Results tagged “tv”

• The seventh annual World Championship Corny Dog Eating Competition has a winner! The State Fair of Texas has everything!
• Slackerwood photo set from Fantastic Fest’s opening-night gala-premiere of “Gentlemen Broncos” at the Paramount Theater. (Scroll down for a great shot of the scruffy’n’hip actor Jemaine Clement from .)
• Apparently, being a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader requires the ability to study. (Not so much if you are an actual Dallas Cowboy!)

This Sunday, McClanahan will be the keynote speaker at Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas' "Toast to Sisterhood, Support, and Survivorship" champagne brunch at the Austin Renaissance Hotel. Below, she chats with Austinist about female friendship, her favorite roles over the years, and cats in heat.

• Trash Dance: The Forklift Danceworks’ Trash Project performance attracts over 700 people to a “trash truck ballet.”
• The New York Times visits our Guadalupe Mountains, falls into a West Texas cactus.
• Even with the start of this $135 million Texas beach enrichment plan, Austin’s own Okkervil River will still be singing “Lost Coastlines.”

Obama administration to overhaul Fannie and Freddie? How will Bill Clinton's visit to N. Korea affect future nuclear talks? 15-year-old Iraqi girl sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for her part in an attempted bombing. But was she a willing participant? Woman and her baby, both kidnapped from North Austin, rescued (sort of) in Uvalde; authorities let their kidnapper walk away. Louisiana politician William J. Jefferson found guilty on corruption charges. ll the cool kids are studying statistics. Bens out of At the Movies; film critics A. O. Scott and Michael Phillips in. Beastie Boy Adam Yauch recovering after having a cancerous tumor removed.

he Top Ten from this summer's season of So You Think You Can Dance will be making a stop in Austin this fall. The judges on the show insist that this fifth season's dancers are the best they've had on the show, and come October 27, you can be the judge as to how well they perform live.

Some survivors of WWII’s Bataan Death March got their first in-person apology from Japan's ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki. Some surviving POW’s at the San Antonio event were still angry about having been on a “Death March.” Today is the last day of the Texas Legislative session. Chances are they won’t get everything done. Dude who helped finance the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" campaign in the 2004 election is now bringing actual toxic sludge to Texas. Hog wild huntin' in Milam County. Turns out there’s no bag limit or season on the capture of wild hogs. Them’s good eatin’, too. (Don't forget to notify your local game warden if you'll be huntin' hogs at nighttime with spotlights!) BBC Scotland’s political editor compares Texas to Scotland. The Scots in the BBC’s comment section are mostly not amused by this. Conan remembered to visit the Alamo when he was recently in San Antonio. No word if he asked to visit the basement. Hey Austin, wake up and smell the transition to digital TV! A Nielsen report claims that -when it comes to the upcoming analog-to-digital tee-vee switchover--Austin is the fourth least-prepared city in the nation!

Sen. Cornyn speaks out against Rush and Newt's comments on Sotomayor's "racism." Obama to name a "cyber czar." Texas Senate passes the budget. Dell income plunges 63% in early 2009. Austin woman charged in death of husband. Actress urged me to take ecstasy, says doctor in sex scandal trial. Bye, Jay. Heeeeeere's Conan!

NBC has renewed the locally-filmed ). [BuddyTV]

• Credit card numbers stolen from Magnolia Cafe on S. Congress (and CT Nail Salon on N. Lamar).
• Counterfeit $50 bills used in Giddings.
• Cop pulls gun on Texans player (and his wife) as the player was stopped on the way to visit his mother-in-law in a Plano hospital.

Showtime's new series, "The United States of Tara," debuts on Sunday. Austinites who really can't wait to see this show, starring Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine) and John Corbett ("Sex and the City"), can attend a sneak peek screening at the Dobie Theatre tomorrow (Tuesday) night. They'll be showing the first two episodes, 7 p.m. sharp, first come first served admission. Drinks and snacks included! [info]

• Troubled Ill. Gov. Blagojevich makes his pick for Senate: former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris.
• Israel's air attack on Gaza just first stage of several.
• Divorce sucks, but especially in a recession.

• Fannie and Freddie to testify.
• Come on, just say it. Let's practice: Nation. National. Nationalize. Nationalization!
• Tribune Co is the latest to file for bankruptcy.

American global dominance is expected to decrease in coming years; China, Russia and India may challenge US influence. Attorney General Mukasey collapsed during a speech last night. Verizon workers sneaked a peek at Obama's old cell phone records. We should know Hillary Clinton's status in the Obama administration later today. Maybe. Sarah Palin pardons one turkey, while another unfortunate turkey faces a different fate behind her comments afterward. Best cranberry relish recipe ever? Say it ain't so, ABC! Pushing Daisies cancelled.

The Food Network is taping a show in Austin later this week featuring the Casserole Queens and their delish Chicken Pot Pie. They are throwing a party for the taping and you're invited -- the catch is that you have to dress in 1950's-style clothing and be available for four hours. The party/taping is this Thursday, November 20. If you are interested, email helen(at)blueplate(dot)tv for more information.

Two bills submitted to the state Lege by Republican lawmakers would require doctors to show ultrasounds to women about to get abortions, and would have the doctor play the audio of the baby's heartbeat. Another bill submitted to the Legislature would re-regulate tuition increases at state schools. Middle-schooler's mom takes complaint on TTYL to the Round Rock School Board. It seems the Dallas reunion this weekend at Southfork stunk; people are blaming the Austin-based event organizer. Grapevine pastor asks married couples (and only them) to have sex once a day for a week. Houston man breaks through sheetrock in vacant apartment's wall to stab woman living in neighboring apartment.

• Obama asks for help for auto industry; we get pictures of Bush/Obama walk-and-talk.
• The American South: marginalized again.
• Obama to have an office of urban policy.

Now that you have voted (and picked up your freebies rewarding you for participating in our democratic process), perhaps you are wondering where you can watch the election results with people of like mind. Here are some options for you:

Now NBC fans on Time Warner can watch the election results next week, and the season premiere of 30 Rock tomorrow night, on KXAN. KXAN announced earlier this morning through Twitter that the channel was once again available to Time Warner cable subscribers. So no more Tuesday lunch dates with Chuck via hulu, and no more needing to spend every Thursday night at the Alamo because otherwise you couldn't see the funniest comedy on TV that night (although the season premiere for 30 Rock was posted a week early on the internet). Phew. [KXAN on Twitter]

• Could Dems take the State House this election? Related: video on the right.
• So single-stream recycling has started, but when will there be a facility for it in Austin?
• South Congress gas stations seem to have the lowest gas prices in the city.

Kelly Crabb and Christy Cook, Austin residents and contestants on the current season of The Amazing Race, are throwing a viewing party this weekend. The friends and teammates (identified on the show as "Divorcees") are starting a foundation to raise money for impoverished countries visited each season on the show. For season 13, the focus for their newly-formed AmazinGrace Foundation is on Cambodia. Sunday night's event will involve an auction, with all proceeds to the foundation being donated to the Asian country.

Produced by the Downtown Austin Alliance, Action Figure, and KLRU-TV, Lonestar Emmy award-winning show DOWNTOWN offers insightful glimpses into urban life here in Austin. Focusing on the inevitable vignettes that make up our experience here in this special community, Downtown has become one of the most-watched programs here in Austin and beyond.

So You Think You Can Dance, the FOX dance competition show, has become a summer reality staple for some of us. If the crowd at the touring show Sunday night at the Erwin Center indicates anything, it's that SYTYCD fans are a diverse bunch. We had a chance that afternoon to chat with a small sampling of the dancers, including Gev Manoukian and Courtney Galiano, who had been the underdogs in the competition and seem to be enjoying themselves on tour. We asked them about their experience on the show and post-tour plans.

Today we're presenting our interview with Jeff Simmermon, Director of Digital Communications for Time Warner Cable, in the hopes of providing both perspectives on this ongoing—and very public—dispute.

Local NBC affiliate KXAN announced today that it may be taken off of Time Warner Cable's broadcast service in early October if current contract re-negotiations don't work out. The station, which has been around since the 1960s, is part of parent company LIN TV, which owns local stations around the country.

• Teddy Kennedy was "stirring," sure, but Michelle's mom was the one who made us cry.
• Meanwhile, the Republicans tried really hard to keep Hillary alive.
• And the FBI arrested a guy who threatened Obama himself.

• Survivors of Madrid plane crash tell their story
• The USA Softball Team's Olympic journey ends but you can still watch the Babes In Bikinis
• Baby in hospital cooler pronounced dead, comes back to life

Edouard wimps out after hitting the coast, but should still help our rain chances. Rep. Michael McCaul is facing a closer re-election race than he would like. Sen. "Big Bad" John Cornyn wants soldiers' votes counted. Bank of America at Anderson Lane and Shoal Creek robbed this afternoon. One of the founders of Austin Community Gardens has died.

In this clip, he discusses his new book (The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart), Texans buying more guns, and strange Austin lawn art: "My wife and I moved to Austin . . . we'd drive around and see neighbors with bowling ball art . . ." Jon Stewart tells Bishop at the end of the interview, "You live in a f*cked up neighborhood."

State public utilities commission issues a yellow alert, asking Texans to conserve energy. It may not be a CapMetro shuttle you take to ACL later this summer. Pilot project in Travis and (part of) Williamson counties has found that 25% of drivers pulled over have no auto insurance. Yikes! Capital Area Food Bank running low on donations this summer. Austin author Bill Bishop (The Big Sort) stops by The Daily Show tonight.

If you are as big a fan of the show as we are, you may have already been to the tour schedule and seen that (finally!) the top ten will be dancing our way. The show will be at the Frank Erwin Center in October, with tickets going on sale this Saturday morning. Austin 360's Idol Chatter says tickets will cost from $35 to $54.50.