Garth Brooks to Keynote SXSW

DMC, Warren G, and T.I. also added as conference speakers

"...South by Southwest has roped in Garth Brooks for a keynote conversation at the music conference on..."

March 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Aaron Brooks Has This Story

Aaron Brooks' skill at shaping bits of life into laugh-filled tales may soon put him out of a job

"...When I first meet Aaron Brooks, a stand-up comedian and writer, he has had to..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature

My Gear: Mike & the Moonpies

Inside the van of Austin's honky-tonk road dogs

"...1) Garth Brooks fan art painting;..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Morning Glory

Well-acted and ingratiating, this rom-com starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, and Diane Keaton should still be tarter than it is.

"...Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum and John Pankow. Remember Albert Brooks' flop sweat in Broadcast News? James L. Brooks' 1987..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

"...Directed by: Jay Roach. Starring: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers and Robert..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Dark Run

Mike Brooks' ragtag gang on a galactic smuggling mission may seem familiar (cough, Firefly), but you'll love 'em all the same

"...Dark Runby Mike Brooks Saga Press, 339 pp., $15.99..."

June 17, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Alternative Softball League Kicks Off With Three-Way

Fans rejoice as the 2009 season gets under way

"...the fourth inning on a diving catch; pitcher Jim Brooks pulling a hamstring; and shortstop Jeff “Tacocat” Freeman hobbled..."

April 3, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

Toros Season Ends

Gee named rookie of the year

"...Vipers 99-98. The Vipers – led by D-League MVP Mike Harris – advance to the finals against the Tulsa..."

April 22, 2010 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Astros Defeat the Express, 6-4, in Round Rock

"...an Adam "Stone Hands" Everett error, third on a Brooks Conrad base hit, and scored on a bases-loaded walk..."

March 30, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Sixth Street Blues

Downtown stakeholders raise questions about policing ... the police

"...hours of Dec. 31, police shocked Bledsoe's stepson, Mehcad Brooks, with a stun gun, and charged him with resisting..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING ITD: Mel Brooks; with Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber Amy Yasbeck,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Playback: Starf**king SXSW

SXSW’s bubble burst? Sure, okay – if you say so. Leave the starfucking to us, then.

"...– per sales volume – is country icon Garth Brooks. The alter ego of unsuccessful smooth-pop singer Chris Gaines..."

March 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

"...The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection of Unhinged ComedyShout! Factory, $89.93 (DVD)..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...success a couple summers ago with Men in Black. Mike Myers will try to shag another hit with the..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire, Debbie Reynolds in Albert Brooks' Mother, Kenneth Branagh in Hamlet, Jack Lemmon and James..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...of the most intriguing collaborations in indie horror, Phil Brooks (aka former professional wrestler and UFC fighter CM Punk)..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Mike van Diem; with Fedja van Huet, Jan Decleir, Betty..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Reign Over Me

This Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle film is often disjointed and needlessly sentimental, though the film's whole often compensates for its sketchy parts.

"...Directed by: Mike Binder. Starring: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith,..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM: Why Not Chicken Fat?

The most important political question of our time: Who benefits from military spending?

"...of the Navy," scolded Rep. Randy Forbes [R-Va]. Rep. Mike Conaway [R-Texas] "introduced House legislation that would limit [the..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

More a Man Than a Legend

Observing as the golden-throated Flatlander becomes a record-label executive

"..."By that time," he recalls, "Mike [Crowley, his manager] and I had started debating on..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...a good grade in. The guy teaching it was Mike Mordecai, longtime musician here in town, and we had..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

With a Bullet

Cross your fingers, Monte Warden and Bruce Robison may be headed for No. 1 with George Strait

"...By coincidence, Mike Owens, A&R man for Universal South, had Robison's version..."

April 2, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...MOTHER D: Albert Brooks; with Brooks, Debbie Reynolds, Rob Morrow, Lisa Kudrow...."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Boards & Commissions

"...GarciaBill Spelman African American Resource Advisory Commission Dr. Chiquita EugeneMike Martinez Nelson LinderLee Leffingwell Candice WadeSheryl Cole Jennifer WilksBill..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Marie, Steven Ira Scipio, Andrew Galvan, Lamar Usher, Brian Brooks II, Jacolyn Holmes, Xing-Mai Deng (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Showcases

"...of Records." On the more experimental tip, Columbus lifer Mike Rep, who started out in the mid-1970s with proto-punks..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Miracle

The Cold war provides the background for this Olympics ice hockey miracle starring Kurt Russell.

"...movie isn’t aggressive about it. As curmudgeonly coach Herb Brooks, Russell is firmly apolitical: It’s just about the game...."

Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Budget Battles, Round One:

Austin firefighters start a blaze of their own in response to the department's controversial budget-cutting proposal.

"...and call it a fire engine," noted AFD Lt. Mike Sullivan. "Two people on a fire truck is a..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Joe the King

"...Young, Val Kilmer and Noah Fleiss. Contrary to Mel Brooks' dictum, it's not always so good to be the..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Almost Heroes

"...a triangulation among the witless scatology of recent Mel Brooks, the intermittently engaging whimsy of Chris Elliott, and the..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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