Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
In the Decades Since Farrah’s Iconic Poster, Texas’s Beauty Standard Has Evolved
Fawcett set the standard in the 1970s—blond, thin, and smiling. Thankfully, that’s changed.
Farrah Fawcett
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Art
June 10, 2014
The Saga of UT and Ryan O’Neal’s Battle For Andy Warhol’s Farrah Fawcett Portrait Has Finally Ended
We'll never know who Farrah truly loved, but everybody has agreed that the painting belongs to Ryan O'Neal.
The Culture
January 10, 2014
All’s Farrah In Love
The juiciest celebrity trial of the year concluded in December but not, alas, with a satisfactory answer to the most important question of all: Who was Farrah Fawcett’s true love?
The Culture
January 20, 2013
151–175
From the construction of the state’s first public university in College Station to the swearing in of Governor Rick Perry for a third full term in Austin
Music
April 16, 2012
Want to Sleep in Farrah Fawcett’s Bedroom?
The Corpus Christi ranch house where the bombshell lived during high school can be yours for $215,000.
The Culture
January 18, 2012
Own Stars: Wes Anderson’s New Trailer and Other Texas Celeb News
Wes Anderson released the trailer for Moonrise Kingdom, Yao Ming saves pandas, and Vanilla Ice renovates more than his career.
Bum Steers
January 1, 2001
The 2001 Bum Steer Awards
A year of alarming art, befuddled bus drivers, crustacean confiscators, demanding donors, entomological eats, feckless felons, garbled George W., hideous headgear, inspirational ice cream, juiced journalists, KKK kiss-offs, Lubbock lampooners, mucho manure, nada nudity, oafish officials, P.O.'d policemen, quirky queens, raunchy Republicans, shapely sideburns, thanatological toys, used uniforms, vampire vanquishers,
Film & TV
January 1, 1998
Pulpit Fiction
HE MAY LOVE the smell of napalm in the morning, but Robert Duvall also has a certain affection for Texas. Over the years, some of his best-known films have been made here, including Tender Mercies (1983) and Lonesome Dove (1989). Now the 67-year-old has returned to the state again for
The Stand Up Desk
April 1, 1997
Skip, Not Even a Peek?
Farrah play. Plus: Remembering the forgotten people.
Film & TV
February 1, 1997
Vanity Farrah
All she did was walk into the bar, sit down, and smile. But I knew right away why, even at age fifty, Farrah Fawcett is still an angel.
Film & TV
April 1, 1982
How Farrah Fawcett Changed the World
It was simple, really. With Charlie’s Angels, television discovered sex.
Style & Design
August 31, 1976
That Certain Look
From alpha to omega, you can’t tell the sorority girls apart without a scorecard.
Best Thing in Texas
June 30, 1976
The Best of Texas
You may disagree, but we know we’re right.