Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. Londonist HQ—that is to say, the city of London—was battered by heavy winds, making it a bad time to be a twelve-meter (nearly forty-foot) tall snowman. Still, not everyone decided to keep warmly covered. Meanwhile, back indoors, the Big Brother racism is now causing all kinds of headaches for international diplomats, and Londonist got into......

One of last weekend's biggest-hyped openings, Miami Vice is directed by Michael Mann, whose dark vision gave the 80s TV show its signature look as well as embuing Mann's movies (Heat, Collateral) with a similar sensibillity. Like Mann's other flicks, Miami Vice has plenty of style and sex appeal--even the explosions are kinda hot--but unlike the others, it doesn't have the performances (of Tom Cruise in 2004's Collateral, Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro in Heat)......

Growing up, we remember staying up late watching Friday Night Videos on NBC. It was a condensed, network TV version of what was hot on MTV at the time. We miss those days. So we thought we would bring it back — Houstonist style. Every Friday, we'll feature a music video worth watching. Some will be from Houston, some won't. Some will be new, some will be old. Some will be great music videos that......

OK, you caught us: Houstonist has a secret wish to fufill all your entertainment needs. In that vein, we're instituting a movie calander! You can just call us "entertainment guru". Here's what's opening on your local silver screen this weekend.... Miami Vice, starring Colin Farrell and Oscar winner Jaime Foxx (Ray), headlines this week's openings, directed by Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral), who was the guiding light behind the 80s TV series. Mann is known for......

So ... is there anyone on Earth who hasn't heard that enormous telecommunication company SBC is now enormous telecommunication company AT&T? The combined company, which is calling itself "the new AT&T," rolled out an ad campaign over the weekend to ensure we don't forget that we're supposed to call our local phone service, DSL, satellite TV and cell phone network something different. Austin ad agency GSD&M is handling the advertising push, which seems to be......