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THE VANITY FAIR LUNCH INTERVIEW

Five things we didn't know about Joel Osteen

By Clifford Pugh

Mar 11th, 2010 at 1:14 PM

We thought we knew everything about Houston's Joel Osteen. But in the current issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Osteen lunches with writer John Heilpern and reveals several nuggets about ...


THE GILDED AGE

The billionaire next door: Nine Houstonians rank among the world's richest

By Sarah Rufca

Mar 11th, 2010 at 12:30 PM

As Warren Buffett says, "When it's raining gold, reach for a bucket, not a thimble." The financial upheaval has made a mess of the global economy over the last ...


OUTRAGEOUS

British theater gets weirder: Anna Nicole Smith's life becomes an opera

By Caroline Gallay

Mar 11th, 2010 at 11:37 AM

The British have long been obsessed with celebrity culture. They also have a long history of outlandish theater. Put the two together and you have the production set to premiere ...


RODEO COOL

Country music's Brad Paisley invites the paparazzi into his car & William Shatner to play light sabers

By Joe Leydon

Mar 11th, 2010 at 10:58 AM

Brad Paisley is playing RodeoHouston tonight. But admit it, you don’t care to hear about the music, the show or any deeper meaning in his ballads. You want to ...


EAT YOUR HEART OUT

Heaven with a side of gravy: Come on, you only live once

By Sarah Rufca

Mar 11th, 2010 at 9:31 AM

According to lore, once upon a time in the Old West, cowboys cooked up less-than-prime cuts of meat by tenderizing them, coating them with flour and water and pan-frying them ...


PARTY TEASE

Have you seen the craziest invite in the world? Only click if you're unafraid

By Caroline Gallay

Mar 11th, 2010 at 7:19 AM

First, social scribe Shelby Hodge wrote about the unusual save-the-date notice. Now, Spacetaker has outdone itself with the video invite to its March 20 annual gala. Where the save-the-date beckoned ...


By Nancy Wozny - March 11th, 2010

Is a bar the new stage? Texas has a long history of performing in bars, and  I'm not talking about art on the walls, or those spontaneous dances that ...

By Joseph Campana - March 11, 2010
News_Fotofest 2010 biennial logo

FotoFest brings the world of photography to Houston

In the art world, Venice has its legendary Biennale, New York has the Whitney Biennial, and Houston has FotoFest. Every two years the Bayou City showcases the state of the ...

By Marene Gustin - March 10th, 2010

Last week started with food poisoning and ended with raw oysters. You’d think that might be the other way around, but no. The two events are actually unrelated. But ...

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