Director and actor Tommy Wiseau created 2003’s “The Room,” which many people claim is one of the best “worst movies” of all time. Online entertainment company RiffTrax, famous...
When exams are over, most college students head downtown to dance, drink and forget about schoolwork. But when biomedical engineering freshman Ryan Dube wants to get away from school, he takes to...
After a three-hit, one-RBI night earlier this month, freshman shortstop Joe Baker found himself in the middle of his first media scrum, where he was given a surprising nickname.
Despite only recording...
Getting stung by a bee was the best thing that ever happened to 10-year-old entrepreneur Mikaila Ulmer.
Mikaila is the founder, owner and CEO of BeeSweet Lemonade, an Austin-based, family-run...
KUT radio host John Aielli owes his lengthy 50-year radio career to a stroke of luck — and to a desperate job search he conducted as a teenager.
In 1963, Aielli had just been accepted into...
The members of Austin-based Calliope Musicals haven’t had just one near-death experience on tour — they’ve had multiple.
A rattlesnake nearly bit guitarist Matt Roth on Tennessee’s...
The Tower bell rings Friday afternoon, and Sofia Dyer is finished with classes. Rather than hopping into bed for a well-deserved Netflix marathon, Sofia grabs a blindfold, puts on her turban and makes...
The 2006 Rose Bowl game typically conjures up images of Vince Young tearing apart the USC defense and sneaking across the goal line with 20 seconds left on 4th-and-5. But few fans remember the team-leading...
As students without cars prepare to head home for the weekends or holiday breaks, many turn to UT Facebook groups, asking to tag along with people on their journeys home. Posts such as “Is anyone...
You may not understand why you dreamed about riding Bevo naked down Sixth Street last night, but neither do the best scientists in the field of
dream research.
Scientists have several theories on why...
Fashion designer and UT alumna Dina Chavez thinks women shouldn’t have to choose between sexy and modest or professional and sporty. They should have it all.
Chavez’s Austin-based brand,...
With its latest mobile app, Prime Now, Amazon is one step closer to world domination.
With the app, which is available on iOS and Android, Amazon Prime subscribers have the option of free two-hour delivery...
