Naming a Building After William Randolph Hearst Is a Bad Choice

"...Texas has chosen to name a journalism building after William Randolph Hearst. In case they have forgotten, Hearst represented..."

Nov. 13, 2008 Postmarks

The Cat's Meow

"...Steven Peros' play -- takes place on publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst's sumptuous yacht in the fall of 1924,..."

April 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'The Story of the America That Got Left Behind'

The Wire's creator, David Simon, speaks at UT

"...he received last night was named for: newspaper titan William Randolph Hearst. He also noted Hearst "outran a bunch..."

March 19, 2008 Screens Post by Wells Dunbar

Mank

Corruption, lies, and credits on the set of Citizen Kane

"...most depictions) make a thinly-veiled biopic of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst (Dance, all reserved fury). The script posits..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Reefer Madness: This Is Your Brain on Drugs

ONDCP's latest attempt at scaring you into believing marijuana is bad is pure propaganda

"...of the "assassin of youth" (a phrase coined by William Randolph Hearst, king of the yellow-bellied sensation mongers, whose..."

June 29, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

TV Eye

The new new media, plus David Simon to speak at UT, and more questions about the switch-over from analog

"...at Austin to deliver the College of Communication's 2008 William Randolph Hearst Fellow lecture. The creator of several critically..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two: Turn to Sinatra

Considering media objectivity and losing yourself in art

"...Journal war correspondent and illustrator Frederic Remington telegraphed to William Randolph Hearst from Cuba in 1897 that no war..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Why We Fight

Jarecki’s canny and somewhat overwhelming documentary paints a grim historical picture of war profiteering run amok.

"...not by those in business seeking, as businessmen from William Randolph Hearst to Sam Walton have been wont to..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pieces of Time

The legendary Peter Bogdanovich discusses his latest film, The Cat's Meow, about a hush-hush Hearst scandal of long ago.

"...the minds of the celebrated and well-heeled guests aboard William Randolph Hearst's private yacht during a November 1924 cruise..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Porta-potties and President Obama, 'prunes' and 'cheese,' and other interesting tidbits

"...Kane was based on the life of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. Rumor has it that "Rosebud" was the..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...and Alex North’s weary, sweat-drenched score elevating the Tennessee Williams play to new heights. Taxi Driver and A Streetcar..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Cat and Mouse

Slipping in and out of dreams, films, and comics, in which nothing is revealed

"...Kat: a comic strip on the comics page of Hearst newspapers. Each week there were daily strips and stunning..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Cradle Will Rock

Tim Robbins' historical drama mixes true events and characters from Roosevelt's New Deal pet, the Federal Theatre Project, and intersperses them with fictionalized elements with mixed results.

"...has Welles traveling in much the same circles as William Randolph Hearst (Carpenter, looking very creepy) -- two men..."

July 27, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Coffee Table Books That Depict and Provide Escape From

"...of Annie Oakley and the story of Oakley versus William Randolph Hearst. In Hearst's Chicago Examiner and Chicago American..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Disney’s Newsies

The Broadway strike musical occupies Zilker Hillside Theatre spectacularly

"...the late 19th century, newspaper moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst went to great lengths and new depths..."

July 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Boy Wonder at 100

Alamo Drafthouse screens Orson Welles centennial retrospective

"...and filmmakers, including Richard Linklater, Steven Spielberg, Julie Taymor, William Friedkin, and Welles intimates Henry Jaglom and Peter Bogdanovich...."

April 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Triumph of the Yellow Kid

Comics are art, Spiegelman notes in his panel-busting history lesson

"...public's response inflamed the circulation battle between Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, leading them into a financial tug-of-war for..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: The Media Has Always Been Biased

The history of American journalism is one of slanted and limited coverage

"...Most obviously William Randolph Hearst's yellow journalism ended up with the U.S...."

April 7, 2017 Column by Louis Black

What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

UT student frequency KVRX struggles to stave off the nationwide downturn in collegiate media

"...Dan Knight's small, fourth-floor office in the William Randolph Hearst building sits just down the hall from..."

May 11, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Truth Seeker

Photographer Sebastião Salgado bears witness to the world in black and white

"...a slippery concept, as history has proven. News publisher William Randolph Hearst fabricated events during the Spanish-American War, leading..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

The FCC under the Obama Administration

The short list for Federal Communication Commission Chairmanship

"...last week. He was the 2008-09 recipient of the William Randolph Hearst Fellow Award, given by the College of..."

Nov. 11, 2008 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

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Our readers talk back.

"...devoted to the defeat of Props 1 and 2. William Randolph Hearst would have been most proud. A real..."

May 19, 2006 Column

Thanks for Helping Make Austin Safe for the Likes of Stratus, Trammell Crow ...

"...devoted to the defeat of Props 1 and 2. William Randolph Hearst would have been most proud. A real..."

May 16, 2006 Postmarks

Page Two

A cornucopia of delights await you at the South by Southwest Film and Music Festivals and Austin Music Awards this year.

"...Beautifully cast, the film relates the still-unsolved murder on William Randolph Hearst's yacht. If Bogdanovich had just stuck to..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Louis Black

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Gabriel Over the White House

"...presidency. Gabriel Over the White House (1933) concerns a William Randolph Hearst-like figure who snags the Oval Office in..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Screens Feature

Whose Pancho Villa?

Well-meaning white guys. Who needs 'em?

"...film would be a useful alternative to the W. Randolph Hearst-owned newspapers that were actively vilifying the Revolution. As..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta