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Mean Girl

Lindsay Lohan gets drunk again (we presume), sues E*Trade

By Caroline Gallay

Mar 10th, 2010 at 11:14 AM

If you haven't yet heard, America's hot-mess, Lindsay Lohan, is suing E*Trade for using her name in a Super Bowl commercial. If you missed it, the commercial ...


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Exhausted by fabulousness

The Lady's favorite city? Gaga goes beyond gaga for H-Town

By Steven Thomson

May 10th, 2010 at 1:54 PM

A mere month after Lady Gaga announced an encore performance at the Toyota Center this summer following her July 25 engagement, the diva has notified that she will be returning ...


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Mobile Munchies Mess

Unshackle the food trucks: Houston's grub mobiles need more freedom

By Caroline Gallay

Feb 24th, 2010 at 3:55 PM

There's not much I want more after a night out than a late-night snack. Unfortunately, in Houston, that means waiting an eternal half-hour for the pizza guy or convincing ...


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Insani-tea

No Hollywood tea for Texas: Lindsay Lohan sets off a kombucha scare at Central Market & Whole Foods

By Sarah Rufca

Jun 25th, 2010 at 1:03 PM

If your vegan waitress, yoga instructor or pet therapist seems a little off lately, blame Lindsay Lohan. When the actress/hot mess set off her court-required alcohol monitoring SCRAM bracelet ...


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Trendysomething in somo

Held up: A hiatus for Fresh Prince of SoMo

By Steven Thomson

Apr 1st, 2010 at 8:20 AM

Five months have passed since the launch of the hit CultureMap column, Trendysomething in SoMo. What began as a tiny blip about life in a vaguely made-up neighborhood called ...


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Signs Of The World's End

Lady Gaga barely beats Jersey Shore's Pauly D in a culture contest

By Clifford Pugh

Mar 21st, 2010 at 2:11 PM

Put America's top two music divas in one controversial video and you're bound to get a lot of discussion. Sarah Rufca's critique of Telephone, the Lady Gaga ...


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Corpse Flower operation

Helping Mother Nature along: Officials induce labor to help Lois the Corpse Flower bloom

By Rachel Hanley

Jul 16th, 2010 at 7:29 PM

As a city holds its breath in anticipation of the blooming of Corpse Flower Lois, Museum of Natural Science officials are trying to help Mother Nature along. But contrary to ...


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Syrup over Touchdowns

Houston's Purple Drank slows another sports career to a stop

By Caroline Gallay

Jul 6th, 2010 at 4:10 PM

JaMarcus Russell loves a trend piece. Hot on the heels of ESPN's Outside the Lines report and CultureMap's exploration of hip hop's love for the Houston-hometown drug ...


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An EaDo production of Rent?

Afternoon ashes: "Just a standard fire" smokes out downtown

By Steven Thomson

May 11th, 2010 at 5:12 PM

Downtown was caught up in a frenzy on Tuesday afternoon with the sudden appearance of a black cloud of smoke above east downtown. Rumors circulated over the microblogosphere as some ...


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First Taste

Don't doubt the Cock, BRC Gastropub poised to be a hit

By Sarah Rufca

May 1st, 2010 at 10:30 PM

It's fitting that BRC Gastropub, the new spot from Glass Wall's Lance Fegen and Shepherd Ross as well as The Social's Carl Eaves and Lee Ellis, sits ...


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Go Gaga Tonight

Hot tranny mess: Lady Gaga costume contest hits Houston's cougar hotspot

By Steven Thomson

Apr 30th, 2010 at 2:58 PM

Thank Gaga it's Friday. Tonight, cougar-crazy Uptown Park lounge Belvedere hosts the Lady Gaga Monster Ball and Costume Contest. Guests are invited to dress up and put their best ...


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Tattered Jeans

Eye opener: A parking lot flasher learns not to mess with Miss Ames

By Katie Oxford

Mar 31st, 2010 at 9:50 AM

Fresh out of college, I’d moved into an apartment and landed a job at The Houston Post in the want ads department. I wore a headset and sat in ...


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Going Gaga

Hang up on Telephone: Lady Gaga and Beyoncé phone in a hot mess

By Sarah Rufca

Mar 17th, 2010 at 2:25 PM

Lady Gaga might have gone out of her way to quell rumors of having a male genitalia in Telephone, but that doesn't mean the music-video-cum-short film isn't a ...


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bitches be playin' games

The jerk store called, and they're running out of Lady Gaga: Jerry Seinfeld is not amused

By Steven Thomson

Jun 23rd, 2010 at 5:44 PM

America's favorite funnyman and pop star have ignited a bad romance: After giving paparazzi and Mets fans the finger during a recent jaunt to Citi Field, Lady Gaga was ...


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Hot Mess Alert

Five reasons to day drink now that the World Cup is over

By Sarah Rufca

Jul 13th, 2010 at 9:08 AM

Global sporting events are not only for sports fans — they're a boon to those looking forward to a rowdy bar scene at 7:00 a.m. Whether you work ...


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From the red carpet to the after-party

My night at the BET Awards: How the networking crowd snubbed Kanye and other secrets from inside Shrine

By Shannon Buggs

Jun 29th, 2010 at 9:51 PM

The veracity of Chris Brown’s tears matters not. Chris Brown's Michael Jackson tribute at the 10th-annual BET Awards in Los Angeles was the comeback performance his fans wanted ...


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First Taste

Byrd's Market & Cafe offers a little bit of everything

By Sarah Rufca

Jan 19th, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Walking inside past the smattering of tables, most of the main floor of Byrd's Market and Cafe is dedicated to the market side of things. Stainless steel shelves hold ...


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Vegging Out

Foods to keep you summer cool: Avoid ice cream & beer, follow Lisa Simpson

By Joel Luks

May 31st, 2010 at 5:08 PM

Houston summers are a hot, sweaty, delicious mess. I managed to cheat my first few by eloping to college camp and doing some related scholastic travel to nurture my dork-like ...


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Call a leer a leer

True confession: Who doesn't want to see Jennifer Love Hewitt playing a Texas mom turned massage parlor hooker?

By Chris Baldwin

Jul 18th, 2010 at 4:58 PM

OK, I'll admit. it. I'll be watching Lifetime at 8 Monday night or more likely DVRing it. Unlike Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik, I'm not going ...


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From a mess to the masses

More than a Beyonce cameo for her man: Coachella gets reborn

By Steven Thomson

Apr 20th, 2010 at 6:08 PM

Over 100 music acts and 75,000 people converge in the middle of the California desert. It could only be a mirage. Incorrect. This is the Coachella Music and Arts ...


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