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Happy Holidays Houston! If you can stand more excitement after all of the festivities this week, we suggest tuning in for a re-airing of Justice's awesome "performance" on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and a brand spanking new Austin City Limits with Bloc Party and Ghostland Observatory.

We're psyched about Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings' appearance on Letterman later this week, and we think you should be too. Watch their brilliant video for the single, "100 Days, 100 Nights." Monday -CBS, 10:35pm: The Late Show with David Letterman, Jay-Z -ABC, 11:05pm: Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ben Harper Tuesday -NBC, 7am: Today Show, The Brian Setzer Orchestra -CBS, 10:35pm: The Late Show with David Letterman, the cast of Young Frankenstein Wednesday -CBS, 12:05am:...

It's baaaaack. We can't believe it's been nearly six months since the last installment of the MFA's kick arse series, "Movies Houstonians Love." How the heck did we cope for this long with out it? Must be those doses of Mixed Media that held us over. Tonight marks the return of a new slew of presentations of some of Houston's own professing their love for their favorite flix. This series includes flick pix from the...

So, did you hear about Andre Agassi being in town over the weekend and raising about $300,000 for Simms Elementary school in La Marque? It was part of an Oprah Winfrey-sponsored reality show, The Big Give, in which participants compete to find the most creative ways to taken given amounts of money and multiply them so they can be given away to help others — in Houston, Agassi was competing against Tony Hawk, who held...

The Trinity Irish Dance Company, founded in 1990 by Artistic Director Mark Howard will be performing at Miller Outdoor Theatre this Saturday (St. Patty's, of course) at 8:00 p.m.. Admission is free, we suggest that you maybe pack yourself some Irish Stew and good Irish beer or whiskey and enjoy a night of progressive Irish dance. The company is non-profit and melds both traditional Irish dance and new means of expression into their performances. Many...

Eric Cooper's trial for tampering with a government document, which begins this week, could end up just being about a man accused of signing his name to his ex-wife's car title without permission. But it could also open the door to a lot of grief for Cooper, the guy a variety of ex-wives and girlfriends say is a smooth-talking con man who built relationships on lies. Either way, we bet it'll be pretty interesting. If...

Yesterday on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Angel Lane was unveiled after three months of construction by Habitat for Humanity volunteers and hurricane victims who have relocated to Houston. The project is a new subdivision — The Village of Glen Iris, located on South Main — that will be home to 50 families displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

We admit it, when we’re bored, Houstonist loves to browse the classifieds on Craigslist. It reminds us of our younger years, browsing through Greensheet to see what useless crap people were selling. However, we are surprised at some of the things that Houstonians consider “collectibles.” Here’s a few items that can be yours with a click of the mouse: Texas pride: Miller Lite Texas-shaped neon sign ($200), UT 2005 Champs Bud Light neon sign ($300),...

to a late-night time slot in favor of an interview program with the perky Debra Duncan.