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Out & About Celebrity Roundup 10/07/09

By Michael Barnes | Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 07:28 PM

Austin celebrities in the news for Oct. 1, 2009.

Remember when rumors ran rampant that Bravo was taping a “Real Housewives”-style show in Austin during the Tribiza Style Week? Evidence piled up that such a test shoot was in progress. Now we find that “Dallas Divas and Daughters” premiered on the Style Network. Could it be the same show? Or an antecedent?

Some Texas stereotypes on the show, according to the Associated Press story: “One teen drives a Hummer, another mother fires off some rounds at a gun range and in a state that often brags about doing ‘everything bigger,’ there’s quite a bit of money being spent. The premiere of the eight-episode series also featured the group attending a polo match and one teen’s impending meltdown if she doesn’t get a Range Rover.”

The Houston Press, that city’s alternative weekly, put its hands on a delicious YouTube video of Dennis Quaid in 1978’s “The Seniors.” “It’s awesome in its `70s craptacularness: The hairstyles, of course, but so much more.” Ah, now that’s the charming Dennis I remember from Bellaire High School and the University of Houston, though he was also a pretty serious actor. (Not in this movie.)

Starstruck reporter Chris Littman spent a day on the Austin set of “Friday Night Lights,” and reported it for Sporting News. “If you didn’t know where the show was filming, you’d have no idea what was going on — except for the scattered production trucks throughout this particular neighborhood in Austin. (I was told Landry would kill me if I revealed the location.)” We won’t tell either, Chris, but it’s not that far from the newsroom.

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By DAN

October 8, 2009 8:20 AM | Link to this

Thank you for mentioning the Houston Press. Although I live in Austin I read the Houston Press every week...I consider it my "alternative paper."

The is an excellent article about "Montrose", which is ranked by the American Planning Association (APA) as on of the ten "great neighborhoods in America."