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ATX TV Festival Adds Tatiana Maslany Dark Comedy, NBC at 100 Programming Block " The Austin Chronicle
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (202+ words) The previously announced Friday Night Lights 20th anniversary reunion, perhaps the most iconic collaboration of Austin and NBC (well, for two seasons, at least), adds Scott Porter (Jason Street) and Executive Producer Sarah Aubrey to the already stacked lineup of cast…...
Moontower Celebrates Austin Comedy's Many Brains " The Austin Chronicle
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (579+ words) When podcasting comedian Stavros Halkias coined the term "Austin trans brain" to refer to shock-seeking performers encapsulated by the Kill Tony ethos, a collective wince rippled through the city's comics " and plenty non-comics too " who value long-form storytelling and human…...
Austin Film Festival Announces First Honorees for 2026 " The Austin Chronicle
1+ week, 5+ day ago (662+ words) Austin Film Festival Announces First Honorees for 2026 The Austin Chronicle A legendary producer behind franchises stretching from Diary of a Wimpy Kid to The Hunger Games and the writer who cracked the code of adapting The Boys for the small…...
Vanessa Gonzalez's New Hour Is Real Austin Comedy " The Austin Chronicle
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (260+ words) PLUS: SXSW News & Reviews " Summer Camps Austin's comedy scene is different from when Vanessa Gonzalez did her first tight five at Fallout Theater. At the time, Gonzalez had been sticking to sketch and improv because, as she puts it, "stand-up…...
How the Clean Cousin of SNL Launched Catholic Punk Comedy Edie Arnold Is a Loser " The Austin Chronicle
4+ week, 2+ day ago (705+ words) PLUS: SXSW Unofficial " SXSW News & Reviews Nothing can cross divides and cultural differences like comedy. That's part of how Megan Rico, a Catholic girl from Florida, found her place as a student at the Mormon-run Brigham Young University in Utah....
Bill Burr, Chelsea Peretti, Eric Andr, Dropout Shows All Headed to SXSW Comedy " The Austin Chronicle
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (231+ words) PLUS: Endorsements " Austin Music Awards " SXSW Day Party Film, Music, Innovation " ah, Comedy. The fourth strand of South by Southwest 2026 (March 12-18) has just announced its star-studded roster of comedy legends and up-and-comers. Heading up the humor is Bill Burr. No…...
Moontower Comedy Festival Adds Sarah Sherman, Meg Stalter to 2026 Lineup " The Austin Chronicle
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (405+ words) PLUS: Endorsements " Austin Music Awards " SXSW Day Party Moontower Comedy Festival, the biggest comedy gathering in North America, has already made its 2026 lineup one for the ages with the announcement of legends like Albert Brooks and returning regulars like Vir…...
Anaconda Review: Snakes Down the Drain
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (663+ words) The Austin Chronicle It may be hard to believe, but Anaconda, the absurd snake-fighting action-horror flick with Ice Cube, Jennifer Lopez, and an out-of-his-mind Jon Voight, has spawned four sequels and a Chinese remake. Now it's the subject of a…...
Austin Film Festival Review: Eternity " The Austin Chronicle
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (688+ words) After my 80-something-year-old aunt died, she was buried next to her husband. Her second husband. Her first husband had been a young man when death came to him. The cemetery where her first was buried was the same one where…...
Movie Review: The Ballad of Wallis Island
1+ year, 1+ week ago (486+ words) And by dead souls, what I mean is the idea that there's a spark that's been mostly extinguished, a glowing ember that burns a little brighter in British comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island. The Ballad of Wallis Island 2025, PG…...