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    Gretchen brings the party to Billy Bob's, Dirk plays ping pong, the zoo's living museum and Beatles tribute act Rain pours down this week.

  • A Predators preview that only a nerd could love
    A Predators preview that only a nerd could love

    At SXSW, Robert Rodriguez presented snippets of the upcoming Predators. Um, when did this festival turn into Comic-Con?

  • At South by Southwest, guns and profanity-spewing teens go over big
    At South by Southwest, guns and profanity-spewing teens go over big

    South by Southwest kicks off in appropriately 'Kick-Ass' fashion

  • A mentalist has moved to Cowtown, and he's blown our minds.
    A mentalist has moved to Cowtown, and he's blown our minds.

    Card tricks, feh. This dude read our minds. Now you can see him perform Sundays at the Longhorn Saloon in the Stockyards.

  • Former Arlington resident hopes first feature film finds audience at SXSW
    Former Arlington resident hopes first feature film finds audience at SXSW

    The movie was shot at a former University of Texas at Arlington frat house on Abram Street near Cooper Street.

  • 96.7 FM changes format from oldies to WBAP simulcast
    96.7 FM changes format from oldies to WBAP simulcast

    Oldies radio station KPMZ/96.7 FM "Platinum 96.7" is now a lost classic itself.

  • 'The Argyle Sweater' and its creator have hit the big time
    'The Argyle Sweater' and its creator have hit the big time

    The strip has been compared to 'The Far Side,' but it's a bit edgier.

  • Handicapping the final 12 on 'American Idol'
    Handicapping the final 12 on 'American Idol'

    The top 12 finalists in this year's American Idol are a mix of (mostly) quirky women and (mostly) earnest singer-songwriter types among the men. We're rooting for Parker County native and Fort Worth resident Casey James, and for Duncanville's Tim Urban. But we're trying to be as clearheaded about these rankings of the top 12 as possible going into Tuesday night's show. Here goes:

  • New FX show does Elmore Leonard justice
    New FX show does Elmore Leonard justice

    Justified, FX's new crime drama, starts off the way that many other crime dramas have started. Our hero, Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) confronts a bad guy, crosses the line, gets in trouble with his superiors and gets a new assignment that he isn't too keen on, in this case getting moved out of sunny Miami (where Givens wears his cowboy hat proudly) back to the coal-mining areas of Kentucky where he grew up.

  • Love Shack racking up brunch biz
    Love Shack racking up brunch biz

    Tim Love's popular burger spot in So7 is finding that people are hungry for Sunday goodies like eggs and pasta and quiche.

  • Southlake's Wildwood Grill lives up to its billing
    Southlake's Wildwood Grill lives up to its billing

    The elegant bistro pampers with such dishes as smoked pork porterhouse with creamy poblano grits.

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    • NX35 music fest in Denton keeps it real and low-key
      NX35 music fest in Denton keeps it real and low-key

      DENTON -- While some involved with NX35 (North by 35), the four-day indie-rock showcase and "conferette" that began Thursday and runs through Sunday, may have ambitions to be the next SXSW (South by Southwest), it was clear from Friday's keynote "speech" with veteran producer/engineer Steve Albini that such a goal is still a long way off. And that's a good thing.

    • SXSW music fest keeps rocking
      Austin's SXSW music fest is the place to be for area musicians

      Every spring, Austin's South by Southwest music fest becomes the place to be for area musicians who want to do more than spin their wheels.

    • NX35 shines the spotlight on Denton
      NX35 will put Denton in the spotlight, but the college town has long been part of the music scene

      That sound you hear as you’re whizzing by on I-35 is a musical mecca finding its groove. So pull off, plug in, and rock hard.

    • Bistro Louise still offers a wonderful world tour of flavors
      Bistro Louise still offers a wonderful world tour of flavors

      Bistro Louise has been around since 1996, proffering Mediterranean-swayed American flights -- sometimes with Asian fancy, at other times deploying a Southwestern twang -- as expressed through the culinary wit of famed chef Louise Lamensdorf, a Cowtown icon.

    • Lonesome Lizard deserves to be jumping
      Lonesome Lizard deserves to be jumping

      A cool new spot in Keller serves up tasty Texas dishes at reasonable prices. It won't be a Lonesome Lizard for long.

    • This week's Dirty Dozen
      The dirty dozen

      Gretchen brings the party to Billy Bob's, Dirk plays ping pong, the zoo's living museum and Beatles tribute act Rain pours down this week.

    • Tarantino and Austin's film Hall of Fame awards have both improved
      Tarantino and Austin's film Hall of Fame awards have both improved

      AUSTIN -- In 2001, the first Texas Hollywood Film Hall of Fame awards were a scrappy, loose-limbed affair; they are best remembered by those who were there for a bizarre, endlessly rambling speech by Quentin Tarantino. (He was inducting agent Mike Simpson into the Hall of Fame, though he might as well have been inducting aliens from Mars for all the sense he made).

    • New FX show does Elmore Leonard justice
      New FX show does Elmore Leonard justice

      Justified, FX's new crime drama, starts off the way that many other crime dramas have started. Our hero, Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) confronts a bad guy, crosses the line, gets in trouble with his superiors and gets a new assignment that he isn't too keen on, in this case getting moved out of sunny Miami (where Givens wears his cowboy hat proudly) back to the coal-mining areas of Kentucky where he grew up.

    • Yo-Yo Ma to appear at Bass
      Yo-Yo Ma to appear at Bass

      The cellist widely considered to be the world's greatest will perform with pianist Kathryn Stott on Tjursday.

    • What's coming up: Performing arts
      What's coming up: Performing arts

      Los Lobos and Leo Kottke will perform at Bass Hall. Also on the performing-arts bill is "Sunday in the Park with George" in Bedford.

    • What's coming up: Music
      What's coming up: Music

      Norah Jones concert set for May. Denton singer Sarah Jaffe is a must-see opening act

    • What's coming up: Performing arts
      What's coming up: Performing arts

      Los Lobos and Leo Kottke will perform at Bass Hall. Also on the performing-arts bill is "Sunday in the Park with George" in Bedford.

    • Innovation on display at Games Conference
      Innovation on display at Games Conference

      Motion controls and social gaming were the hot topics at this week's Game Developers Conference, the annual convention of game designers, programmers and executives.

    • Authorities: Haim's name on illegal prescription
      Authorities: Haim's name on illegal prescription

      The name of the late actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring.

    • Girlicious band member charged with having drugs
      Girlicious band member charged with having drugs

      A member of the pop group Girlicious has been charged in California with drug possession with the intent to sell after Glendale police allegedly found a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse.

    • Spanish novelist Miguel Delibes dies at 89
      Spanish novelist Miguel Delibes dies at 89

      Miguel Delibes, an acclaimed and prolific novelist whose work featured gritty depictions of rural life in post-civil war Spain and psychological analyses of characters facing turning points, died Friday. He was 89.

    • DioGuardi, dad of 'Idol' judge, to run for Senate
      DioGuardi, dad of 'Idol' judge, to run for Senate

      The father of "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi (KEHR'-uh dee-oh-GWAHR'-dee), former Republican congressman Joe DioGuardi, is set to announce he is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Kirsten Gillibrand.