Family Connections Nonprofit to Close Doors Amid Scandal

Former executive director wanted on criminal charges

"...That’s what the directors of the nonprofit Family Connections would like to know – as would the..."

April 12, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...Between the red curtains, Sentimental Family Band has almost wrapped their first-ever album, Sweethearts Only,..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

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The paper for Central Texas reminded us again this week that it is still very much run out of Atlanta, Georgia.

"...impact most of you, but it will save the Cox family, who owns the Statesman, hundreds of millions of..."

April 13, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Drive to Unionize the Statesman Newsroom Prevails

Strength in numbers

"...1976, the Statesman operated under the ownership of Atlanta-based Cox Media Group, part of the sprawling media empire of..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Jose Benjamin Montaño

Running With Scissors

This film depiction of Augusten Burroughs' hellish childhood is tonally fractured and features a series of performances that pitch and yaw between "normal" and utterly mad.

"...Directed by: Ryan Murphy. Starring: Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Cross, Alec Baldwin, Evan Rachel Wood, Joseph Fiennes,..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Memoriam: Peg Miller

Last call for the big-hearted co-owner of Chicago House

"...arts space and her dear partner in it, Glynda Cox, in the Great Coffeehouse in the Sky. Peg Miller..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 Sports Retirements 2010

From 'The Big Unit' to 'The Big Hurt'

"...dancing fiend and making up for lost time with family is paramount for a decorated ex-NFL QB with seven..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Record Reviews

"...THE COX FAMILY..."

July 19, 1996 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...THE COX FAMILY..."

July 19, 1996 Music Review

So Goes the Statesman

Daily paper awaits GateHouse revamp

"...current owners have little interest (in the States­man's case, Cox Media Group), buy that paper for a song, then..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Collector

From the writer and director of Saw 4-6 comes this horror film about a handyman who tries to rob his employers' home but finds it rigged with a lethal maze.

"...pricey-looking mansion of the wealthy and entirely unsympathetic Chase family, headed by growly husband Michael (Burke) and Botox-injecting wife..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

One of the most compelling documentary portraits of a musician yet made, Julien Temple's film about the former Clash musician acknowledges the legend while uncovering the truth.

"...wilderness years: his acting and soundtrack work with Alex Cox, his stint in the Pogues, the ceaseless ease with..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hanging Up

"...may be increasingly viewed as a footnote in Courteney Cox's career, but to paraphrase the Magnolia mantra: You may..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The AggreGAYtor: January 17

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Team Hillary gets queer, Laverne Cox pens a memoir, and homophobes continue their strange obsession..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Qmmunity Post

Big Eden

"...-- Manhattan -- where his officious art dealer (Veanne Cox) awaits, needling Henry about the important gallery exhibit he..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

City Council Grants Early OK to Statesman Property Plan

Batcave begins

"...Owned by the Cox family, which held onto the property after selling the..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Down From the Mountain

"...linger on rehearsals and conversations backstage. Minutes before the Cox Family performs, paterfamilias Willard goes missing -- and is..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Headlines

"...American-Statesman announced Friday that its owners, members of the Cox family who purchased the paper from Cox Enterprises in..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature

Need to Get Away?

Activity at home of former Family Connections director, now wanted by the law

"...it was revealed that the former executive director of Family Connections had left the nonprofit a financial shambles, went..."

April 20, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

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To what citywide scandal has our monopoly daily directed its powerful attention? It's a local scourge, a plague, a deep-rooted city problem: the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals. (Okay, well, we don't get it either.)

"...coincidentally saving the Atlanta-based owners of the paper, the Cox family, hundreds of millions of dollars over time). No,..."

May 11, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Imagine That

Eddie Murphy has made an agreeable, family-friendly, kid-centric film without – lo and behold – a single fart joke.

"...Thomas Haden Church, Vanessa Williams, Nicole Ari Parker, Ronny Cox and Martin Sheen. When did the relatively unterrifying actor..."

June 12, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...as historians often do, disagree. Some believe that the Cox family, who owned the property from 1873 to 1887,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Small Screen, Big News

New series, fresh roasts, and the end of a lie

"...recently, plus the latest from Comedy Central and ABC Family's Austin-lensed project...."

July 15, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

A Cowgirl’s Song

Country music family drama as a young singer decides to duet with her grandma

"...Cheryl Ladd, Savannah Lee May, Darci Lynne Farmer, Darryl Cox and Dodge Prince...."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review

The Campaign

A wan political comedy guaranteed to offend no one.

"...LaNasa, Sarah Baker, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd and Brian Cox...."

Aug. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

This adventure fantasy about a boy's involvement with a mysterious animal is also a period story about childhood anxieties.

"...Chaplin, David Morrissey, Priyanka Xi, Marshall Napier and Brian Cox. A family film in the best sense, Water Horse..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Shot at Glory

"...Corrente. Starring: Morag Hood, Kirsty Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Brian Cox, Michael Keaton, Ally McCoist and Robert Duvall. It might..."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Nick Barbaro

The Affair of the Necklace

"...Directed by: Charles Shyer. Starring: Brian Cox, Joely Richardson, Christopher Walken, Jonathan Pryce, Adrien Brody, Simon..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Down Home Movie

A conversation with Nick Doob, co-director of 'Down From the Mountain,' a new documentary about the musicians behind the soundtrack behind 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'

"...few real contributions. But, like musicians the Whites, the Cox Family, and even Alison Krauss, Nick Doob is reaching..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Shooting Fish

"...Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend, Kate Beckinsale, Nickolas Grace, Claire Cox, Ralph Ineson, Dominic Mafham and Peter Capaldi. This frothy,..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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