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Reality TV star turned one-woman-brand Lauren Conrad signed copies of her new book, “The Fame Game,” at BookPeople Thursday night. Conrad sat down with The Daily Texan to discuss the book, a spin-off from her first trilogy, “L.A. Candy.”
Conrad also spoke on the lessons she’s learned from being an intern at Teen Vogue on MTV’s reality show “The Hills,” and on building her own brand as a New York Times best-selling author, fashion designer and blogger.
Parties, video games, alcohol and kicking back with his friends — these are a few of Recess Arcade Bar owner Paul Chokota’s favorite things.
Warning: This article includes spoilers for the first four seasons of “Mad Men.”
With “Mad Men’s” fifth season premiering Sunday, The Daily Texan worked through the first four seasons of AMC’s hit drama and found five essential episodes for catching up.
Spoiler alert! The following contains spoilers from the “Mad Men” season premiere.
In the wait time between seasons of Matthew Weiner’s meticulously curated, sumptuous slow burn “Mad Men,” there has been a profusion of new period dramas. In the 17 months since we left the halls of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, at least four notable dramas premiered.
Warning: This article includes spoilers for the first four seasons of “Mad Men.”
The thing that keeps myself and others so captivated by “Mad Men” isn’t the (admittedly glacial) plot or even the gorgeous period costumes and set design that the notoriously fastidious executive producer Matthew Weiner micromanages to perfection. Instead, it’s the nuanced and indelible ensemble cast of characters that populate the world of Madison Avenue.
Matt Heafy screams to the audience during his set drawing out cheers from his fans.
The “Harry Potter” series might be over, but the adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione will be a staple on children's and academics' bookshelves alike for years to come, said professor Susan Napier of Tufts University and former Japanese literature and culture professor at UT.
Napier spoke to an eager group of “Harry Potter” fans and academics on Friday at the Harry Ransom Center about the “Harry Potter” books' place in the tradition of British fantasy, its explosive fandom and the cultural implications of the series.
Forget glittery Edward Cullen and your traditional bat-turning, cape-wearing and victim-stalking vampire fiction. The CW’s drama-fantasy “The Vampire Diaries” offers an incredibly addictive improvement to the genre, which is currently bombarded with corny, romantic supernatural fantasies that can cause more laughter than thrills.
I was 10 years old when I first saw “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and asked my mother if they would come and build us a house. At the time, we lived in a tiny one-bedroom apartment and barely made ends meet with government programs such as food stamps, called Texas Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
Economics graduate student Krystina Decker, center, lights a sparkler during the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve at Cheer Up Charlie's with friends Borna Karamzadeh, left, and Carolyn Knight, right.
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With his 2008 vampire classic “Let the Right One In,” Tomas Alfredson proved himself an undeniable master of the slow burn, a trend he continues with the masterful “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.” The spy thriller is expertly cast and Gary Oldman leads a pack of wonderful performances with his quiet, intense portrayal of George Smiley, a disgraced MI6 agent sent back into his old group to unearth a mole.
Before Oct. 27, it had been 14 years since new episodes of “Beavis and Butt-Head” last aired.
After watching the first four episodes, it’s clear that reviving the series is the best decision MTV has made since they got rid of Carson Daly.
UT wizards and witches dress up in the likenesses of their favorite Hogwarts alumni and spend Halloween at the SAC for Harry Potter Fest.
The Student Activity Center was no place for muggles as Harry Potter Fest 2011 transformed it into platform nine and three-quarters and flooded the building with wizards, witches and butterbeer.
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It was cursing — not kissing — that got a lesbian actress and her girlfriend escorted off a plane as it sat at a Texas airport, Southwest Airlines said Tuesday.
The airline said the couple became profane after being reprimanded for what actress Leisha Hailey characterized as “one modest kiss.”
Barbara Millicent Roberts, the original queen of the plastics, has only been around for 52 years. She has succeeded in more than 108 professions ranging from a surgeon, gold medal gymnast, astronaut, UNICEF diplomat and even a McDonalds employee. Roberts, more commonly known as Barbie, has definitely come a long way from her original catchphrase of “math is hard.”
As a man, I enjoy manly things such as whiskey and belts made out of rattlesnake. I grow facial hair for sport, and Sam Elliott voices my inner dialogue. I don’t go shopping and have rarely had occasion to go into a Banana Republic — that is until very recently, when the Gap-owned clothing retailer introduced a capsule collection inspired by AMC’s Mad Men.
Editor's Notes: The following review of the new season of "Breaking Bad" contains spoilers about the next two episodes of season four.
When “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” was released in June 1997, many of us college students were still in grade school, maybe barely old enough to dive into a chapter book of the length and heft of this first novel, an introduction to the magical world of Harry Potter and the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Genre: Action, Adventure
Runtime: 132 minutes
For those who like: Thor, Green Lantern
Grade: A
