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Billy Joe Shaver is one of those Texas music legends with a life story that sounds like country and western fantasy. His father abandoned the family before he was born, he lost 2 fingers in a sawmill accident, he lost his mother and wife to cancer and his son to drug overdose within a single year, and he suffered a heart attack on stage. But, Shaver has long channeled his pain into his music. For...

• Bill Murray might be taking his Lost In Translation alter-ego character to Scandanavia.
• There won't be any fighting in this war room any time soon, but staff is on standby just in case.
• Athletes may soon be invincible with this new superhero technology.
• He ain't scared. Your man doesn't want to commit because you're easy.
• A town in New Zealand ran out of women's underwear. Good thing we wear ours more than once...when we're desperate...hardly ever.
• God seems to maintain his sense of humor after sending a massive snowstorm toward Buffalo.
• Reason #2 to rethink getting that Price Albert.

To sum up today's releases: a few big stars, fewer hopes.

Austin is Taradise! And Lance and Sheryl split Congrats to Adlai McMahon, winner of our giveaway contest for Bloc Party's documentary/concert DVD, God Bless Bloc Party! The SXSW Music Festival roster expanded to over 1,100 this week, including such esteemed acts as Morrissey and The Flaming Lips Austinist photographer Matt Wright captures yet another amazing night shot in Austin, as well as some sexy shots of last week's Box Magazine issue release party. The...

When examining this week’s film options, don’t let the cast of Richard Shepard’s new film “The Matador” scare you away. With Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear in the two leads, you could be forgiven for expecting a by-the-numbers heist movie (“After The Sun 2”, anyone?). Thankfully, the first couple of minutes of the film completely dissolve any baggage James Bond brings by way of Brosnan’s character having a bad mustache, a SuperCuts do, and a taste for cheap prostitutes.

Although we know you like to boogey and we know you like to booze, sometimes a nice night at the movies is the perfect cure for what ails you. With that said, there are five new movies being released in Austin theatres this weekend and a host of first-runs worth checking out if you have not already taken our advice. But if you see one movie all weekend, go see Broken Flowers. *Broken Flowers...

In Broken Flowers, the third installment of what David Edelstein wonderfully refers to as Bill Murray’s “Loneliness Trilogy” (Lost in Translation, The Life Aquatic), Murray perfects his ironic loner deadpan as the emotionally isolated Don Johnston. (Yes, there is a double entendre there, even triple, as Murray’s character lies catatonic on his sofa watching “The Private Life of Don Juan” on his expensive television.)

Although we know you like to boogey and we know you like to booze, sometimes a nice night at the movies and a big tub of buttered popcorn makes is perfect recipe for a relaxing weekend evening, especially with all this rain. With that said, there are a few new movies being released in Austin theatres this weekend and a host of first-runs worth checking out if you have not already taken our advice....