A Saint from Texas by Edmund White review – a delicious, salacious romp

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorMajor League Baseball’s scheduled Oakland A’s-Texas Rangers game will not be played Thursday after players on both teams agreed to sit out to protest this past weekend’s police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI.The decision by players on the AL West rivals makes it the fourth MLB game to be postponed in the wake of boycotts by players in several pro sports leagues beginning Wednesday.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson If the most unobtrusive man in America thought tonight was his moment in the spotlight at the Republican National Convention, Mike Pence learned the hard way that Donald Trump always gets the last word.As the powerful Hurricane Laura moved closer and closer landfall in Texas and Louisiana, Trump’s vice president seemed like an afterthought on Wednesday as the boss came onstage to upstage him without uttering a word.Speaking live to a small audience at Fort McHenry in

circumvent that restriction — including by having candidates post clip reels to YouTube, or having party campaign committees post opposition research to public websites.

Power Trip, has died, aged 34.His death was confirmed by his family, who said he passed away yesterday (August 25). Gale’s cause of death currently remains unknown.“It is with the greatest of sadness we must announce that our lead singer and brother Riley Gale passed away last night,” Riley’s family wrote in a statement posted to Power Trip’s social media.“Riley was a friend, a brother, a son.

Dave McNary Film ReporterLegendary has overhauled production on “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” parting ways with directors Ryan and Andy Tohill over creative differences and hiring David Blue Garcia to directThe departure of twin brothers the Tohills from the reboot came a week into production in Bulgaria. Texas-based Garcia, who made his feature directorial debut with 2018’s “Tejano,” will start the production over from scratch.

Texas is pretty well known for its chainsaw massacres. Over the decades, there have been quite a few of them caught on film, all beginning with the classic Tobe Hooper film from 1974.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: A week into production and there has been major behind-the-scenes bloodletting on Legendary’s sequel to Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Directors Andy & Ryan Tohill have exited a film that was a week into production in Bulgaria over some creative differences.

announced in July that Smith would be joining the network, after 23 years at Fox News.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilmRise, the New York-based film and TV distribution company and streaming network, has acquired Sabrina Van Tassel’s timely social justice documentary “The State of Texas vs. Melissa” which premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.

 Supernatural will be coming to an end this year, but at least you can take heart in the fact that Jared Padalecki will still be showing up on The CW every week. Padalecki is set to star as the lead in the network's upcoming Walker, Texas Ranger reboot, and it's quickly becoming one of the most anticipated new series of the year.Obviously, no one will be able to recreate the pure magic that was the beloved Chuck Norris original series, but Padalecki is certainly going to try.

A Texas-based events company has sued 2 Chainz over allegations that he screwed up a show he was meant to headline in 2018 by double-booking himself and then showing up just as the venue was closing.According to a lawsuit filed last week, Sultan Productions paid 2 Chainz and his touring company a $125,000 advance ahead of the September 2018 gig, also covering production costs and paying two support acts.The events firm actually noticed before the day of the show that the rapper seemed to have

Boys State (★★★★☆) has found the perfect formula for distilling our modern political era down to one riveting campaign among a group of teens in Texas. Since 1935 — starting in Illinois, then throughout the U.S.

Kolby Cooper, “Vol. 2" (Combustion Music) Kolby Cooper could add a fresh voice to country radio — if he could only get past the censors.

elections. Alumni include Bill Clinton, Neil Armstrong, Bruce Springsteen, Rush Limbaugh, Jon Bon Jovi, Roger Ebert, Roger Ailes, James Gandolfini and Dick Cheney, just to name a few.

Rumer, “Nashville Tears” (Cooking Vinyl) The combination of Rumer’s crystalline voice and Hugh Prestwood’s songs results in some breathtaking, deeply moving music on “Nashville Tears,” the Pakistan-born, British singer’s interpretation of the Texas-born, New York-based songwriter’s catalog.

keefik, ca va?” This trilingual greeting is common among the Lebanese, many of whom speak at least three languages, often in one sentence.Even now, the Lebanese people still embrace life to the fullest—not just when things are good, but when life gets hard, too. In October 2019, Lebanese citizens took to the streets to protest government failures and corruption, but they massive gatherings didn't look like the usual demonstrations.

Kristin Robinson Forrest Frank, 25, and Colin Padalecki, 23, who make up rising duo Surfaces, are the unlikely hitmakers behind one of the hottest songs of the summer, “Sunday Best.”While it seemingly came out of nowhere, the song was, in fact, made in a dorm room — more specifically a closet — belonging to Padalecki at Texas A&M University. It’s hard to believe that, from there, “Sunday Best” would begin its slow build to ubiquity, now closing in on half-a-billion plays on Spotify alone.

MTV has signed a talent deal and consumer products partnership with 17-year-old artist Johnny Orlando, whose hits include “Last Summer,” “Day & Night” and “What If,” which has spawned over 10 million videos on TikTok to date.

Gregg Abbott signed an executive order in June forcing establishments that earn 51% or more of their revenue from alcohol sales to close as the state saw a spike in COVID-19 cases.Billy Bob's Texas will kick off a series of Friday and Saturday evening concerts next week with an appearance from The Bellamy Brothers on Aug. 14 followed by Flatland Cavalry on Aug.

David Nagy‘s obituary is going viral after his widow, Stacey Nagy, called out President Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott for their failure to citizens with the COVID-19 coronavirus.