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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

The Rolling Stones’ Bobby Keys documentary Houston premiere

Feature Documentary: Every Nights A Saturday Night: The Bobby Keys Story — Houston Premiere

Where: 14 Pews - Houston Texas

When: Friday, Jan. 3rd. 14 Pews link here.

Producer Jeffrey Brown in attendance

Synopsis: Best friends with guitarist Keith Richards and considered the 6th Stone, Bobby Keys is best rock n roll saxophonist in the world. Well known for his work with, among others, The Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton and an endless number of Texas musicians.

Keys is especially recognized famously for his work on Brown Sugar and the album Exile on Main Street. Bobby’s story of a small town Texas kid who knew Buddy Holly, found the road out of town through music, played with Elvis and Donovan, achieved rock n roll stardom with the Stones only to crash and burn before a comeback again with the Stones has resonated.

Featuring: “featuring interviews with The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, Ron Woods, Charlie Watts, Mick Taylor as well as Texans Bill Gibbons (ZZ Top), Joe Ely and Jim Price, Dr. John, Bobby Whitlock, Ian McLagan, Jim Keltner, J.I. Allison, and more!

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

Houston Film Critics Nominations Year’s best films 2019

Marriage Story and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood Lead Houston Film Critics Nominations Year’s best films to be honored January 2

HOUSTON, TEXAS (December 15, 2019) — Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach’s intimate dissection of marital disappointment, joins Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s epic exploration of exaggerated egos, to lead the nominees for the 13th annual
awards of the Houston Film Critics Society.

Both films are nominated for six awards including Best Picture, with Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood also receiving a seventh nomination for Best Movie Poster Art. The prestigious film journalists annually honor the movie industry’s best work with winners to be announced
January 2 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Closely following the nomination leaders are 1917, The Farewell, The Irishman and Parasite, each nominated for five awards including Best Picture. Other contenders for this top award are Knives Out, Jojo Rabbit, Joker and Uncut Gems.

“We’re a passionate, adventurous group,” says Doug Harris, President of the organization. “This list of nominees represents the thousands of screening hours our members have devoted to uncovering the year’s most distinctive films so that we can bring the best of cinema from around the world to the audiences we serve.”

Because of the close voting for nominations, six actresses will compete for Best Actress for the first time, including Charlize Theron in Bombshell, Awkwafina in The Farewell, Renée Zellweger in Judy, Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story, Saoirse Ronan in Little Women, and Lupita Nyong’o in Us. Five nominees are usually named. Johansson is also up for Best Supporting Actress for Jojo Rabbit, one of four other categories with six finalists emerging from tight contests, along with Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Song and Best Documentary Feature.

Nominated for Best Actor are Leonardo DiCaprio for Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Adam Driver in Marriage Story, Eddie Murphy in Dolemite is My Name, Joaquin Phoenix in Joker and Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems.

Earlier this month, the HFCS announced its nominees for the Texas Independent Film Awards which honor films made in Texas. Bull, Building the American Dream, Nothing Stays the Same: The story of the Saxon Pub, Seadrift and Sleeping in Plastic are all up for these awards.

Winners in 18 categories will be presented at the January 2 event – starting at 7 p.m. – with special appearances from Roger Corman, who will be honored with a lifetime achievement award, as well as Ellyn Needham, wife of the late movie stunts pioneer Hal Needham, who will present the Society’s inaugural award for Best Stunt Coordination Team. An After Party, open to all awards ticket holders at no additional charge, will be staged in the Ultimate Ransom Room at the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District. Tickets are available through the ticket portal on the MFAH website, at https://www.mfah.org/calendar/houston-film-critics-society-best-2019-
awards/202001020630PM.

The Houston Film Critics Society’s 13 th Annual Movie Awards are underwritten in part by Leonard Courtright and the Keystone Family of Companies with additional support provided by Balcones Distilling.

About The Houston Film Critics Society
An After Party, open to all ticket holders at no additional charge, will be staged in the Ultimate Ransom Room at the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District. The forty-one members of the Houston Film Critics Society are working film journalists on television, radio, online and in traditional print. Together, they reach millions of people each week across the United States with their critiques and commentaries on film. The organization’s mission is to promote the advancement and appreciation of film in the Houston community and beyond. For additional information and a list of members, visit www.HoustonFilmCritics.com.

2019 Houston Film Critics Society Nominations

Best Picture
1917; The Farewell; The Irishman; Jojo Rabbit; Joker; Knives Out; Marriage Story; Once Upon a
Time… in Hollywood; Parasite; Uncut Gems

Best Director
Bong Joon Ho, Parasite; Sam Mendes, 1917; Martin Scorsese, The Irishman; Quentin Tarantino,
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood; Lulu Wang, The Farewell

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood; Adam Driver, Marriage Story; Eddie
Murphy, Dolemite is My Name; Joaquin Phoenix, Joker; Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems

Best Actress
Awkwafina, The Farewell; Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story; Lupita Nyong’o, Us; Saoirse
Ronan, Little Women; Charlize Theron, Bombshell; Renée Zellweger, Judy

Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse; Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes; Al Pacino, The Irishman; Joe
Pesci, The Irishman; Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell; Laura Dern, Marriage Story; Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit;
Florence Pugh, Little Women; Margot Robbie, Bombshell; Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell

Best Screenplay
Knives Out; Marriage Story; Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood; Parasite; The Farewell

Best Cinematography
1917; The Irishman; The Joker; Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood; Parasite

Best Animated Feature
Frozen II; How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World; I Lost My Body; Missing Link; Toy Story 4

Best Original Score
1917; Joker; Little Women; Marriage Story; Us

Best Original Song
Glasgow, Wild Rose; Home to You, The Aeronauts; I Punched Keanu Reeves, Always Be My
Maybe; (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again, Rocketman; Into the Unknown, Frozen II; Stand Up, Harriet

Best Foreign Language Film
Atlantics; Corpus Christi; Les Miserables; Monos; Pain and Glory; Parasite

Best Documentary Feature
American Factory; Apollo 11; Biggest Little Farm; For Sama; Hail Satan; They Shall Not Grow Old

Texas Independent Film Award
Bull; Building the American Dream; Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of the Saxon Bar; Seadrift;
Sleeping in Plastic

Visual Effects
1917; Ad Astra; Avengers: Endgame

Best Stunt Coordination Team
Crawl; Ford v Ferrari; Furie; John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum; Shadow

Best Movie Poster Art
Birds of Passage; John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum; Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood; Parasite;
Portrait of a Lady on Fire; The Last Black Man in San Francisco;

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Kris Jenner interviewed Beyonce on "Good Morning Houston?"

No, Kris Jenner did not interview Beyoncé on channel 13's "Good Morning Houston," that was Lisa Trapani Shumate

Lisa Trapani Shumate has been a lot of things in her life.

She's been a longtime television executive, journalist and host, but I bet the Houston Public Media Associate Vice President at the University of Houston/General Manager has never been called the Kardashian's Kris Jenner.

At least that is what the internet is apparently calling Shumate according to E!.

And it all stems from an early 1990's interview with Beyoncé, Shumate did as a host on abc13 KTRK's Good Morning Houston.

"The comments were so funny and I’ve heard from so many people," Shumate told mikemcguff.com. "As you know, the facts are the show was Good Morning Houston and co-host Don Nelson is also in the clip. I was expecting my daughter which explains the over sized jacket someone commented on."

The Jenner doppelgänger internet investigation started after Beyoncé's father, Mathew Knowles, posted a #throwbackthursday that showed an 11-year-old Beyoncé in 1992 being interviewed on channel 13's Good Morning Houston with fellow Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland for their then group Girls Tyme.

It seems his social media followers immediately thought Shumate, who went by Lisa Trapani back then, was Kris Jenner.

"Beyoncé’s response was so sweet and so true-'If we just keep practicing...,'" Shumate added. "Her hard work paid off. That’s the takeaway for me. Turns out when you put the names Kris Jenner and Beyonce in the same story, the internet goes crazy. Once it was confirmed the 'lady is not Kris Jenner,' the excitement died as fast as it started. Lol!"

Actually after thinking about it, Shumate and Jenner do have some things in common. Besides running television entities, they also have being authors in common.

Earlier this year, Shumate released her book “Always and Never: 20 Truths for a Happy Heart."

A perfect gift this holiday season for the ~~Jenner~~ Shumate fan in your family.

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This week’s #throwbackthursday also comes from back in ’92. Beyonce was about 11 years old and already working hard. Here she is talking about getting over stage fright. ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣I’m interested in hearing your feedback! Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣Be sure to order my book “Destiny’s Child: The Untold Story” check the link in my bio. And be sure to listen to Destiny’s Child: The Untold Story Featuring Girls Tyme now streaming everywhere.⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣#mathewknowles #girlstyme #destinyschild #destinyschildtheuntoldstory #tbt #90s #musicworldentertainment

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Saturday, December 14, 2019

Houston Public Media Selected to Host "Report for America" Journalist in 2020

The reporter will focus on factors that affect the health of Houstonians

Houston Public Media was one of nine newsrooms across Texas selected to host a Report for America journalist starting in June 2020. The journalist will focus on factors that affect the health of Houstonians.

“Our participation in Report for America will help us better tell the story of Houston, focusing on how factors like poverty, climate change and pollution affect individual and community health,” said Dave Fehling, director of news and public affairs at Houston Public Media. “This will allow us to report on health problems and trends, as well as highlight innovations and ideas that lead to health solutions.”

Report for America is a national service program that places talented, emerging journalists into local news organizations to report for one to two years on under-covered issues and communities. This ambitious national effort addresses news deserts widening across the country that leave communities uninformed on important local issues, as well as serves as a pipeline for a new generation of journalists.

“This placement will help Houston Public Media strengthen quality, local journalism in our region and contribute to a healthy democracy by informing and engaging area residents,” said Lisa Trapani Shumate, general manager of Houston Public Media. “Houston Public Media’s important service to the community is providing a place for life-learning and exploration for audiences of all ages.”

Report for America is investing more than $5 million in direct support to newsrooms, paying for half of every participating reporter's salary and providing training at the beginning of the term and throughout the service years. The program announced it will field 250 journalists across 46 states in 164 newsrooms the coming year. Newsroom applicants included all media – radio, TV, print, and digital. The goal of the model is to expand the number of local reporting positions permanently.

Journalists and their newsroom pairings will be announced in April after a selective national search.

Learn more about Report for America and view the full list of 2020 newsrooms here.

(This post was taken from a release sent to me by Houston Public Media)

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Tiffany Craig is married

Right before Thanksgiving, KHOU 11 consumer reporter Tiffany Craig announced she was engaged.

Then Craig and fiancé, KHOU 11 photographer Gregg Ramirez, jetted off to Sweden, stayed in an ice hotel and got married!

"We were 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle @ the ICEHOTEL in Sweden. It was 7 degrees. We’re defrosting now...," Craig posted on Facebook.

That's so James Bond like.

Congrats!

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Houston Film Critics Society Announces TIFA Nominees

Houston film critics and Balcones Distilling to honor Texas-made films on January 2

Five Texas-made films have been named by the Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) as nominees for its annual Texas Independent Film Awards (TIFA).

Nominees for the Best Texas Film of 2019 are:

- Bull
- Building the American Dream
- Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub
- Seadrift
- Sleeping in Plastic

“We wrap a strong year for films made in Texas with an impressive list of nominees,” observes Joshua Starnes, TIFA Coordinator and past president of the HFCS. “With three films presented in documentary-style fashion and two additional narrative works, these filmmakers give us history, social commentary and drama, each imbued with a taste of the Texas spirit. We are honored to shine the spotlight on such deserving films and the talented people who made them.”

Over a dozen films were screened and selected by a nominating committee of HFCS members. Final voting by the Society’s general membership will take place this week. The winner, as well as the recipient of the Texas Independent Film Visionary Award, will be announced at the HFCS’ annual awards ceremony, Thursday, January 2, 2020, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Special guests include
director Roger Corman, who will be honored with a lifetime achievement award by the HFCS, as well as Ellyn Needham, wife of the late movie stunts pioneer Hal Needham, who will present the Society’s inaugural award for Best Stunt Coordination Team.

The HFCS created the TIFA in 2014 to spotlight the quality of independent film in Texas. Each year, the HFCS welcomes submissions of films shot in Texas that have been financed outside the major studio system by small investors and/or independent production companies. For the second consecutive year, the HFCS TIFA program will be underwritten by Balcones Distilling of Waco, Texas, makers of such award winning whiskies as Baby Blue, the Original Texas Whisky.

A reception for the nominees, open to all Awards Show ticket holders, will be held just before the event in the lobby of the Hotel YLEM from 5:00 to 6:00 PM, 8080 Main St. in the heart of the Texas Medical Center. HFCS thanks the YLEM for being the official hotelier of the TIFA.

Tickets for the HFCS 13th Annual Movie Awards are available through the ticket portal on the MFAH website. Visit https://www.mfah.org/calendar/houston-film-critics-society-best-2019-awards/202001020630PM

About The Houston Film Critics Society
The forty-one members of the Houston Film Critics Society are working film journalists on television, radio, online and in traditional print. Together, they reach millions of people each week across the United States with their critiques and commentaries on film. The organization’s mission is to promote the advancement and appreciation of film in the Houston community and beyond. For additional information and a list of members, visit www.HoustonFilmCritics.com.

(This post was taken from a release sent to me by the Houston Film Critics Society)

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Chita Craft has baby #2

KHOU 11's Chita Craft introduces baby Chita

KHOU 11 morning meteorologist for #HTownRush, Chita Craft, made her big baby announcement this afternoon.

"Meet Chita Ann Craft born 12.9.19, 9 pounds, 20 and 3/4 inches long. She is just a dream! Big brother Les is coming to meet her today. All of our prayers were answered! To all the mamas to be... Delivery with #2 is a lot easier," Craft posted on Facebook.

Craft left the channel 11 airwaves in late November for maternity leave.

When Craft announced her second pregnancy in June, she said the thought of having a girl seemed impossible since both sides of the family tend to have boys.

Les, the Craft's first born, came along in 2017.

See how we are doing on the Houston TV News baby boom of 2019.

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1980s KLOL stories

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the KLOL Documentary IndieGoGo campaign. It's not too late to support the film, but we are only days from the end of the campaign! SEE IT NOW.

Here are some stories from the Rock101movie.com website about KLOL in the 1980s.

Dayna Steele wouldn’t give up until she worked at KLOL
Houston’s “First Lady of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Dayna Steele talks about how she got in the radio biz and ended up landing her dream DJ job at KLOL.

Eddie “The Boner” Sanchez origin
The origin story of Stevens and Pruett co-host Eddie “The Boner” Sanchez. Brian Shannon was the comic genius who kept the show together as its producer, and also voiced the now iconic S&P character.

Kevin Dorsey’s commentaries
Kevin Dorsey’s commentaries actually pre-date the Stevens and Pruett Show as you will hear in the interview. He later worked for Houston radio stations Z-Rock 106.9 KKZR and 93.7 The Arrow KKRW.

Grego recalls Outlaw Radio origins
Head Outlaw Grego remembers the beginning of 101 KLOL’s night show Outlaw Radio.

Colonel St. James remembers John Lennon’s murder
On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was murdered by Mark Chapman. Rormer 101 KLOL/97 Rock DJ, Colonel St. James, reflected on his time on the air during that tragic event.

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