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"...50 minutes and have time to drop off her kids. I admire Mike Dahmus and Patrick Goetz for having..."

May 30, 2003 Column

TV Eye

How to resolve conflict? Japanese import Iron Chef has the right idea.

"...to be a TV commercial when I was a kid that featured two distinguished gentlemen walking into a pasture..."

April 4, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Packs a Punch

Chances are you've seen Powerhouse Animation's work, whether you know it or not -- its portfolio includes Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, Disney TV's The Proud Family, and plenty of local TV spots, ad campaigns, and one-off Flash animation projects.

"...personal game inside in which J.Lo must rescue her kidnapped boy-toy and fiancé from the clutches of evil, high-kicking..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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"...took him right back to when he was little kid growing up in Guadalajara...."

Dec. 27, 2002 Column

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"...like to say wow! I was precocious as a kid, but I sure didn't know the word "objectifying" or..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Column

Can Lazarus Rise Again?

Gary Bradley faces bankruptcy, and Austin wonders if he'll survive and thrive one more time.

"...[legally] proven needs of this child. That's not every kid's proven need, but Gary agreed to that amount in..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Migrating North

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

"...look of films ranging from Lonesome Dove to Spy Kids. White knows the finicky vicissitudes of the business as..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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"...CSC deal, which included city land and tens of millions [of dollars] for CSC without delivering CSC's site on..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Matter Over Mind

The proposed Cypress Realty Development in Dripping Springs

"...in sliding construction fees, which were likely to accrue millions more during the Cypress project. What was City Attorney..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...a rich man named Guy Grand who uses his millions to "make things hot for people." This most acclaimed..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Is Knowledge Power?

A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor

"...But other than that the porn industry has made millions from it, no one knows much about the online..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...column was a way of flexing my biceps. Like millions of others, my way of being part of the..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...the truck, slid through the intersection, and broke into millions of pieces. I got out of the truck to..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Summer Film Calendar

Your month-to-month guide to summer film

"...Moulin Rouge: Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor belt out pop songs from the..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

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Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...the thought that such garbage can be read by millions...."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

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Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.

"...and will not be entirely lost on the young kids who resided in the facility...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...Public Enemy's Nineties-defining trilogy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988), Fear of a Black..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM

One week before the election, Michael Ventura examines the candidates’ campaigns and finds that Nader played to our fear of consequences, Gore to our fear of intelligence, and Bush to our fear of complexity.

"...Greens refused to take responsibility for the suffering of millions of poor and disenfranchised Americans -- a suffering that..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Making a Front Porch for the City

As he was completing the final design for the Austin Museum of Art's long-awaited downtown facility, architect Richard Gluckman took time to discuss the project, his approach to architecture, and what it means to design buildings for a boomtown.

"...-- and education departments don't necessarily mean bringing the kids in for drawing classes on Saturday morning. It's the..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...postpone it. Wait till your parents die or your kids have someone to take care of them. Wait till..."

July 14, 2000 Column

Letters at 3AM

Advice to a high-school graduating class: Face your fear and take risks.

"...with everything from polite suspicion to impatient disdain. The kids are in a kind of daze, not quite able..."

June 9, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Coach's Corner

The media has dismissed both Latrell Sprewell and Allen Iverson as bad citizens, but that says more about the media than it does about the two young stars.

"...and justifiably suspended Sprewell for 60 days, costing him millions of dollars, most of us thought this dangerous scumbag..."

May 26, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Salt of the Earth

Local activists remember Cesar Chavez on the seventh anniversary of his death.

"...difficult situation. The CBS documentary Harvest of Shame sensitized millions of Americans to the extraordinary suffering of families tied..."

April 28, 2000 News Feature by Paul Ciavarri

Exit 'Downtown,' Right on Sunset

In her latest project, singer Petula Clark sets aside her image as chirpy pop starlet to play mad screen diva Norma Desmond in the musical version of Sunset Blvd. Clark tells Stephen MacMillan Moser how she came by this radical departure in roles.

"...hate that word. It's return. A return to the millions of people who've never forgiven me for deserting them...."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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Picks & Sleepers

"...piledriver aggravation, Antiseen came "straight outta trailer" long before Kid Rock sprouted his first man hairs. These mud-spinning punk..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...roll in general. Considering locals could see cock-rock king Kid Rock at Emo's in January for a few bucks,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Destruction as Beauty

Profile of local alternative band Trail of Dead; explication of their new album Madonna

"...release of Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and De La Soul's 3..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Black Elvis

"...or a girl, back to a skateboarder or rave kid. I don't care who they are. I'm not making..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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It Gets Better

"...of us pulling for you, and for every other kid who's not popular, or who's different, or who feels..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Column

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Don't Cry for Rainey

"...bit of advice. Stick to your "it-ain't-a-sport-unless-the-scoreboard-changes-every-fifteen-seconds," instant-gratification, no-thought-required kiddie games and leave the most popular sport in the..."

July 23, 1999 Column

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