Entertainment: Aug 22, 2012

Crazy Like a Vox

When I briefly lived in uptown New Orleans, the first band poster I saw (everywhere) was for a group called Vox and the Hound. Due to a fondness for defunct Austin indie-poppers...

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Fête Rouge

The Baton Rouge Epicurean Society looks to bring Baton Rouge to its own culinary status, comparable to New Orleans. Although Baton Rouge is just roughly 60 miles away from the...

Fashion: Haute Off the Rack

Adrienne Connelly, senior, 21 “My back-to-school essential is a Nixon Kensington watch with a brown leather strap because it’s simple, casual, and will keep me on time when...

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Fashion: Haute Off the Rack

A new semester has arrived, and while many students are fashionably prepared, most are not – particularly the newbies. Regardless of whether this is your first semester in...

Oswald and Squeaky and Booth, Oh My

Assassins is a musical crafted by Stephen Sondheim, whose long and storied career includes the composition of Sweeney Todd, Follies, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the...

Old Grapes for the Everyman

You’re about to order your old standby vodka tonic at the fancy Italian restaurant when suddenly, disaster strikes: “Let’s get a bottle of wine!” she says, eyeing you...

Outsiders, Opportunists, and Wanderers

Lafayette-born screenwriter and filmmaker Zach Godshall has a fascination with outsiders. When asked about the character motivations of his in-progress Depression-era project,...

Natural Beauty

The natural growth and wildlife of Louisiana is unmistakable. There’s something about the swamps, the giant Oak and Magnolia trees, and the multitude of animals inhabiting the...

An Epicurean Delight

The Epicurean Society, based locally in Baton Rouge, takes its philanthropic goals and brings culinary delight to Baton Rouge with the Fête Rouge events set for this weekend at...

Too much of a bad thing

There seems to be this general notion amongst critics that once a film crosses over a certain threshold of idiocy, you’re supposed to appreciate it for its self-deprecatory...

Reality Bytes

I’m all for exploitation in television, especially when it involves sensitive subject matter, and what could be more sensitive than Christianity and Siamese twins? The best...

Grabbing the Bull by the Horns

Back in June we brought you a story about a local LSU hottie and BR native named Darian Ellis. What’s so special about her? Well, for starters, she walked into an open casting...

Hitting the King Buzzo Trail

The Melvins have always struck out to do big, weird, and sometimes baffling things. That’s why it didn’t come off as much of a stretch when the metal, experimental hard rock...

Celebrity Fix

Lions and tigers and sexcapades, oh my! This week, Hollywood kept the crazy train a-rollin’: LaBeouf’s going for the Full Monty, K-Stew’s going for the full sympathy, and...

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