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    No Lie

    Texas loves The Band Perry & blonde bombshell Kimberly like no other — a recordRodeo crowd proves it

    Jayme Lamm
    Mar 15, 2012 | 2:14 am
    • Kimberly Perry got more alive with each strum of her guitar.
      Photo by © Michelle Watson/CatchLightGroup.com
    • The Band Perry played to the second largest Rodeo crowd ever.
      Photo by © Michelle Watson/CatchLightGroup.com
    • And Kimberly Perry seemed to be having just as much fun as those 74,241 fans.
      Photo by © Michelle Watson/CatchLightGroup.com
    • Neil Perry
      Photo by © Michelle Watson/CatchLightGroup.com
    • Reid Perry
      Photo by © Michelle Watson/CatchLightGroup.com

    Coming straight off the energy from the introductory fireworks at Reliant Stadium Wednesday night were Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry, not skipping a single beat and keeping the electricity rocking throughout the crowd of 74,241 — the largest crowd the sibling trio The Band Perry has ever performed in front of and the second largest crowd in RodeoHouston history.

    That rookie enthusiasm, mostly from the blonde bombshell Kimberly, was surely appreciated by every attendee. Kimberly Perry got more alive with each and every strum of her guitar as the band offered the fans some midweek "song therapy." Coming out in a black off-the-shoulder dress, all-black jewelry and knee-high black boots, Kimberly dazzled.

    The boys stood on either side of her with Neil rocking a pearl snap and custom Reliant belt buckle (as pictured on Perry's Twitter timeline) while Reid opted for a more basic black tee and black pants. Though their outfits may not have screamed "I'm with the band," their vocals surely matched up for their 15-song set list. The Band Perry played in unison and performed their little hearts out.

    You could tell how immensely excited the group was to play in front of the large audience in a state which was instrumental in kicking off their twangy career.

    Lacking a big of a vault of No. 1 hits, like say a Blake Shelton, Perry threw in a number of classic rock 'n' roll songs to keep the crowd moving. Kimberly and the boys busted out an American Sing Along Medley which included samplings of Tom Petty's "Free Falling," John Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane," "Me and Bobby McGhee', "American Pie" and even a hymnal version of "Amazing Grace."

    Whether it was a well-timed five-hour energy drink or The Band Perry was just that happy to be in Houston, the band had much reason to celebrate and put on one hell of a show as Texas was the first place to play them on the radio. You could tell how immensely excited the group was to play in front of the large audience in a state which was instrumental in kicking off their twangy career.

    After two-plus weeks of Rodeo concerts, it was refreshing to see a group of talented artists having as much fun on stage as the crowd was in their seats (or in the aisles dancing). Throughout the show, Kimberly Perry took a few long pauses to really let it all sink in.

    I'm sure the "we finally made it" feeling has set in with the group long before now, but playing in front of this large crowd, in front of the state that heard their music first, you could tell this was one of those ah-ha moments for music enthusiasts.

    "Daddy rocked us to sleep with the Rolling Stones; Mama woke us up with Loretta Lynn. So we get it honest," is how Kimberly Perry puts it on the band's website. That gives you a little feel for how the band got its unique voice and vibe of one part honky-tonk, one part rock 'n' roll and one part punk — all of which Perry brought into Reliant.

    As the F-150 started out onto the dirt field signaling the end of the concert, I made a friendly wager that Kimberly was still so amped she'd forego the pickup and run past the end zone and into the tunnels.

    In true Texas country female form, The Band Perry ended with its most famous song to date, "You Lie." Only, they started with a little rendition of Rihanna's "I Hate The Way You Lie" — dedicating the song to "all the cheaters out there."

    I think they got the message. Well if my ex checked his voicemail, then they got the message.

    As Kimberly Perry screamed out to the massive crowd, "It is bigger and better here in Texas, y'all!"

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    Movie Review

    Meta-comedy remake Anaconda coils itself into an unfunny mess

    Alex Bentley
    Dec 26, 2025 | 2:30 pm
    Jack Black and Paul Rudd in Anaconda
    Photo by Matt Grace
    Jack Black and Paul Rudd in Anaconda.

    In Hollywood’s never-ending quest to take advantage of existing intellectual property, seemingly no older movie is off limits, even if the original was not well-regarded. That’s certainly the case with 1997’s Anaconda, which is best known for being a lesser entry on the filmography of Ice Cube and Jennifer Lopez, as well as some horrendous accent work by Jon Voight.

    The idea behind the new meta-sequel Anaconda is arguably a good one. Four friends — Doug (Jack Black), Griff (Paul Rudd), Claire (Thandiwe Newton), and Kenny (Steve Zahn) — who made homemade movies when they were teenagers decide to remake Anaconda on a shoestring budget. Egged on by Griff, an actor who can’t catch a break, the four of them pull together enough money to fly down to Brazil, hire a boat, and film a script written by Doug.

    Naturally, almost nothing goes as planned in the Amazon, including losing their trained snake and running headlong into a criminal enterprise. Soon enough, everything else takes second place to the presence of a giant anaconda that is stalking them and anyone else who crosses its path.

    Written and directed by Tom Gormican, with help from co-writer Kevin Etten, the film is designed to be an outrageous comedy peppered with laugh-out-loud moments that cover up the fact that there’s really no story. That would be all well and good … if anything the film had to offer was truly funny. Only a few scenes elicit any honest laughter, and so instead the audience is fed half-baked jokes, a story with no focus, and actors who ham it up to get any kind of reaction.

    The biggest problem is that the meta-ness of the film goes too far. None of the core four characters possess any interesting traits, and their blandness is transferred over to the actors playing them. And so even as they face some harrowing situations or ones that could be funny, it’s difficult to care about anything they do since the filmmakers never make the basic effort of making the audience care about them.

    It’s weird to say in a movie called Anaconda, but it becomes much too focused on the snake in the second half of the film. If the goal is to be a straight-up comedy, then everything up to and including the snake attacks should be serving that objective. But most of the time the attacks are either random or moments when the characters are already scared, and so any humor that could be mined all but disappears.

    Black and Rudd are comedy all-stars who can typically be counted on to elevate even subpar material. That’s not the case here, as each only scores on a few occasions, with Black’s physicality being the funniest thing in the movie. Newton is not a good fit with this type of movie, and she isn’t done any favors by some seriously bad wigs. Zahn used to be the go-to guy for funny sidekicks, but he brings little to the table in this role.

    Any attempt at rebooting/remaking an old piece of IP should make a concerted effort to differentiate itself from the original, and in that way, the new Anaconda succeeds. Unfortunately, that’s its only success, as the filmmakers can never find the right balance to turn it into the bawdy comedy they seemed to want.

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    Anaconda is now playing in theaters.

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