What Happens in Vegas

Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher – two Hollywood actors known for their prankishness and pluck – never manage to convince us that this Sin City comedy is fun.

"...Directed by: Tom Vaughan. Starring: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Jason..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Interactive Launches New Las Vegas Event

V2V to focus on startups, take place August 2013

"...We talk to SXSW Interactive Director Hugh Forrest about expanding the brand with V2V...."

Oct. 23, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Checking In: Sweet Spirit Alights to Trinidad

Austin glam rockers’ third LP casts a deep digi/Tropi spell

"...“Instead of doing interviews from the road, we get to..."

May 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Tara Bhattacharya Stages Interference Fest – Women Making Noise 2020

Sound artist and festival curator promotes the creative class

"...“Over a decade in Austin, [tonal producer] Tara Bhattacharya invited performance and sound..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Interactive Launches New Las Vegas Event

V2V to focus on start-ups

"...by Southwest Festival, it's hard to best the tech-oriented Interactive Conference in terms of attendance (24,569 participants in 2012)..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Looking for Las Vegas

An Austin playwright discovers Sin City by going to Louisville

"...He's wearing a jumpsuit and a cap pulled down low, curly..."

May 5, 2006 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

What Is Chaos Cooking?

Building friendships, one chicken pot pie at a time

"...I'd been receiving emails about Chaos Cooking since it was first promoted..."

Dec. 18, 2013 Food Post by Rachel Feit

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...nuclear reactor for the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Midsummer hot, East Sixth bustles from..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...that metaphor – due to a classic of fantastic storytelling called Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Think Like a Man Too

Whatever happens in Vegas will happen in just about every movie set in Vegas.

"...Directed by: Tim Story. Starring: Kevin Hart, Terrence J, Regina Hall, Taraji P. Henson,..."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Couples Retreat

Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau prove they are no longer swingers, but since this film is the only new national release this week, it's sure to be "money."

"...Directed by: Peter Billingsley. Starring: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Faizon Love,..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fatale Attraction

Deon Taylor on bringing back the '80s erotic thriller

"...Ask Deon Taylor about his favorite story about Las Vegas, and what happens in Vegas definitely stays there. "I..."

Dec. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fatale

Not everything that happens in Vegas ...

"...Directed by: Deon Taylor. Starring: Hilary Swank, Michael Ealy, Mike Colter, Danny Pino and..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The B-Side

As the ACL Music Fest looms, at least one venue on Red River hopes to be ready for the overflow. The Las Vegas Emo's won't quite be ready by then, however.

"...What Happens in Vegas ... Your friendly, neighborhood bar is..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Music Column by Darcie Stevens

Unknown Territory

Writer-director John Sayles on why he returned to the border for his latest film, 'Go for Sisters'

"...A parole officer learns her son has gone missing under shady circumstances, so she drafts an ex-con who..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Five New TV Shows To Watch

We pick our favorite pilots from the new fall crop

"...The fall TV season is fast approaching with the network’s blitz of new series. Some might..."

Sept. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

In this goofy and lowbrow Vince Vaughn/Ben Stiller comedy, the good guys are lovable losers and the bad guys have frosted feathered hair and unitards with inflatable codpieces.

"...Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber. Starring: Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Rip Torn, Stephen..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Training Day

"...Directed by: Antoine Fuqua. Starring: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Eva..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gay Place

Remember! It's a gay-marathon, not a gay-sprint. Here's your Fri-gay lineup.

"...YOUR GRIN = MY SUNSHINE..."

March 14, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

Glad to make your acquaintance, weary traveler, we are The Gay Place.

"...Hi, let us get acquainted, dear SXSWer. We are the Gay Place, the only..."

March 14, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...Members of QueerBomb, Austin's renegade counter-Pride, and members of the official Austin Gay..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Football Prophecies

Dick Cheney, Butch Vig, and chicken wings all play a role in Week 7

"...the outcomes of each week’s slate of NFL games. Pigskin prophet Russ Espinoza acquired his clairvoyance at age 9..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

TV Eye

'Tis the season for TV marathons, plus, mark your calendar for the last season of The Wire, and no news is bad news on the strike front

"...'Tis the season! Oh sure, it's all bright and shiny at first, but right now all you really want..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

NFL Analysis 101: Messiahs, Little Women, and Birth Control

"...It’s been a shockingly quiet week since our last class. Until this was..."

April 11, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Luv Doc Recommends: Extravagasm Fantasy Ball

The Vortex, Saturday, November 1, 2003

"...No one would argue that sitting on your front porch drinking beer and doling out..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

Musical Youth! Summer Stock Austin Previews Its 2022 Shows

New music, In the Heights, and a love letter to MGM

"...Everyone in Austin's theatre land knows it's not summer without Summer..."

July 19, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

How J.A. Bayona Made a Real Jurassic World

Director explains how his dinos are leaving the park behind

"...Is there space for heart, emotion, and insight in the modern, CG-heavy blockbuster? J.A. Bayona, director of..."

June 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Risk Immersion

Time again to sink deeply into FronteraFest's exhilarating experiments in performance

"...through Feb. 14, you can savor more self-written monologues, interpretive dance, improvised comedy, slam poetry, hip-hop, musicals, and who..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Brooklyn's Answer to Bristol

Will Leitch, World Wide Web leader in sports

"...In September of 2005, online publishing force Gawker Media –..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Music Commission chair Bob Livingston steps down, no one steps up; Man's Ruin returns to Austin; Michael Corcoran's suspension is puzzling.

"...What if they held an election and nobody came? That's..."

March 31, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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