Austin360 blogs > Out & About > Archives > 2009 > November > 23 > Entry
Austin Celebrity Roundup 9/23/09
Out & About rounds up the news on Austin celebrities.
Taylor Kitsch will be filming the lead role in “John Carter of Mars” during the planned Austin shoots of “Friday Night Lights” in its fifth season. That means Tim Riggins will be benched for at least part of that season, executive producer Jason Katims confirmed to EW.com.
After Saturday’s squashing of Kansas and his record-breaking collegiate win, Colt McCoy’s stock went up for the Heisman Trophy. Still, someone needs to update national headline writers who let slip things like “Longhorns’ McCoy ends college career on a high note …” Hey, there’s some unfinished business in College Station, Arlington and, perhaps, Pasadena, Calif.
To avoid confusion, Austin swimming champion Aaron Peirsol believes records should not be removed from the books when high-tech (nonpermeable) suits are banned next year. He thinks that some aspects of the suits will return. “Going back to something like neoprene or polyurethane, it might not happen that way,” Peirsol said in a CCTV interview. “But there are other aspects of suits that will come back probably. And I think what people want to see at least, is at least just some guidelines as to what it was. I think the problem was that it was fairly loose. There was none. So anything goes, anything went.”
Comments
Austinites love to be heard, and we're giving you a bullhorn. We just ask that you keep things civil. Leave out the personal attacks. Do not use profanity, ethnic or racial slurs, or take shots at anyone's sexual orientation or religion. If you can't be nice, we reserve the right to remove your material and ban users who violate our Visitor's agreement. Click here to report comment abuse.