TV Eye

The Oscars get hip

Feb. 25, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Man Cannot Live on Cinema Alone

Ron Deutsch's Chef du Cinema makes USA Today

"...Read the full article here. Drool at your peril...."

Feb. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Newsgeist: 12/13/10

The spirit of the news

"...the Critic's Choice Awards, the modern predictor to the Oscars...."

Dec. 13, 2010 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

100 Dresses: The Costume Institute, the Metropolitan Museum of Art

History in fashion

"...squares is almost certainly responsible for Lizzy Gardiner's 1994 Oscars dress fashioned from American Express cards. Yves Saint Laurent's..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Books Feature by Anne Harris

What's That on Your Blog? Fred Schneider, Part 2

One part of the B-52's/Superions front man was not enough.

"...Oscar. Well, she and John Waters should have gotten Oscars for comedy. I'm serious...."

Nov. 5, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

New Day Rising

My Education puts music to an 83-year-old silent German expressionist touchstone

"...Fox. Shot on location in Hollywood, it won three Oscars in 1929 – first year of the awards show..."

April 30, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

A Stand-Up Guy

Steve Martin didn't just incorporate a banjo into his early comedy routines for a laugh

"...recently, a cameo on 30 Rock and co-hosting the Oscars...."

April 23, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...the band when he's not working on film scores (Oscars for Brokeback Mountain and Babel). Timeless yet contemporary, sizzling..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Lone Stars in Good Company

Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards 2010

"...Inglourious Basterds was up for a total of eight Oscars. In attendance at that first TFHOF gathering, where he..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Riding MetroRail, Part 2 (Video)

The media goes for a ride on the new choo-choo

"...Okay, I probably won't be submitting this to the Oscars committee for best cinematography (as a 20-year print journalist,..."

March 9, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

TV Eye

The games are finally over. Time to get back to regular programming.

March 5, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Ballast

A little-seen but highly praised debut film from new director Lance Hammer

"...Emma Thompson and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala both won Oscars, and Helena Bonham Carter, Vanessa Redgrave, and Anthony Hopkins..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Winning the West

Cowboys, Indians, and the irresolvable contradictions between freedom and order

"...Obviously, this proved to be one of the Oscars' all-time most controversial moments. It was a typical later-Brando..."

June 12, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Cho Dickinson is Showing

The GayVN awards will be Live Streaming. Well what did you expect?

"...will be co-hosting the Gay VN Awards (gay porn's Oscars) along with GP perennial crush Margaret Cho and comedian..."

March 28, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

After a Fashion

Stephen gears up for SXSW and spring: Should he choose the pink crocodile or the one-shoulder with ruffles?

"...coral), one-shoulder dressing (you saw it all over the Oscars), snakeskin (reptiles rule handbags and shoes), statement shoes (sky-high..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

I Am a MAC Viva Glam Woman Because...

RuPaul's Drag Race gets a little cuckoo.

"...It's Mardi Gras and right after the Oscars, so this week it's just me and the Lady..."

Feb. 24, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

The Green Movement

KRS-One and Hakim Green bring the Stop the Violence Movement to Austin

Jan. 21, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Film News

Watchdog group Texans for Public Justice has a bone to pick with the guv and his new film incentives proposal

"...new year. SXSW sez 'I Love You, Man' to Oscars..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Every Day Is Halloween

Local haunted house attraction gets national award ahead of scaring season.

"...of the Top 13 Professional Haunted Attractions contest, the Oscars of the haunted attraction world. When the 2008 winners..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

On Ypsilanti Roller Girls and Inverse Proportions

Continuing the film incentives crusade: Five percent really packs a punch

"...Movies about us but not shot near us win Oscars! And, if a movie set in Texas with only..."

July 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Farewell, Stan Winston

FX guru dies, and a nation reaches fondly for its Pumpkinhead DVD.

"...in the weeds of Jurassic Park, and earned four Oscars, four Saturns, three BAFTAS, and two Emmys along the..."

June 17, 2008 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

Abandoning the Nest

Hurt by the state's inadequate incentives program, Texas film crews take flight

"...base now," Rector says. He muses that the last Oscars would have showcased a Texas filmmaking powerhouse if our..."

May 23, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

TV Eye

Summer hiatus is almost here. 'TV Eye's ready to fall under the thrall of the next new thing.

"...love from the 12th annual Webby Awards. Considered the "Oscars of the Internet," the Webby Awards recognize excellence on..."

April 25, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Book of the Stars, Stars of the Books

The 2008 Nebula Awards ceremony comes to Austin

"...It's the science-fiction and fantasy industry's version of the Oscars, this ceremony, where the writers of the best novel,..."

April 18, 2008 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Return of Kate MacMurray

Remembering her father with film, food, and wine

"...The Caine Mutiny was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, and was based on the bestselling,..."

April 11, 2008 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Luv Doc Recommends: Harold and Maude

Mercury Hall, Sunday, February 17, 2008

"...John A. Alonzo (who like Gary Oldman and the Oscars, has been inexplicably snubbed for posthumous induction into the..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

After a Fashion

Stephen finagles and whines. And you don't even have to read all the way through to the end of the column to get to that part.

"...those movie stars who has to arrive at the Oscars completely decked out in evening wear at 3 in..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...Things” routine. The occasion marks the first time the Oscars have been unscripted since Bob Hope famously tried to..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Iorek Is Hot! The Sun Is Gay!

Andy hearts Iorek!

"...the hot twenty-something on his arm at the 2002 Oscars? Yes, now is the time. I saw the movie..."

Dec. 12, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

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