Shirley MacLaine is an American actress, dancer, and author who has been a prominent figure in the entertainment industry for over six decades. With a career spanning more than 70 films and television shows, MacLaine has established herself as one of the most versatile and talented actresses of her generation. Throughout her career, MacLaine has earned numerous accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in “Terms of Endearment.” She has also been recognized for her contributions to the arts with the Kennedy Center Honors and the AFI Life Achievement Award. MacLaine is known for her dynamic range as an actress, from dramatic roles in films like “The Apartment” and “The Children’s Hour” to comedic turns in...
Inside Teri Gender Bender’s Genre-Bending Solo Career Teresa Suárez Cosío is dressed entirely in highlighter green — from her oversized t-shirt to her sneakers — except for the close-up photo of her cat sitting prominently in the center of her chest and her signature drawn-on mustache. It’s an outfit one might expect to find at an EDM festival, but for the artist known as Teri Gender Bender, it’s the kind of everyday attire you wear to the local diner on a Friday afternoon. Even though there are only a handful of other tables filled at Millie’s Restaurant & Bakery in the San Fernando Valley, nearly every eye in the old-fashioned establishment is on Suárez. Despite her small stature, the singer,...
The Garza (Crane) surname is one of the most representatives of the Northern Mexican city of Monterrey and its metropolitan area, the country's second most-populated. This can be seen in the municipalities of San Nicolás de los Garza and San Pedro Garza García. Many families originating in Monterrey, therefore, share the Garza name, and it was one of these that established Xicotepec's first permanent cinema, the Cine Garza. Monterrey is the capital of the state of Nuevo León, so the seal of this state was prominently added to the facade of the theater. The cinema started its operations in the 1950s, while three decades later, in 1986, a restaurant called La Choza (The Hut) also opened in the town. In...
Exploring Austin’s Taco Scene: Paying Tribute To Regions All Over Mexico and Texas Austin chefs are celebrating the culinary delights of Mexico’s diverse cuisine, proving not all tacos are created equal By Darcie Duttweiler Illustrations by Bryan Spear Austin’s taco scene is serious business. What makes the capital city’s most popular food group is the diversity of flavor, ingredients, and influence. Austin’s best taco spots pay homage to the unique traditions of the specific regions of the country including Texas’s Rio Grand Valley, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Baja and beyond. Consider this your taco geography lesson. Rio Grande Valley: Con Todo Must Order Taco: Bistec estilo Matamoros Joseph Gomez brings the Rio Grande Valley to Austin at his bright pink food...
I wonder how many of you know, dear readers, that the word “Gobbledgook”, meaning a nonsensical word or phrase designed to imply importance, has an actual birthday? The word was born on Sunday, 21 May, 1944, in the pages of “The New York Times Magazine”. And it is just one of the many new English words born out of American politics. For example... In 1812 the Massachusetts’s legislature contrived, with the help of Governor Elbridge Gerry (pronounced "Jerry"), to redraw the lines for the Essex County Congressional District, to insure a Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican won the elections there. According to legend it was famed painter Gilbert Stuart who first examined the twists and bends and curves of the new district...
