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    hawke rocks

    Ethan Hawke blazes into Houston with new film dedicated to Lone Star music legend

    Craig Lindsey
    Aug 20, 2018 | 5:07 pm
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    Ben Dickey and Ethan Hawke will be in Houston Friday, August 24 to screen the Texas music biopic, Blaze.
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    Recently, Ethan Hawke quietlypopped up at the iconic Heights music venue Rockefeller’s to entertain a small crowd with anecdotes and music. The musical part of the evening came courtesy of a couple of friends of his: Southern singer-songwriters Jack Ingram (Texas’ own) and Ben Dickey (from Arkansas).

    They were also there to promote Hawke’s latest movie Blaze, which he co-wrote and directed. It’s a biopic on the life and career of Blaze Foley, a struggling Texas musician played by Dickey, in his feature-film debut. Both Hawke and Dickey have been making stops all over Texas to promote the movie, which has already played this year’s SXSW and WorldFest — Houston festivals.

    Good news for fans: Hawke and Dickey will be back in Houston on Friday, August 24 for a Q&A and introductions for three Blaze screenings at the River Oaks Theatre, where it will start its run in Houston on August 25.

    “I guess it’s tipping our hat to the South,” says the Austin-born Hawke, 47, about the musical/movie press tour. “In a lot of ways, the movie represents a kind of Southern bohemia you don’t see very often. You hear a lot, in the news, that the South is one thing, or people think they know the South, or they think they know. And one of the things I love about country music and roots music or the blues is it’s shot from the heart, and it’s got a personal feel to it and a personal touch. And we try to do that with the movie.”

    The movie is mainly about the doomed romance between Foley and actress/ex-wife Sybil Rosen (played by Alia Shawkat) and how their idyllic love affair was destroyed by Foley’s erratic behavior, behavior that eventually cost him his life when he was shot and killed by a man in 1989. “There’s an underlying thrum throughout our movie, which is that Blaze is not well and he’s suffering in a way,” says Dickey, 41, who won a special jury award for acting when it premiered at Sundance earlier this year.

    “And I have people in my life, who are now gone, that maybe if someone would’ve helped out a little bit earlier, they might’ve been able to figure it out for them. But a lot of artists and a lot of creative people — and some that aren’t — struggle, and I think that love and music and art often intertwine when it comes to people who struggle.”

    Hawke says he and Dickey has had the idea to do a Blaze Foley biopic almost as long as they’ve known each other. The two has had a strong friendship, thanks mostly to their wives, who have been friends since the third grade. (Dickey’s wife was an art director on the movie, while Hawke’s wife served as a producer.) When they met, they instantly found that they had a lot in common.

    “I’m a huge Steve Martin fan. And, on one of his records, he’s got these little, like, lightning-fast jokes and he says, ‘Grandpa — bought a rubber!’ And I was just walking — we had just met. We were having breakfast, and I was walking to his car and I said to myself, ‘Grandpa —’ And he said, ‘Bought a rubber!’ And I was like, ‘Oh yeah!’”

    Blaze is yet another high point in the great year Hawke is currently having. He has already received universal praise for his performance as a conflicted priest in First Reformed and will also star in the upcoming romantic comedy Juliet, Naked. In that movie, Hawke stars as a washed-up rocker, yet one of the many musicians Hawke has played throughout his film career. Between this movie and Blaze, it makes you wonder how much does music play a role in Hawke’s life.

    “It’s really everything to me,” he says. He recalls the time he saw Bill Clinton bring a very divisive crowd together during a Willie Nelson concert. “And Bill Clinton — the newly former President Clinton — came onstage to introduce Willie. And people booed him so severely and cheered him so severely, that fights were erupting all over the Beacon Theatre.

    And Clinton said, ‘Whoa, I see some of you support me and some of you hate me, but all of you love Willie Nelson.’ And the place just erupted. And there’s this meeting ground, and that’s this place where music lives, where it’s beyond language. It’s an empathy generator, you know, and we can hear each other’s souls. And I love it so much.”

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    Ethan Hawke and Ben Dickey will introduce Blaze Friday, August 24 at Landmark River Oaks, 2009 West Gray St. Showtimes are 3:55 pm, 7 pm, and 9:55 pm. Tickets are $11 ($8 children and seniors).

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    puff, puff, pass

    Comedy legends Cheech and Chong will light up Comicpalooza 2025

    Craig D. Lindsey
    May 20, 2025 | 3:30 pm
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    The guest list for this year’s Comicpalooza keeps on getting bigger and bigger. It’s already been announced that Hayden Christensen – Anakin Skywalker himself – will be attending the upcoming festivities next month. Add stoner comedy royalty to the roster.

    Comedy legends Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong will come to Space City and reminisce about their five-decade career. They will talk about everything, from their big-screen run in the ‘70s and ‘80s to their line of gummies that keep getting advertised on X.

    Christensen won’t be the only Star Wars alum in attendance. Temuera Morrison will be around to talk about his path through the Star Wars galaxy, from portraying Jango Fett and his numerous clones in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith to his role in The Mandalorian as Boba Fett and its spinoff, The Book of Boba Fett. Ming-Na Wen rounds out the group of stars from the Star Wars universe. She currently portrays the mercenary assassin Fennec Shand in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.

    For all those fans of the John Hughes teen comedies of the ‘80s, Brat Pack icon Anthony Michael Hall will be talking about his days making Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, as well as his upcoming turn in the new season of Wednesday.

    And let’s not forget about the voice actors. Scheduled to appear are James Cheek, best known for voicing San Lang/Hua Cheng in Heaven Official’s Blessing; Keith Silverstein, celebrated for his work as Hisoka in Hunter × Hunter and Kimimaro in the Naruto franchise; Spike Spencer, who has voiced hundreds of anime episodes across beloved franchises; and Daisuke Tsuji, most notably known for voicing Jin Saki in the hit game Ghost of Tsushima.

    Finally, for all the music nerds, award-winning composer Grant Kirkhope will talk about some of the most recognizable video game soundtracks (GoldenEye 007, Donkey Kong) he’s done.

    Comicpalooza returns to the George R. Brown Convention Center Friday, June 20 through Sunday, June 22. For more information, go to the Comicpalooza website.

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