Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

Fur sure! Dennis Basso celebrates 30th anniversary with lavish collection of jaw-dropping furs

By Clifford Pugh

02.16.13 | 11:45 am

NEW YORK — Dennis Basso may be PETA's No. 1 enemy, but the designer sure knows furs. For 30 years, he has been designing lavish, over-the-top sable, mink, fox and chinchilla pieces for ce ...

Fashion Police at Fashion Week

Joan Rivers takes Fashion Police to Badgley Mischka and weighs in on Whitney Houston's death

By Clifford Pugh

02.14.12 | 1:13 pm

NEW YORK — Just before the lights went down at the start of the Badgley Mischka show Tuesday morning, the paparazzi went into overdrive as a celebrity walked down the runway to slip into her ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Joan Rivers packed a powerful, edgy, scorched-earth punch at Women's Center dinner

By Shelby Hodge

05.11.11 | 12:21 am

What mixed reviews Joan Rivers' jaw-dropping, side-splitting, blush-inducing monologue evoked at the Houston Area Women's Center gala dinner at the Westin Houston, Memorial City. N ...

Holocaust Museum Honoree

Courage Award winner Mia Farrow on the hope of college campuses, The Darfur Archives & her Houston Symphony connection

By Steven Thomson

05.10.11 | 5:03 am

The Holocaust Museum Houston established the Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award in 1994 in tribute to the former president's efforts as a young congressman, in which he risked his person ...

Glamour, Glitz and Grins: Joan Rivers on the Red Carpet Benefitting the Houston Area Women's Center

Westin Houston Memorial City

05.06.11

The Houston Area Women's Center is rolling out the red carpet for celebrity comedienne, Joan Rivers. Guests will experience an extravagant red carpet entrance, reception, seated dinner and side

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

No doubt, Gwen Stefani and Naeem Khan end fashion week on a high note

By Clifford Pugh

02.18.11 | 8:52 am

There was no doubt that Gwen Stefani and Naeem Khan presented stellar fashion shows to end Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Thursday night. Both designers surpassed expectations with strong collections t ...

Joan Gone Wild

When mom wants you to pose nude: A look at the horror of Melissa Rivers' world

By Jennifer Patterson

01.29.11 | 7:30 pm

It’s every parent's nightmare to have a daughter strip down in front of the camera … well, every parent except Joan Rivers. The 77-year-old TV personality revealed that she&rsq ...

at the Arthouse

The secret to Joan Rivers' success: She is one angry lady

By Clifford Pugh

06.27.10 | 12:18 pm

The opening scene in A Piece of Work is not a pretty sight: It shows a close-up of Joan Rivers without makeup. But it's a fitting opening for the year's most fascinating documentary, wh ...

Sundance Journal

Hooked on Sundance: Where else would you get to watch Joan Rivers insult Jay and Conan?

By Jane Howze

01.28.10 | 10:59 am

I never go to movies in Houston, but I'm hooked on the Sundance Film Festival. Quirky jewels of films that may never be seen again, daring documentaries not favored by many moviegoers and ...