TV Eye

Just in time for Valentine's Day -- or to celebrate it being over -- Belinda Acosta offers her take on a few modern-day dating games.

"...Date, A Dating Story, and in a serialized way, Temptation Island. When I look at these post-Dating Game shows,..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...Conservative media watchers and pro-family advocates have criticized Temptation Island for being morally bankrupt and promoting promiscuity, tooth..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

The Mole, Temptation Island, and Survivor II -- get ready for a whole new season of watching contestants backbite, cheat, weasel, outsmart, and canoodle their way to the win.

"...Temptation Island (Fox). The Fox Network sure has a knack..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Faithless

"...Faithless spends two hours and 22 minutes exploring the temptation, enactment, and consequences of an extramarital affair. Without giving..."

March 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

A look at four new reality-based series trying to beat Survivor 2: Australian Outback to the punch. Good luck. Also, the latest twists on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

"...Temptation Island: Premiered Jan. 10 on Fox, airs Wednesdays at..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Wide Sargasso Sea

"...recently freed slaves, the practice of obeah -- the island sorcery -- and the constantly pounding drumbeat all assault..."

June 4, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sunshine State

"...Waite, Angela Bassett and Edie Falco. Having resisted the temptation to make a thoroughly mainstream film in a career..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

After a Fashion

Were you guilty of indulging in any of these particular fashion no-nos this year? Check out these horrid style Top Tens.

"...3. Temptation Island Obviously the primary consideration here is how good..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TV Eye

South Park takes on sex ed.

"...a female contraceptive product, approached Fox to advertise during Temptation Island. Fox declined, citing its policy prohibiting contraceptive ads,..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

For those of you yawning through The Mole and gagging through Temptation Island, Survivor is back, here to remind us what we liked (and loathed) about "reality TV" in the first place.

"...After three increasingly embarrassing episodes of Temptation Island (Fox) and the same number of perplexing episodes..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Rad Tollett's Point Is ...

"...is that Michael Moore's ilk brought us reality TV's Temptation Islands, and/or that while documentaries used to be fare..."

June 25, 2004 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...However, with foreseen profitability, the people who brought us Temptation Island are on the verge of destroying any ability..."

June 25, 2004 Column

And Your Point Is?

"...However, with foreseen profitability, the people who brought us Temptation Island are on the verge of destroying any ability..."

June 18, 2004 Postmarks

After a Fashion

Speaking of Queer Eyes: Hey, don't look at us … everybody calls it SoCo. And everybody seems to love the new Nordstrom … including our Style Avatar.

"...hetero counterparts. If it were half as good as Temptation Island I might like it better. On the other..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

Local T-shirt makers get an unexpected boost -- a lawsuit from their target.

"..."This is the network responsible for reality shows like Temptation Island and Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire."..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

After a Fashion

Is In in or is Out in? Is Out in In? Or is In in Out? Is In out? Out isn't even in Austin. In is. Why did we think of Out? This is about In. In is out. It is. Isn't it? Ouch.

"...of a publication like this?" Maybe the contestants on Temptation Island? The editor, whom we'll call Fabio, allegedly told..."

May 30, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Almost Famous

Three years after leaving Austin for Hollywood, comics Chip Pope and Howard Kremer still aren't celebs, but with pilots for HBO and Comedy Central and a willingness to schmooze, they've come agonizingly close.

"...is that they constantly churn out wonderful programming like Temptation Island and World's Scariest Car Chases With Stacy Keach...."

July 20, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

TV Eye

Now that the writers' strike has been averted, the networks feel secure announcing their fall television seasons. Here's a look at what's in store.

"...Fox: The Family Guy (7pm), The Tick (7:30pm), Temptation Island 2 (8pm)..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Get It On Productions (Castrato)

"...world needs more rap-rock fusion like another season of Temptation Island. Thankfully, Austin's Get It On Productions bypass most..."

April 13, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

It Takes a Village

Inside the new Whole Foods

"...his or her willpower tested against inhumane levels of temptation. Sensitive souls will suffer a sugar contact buzz of..."

March 25, 2005 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Greg Beets' National Top Ten

"...Jason Cohen's National Top Ten 1. Pulp, Different Class (Island)..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...From California to the New York Island...."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Music Reviews

"...out all over London. Bit of trivia: New Order's "Temptation" does not actually appear in the movie (it's sung,..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature

From Script to Screen

"...limitations. Doing a turn-of-the-century period piece (Marygrace O'Shea's "Ellis Island," for example) is not a good idea. Others just..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Charles Stites' New One-Man Show Straitjacket Is Fun – Scary Fun

Charles Stites has another one-man show, and this time he's climbing into a Straitjacket for fun. Scary fun.

"...had in his solo adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau seven years ago...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Would You Believe, National Caramel Day?

Five delicious reasons that will make you go yum

"...Brooklyn, and perfected on the east end of Long Island, we promise to deliver you the most delicious crumb..."

April 2, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Q&A Hole: Music for First Contact

What song would you play for a lost tribe?

"...Despite the temptation to try to make friends with everyone on the..."

Aug. 14, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Swampadelic

Grateful Dead + Papa Mali = 7 Walkers

"...Nelson's debut, Coming Home. He co-produced the outlaw's last Island outing, 2001's Rainbow Connection, and co-engineered Ray Price's 2003..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Beyond the Fatal Shores

SXSW's Aussie and Kiwi invasion

"...the U.S., Australia is an enormous country, and the temptation to paint its artists with the same broad brush..."

March 5, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...Hannah like he's a savage on a newly discovered island. He looks bemused, impatient, willing to help...."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

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