NEWSTALK 860 » Entertainment http://ksfa860.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:27:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Holiday Box Office Update: 'Les Miserables' and 'Django Unchained' Start Strong http://ksfa860.com/holiday-box-office-update/ http://ksfa860.com/holiday-box-office-update/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:38:15 +0000 Jacob Hall http://screencrush.com/?p=71633 Who says Christmas is about staying warm by the fire and exchanging gifts with your loved ones? Everyone knows that the holidays are all about movies! A depressing musical adaptation of a Victor Hugo novel and an ultra-violent revenge fantasy may not sound like Christmas material, but the opening days of 'Les Miserables' and 'Django Unchained' prove otherwise.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/holiday-box-office-update/feed/ 0 10 Things You Didn't Know About 'A Christmas Story' http://ksfa860.com/things-you-didnt-know-about-a-christmas-story/ http://ksfa860.com/things-you-didnt-know-about-a-christmas-story/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:54:26 +0000 TheFW Staff http://thefw.com/?p=172959 Director Bob Clark’s classic holiday comedy has a distinction that few family movies can claim: Most people don’t mind watching it over and over again.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/things-you-didnt-know-about-a-christmas-story/feed/ 0 MGM / Warner Bros. East Texas Flea Market Expected to Draw Huge Crowds This Weekend http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-flea-market-expected-to-draw-huge-crowds-this-weekend/ http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-flea-market-expected-to-draw-huge-crowds-this-weekend/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:50:51 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=94743 It's the Christmas shopping season, the weather will be warm and gorgeous, and flea markets are just plain fun. All of those things are expected to factor into huge crowds this weekend at First Monday Trade Days in Canton. It might be worth the drive.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-flea-market-expected-to-draw-huge-crowds-this-weekend/feed/ 0 iStockphoto Blind UH Student Wins MasterChef Reality Show http://ksfa860.com/blind-uh-student-wins-masterchef-reality-show/ http://ksfa860.com/blind-uh-student-wins-masterchef-reality-show/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:25:20 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=89492 Who hasn't heard someone say they can do something better than you blind-folded?  Well, a University of Houston graduate student has done just that, in a manner of speaking, but she didn't need to be blind-folded.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/blind-uh-student-wins-masterchef-reality-show/feed/ 0 via Facebook/Christine Ha Tall Ship Elissa in Dry Dock for Repairs http://ksfa860.com/tall-ship-elissa-in-dry-dock-for-repairs/ http://ksfa860.com/tall-ship-elissa-in-dry-dock-for-repairs/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:35:26 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=89429 The "Official Tall Ship of Texas", the Elissa, has been pulled into a shipyard dry dock in Texas City to get a much needed overhaul - stem to stern, as they say.  Let's just say that at the ripe old age of 135, Elissa's mileage is showing.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/tall-ship-elissa-in-dry-dock-for-repairs/feed/ 0 source: Texas Seaport Museum The Pines Theater – Back From the Grave http://ksfa860.com/the-pines-theater-back-from-the-grave/ http://ksfa860.com/the-pines-theater-back-from-the-grave/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:05:28 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=80184 With the old Pines Theater almost completely repaired, refurbished and restored, the Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau has the task of finding and scheduling entertainment events for it, and they're not wasting any time.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/wanted-texas-gator-hunters-for-swamp-people/feed/ 0 via Facebook/Swamp People Dallas NAACP Wants Texas Lottery Shut Down http://ksfa860.com/dallas-naacp-wants-texas-lottery-shut-down/ http://ksfa860.com/dallas-naacp-wants-texas-lottery-shut-down/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:38:34 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=75892 The Dallas chapter of the NAACP is calling on the state to abolish the Texas Lottery. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the nation's oldest civil rights group wants low income Texans to stop pumping money into the state lottery.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/dallas-naacp-wants-texas-lottery-shut-down/feed/ 0 source: Texas Lottery Commission Surprise: Most Dangerous Sports for Kids http://ksfa860.com/surprise-most-dangerous-sports-for-kids/ http://ksfa860.com/surprise-most-dangerous-sports-for-kids/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:09:33 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=75020 American kids suffer about three and a half million sports-related injuries every year.  Three out of four of  those injuries are not considered serious, but that still means one in every four --  more than 800 thousand -- ARE serious.  Like to know which sports cause the most serious injuries?

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/summer-boat-show-opens-in-houston-5/feed/ 0 via Facebook/Houston Boat Show Texas Blueberry Festival Set for Saturday in Nacogdoches http://ksfa860.com/texas-blueberry-festival-set-for-saturday-in-nac/ http://ksfa860.com/texas-blueberry-festival-set-for-saturday-in-nac/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:20:42 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=71159 The 23rd annual Texas Blueberry Festival presented by Brookshire Brothers will be held Saturday in downtown Nacogdoches. This popular annual event is a day long celebration of the annual blueberry harvest.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/texas-blueberry-festival-set-for-saturday-in-nac/feed/ 0 Bruce R. Partain Galveston Opens Pleasure Pier Amusement Park http://ksfa860.com/new-galveston-pleasure-pier-opens-to-the-public/ http://ksfa860.com/new-galveston-pleasure-pier-opens-to-the-public/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 16:33:56 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=68351 Galveston has a new attraction that's definitely designed to draw tourists of all ages to the Island City. It's a $60 million dollar Pleasure Pier on Seawall Boulevard, built by developer and hospitality king Tilman Fertitta.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/new-galveston-pleasure-pier-opens-to-the-public/feed/ 0 via Facebook/Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier Robert Earl Keen Headlines 2nd Annual Summer Fest Texas http://ksfa860.com/robert-earl-keen-headlines-summer-fest-texas/ http://ksfa860.com/robert-earl-keen-headlines-summer-fest-texas/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:31:15 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=66783 Legendary Texas Country Music entertainer Robert Earl Keen is the big draw at this year's Summer Fest Texas, tomorrow at the George H. Henderson Expo Center.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/64445/feed/ 0 Houston's Beautiful New Pro Soccer Stadium http://ksfa860.com/houstons-beautiful-new-pro-soccer-stadium/ http://ksfa860.com/houstons-beautiful-new-pro-soccer-stadium/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 17:02:45 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=64182 After playing on Houston area college and high school football fields for nearly ten years, Houston's Major League Soccer team, the Dynamo, finally has a brand new state-of-the-art home field of its own.

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