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Texas Movies: Hollywood, TX »
How Hollywood sees us—and how Hollywood got us wrong.
July 1991 by Larry L. King
The Making of Lonesome Dove »
You can lead a herd to water, but can you make a miniseries faithful to Larry McMurtry’s Texas classic?
June 1988 by Stephen Harrigan
Extra! Extra! »
In which the author becomes a star—for three seconds.
June 1988 by Stephen Harrigan
Leavin’ McMurtry »
Leaving Cheyenne, which may be Larry McMurtry’s best novel, is made into a miserable movie. This is how it happened.
March 1974 by Larry L. King
Warren Skaaren, Movie Mogul »
The head of the Texas Film Commission hustles Hollywood movie-makers into putting more of Texas in the can.
July 1973 by Jeff Millar
Film Fatale »
Bright lights and movie madness in Big D.
June 1973 by Gregory Curtis
Thomas Haden Church, Actor (Thursday, April 15th 2010)
Texas-born actor Thomas Haden Church has found success in Hollywood, but chooses to keep roots deep in his home state. He spent six seasons with a major role on the hit sitcom Wings, won an Oscar nomination for his part in Sideways, and recently played the villain in Spider-Man 3. But Church enjoys a parallel career as a hands-on cattle rancher, complete with broken bones to show for it.
Tim Matheson, Actor (Thursday, April 22nd 2010)
No matter what your age, you probably know actor Tim Matheson from a role in an era-defining production. As a child, he worked on shows including Leave It To Beaver, Father Knows Best and the cartoon hit Jonny Quest, where he voiced the title role. In the 1970s, he played the part of smooth-talking frat boy Eric “Otter” Stratton in Animal House. And he continues to act in a variety of projects with a wide range of roles, earning two Emmy nominations for his role as Vice President John Hoynes on The West Wing.
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