches, the Range (SOLD OUT), Emo’s Phox, Reuben & the Dark, Lamberts Poliça, My Brightest Diamond, Parish Skrillex, Alesia, David Heartbreak (outside; SOLD…

by Nina Hernandez

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

In Portuguese, “tingo” is the act of taking all the objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing them. Duncan Hines used to be a traveling salesman. According to Euromonitor International, 2011, the average American buys a whopping 170 liters of soda in the course of a year. That’s 16% more…

by Mr. Smarty Pants

Zen and the Art of YouTube Domination

Does yoga imitate real life, especially the part about “going with the flow”? For Duke O’Connor, the answer is a resounding yes. After spending 35 years as a home remodeling contractor, O’Connor got into yoga in 2000 following an angioplasty. Eventually he started teaching and then making yoga-related videos that he posted on YouTube. About…

by R.U. Steinberg

When You’re Close

In a new staging of The King and I that’s long on Asian authenticity, audiences are “getting to know” this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic in a most personal way

by Russell M. Dembin

Headlines

There’s no City Council meeting this week – next is Oct. 16, and the draft agenda boasts a meager 68 Items. Get cracking, Council Members! See “Council: Rehab and Reuse,” Oct. 10. Campaign coffers for next month’s election are updated here, with the mayoral race churning major bucks and other races separating the serious from…

by Chronicle Staff

Hornography

It’s Texas-Oklahoma week once again, and the Longhorns, firmly entrenched in a rebuild, might be the least entertaining major program in college football. It’s not that they don’t have a chance in hell against the Sooners, but if they manage to make it a close contest up in Dallas, it will be due to a…

by Eric Sollenberger

Soccer Watch

The Texas Longhorns take on 11th-ranked Kansas this Friday, Oct. 10 at 7pm – their fourth straight home game against a ranked opponent. Only two home games left in the season after that. A frigid 1-0 win at Iowa State last Friday night put the Horns at 7-4-2, and 2-1 in the Big 12, but…

by Nick Barbaro

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