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Since joining TNT as an NBA studio analyst, former Houston Rockets star Charles Barkley has been quite the Negative Nancy when discussing the playoff chances of his old team. Year after year Barkley sits on his throne beside Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith and waxes poetically about his displeasure over the play of Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, and the rest of the Clutch City cast. Most particularly, Barkley constantly expresses his displeasure at the play of McGrady, who entered the league with Jordanesque appeal, but has yet to carry a team passed the first round of the playoffs. more ›

Former Houstonian Daniel Joseph Maldonado has become the first American to be charged with joining terrorists in Somalia. Maldonado, 28, was arrested in Kenya last month and was ordered held without bond yesterday on charges that he trained with al-Qaeda to try to form an Islamic state in Somalia. According to the criminal complaint against Maldonado, he left Houston in November 2005 for Cairo; by December 2006, he was in Somalia, where he had been... more ›

Know what is more fun than watching on TBS or TNT or wherever on Christmas Eve? Watching it with a room full to the brim with other Ralphie enthusiasts at Texas Repertory Theatre. more ›

Nightmares and Dreamscapes, a miniseries, consisting of eight hour-long episodes, comes to us straight from the mind of Stephen King. All-star casts include William H. Macy, William Hurt, and Jeremy Sisto ("Six Feet Under's" Billy Chenoweth). One future offering stars Claire Forlani, best known for making out with Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black...assuming you stayed awake that long. Forlani plays one half of an American couple honeymooning in London who basically..um...get trapped in what... more ›

You too, savvy reader, are asking the age-old question: do we REALLY need another "crime procedural"? At this point, with the possible exception of usually-creative Law and Order: SVU, they're all alike. After all, if you've seen the telltale DNA evidence of one mad muderer, you've seen 'em all, right? TNT's The Closer, now in its sophomore season, may not aspire to change all that. Nevertheless, it manages to be entertaining television, anchored by a... more ›