Moontower Announces Jenny Slate, Leslie Jones, Jay Pharoah, and More for Its Just for Laughs Festival

Samantha Bee, Ziwe, Monét X Change, and many more added to lineup

"...Rudnitsky Jordan Jensen* Josh Adam Meyers Judy Gold* Justin Hicks Kara Klenk Kenny Sebastian* Laura Peek* Laurie Kilmartin Leslie..."

Feb. 9, 2023 Arts Post by James Renovitch

The Amazing Maurice

Can this tale of magical rodents beat the Pratchett adaptation curse?

"...to run off rats than a cat? What the hicks don't know is that ginger tom Maurice (Laurie) is..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sundance 2023 Review: The Amazing Maurice

Terry Pratchett's feline fraudster gets above-average adaptation

"...to run off rats than a cat? What the hicks don't know is that ginger tom Maurice (Hugh Laurie)..."

Jan. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Annette

Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard sing out loud in this highbrow musical

"...Bo Burnham whose routine has overt nods to Bill Hicks and Tom Lehrer with more than a hint of..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...filling in. His set was a mix of Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks, a Leo Kottke instrumental, Lightnin'..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

Belushi

More than laughs, more than addiction: a charming, tragic portrait of the Blues Brothers star

"...rightly so. At the same time, as SNL writer Tom Schiller so perfectly sums it up, Belushi was "one..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Local Duo Harvests Up Some Hilarity in Texas Gothic

Booker & Maykus are sure ’nuff sharper than a pitchfork

"...Tom Booker’s got a big ol’ pitchfork and he’s not..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ATX Film News

Bill Hicks, vampires, and slime

"...Features based on the life of groundbreaking comedian Bill Hicks. The Houston-raised comedy pioneer, often regarded as one of..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Hideout Theatre's The Kindness of Strangers

This improvised salute to Tennessee Williams conjures his South's deeply rooted traditions and misfits with style

"...between a painter of abstract art and the hidebound hicks of a Mississippi burg, but in the July 15..."

July 28, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Yo La Tengo’s Pure Folk

Unplugged, sold-out, and cover to cover

"...radio comedian Bob Elliott and Hot Licks singer Dan Hicks...."

Feb. 8, 2016 Music Post by Neph Basedow

Call Me Lucky

Bobcat Goldthwait directs doc about fellow comic Barry Crimmins

"...Wright, David Cross, Margaret Cho, Marc Maron, Patton Oswalt, Tom Kenny, and more sing his praises in this film...."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: If There Be Thorns

Dear Lifetime, we need to talk

"...we are, rope-wrapped in a death grip to the bottom of the ocean...."

July 15, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Huck: 'Hillbilly Kama Sutra'

Raise a jug of moonshine to printmaker Huck for his exquisite care in depicting backwoods redneck sex

"...Tom Huck: 'Hillbilly Kama Sutra'Slugfest Gallery, 1906 Miriam, 477-7204 www.slugfestprints.com..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The State of Utopia

Karen Valby’s dispatches from a small Texas town

"..."When I first got to Utopia, it was when Tom Cruise had just had a baby, and it was..."

May 28, 2010 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Fine, Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas’ American: The Bill Hicks Story, Mike Woolf’s Man on A Mission, Jacob Hatley’s..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Media Watch: 'Statesman' Off the Market

After entering final negotiations to sell the paper, Cox Newspapers walks away from the table

"...At one point, a group led by Dallas-based Hicks Equity Partners, part of the empire controlled by Texas..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Running the Funny

Club manager Margie Coyle has kept the laughter going for 20 years

"...double-staged emporium that helped launch the careers of Bill Hicks and Ron White and Mitch Hedberg and George Lopez..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Media Watch: 'Statesman' to Go Platinum?

Equity firm specializing in 'distressed' properties looking at Austin daily

"...Minneapolis StarTribune Publisher Chris Harte's group as well as Hicks Holdings, ZelnickMedia, and Platinum.)..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Wranglers Ride Off Into the Sunset

Austin's Arena League team, the Wranglers, decides to call it quits

"...been a tough year for Austin professional sports teams. Tom Hicks (whose holdings include the Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars,..."

Sept. 29, 2008 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Dingus vs. Dems ... vs. Craddick?

Sometimes the best way to thwart the Republicans is to sue the Democrats

"...Dingus wants so badly to challenge Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick for his seat that he's suing the Texas..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bill Dingus Makes Our Heads Hurt

Craddick challenger taking Dems to court

"...kerfuffle around Bill Dingus, Democratic challenger to House Speaker Tom Craddick for his Midland seat got even more complicated..."

May 15, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Jazzin' Up Catfish Row

After 70 years, Zach creates a Porgy and Bess for Austin

"...the question of cultural thievery and exploitation followed almost automatically...."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Graham Reynolds

@ Chronic

Perry makes Giuliani endorsement official, announces "will file candidacy papers on behalf of" former New York mayor

"...while big Lone Star donors like Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks and oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens Jr. are..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rudy: Officially Heading to a Primary Near You

Leading GOPers endorsed Giuliani and Thompson two months ago: but are their candidates faltering?

"...big donors Lone Star donors like Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks and oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens Jr. are..."

Dec. 11, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Soccer Watch

Soccer-related deaths in Italy, and more

"...finally happened; the buyers are Americans George Gillett and Tom Hicks, owners of the Montreal Canadiens, and the Dallas..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Soccer-Related Deaths in Italy and More

"...finally happened; the buyers are Ameri­cans George Gillett and Tom Hicks, owners of the Montreal Canadiens, and the Dallas..."

Feb. 7, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...possible, of Lloyd Doggett's old district," said attorney Renea Hicks, who represents the interests of the city and county..."

July 14, 2006 News Feature

Cars

Muscling for rank in the crowded box-office speedway, this Pixar contender takes an early lead but loses momentum in the middle third.

"...champion the King (Richard Petty) and obnoxious upstart Chick Hicks (Michael Keaton). At stake is sponsorship by the Dinoco..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...– Former Dallas Congressman Martin Frost, a victim of Tom DeLay's re-redistricting, on this week's Supreme Court hearings. Quoted..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature

Bentzin's Tangled Web of Backers

An elite crew of critters helped bankroll Bentzin's unsuccessful, half-million dollar District 48 campaign

"...bankrolled many of the same GOP candidates backed by Tom DeLay's Texans for a Republican Majority in the 2002..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

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